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PATENTS:

(7)  Patent Number: JP 6979239 (International)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Polymers, compositions, electrochromic devices, light control devices, and display devices
Date of Application: 15.08.2019 (Application No. 2020-538339)
Date of Publication: 17.11.2021

 

(6Patent Number: ZL 201980050507.9 (International)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Polymer, Composition, Electrochromic Element, Dimming Device, and Display Device
Date of Application: 15.08.2019 
Date of Publication: 27.12.2022

(5)  Patent Patent Number: JP 7252672 (International)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Method for producing a polymer compound, polymer compound, composition, electrochromic device, display device, and light control device
Date of Application: 19.08.2020 (Application No. 2021-542784)
Date of Publication: 28.03.2023

 

(4)  Patent Patent Number: EP 3842476 (International)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Polymer, Composition, Electrochromic Element, Dimming Device, and Display Device
Date of Application: 15.08.2019 (Application No. 19851416.8)
Date of Publication: 28.02.2024

(3)  Patent Patent No: US20210317260A1 (International; US Patent)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Polymer, composition, electrochromic element, dimming device and display device; 
Date of Application: 15.08,2019. (Application No: 17/267,711)
Date of Publication: Pending

 

(2)  Patent Patent Number: JP 2019 (Appl. No. 20190031) (International)
Inventors: Masayoshi Higuchi, Manas Kumar Bera
Heterometallic-supramolecular polymer: precise synthesis, characterization and electrochromic application; 
Date of Application: 24.05.2019
Date of Publication: Pending

 

(1)  Patent Patent Number: JP 2021 (Appl. No. 2021-139638) (International)
Inventors: Kazuko Fujii, Manas Kumar Bera, Masayoshi Higuchi
Composite particles, a method for producing the composite particles, and an electrochromic device using the composite particles; 
Date of Application: 30.08.2021
Date of Publication: Pending

PUBLICATIONS:

After joining at CSIR-IICT (as Independent Researcher; Inspire Faculty Fellow)

2024                                                                                                                                           

(30) Fully Bio-based Self-Healing and Recyclable Covalent Adaptable Networks Prepared via Catalyst-Free Aza-Michael Reaction,

Siddhartha Shankar Kashyap, Kashmiri Borah, Shivam Joshi, Sanjib Sarmah, Manas Kumar Bera*, Pratyay Basaka* and Ramanuj Narayan*

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater, 2024, 2024, 6, 7, 3894-3908. Impact Factor: 5.0

(*Corresponding author )

(29) Electrochromic coordination nanosheets: Achievements and future perspective,

Manas Kumar Bera*, Sanjib Sarmah, Dines Chandra Santra, Masayoshi Higuchi*

Coord. Chem. Rev., 2024, 501, 215573. Impact Factor: 20.6

(*Corresponding author )

2023                                                                                                                                           

(28) An electrochromic Ru-based metallo-supramolecular polymer with layered inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposite for improved electrochemical properties,

Kazuko Fujii, Dines Chandra Santra, Manas Kumar Bera, Takatsugu Wakahara, Ritsuko Nagahata, and Masayoshi Higuchi

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater, 2023, 5, 11, 8808–8821​. Impact Factor: 5.0

(27) Dual Redox-Responsive Os/Ru Based Alternated Heterobimetallic Supramolecular Polymer as Multicolor Electrochromic Material for Camouflage Device,

Sanjib Sarmah, Siddhartha Shankar Kashyap and Manas Kumar Bera*

ACS Appl. Electron. Mater, 2023, 5, 3 , 1738-1749​. Impact Factor: 4.7

(*Corresponding author )

(26) Development of hydrophobic polyurethane film from structurally modified castor oil and its anticorrosive performance, 

Sudhanya Mohanty, Kashmiri Borah, Siddhartha Shankar Kashyap, Sanjib Sarmah, Manas Kumar Bera*, Pratyay Basaka* and Ramanuj Narayan*; 

Polym. Adv. Technol., 2023, 34, 1, 351-362. Impact Factor: 3.4

(*Corresponding author )

2022                                                                                                                                            

(25) Electrochromic coordination nanosheets: Achievements and future perspective,

Manas Kumar Bera*, Sudhanya Mohanty, Siddhartha Shankar Kashyap and Sanjib Sarmah,

Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 454, 214353. Impact Factor: 20.6

(*Corresponding author )

Publications from PhD & Postdoc

(24) Nanocomposites of Fe(II)-based metallo-supramolecular polymer and a layered inorganic-organic hybrid as improved electrochromic materials,

