26 peer-reviewed articles, in print.

1. [1]

   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

1. [2]

   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

2. [3]

   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), 1326 · doi:10.1007/s10661-025-14744-6

3. [4]

   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

4. [5]

   An investigation of the characterisation and drug-delivery potential of ibuprofen using modified high-surface-area porous materialsFirst author

   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

5. [6]

   Fabrication of porous nano-silica materials by template-assisted strategy for controlled drug-delivery studiesFirst author

   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

1. [7]

   Development of 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

1. [8]

   Mixed-valence Cuᴵ/Cuᴵᴵᴵ metal–organic frameworks with non-innocent ligand for multielectron transfer

   Fu, S.-Y., Chang, C.-H., Ivanov, A. S., Popovs, I., Chen, J.-L., Liao, Y.-F., Liu, H.-K., Chirra, S., Chiang, Y.-W., Lee, J.-C., Liu, W.-L., Kaveevivitchai, W., & Chen, T.-H.

   Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(50), e202312494 · doi:10.1002/anie.202312494

2. [9]

   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

3. [10]

   Rational design of metal–organic framework derived porous Au@Co₃O₄/C nanocomposite materials for the 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

4. [11]

   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), e202203662 · doi:10.1002/slct.202203662

5. [12]

   Sustainable development of activated porous carbon materials from gum arabic tree 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), 513 · doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06529-9

1. [13]

   Investigation on the promoter-induced rapid non-aqueous media 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

2. [14]

   Rapid synthesis of a novel nanocrystalline mesoporous faujasite-type metal–organic framework, ZIF-8 catalyst, its detailed characterisation, and NaBH₄-assisted, enhanced catalytic Rhodamine-B degradationFirst author

   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

1. [15]

   A novel porous Fe₃O₄/titanosilicate/g-C₃N₄ ternary nanocomposites: synthesis, characterization and their enhanced photocatalytic activity on Rhodamine B degradation under sunlight irradiation

   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

1. [16]

   Synthesis of new multivalent metal ion functionalized mesoporous silica and studies of their enhanced antimicrobial and cytotoxicity activitiesFirst author

   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

2. [17]

   Pd-KIT-6: synthesis of a novel three-dimensional mesoporous catalyst and studies on its enhanced catalytic applicationsFirst author

   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

3. [18]

   New porous high surface area TiO₂ anatase/SAPO-35 mild Brønsted acidic nanocomposite: synthesis, characterization and studies on its enhanced photocatalytic activity

   Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Tyagi, C., Gandamalla, A., Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Venkatathri, N.

   ChemistrySelect, 4(31), 9135–9142 · doi:10.1002/slct.201902134

4. [19]

   Synthesis of a high-surface-area V₂O₅/TiO₂–SiO₂ catalyst and its application in the visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

   Adepu, A. K., Goskula, S., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V.

   RSC Advances, 9(42), 24368–24376 · doi:10.1039/c9ra03866c

5. [20]

   Magnetically separable porous titanosilicate/Fe₃O₄ hybrid nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance under UV light irradiation

   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

6. [21]

   A novel method of synthesis and a new insight into the vanadium incorporation in three dimensional mesoporous KIT-6First author

   Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

   Materials Research Express, 6(1), 015021 · doi:10.1088/2053-1591/aae45d

1. [22]

   Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterisation and crystal-violet dye degradation studies

   Anumula, R., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., Siliveri, S., & Narayanan, V.

   RSC Advances, 6(1), 507–514 · doi:10.1039/c5ra22210a

2. [23]

   Titanium aminophosphates as efficient, economical, and recyclable catalysts for the synthesis of xanthenediones

   Rajini, A., Chirra, S., Ajay Kumar, A., Suresh, S., & Venkatathri, N.

   Synthetic Communications, 46(20), 1671–1677 · author name published as C. Suman · doi:10.1080/00397911.2016.1220578

1. [24]

   Porous palladium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies

   Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

   RSC Advances, 5(82), 66956–66964 · doi:10.1039/C5RA11923E

2. [25]

   Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies

   Rajini, A., Adepu, A. K., Chirra, S., & Venkatathri, N.

