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Porous Materials
Design and synthesis of mesoporous silicas, MOFs, and zeolitic frameworks (MCM-41, SBA-15, KIT-6, SAPO-35, ZIF-8, NCKU-52).
MSCA-CZ Postdoctoral Researcher · Pardubice, CZ
Engineering porous matter for a cleaner chemistry.
I am Dr. Suman Chirra, a materials chemist designing mesoporous silicas, metal–organic frameworks and nanocomposite catalysts for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction, hydrogen production, and sustainable drug delivery.
Currently
University of Pardubice
26
Peer-reviewed articles
361
Citations (Scholar)
11
h-index
2
Book chapters
3
Design patents
11+
Years of research
Research focus
Where chemistry meets sustainability.
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Photo- & Electrocatalysis
CO₂ reduction and hydrogen production using nanostructured composites and g-C₃N₄ hybrids.
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Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalytic dye degradation, Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, esterification, and selective hydrogenation/dehydrogenation.
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Drug Delivery & Biomedicine
High-surface-area carriers for controlled release, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies.
Peer-reviewed work
Publications.
- 2026
Fabrication of porous La₂O₃/r-GO nanocomposites for enhanced post-combustion CO₂ capture
Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Porous Materials, 33(1), 339–347 · doi:10.1007/s10934-025-01878-8
- 2025
MOF-derived synergistic Co₉S₈@C/Ag₃VO₄ nanohybrids for enhanced photo- and electrocatalytic hydrogen production
Gujjula, S. R., Chanda, N., Karingula, S., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Pal, U., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Materials Science, 60(36), 16240–16260 · doi:10.1007/s10853-025-11336-0
- 2025
Unveiling the environmental threat of acetaminophen: ecotoxicology, microbial remediation and molecular modelling insights
Waghmode, M. S., Sahoo, D. K., Patil, N. N., Abhyankar, P. S., Chirra, S., & Sohajda, T.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(12) · doi:10.1007/s10661-025-14744-6
- 2025
Hydrogen storage on a star-like CBe₅Li₅⁺ superalkali cluster featuring planar pentacoordinate carbon
Reddy, G. N., Aash, A., Chirra, S., Karmakar, S., & Roymahapatra, G.
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1253, 115447 · doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2025.115447
- 2025
Characterisation and drug-delivery potential of ibuprofen using modified high-surface-area porous materials
Chirra, S., Gujjula, S. R., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Andugula, C. M., Ponnala, V. K., & Narayanan, V.
Silicon, 17(6), 1481–1491 · doi:10.1007/s12633-025-03276-w
- 2025
Fabrication of porous nano-silica materials by template-assisted strategy for controlled drug-delivery studies
Chirra, S., Gujjula, S. R., Manda, S., Goskula, S., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Porous Materials, 32(2), 761–772 · doi:10.1007/s10934-024-01735-0
- 2024
Activated sustainable porous carbon adsorbents from Karanja shell biomass and their CO₂ adsorption
Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(24), 32413–32425 · doi:10.1007/s13399-023-05198-2
- 2023
Mixed-valence Cuᴵ/Cuᴵᴵᴵ metal–organic frameworks with non-innocent ligand for multielectron transfer
Fu, S., Chang, C., Ivanov, A. S., Popovs, I., Chen, J., Liao, Y., Liu, H., Chirra, S., Chiang, Y., Lee, J., Liu, W., Kaveevivitchai, W., & Chen, T.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(50), e202312494 · doi:10.1002/anie.202312494
- 2023
Versatile bifunctional Ag@g-C₃N₄/r-GO catalyst for efficient photo- and electrocatalytic H₂ production
Gujjula, S. R., Pal, U., Chanda, N., Karingula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., & Narayanan, V.
Energy & Fuels, 37(13), 9722–9735 · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00518
- 2023
Rational design of MOF-derived porous Au@Co₃O₄/C nanocomposite materials for electrochemical overall water splitting
Gujjula, S. R., Karingula, S., Shajahan, S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Gobi, K. V., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Materials Science, 58(22), 9130–9147 · doi:10.1007/s10853-023-08619-9
- 2023
Synthesis of sustainable acid biochar catalysts derived from waste biomass for esterification of glycerol
Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Chirra, S., & Narayanan, V.
