vishal kachwal

@eng.ox.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Science (Professor -Jin Chong Tan)
Department of Engineerign Science, University of Oxford

vishal  kachwal
Vishal Kachwal graduated with honors from Chaitanya Post Graduate College, Deemed to be University, Hanamkonda, Warangal, Telangana (India) in 2014. He received his Ph.D. in 2020 from BITS Pilani, Pilani, under the supervision of Prof. Inamur Rahaman Laskar, on solid luminescent stimuli-responsive materials. He then becomes a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University since July 2021. Recent research includes fabrication of AIE-hybridized MOFs and electrospun nanofiber composites for sensing applications.

EDUCATION

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Chemistry August 2014-Dec 2020- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani) Pilani, Rajasthan, India,
5 Years M.Sc Integrated Chemistry August 2009- May 2014 -Chaitanya Post Graduate College-Autonomous (Kakatiya University), Hanamkonda, Waranga

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Multidisciplinary, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Chemistry
26

Scopus Publications

724

Scholar Citations

14

Scholar h-index

18

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Dual-Emissive Iridium (III) Complex with Aggregation-Induced Emission: Mechanistic Insights into Electron Transfer for Enhanced Hypoxia Detection in 3D Tumor Models
    A Agarwal, S Kirwale, A Singh, B Kaushik, V Kachwal, A Roy, IR Laskar
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (4), 6055-6068 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Modulating ultralong room-temperature phosphorescence through mechanical confinement of tailored polymer/MOF hybrid interfaces
    S Mollick, V Kachwal, B Hupp, YD More, M Tricarico, A Steffen, JC Tan
    Chemical Science 16 (33), 15185-15193 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Exploring the photophysical and mechanical behavior of fluorescent metal–organic framework monoliths
    M Tricarico, S Mollick, V Kachwal, DA Sherman, JC Tan
    Chemistry of Materials 36 (17), 8247-8254 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Tailored Broad‐Spectrum Emission in Hybrid Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE)‐MOFs: Boosting White Light Efficiency in Electrospun Janus Microfibers
    V Kachwal, S Mollick, JC Tan
    Advanced Functional Materials 34 (6), 2308062 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 21
  • Precise molecular design for a twisted pyrene-thiophene based mechanofluorochromic probe with large Stokes shift and feasibility study towards security ink and re-writable papers
    RP Bhatta, V Kachwal, V Vishwakarma, AR Choudhury, IR Laskar
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 12 (33), 12906-12918 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • Enhanced TNT vapor sensing through a PMMA-mediated AIPE-active monocyclometalated iridium (iii) complex: a leap towards real-time monitoring
    RP Bhatta, A Agarwal, V Kachwal, PC Raichure, IR Laskar
    Analyst 149 (8), 2445-2458 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Unlocking diabetic acetone vapor detection by a portable metal‐organic framework‐based turn‐on optical sensor device
    S Mollick, S Rai, L Frentzel‐Beyme, V Kachwal, L Donà, D Schürmann, ...
    Advanced Science 11 (4), 2305070 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 28
  • Resilient photoswitchable metal–organic frameworks for sunlight-induced on-demand photochromism in the solid state
    S Mollick, Y Zhang, W Kamal, M Tricarico, AF Möslein, V Kachwal, N Amin, ...
    Chemical Engineering Journal 476, 146727 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Rational molecular designing of aggregation-enhanced emission (AEE) active red-emitting iridium (III) complexes: effect of lipophilicity and nanoparticle encapsulation on …
    Sumit, KS Maravajjala, S Khanna, V Kachwal, KL Swetha, S Manabala, ...
    ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 (4), 1445-1459 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 11
  • Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated …
    A Agarwal, RP Bhatta, V Kachwal, IR Laskar
    Dalton Transactions 52 (39), 14182-14193 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution
    RP Bhatta, V Kachwal, C Climent, M Joshi, P Alemany, AR Choudhury, ...