Kazuko Fujii, Manas Kumar Bera, Dines Chandra Santra and Masayoshi Higuchi,

Polymers, 2022, 14, 5, 915​. Impact Factor: 5.0

2021                                                                                                                               

(23) Stepwise Introduction of Three Different Transition Metals in Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer and the Quad-Color Electrochromism,

Manas Kumar Bera, Yoshikazu Ninomiya and Masayoshi Higuchi,

Commun. Chem., 2021, 4, 1, 1-12. Impact Factor: 7.2

# This work has been selected in a Communications Chemistry themed collection of coordination chemistry.

2020                                                                                                                               

(22) Synthesis of an Alternated Heterobimetallic Supramolecular Polymer Based on Ru (II) and Fe (II), 

Manas Kumar Bera, Yoshikazu Ninomiya and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Molecules2020, 25, 22, 5261. Impact Factor: 4.6

(21) Dual-Branched Dense Hexagonal Fe (II)-Based Coordination Nanosheets With Red-to-Colorless Electrochromism and the Durable Device Fabrication, 

Sanjoy Mondal, Yoshikazu Ninomiya, Takefumi Yoshida, Taizo Mori, Manas Kumar Bera, Katsuhiko Ariga and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020,12, 31896-31903. Impact Factor: 9.5

(20) Ni(II)-Based Metallosupramolecular Polymer with Carboxylic Acid Groups: A Stable Platform for Smooth Imidazole Loading and the Anhydrous Proton Channel Formation, 

Yemineni SLV Narayana, Takefumi Yoshida, Manas Kumar Bera, Sanjoy Mondal and Masayoshi Higuchi,

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 24, 14796-14804. Impact Factor: 4.1

(19) Electrochromic Os-based metallo-supramolecular polymers: electronic state tracking by in situ XAFS, IR, and impedance spectroscopies, 

Takefumi Yoshida, Manas Kumar Bera, Yemineni SLV Narayana, Sanjoy Mondal, Hitoshi Abe and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 24691-24696. Impact Factor: 3.9

(18) Constructing Alternated Heterobimetallic [Fe(II)/Os(II)] Supramolecular Polymers with Diverse Solubility for Facile Fabrication of Voltage-Tunable Multicolor Electrochromic Devices, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Yoshikazu Ninomiya and Masayoshi Higuchi,

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 12, 14376-14385. Impact Factor: 9.5

    # This work presentation was selected as one of six "Highlight Presentations" among about 4,000                                    presentations in The 100th CSJ annual meeting, Japan.

    # This work was appeared in local (Japan) newspaper on March 20th, 2020.

    # This research was picked up in NIMS Mail Magazine Vol. 100.

    # A video of the fabricated device was published in YouTube channel of NIMS, Japan.

 

(17) Solid-state emissive organic chromophores: design, strategy and building blocks, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Prasanta Pal and Sudip Malik, 

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 788-802. Impact Factor: 6.4

(16) Precise Synthesis of Alternate Fe(II)/Os(II)-Based Bimetallic Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Yoshikazu Ninomiya, Takefumi Yoshida and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2020, 41 (1), 1900384. (Selected to back cover) Impact Factor: 4.6

(15) Proton Conductivity of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymer Boosted by Lithium Ions, 

Yemineni SLV Narayana, Takefumi Yoshida, Chanchal Chakraborty, Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi,

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2020, 2, 2, 326-334. (Selected to supplementary cover) Impact Factor: 5.0

2019                                                                                                                               

 

(14) Thermally stable electrochromic devices using Fe(II)-based matallo-supramolecular polymer, 

Sanjoy Mondal, Takefumi Yoshida, Utpal Rana, Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Sol. Energy. Mater. Solar. Cells, 2019, 200, 110000. Impact Factor: 6.9

(13) Construction of Coordination Nanosheets Based on Tris (2, 2'-Bipyridine)-Iron (Fe2+) Complexes: As Potential Electrochromic Materials, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Taizo Mori, Takefumi Yoshida, Katsuhiko Ariga and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2019, 11 (12),11893-11903. (selected for outside back cover) Impact Factor: 9.5

(12) Simple synthesis of end functionalized regioregular poly (3‐hexyl thiophene) by catalytic-initiated Kumada catalyst transfer polymerization,

Koomkoom Khawas, Soumili Daripa, Pallavi Kumari, Manas Kumar Bera, Sudip Malik and Biplab Kumar Kuila, 