ChemistrySelect, 8(11) · doi:10.1002/slct.202203662
- 2023
Sustainable development of activated porous carbon materials from gum-arabic seed shell for CO₂ capture
Goskula, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., Chirra, S., Adepu, A. K., & Narayanan, V.
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 234(8) · doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06529-9
- 2021
Promoter-induced rapid non-aqueous synthesis of SAPO-35 and methanol-to-olefin reaction
Siliveri, S., Pinnepalli, S. S. K., Joshi, D., Chirra, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Oyler, N. A., & Narayanan, V.
ACS Omega, 6(8), 5661–5669 · doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c06109
- 2021
Rapid synthesis of a novel nanocrystalline mesoporous faujasite-type ZIF-8 catalyst and NaBH₄-assisted catalytic Rhodamine-B degradation
Chirra, S., Wang, L.-F., Aggarwal, H., Tsai, M.-F., Soorian, S. S., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.
Materials Today Communications, 26, 101993 · doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101993
- 2020
Porous Fe₃O₄/titanosilicate/g-C₃N₄ ternary nanocomposites for photocatalytic Rhodamine-B degradation under sunlight
Adepu, A. K., Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Anumula, R., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Water Process Engineering, 34, 101141 · doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101141
- 2019
Multivalent metal-ion functionalised mesoporous silica with enhanced antimicrobial and cytotoxicity activity
Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gangalla, R., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Adepu, A. K., Anumula, R., Sivasoorian, S. S., Wang, L.-F., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(45), 7235–7245 · doi:10.1039/c9tb01736d
- 2019
Pd-KIT-6: synthesis of a novel three-dimensional mesoporous catalyst and its enhanced catalytic applications
Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.
Journal of Porous Materials, 26(6), 1667–1677 · doi:10.1007/s10934-019-00763-5
- 2019
Porous TiO₂ anatase/SAPO-35 mild Brønsted-acidic nanocomposite for enhanced photocatalysis
Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Tyagi, C., Gandamalla, A., Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., & Venkatathri, N.
ChemistrySelect, 4(31), 9135–9142 · doi:10.1002/slct.201902134
- 2019
High-surface-area V₂O₅/TiO₂–SiO₂ catalyst for visible-light photocatalytic methylene-blue degradation
Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.
RSC Advances, 9(42), 24368–24376 · doi:10.1039/c9ra03866c
- 2019
Magnetically separable porous titanosilicate/Fe₃O₄ hybrid nanocomposites with enhanced UV photocatalysis
Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Venkatathri, N.
Journal of Porous Materials, 26(5), 1259–1267 · doi:10.1007/s10934-019-00719-9
- 2018
Novel synthesis and new insight into vanadium incorporation in three-dimensional mesoporous KIT-6
Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.
Materials Research Express, 6(1), 015021 · doi:10.1088/2053-1591/aae45d
- 2016
Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation and crystal-violet dye degradation
Anumula, R., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., & Narayanan, V.
RSC Advances, 6(1), 507–514 · doi:10.1039/c5ra22210a
- 2016
Titanium aminophosphates as recyclable catalysts for xanthenedione synthesis
Rajini, A., Suman, C. (Chirra, S.), Ajay Kumar, A., Suresh, S., & Venkatathri, N.
Synthetic Communications, 46(20), 1671–1677 · doi:10.1080/00397911.2016.1220578
- 2015
Porous palladium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies
Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.
RSC Advances, 5(82), 66956–66964 · doi:10.1039/c5ra11923e
- 2015
Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies
Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.
RSC Advances, 5(106), 87713–87722 · doi:10.1039/c5ra15084a
- 2015
Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation and orange G dye degradation studies
Rajini, A., Nookaraju, M., Chirra, S., Adepu, A. K., & Venkatathri, N.
RSC Advances, 5(129), 106509–106518 · doi:10.1039/c5ra19117c