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 11 (33), 11399-11408 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Achieving Single-Component Solid-State White-Light Emission through Polymerization-Induced Phosphorescent Emission
    PC Raichure, V Kachwal, D Sengottuvelu, IR Laskar
    Macromolecules 55 (23), 10377-10384 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Stimuli‐Responsive Electrospun Fluorescent Fibers Augmented with Aggregation‐Induced Emission (AIE) for Smart Applications
    V Kachwal, JC Tan
    Advanced Science, 2204848 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 98
  • Nanoconfinement of tetraphenylethylene in zeolitic metal-organic framework for turn-on mechanofluorochromic stress sensing
    Y Zhang, T Xiong, AF Möslein, S Mollick, V Kachwal, AS Babal, N Amin, ...
    Applied Materials Today 27, 101434 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 28
  • Multi-stimuli distinct responsive D–A based fluorogen oligomeric tool and efficient detection of TNT vapor
    PC Raichure, R Bhatt, V Kachwal, TC Sharma, IR Laskar
    New Journal of Chemistry 46 (14), 6560-6569 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • ‘Aggregation-Induced Emission’Active Mono-Cyclometalated Iridium (III) Complex Mediated Efficient Vapor-Phase Detection of Dichloromethane
    PC Raichure, V Kachwal, IR Laskar
    Molecules 27 (1), 202 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 11
  • Mechanofluorochromism with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Characteristics: A Perspective Applying Isotropic and Anisotropic Force
    VKIR Laskar
    Topics in Current Chemistry 379 (28) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 26
  • Engineering a light-driven cyanine based molecular rotor to enhance the sensitivity towards a viscous medium
    V Kachwal, A Srivastava, S Thakar, M Zubiria-Ulacia, D Gautam, ...
    Materials Advances 2 (14), 4804-4813 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 4
  • Aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE)-active conjugated mesoporous oligomers (CMOs) with improved quantum yield and low-cost detection of a trace amount of nitroaromatic …
    D Sengottuvelu, V Kachwal, P Raichure, T Raghav, IR Laskar
    ACS applied materials & interfaces 12 (28), 31875-31886 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 56
  • A multistimuli responsive heteroleptic iridium (iii) complex: role of hydrogen bonding in probing solvent, pH and bovine serum albumin (BSA)
    V Kachwal, PK Sharma, A Sarmah, S Chowdhury, IR Laskar
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8 (19), 6605-6614 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A multi-stimuli responsive “AIE” active salicylaldehyde-based Schiff base for sensitive detection of fluoride
    P Alam, V Kachwal, IR Laskar
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 228, 539-550 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 99
  • Stimuli‐Responsive Electrospun Fluorescent Fibers Augmented with Aggregation‐Induced Emission (AIE) for Smart Applications
    V Kachwal, JC Tan
    Advanced Science, 2204848 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 98
  • Exploring the hidden potential of a benzothiazole-based Schiff-base exhibiting AIE and ESIPT and its activity in pH sensing, intracellular imaging and ultrasensitive …
    V Kachwal, ISV Krishna, L Fageria, J Chaudhary, RK Roy, R Chowdhury, ...
    Analyst 143 (15), 3741-3748 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 77
  • Simple ratiometric push–pull with an ‘aggregation induced enhanced emission’active pyrene derivative: a multifunctional and highly sensitive fluorescent sensor
    V Kachwal, P Alam, HR Yadav, SS Pasha, AR Choudhury, IR Laskar
    New Journal of Chemistry 42 (2), 1133-1140 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 58
  • Aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE)-active conjugated mesoporous oligomers (CMOs) with improved quantum yield and low-cost detection of a trace amount of nitroaromatic …
    D Sengottuvelu, V Kachwal, P Raichure, T Raghav, IR Laskar
    ACS applied materials & interfaces 12 (28), 31875-31886 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 56
  • Highly sensitive explosive sensing by “aggregation induced phosphorescence” active cyclometalated iridium (iii) complexes
    P Alam, G Kaur, V Kachwal, A Gupta, AR Choudhury, IR Laskar