   RSC Advances, 5(106), 87713–87722 · doi:10.1039/C5RA15084A

3. [26]

   Titanium aminophosphates: synthesis, characterization 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

Conference proceedings

1. Advanced porous materials for the removal of lead from water: synthesis, mechanisms, sustainability, and future perspectives

   Pathak, A., Patra, S., Babar, S. S., & Chirra, S. (2025) · Corresponding author

   doi:10.2991/978-94-6463-876-9_25

   Proceedings of SciTech 2024 (Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 333–350), Atlantis Press

2. Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: a comprehensive review

   Kothapalli, S. S. K., Sahoo, D. K., Kumar, T. S., & Chirra, S. (2025) · Corresponding author

   doi:10.2991/978-94-6463-876-9_15

   Proceedings of SciTech 2024 (Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 180–200), Atlantis Press

3. Synthesis of a novel bifunctional mesoporous Ti-SBA-15-SO₃H catalyst and studies on its enhanced performance and kinetic modelling of lactic-acid esterification with n-butanol

   Chirra, S., Kalakuntala, R., Siliveri, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., Naresh Yadav, D., Gurram, V. R. B., Srinath, S., & Narayanan, V. (2021) · First author

   doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.404

   Materials Today: Proceedings, 45(3), 3699–3708

4. Pd/SAPO-35: synthesis, characterisation and its catalytic application studies on the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

   Siliveri, S., Chirra, S., Goskula, S., Gujjula, S. R., & Narayanan, V. (2021)

   doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.277

   Materials Today: Proceedings, 45(3), 3778–3783

Book chapters

1. Tailored conducting polymers for photocatalytic treatment of water

   Chirra, S., Aepuru, R., & Sathish, M. (2026)

   In S. Jadoun & N. Kumari Jangid (Eds.), Tuning of Conducting Polymers (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 81–114), Springer, Cham · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00461-1_5

2. Hybrid conducting polymers as sensors and biosensors

   SK, S., Sathish, M., Chirra, S., Rao, B. V. B., & Singh, N. (2026)

   In S. Jadoun & N. Kumari Jangid (Eds.), Tuning of Conducting Polymers (Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 205–235), Springer, Cham · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00461-1_10

Manuscripts Submitted or Under Review

1. Titanium-containing bicontinuous cubic KIT-6 mesoporous silica: synthesis, characterization, and preliminary study of 2,2′,4,4′-tetrahydroxybenzophenone uptake

   Chirra, S., Sathish, M., Boddula, R., Gujjula, S. R., Goskula, S., & Venkatathri, N. (2026) · First author

   Journal of Porous Materials · Under revision

2. Response surface methodology-based optimization and application-oriented development of corn cob-rice husk co-pyrolyzed functional biochar

   Chirra, S., Bobba, C., Raj, R. S., Boddula, R., Pothu, R., & Fanta, S. W. (2026) · First author

   Scientific Reports · Submitted

Accepted Book Chapter

1. Principles of sustainable materials design

   Chirra, S. (2026) · Sole author

   Nanomaterials for a Sustainable Future: Innovations and Environmental Applications, Springer Nature · Accepted; book in preparation

Contributed talks & posters

• Oral: "A novel three-dimensional mesoporous microcrystalline V-KIT-6 catalyst: synthesis, characterisation and selective liquid-phase oxidation studies" — 7th Asian Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7), Mumbai, India (17–21 January 2017).
• Oral: "Synthesis of a novel three-dimensional mesoporous Pd-KIT-6 catalyst and its catalytic activity in microwave-mediated Suzuki coupling reactions" — MATCON 2019, CUSAT, Kochi, India (14–16 March 2019).
• Oral (PPP2): "Development of advanced functional quinone-based materials and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for efficient visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction" — 17th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis (PISC 2026), Malá Morávka, Czech Republic (7–11 September 2026; presented 8 September 2026). Co-author: R. Bulánek.
• Oral (OP23): "Development of advanced functional materials, specifically quinone-based materials, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for efficient CO₂ reduction under visible light" — TECHSCALE Workshop: Beyond the Nanoscale, Liblice Castle, Czech Republic (14–17 September 2026; presented 16 September 2026). Co-author: R. Bulánek.
• Poster: "Pd-KIT-6 as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for microwave-mediated Suzuki coupling" — 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-23), Bengaluru, India (17–19 January 2018).
• Poster: "Drug-delivery applications of nanocrystalline mesoporous MCM-41, SBA-15 and core–shell silica materials" — MATCON 2016, CUSAT, Kochi, India (14–16 January 2016; ISBN 978-93-80095-73-8, Vol. II, pp. 246–248).

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