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National Ranking
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Overview

Uday Maitra is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics primarily cover:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications

Maitra has authored several papers on these topics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Secondary Nucleation-Triggered Physical Cross-Links and Tunable Stiffness in Seeded Supramolecular Hydrogels, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Naked-Eye Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide on Photoluminescent Paper Discs, 2022, ACS Sensors
  • Sensitized Lanthanide Photoluminescence Based Sensors-a Review, 2021, Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • An inexpensive and sensitive turn-on luminescence protocol for sensing formaldehyde, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Energy transfer in FRET pairs in a supramolecular hydrogel template, 2022, Chemical Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Shruthi Sakthivel, Ananya Biswas, Ajay Kumar, Raju Laishram, and Subi J. George. Collaboration with these researchers has led to multiple joint publications.

Maitra's work has appeared in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • ACS Sensors
  • Sensors & Diagnostics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Supramolecular gels: Functions and uses

    Neralagatta M. Sangeetha;Uday Maitra

  • Selective diels-alder reactions in aqueous solutions and suspensions

    Ronald Breslow;Uday Maitra;Darryl Rideout

  • Supramolecular gels ‘in action’

    Supratim Banerjee;Rajat K. Das;Uday Maitra

  • Chemistry and biology of bile acids

    Samrat Mukhopadhyay;Uday Maitra

  • On the origin of product selectivity in aqueous diels-alder reactions

    Ronald Breslow;Uday Maitra

  • First donor–acceptor interaction promoted gelation of organic fluids

    Uday Maitra;P. Vijay Kumar;Nividh Chandra;Lawrence J. D’Souza

  • Hydrophobic Pockets in a Nonpolymeric Aqueous Gel: Observation of such a Gelation Process by Color Change

    Uday Maitra;Samrat Mukhopadhyay;Arnab Sarkar;Photon Rao

  • Pyrene-derived novel one- and two-component organogelators.

    P. Babu;N. M. Sangeetha;P. Vijaykumar;P. Vijaykumar;Uday Maitra;Uday Maitra

  • Molecular hydrogels from bile acid analogues with neutral side chains: network architectures and viscoelastic properties. Junction zones, spherulites, and crystallites: phenomenological aspects of the gel metastability.

    Pierre Terech;Neralagatta M. Sangeetha;Uday Maitra

  • Hydrogel route to nanotubes of metal oxides and sulfates

    Gautam Gundiah;Samrat Mukhopadhyay;Usha Govind Tumkurkar;A. Govindaraj

  • Unlocking the potential of bile acids in synthesis, supramolecular/materials chemistry and nanoscience.

    Nonappa;Uday Maitra;Uday Maitra

  • Selective and unusual fluoride ion complexation by a steroidal receptor using OH...F- and CH...F- interactions: a new motif for anion coordination?

    Sanjib Ghosh;Angshuman Roy Choudhury;Tayur N. Guru Row;Uday Maitra

  • Metal cholate hydrogels: versatile supramolecular systems for nanoparticle embedded soft hybrid materials

    Arkajyoti Chakrabarty;Uday Maitra;Anjali Devi Das

  • A self-assembled, luminescent europium cholate hydrogel: a novel approach towards lanthanide sensitization

    Sandip Bhowmik;Supratim Banerjee;Uday Maitra

  • Structure and dynamics of a molecular hydrogel derived from a tripodal cholamide.

    Samrat Mukhopadhyay;Uday Maitra;Ira;Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy

  • Design, synthesis, and evaluation of bile acid-based molecular tweezers

    Lawrence J. D'Souza;Uday Maitra

  • Hydrogel-assisted synthesis of nanotubes and nanorods of CdS, ZnS and CuS, showing some evidence for oriented attachment

    K. P. Kalyanikutty;M. Nikhila;Uday Maitra;Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao

  • Self-organization of multiple components in a steroidal hydrogel matrix: design, construction and studies on novel tunable luminescent gels and xerogels

    Supratim Banerjee;Ramesh Kandanelli;Sandip Bhowmik;Uday Maitra

  • Nanoparticle-Gel Hybrid Material Designed with Bile Acid Analogues

    Shreedhar Bhat;Uday Maitra

  • Properties of Hydrogels Derived from Cationic Analogues of Bile Acid: Remarkably Distinct Flowing Characteristics

    Neralagatta M Sangeetha;Shreedhar Bhat;Angshuman R Choudhury;Uday Maitra

  • Efficient syntheses of benzothiazepines as antagonists for the mitochondrial sodium-calcium exchanger: potential therapeutics for type II diabetes.

    Yazhong Pei;Michael J Lilly;David J Owen;Lawrence J D'Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyril Aymonier
Cyril Aymonier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ronald Breslow
Ronald Breslow Columbia University
Jayaraman Chandrasekhar
Jayaraman Chandrasekhar Indian Institute of Science
Paul A. Bartlett
Paul A. Bartlett University of California, Berkeley
Santanu Bhattacharya
Santanu Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Science
Burkhard König
Burkhard König University of Regensburg
P. Vijay Kumar
P. Vijay Kumar Indian Institute of Science
C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
David Díaz Díaz
David Díaz Díaz University of La Laguna
Yeshayahu Talmon
Yeshayahu Talmon Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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