J. Polym. Sci., PART A: Polym. Chem., 2019, 75, 945-951. Impact Factor: 2.5

2018                                                                                                                               

(11) Electrochromic Os(II)-Based Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers,

Manas Kumar Bera, Chanchal Chakraborty, Utpal Rana and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Macromol. Rapid. Commun., 2018, 39, 1800415. (selected for back cover) Impact Factor: 4.6

2017                                                                                                                               

(10) Enhanced Charge Carrier Mobility and Tailored Luminescence of n-Type Organic Semiconductor through Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assembly,

Pallavi Kumari, Koomkoom Khawas, Manas Kumar Bera, Sunit Hazra, Sudip Malik and Biplab Kumar Kuila, 

Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2017, 218, 1600508. Impact Factor: 2.5

(9) Solid state emissive organic fluorophores with remarkable broad color tunability based on aryl-substituted buta-1, 3-diene as the central core,

Manas Kumar Bera, Chanchal Chakraborty and Sudip Malik,

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 6872-6879. Impact Factor: 6.4

2016                                                                                                                               

(8) Salen-Based Enantiomeric Polymers for Enantioseletive Recognition, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Chanchal Chakraborty, Sudip Malik, 

New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 8074-8080. Impact Factor: 3.3

(7) Charge transfer induced fluorescence quenching of anthracene derivatives and selective detection of picric acid, 

Dines Chandra Santra, Manas Kumar Bera, Pradip Kumar Sukul and Sudip Malik, 

Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 2012-2019. Impact Factor: 4.3

2015                                                                                                                               

(6) How the stereochemistry decides the selectivity: an approach towards metal ion detection, 

Manas Kumar Bera, Chanchal Chakraborty and Sudip Malik, 

New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 9207-9214. Impact Factor: 3.3

(5) Vice versa donor acceptor fluorene–ferrocene alternate copolymer: a twisted ribbon for electrical switching, 

Chanchal Chakraborty, Manas Kumar Bera, Utpal Rana and Sudip Malik,

Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13123-13126. Impact Factor: 4.9

(4) Amphiphilic and thermoresponsive conjugated block copolymer with its solvent dependent optical and photoluminescence properties: toward sensing applications, 

Pallavi Kumari, Manas Kumar Bera, Sudip Malik and Biplab Kumar Kuila,

ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2015, 7 (23),12348–12354. Impact Factor: 9.5

2014                                                                                                                               

(3) A polyfluorene based zwitterionic fluorescent probe for response towards biological species in aqueous media, 

Chanchal Chakraborty, Manas Kumar Bera and Sudip Malik, 

New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 3522-3528. Impact Factor: 3.3

(2) Fluorene-based chemodosimeter for “turn-on” sensing of cyanide by hampering ESIPT and live cell imaging,

Manas Kumar Bera, Chanchal Chakraborty, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Chandan Sahu, Kaushik Sen, Samir Maji, Abhijit Kumar Das and Sudip Malik, 

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 4733-4739. Impact Factor: 7.0

2013                                                                                                                               

(1) Selective detection of cyanide by a polyfluorene-based organoboron fluorescent chemodosimeter, 

Chanchal Chakraborty, Manas Kumar Bera, Partha Samanta and Sudip Malik, 

New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 3222-3228. Impact Factor: 3.3

 

PREPRINTS:

(7) Electrochromic Composites of Metallo-supramolecular Polymers and a Layered Inorganic–organic Covalently Bonded Hybrid, 

Fujii Kazuko, Manas Kumar Bera, Santra Dines Chandra, Wakahara Takatsugu and Nagahata Ritsuko, 

Proceedings of the International Display Workshops, 2022, 29, 834-836 

(6) Heterobimetallic metallo-supramolecular polymer for multicolor electrochromism, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2020, 69, (1), 1L18 

(5) Fabrication of coordination nanosheets as electrochromic material, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2019, 68, (2), 3ESA04

(4) Electrochromic tris(2,2'-bipyridine)-Fe2+ complex nanosheets, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2019, 68, (1), 1L05

(3) Two-dimensional coordination nanosheets for electrochromic application, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2018, 67, (2), 3ESB07

(2) Electrochromism of osmium-based metallo-supramolecular polymers, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2018, 67, (1), 2M03

(1) Osmium-based metallo-supramolecular polymers for electrochromic application, 

Manas Kumar Bera and Masayoshi Higuchi, 

Polymer Preprints, Japan, 2017, 66, (2), 2ESB12

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