Publications

26 peer-reviewed articles, in print.

Last updated: August 2026

2026

1 article
  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

2025

5 articles
  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) · 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]

    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

  5. [6]

    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

1 article
  1. [7]

    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

5 articles
  1. [8]

    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

  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 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

  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) · doi:10.1002/slct.202203662

  5. [12]

    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

2 articles
  1. [13]

    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

  2. [14]

    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

1 article
  1. [15]

    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

5 articles
  1. [16]

    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

  2. [17]

    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

  3. [18]

    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

  4. [19]

    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

  5. [20]

    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

1 article
  1. [21]

    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

2 articles
  1. [22]

    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

  2. [23]

    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

3 articles
  1. [24]

    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

  2. [25]

    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

  3. [26]

    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

Conference proceedings

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

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

    Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 333–350, Atlantis Press International BV

  2. Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: a comprehensive review

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

    Atlantis Advances in Applied Sciences, pp. 180–200, Atlantis Press International BV

  3. Bifunctional mesoporous Ti-SBA-15-SO₃H catalyst: 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., Venkatathri, N. (2021) · First author

    Materials Today: Proceedings, 45, 3699–3708

  4. Pd/SAPO-35: synthesis, characterisation and Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

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

    Materials Today: Proceedings, 45, 3778–3783

Book chapters

  1. Tailored conducting polymers for photocatalytic treatment of water

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

    Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 81–114, Springer Nature · 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)

    Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, pp. 205–235, Springer Nature · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00461-1_10

Patents

Filed 29 March 2026

Portable Reaction Flask Device for Real-Time Monitoring

App. 496567-001 · CBR 207663 · Indian Design Patent (Class 10-05)

Registered — certificate issued 20/05/2026, Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks, India. Co-applicants: S. Chirra, R. K. Jain, M. K. Sahani, S. S. K. Kothapalli, S. Panchal, A. Mandal.

Filed 01 April 2026

Compact Pharmaceutical Testing Device

App. 497040-001 · CBR 207990 · Indian Design Patent (Class 24-01)

Registered — certificate issued 10/06/2026. Inventor: Dr. Suman Chirra; Applicant: Woxsen University · Licensing agreement executed.

Filed 07 June 2026

Portable Smart Device for Textile Waste Management

App. 504821-001 · CBR 213157 · Indian Design Patent (Class 15-99)

Registered — certificate issued 30/07/2026. Co-applicants: D. A. Pradeep, S. Chirra, G. M. Nibrad, S. E. Ali, M. Afzal, M. Kumar.