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (21), 5450-5456 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 54
  • Facile incorporation of “aggregation-induced emission”-active conjugated polymer into mesoporous silica hollow nanospheres: Synthesis, characterization, photophysical studies …
    S Dineshkumar, A Raj, A Srivastava, S Mukherjee, SS Pasha, V Kachwal, ...
    ACS applied materials & interfaces 11 (34), 31270-31282 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 37
  • Unlocking diabetic acetone vapor detection by a portable metal‐organic framework‐based turn‐on optical sensor device
    S Mollick, S Rai, L Frentzel‐Beyme, V Kachwal, L Donà, D Schürmann, ...
    Advanced Science 11 (4), 2305070 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 28
  • Nanoconfinement of tetraphenylethylene in zeolitic metal-organic framework for turn-on mechanofluorochromic stress sensing
    Y Zhang, T Xiong, AF Möslein, S Mollick, V Kachwal, AS Babal, N Amin, ...
    Applied Materials Today 27, 101434 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 28
  • Mechanofluorochromism with Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Characteristics: A Perspective Applying Isotropic and Anisotropic Force
    VKIR Laskar
    Topics in Current Chemistry 379 (28) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 26
  • Strategic design and synthesis of AIEE (Aggregation Induced Enhanced Emission) active push-pull type pyrene derivatives for the ultrasensitive detection of explosives
    V Kachwal, M Joshi, V Mittal, AR Choudhury, IR Laskar
    Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 23, 100267 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 22
  • Tailored Broad‐Spectrum Emission in Hybrid Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE)‐MOFs: Boosting White Light Efficiency in Electrospun Janus Microfibers
    V Kachwal, S Mollick, JC Tan
    Advanced Functional Materials 34 (6), 2308062 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 21
  • Multi-stimuli distinct responsive D–A based fluorogen oligomeric tool and efficient detection of TNT vapor
    PC Raichure, R Bhatt, V Kachwal, TC Sharma, IR Laskar
    New Journal of Chemistry 46 (14), 6560-6569 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • A multistimuli responsive heteroleptic iridium (iii) complex: role of hydrogen bonding in probing solvent, pH and bovine serum albumin (BSA)
    V Kachwal, PK Sharma, A Sarmah, S Chowdhury, IR Laskar
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8 (19), 6605-6614 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • Resilient photoswitchable metal–organic frameworks for sunlight-induced on-demand photochromism in the solid state
    S Mollick, Y Zhang, W Kamal, M Tricarico, AF Möslein, V Kachwal, N Amin, ...
    Chemical Engineering Journal 476, 146727 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Precise molecular design for a twisted pyrene-thiophene based mechanofluorochromic probe with large Stokes shift and feasibility study towards security ink and re-writable papers
    RP Bhatta, V Kachwal, V Vishwakarma, AR Choudhury, IR Laskar
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 12 (33), 12906-12918 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • Rational molecular designing of aggregation-enhanced emission (AEE) active red-emitting iridium (III) complexes: effect of lipophilicity and nanoparticle encapsulation on …
    Sumit, KS Maravajjala, S Khanna, V Kachwal, KL Swetha, S Manabala, ...
    ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 (4), 1445-1459 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 11
  • ‘Aggregation-Induced Emission’Active Mono-Cyclometalated Iridium (III) Complex Mediated Efficient Vapor-Phase Detection of Dichloromethane
    PC Raichure, V Kachwal, IR Laskar
    Molecules 27 (1), 202 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 11
  • Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated …
    A Agarwal, RP Bhatta, V Kachwal, IR Laskar
    Dalton Transactions 52 (39), 14182-14193 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Exploring the photophysical and mechanical behavior of fluorescent metal–organic framework monoliths
    M Tricarico, S Mollick, V Kachwal, DA Sherman, JC Tan
    Chemistry of Materials 36 (17), 8247-8254 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7