Myself Dr Manilal Murmu, a researcher in Chemical Sciences and a 1st Generation Educated and PhD. I started my journey of early education from PIDT Lokshala (an NGO, then NIOS Education Center, now Anandalaya Public School) Madhupur holding warm hands of my Grand Parent. After my matriculation from Subhash Public School Giridih, Jharkhand, I was moved to Visva-Bharati, a Central University founded by Noble Laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, India for my higher studies starting from Higher Secondary (Pre-Degree) education to post-graduation (M.Sc.) along with professional teachers training (B.Ed.) financially aided by Department of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, Jharkhand, India. I have completed my PhD (Science) in the faculty of Chemical Sciences from CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) Durgapur affiliated to Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad, India by availing fi
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Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
L-tryptophanium picrate as novel anticorrosion agent for mild steel in 5% HCl: A detailed experimental and in silico investigation Mosarrat Parveen, Mohammad Mobin, Huda, Saman Zehra, Manilal Murmu, Priyabrata Banerjee Journal of Molecular Structure, 2025 Acidizing in petroleum recovery often leads to severe corrosion of mild steel, necessitating the development of highly effective corrosion inhibitors. In this study, L-tryptophanium picrate ( [Trp][Pic]), an amino acid derivative synthesised by one-step synthesis involving two-component acid–base reaction between L-tryptophan and picric acid, is investigated as a novel corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 5% HCl. A comprehensive experimental and theoretical approach was employed to evaluate its performance. Weight loss measurements, potentiodynamic polarization (PDP), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to determine the inhibition efficiency. At 30°C, [Trp][Pic] significantly increased the polarization resistance from 81.08 Ω cm² in the uninhibited solution to 462.15 Ω cm² in the presence of 100 ppm of [Trp][Pic], achieving an inhibition efficiency of 82.46%. PDP results confirmed its mixed-type behavior, reducing both anodic and cathodic reactions. Surface analysis through SEM and AFM demonstrated the formation of a uniform protective film of [Trp][Pic] that shielded the steel surface. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) supported the role of donor-acceptor interactions between heteroatoms and Fe atoms in the chemisorption mechanism. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations identified key binding sites responsible for the strong adsorption of [Trp][Pic], providing insight into the molecular-level mechanism of inhibition. These findings highlight the potential of [Trp][Pic] as a promising corrosion inhibitor for industrial applications.
Corrosion Resistant Coating of Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Manilal Murmu, Parikshit Mahato, Priyabrata Banerjee ACS Symposium Series, 2024 Bipolar plates, the important component of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), have drawn huge interest in emerging areas of energy storage devices. The bipolar plates made of graphite, metallic and composite exhibiting high electrical conductivity, mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, air-tightness and cost-effectiveness are the current interest of development and innovations. Numerous strategies have been developed till date to improvise the performances of the existing bipolar plates of PEMFCs. Bipolar plates made of stainless steels, or its modified stainless steels gained significant application as the most significant component materials in PEMFCs. This chapter outlines the recent research and development of bipolar plates in PEMFCs incorporating chemically functionalized coating of stainless steels. Furthermore, this chapter aims to pave paths for the researchers to explore various technological barriers, and challenges to innovate further improvised bipolar plates with the aim of increasing the energy efficiency and the corrosion resistant properties in PEMFCs.
Carbon Dots in Flame Retardants, Memory Devices, Lubricants, and Mechanochromic Materials Sukdeb Mandal, Monika Maji, Manilal Murmu, Priyabrata Banerjee ACS Symposium Series, 2024 Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted much interest in the emerging area of carbon nanomaterials since being discovered in 2004. Numerous strategies have been developed to produce CDs, and several attempts have been successfully made by creating simple, affordable, and efficient preparation methods for CDs. The majority of articles on CDs focus on the studies associated with optical applications owing to their exceptional optical characteristics. However, the different surface functional groups present on CDs also provide a wide range of application prospects in several branches of science and engineering. This chapter focuses on the research progress in the potential applications of CDs as flame retardant materials, constituent parts in memory devices, and chemical or lubricant additives to improve the mechanical behavior of materials. The opportunities and limitations for the research and development of CDs are outlined extensively. Ultimately, this chapter aims to inspire researchers to go through various technological barriers, fill in research gaps, and extend the intriguing possibilities of CDs’ exploration.
Environmentally Acceptable Antiscalants and Their Hydrolytic Stability Priyabrata Banerjee, Rohan Hasda, Manilal Murmu Industrial Scale Inhibition Principles Design and Applications, 2024 Scales are the depositions of various salts of organic and inorganic species formed by the supersaturation of aqueous solutions of salts. Scales formed in water cooling and circulatory systems and oil and gas industries pose serious menace to the industrialists as well as mankind. With the aim to control the scale formations for technical, environmental, economic, and safety purposes, the need for environmentally acceptable antiscalants with hydrolytic stability is very essential. In this regard, this chapter summarizes the concepts of scale formation, control or retardation of scale formation, and the use of environmentally acceptable antiscalants with hydrolytic stability, mechanism, and comparative performances. Additionally, the future scope for antiscalant innovations based on the most recent exploration trends of antiscalants for minimizing the scale formation in the aqueous solutions of salts has been outlined.
Monte Carlo simulation-based molecular modeling Manilal Murmu, Sukdeb Mandal, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Priyabrata Banerjee Computational Modelling and Simulations for Designing of Corrosion Inhibitors Fundamentals and Realistic Applications, 2023
Evaluation of physicochemical properties of provitamin k3 derived benzo[α]phenoxazine as a photosensitizer Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India, Suprabha S. Sahoo, Dattatray Chadar, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India, Manilal Murmu, Surface Engineering & Tribology Group, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, M.G. Avenue, Durgapur 713209, West Bengal, India, Academy of Scientific, Innovative Research (AcSIR), AcSIR Headquarters CSIR-HRDC Campus, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India, Priyabrata Banerjee, Surface Engineering & Tribology Group, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, M.G. Avenue, Durgapur 713209, West Bengal, India, Academy of Scientific, Innovative Research (AcSIR), AcSIR Headquarters CSIR-HRDC Campus, Sector-19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India, Sunita Salunke-Gawali, Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India, R. J. Butcher, Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington, D.C, 20059, USA Engineered Science, 2021
Microplastics bound to fine particulate matter in subway air: A pathway for toxic metal transport to enhanced carcinogenicity in human lungs D Roy, M Murmu, S Mandal, P Banerjee, M Lee, J Park Journal of Hazardous Materials, 140721 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Energy-efficient synthesis along with in-depth insight into anticorrosion behavior of double-armed phenylenebis (azanylylidene) bis (methanylylidene) derivatives: A symphony of … S Zamindar, S Mandal, M Murmu, P Mahato, P Banerjee Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 142, 512-532 , 2025 2025 Citations: 36
L-tryptophanium picrate as novel anticorrosion agent for mild steel in 5% HCl: A detailed experimental and in silico investigation M Parveen, M Mobin, Huda, S Zehra, M Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Structure, 140894 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Corrosion inhibition of stainless steel through the formation of hydrophobic nanoporous oxide layer M Murmu, J Heo, A Alfantazi, SO Cho Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 697, 134503 , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
Scale Inhibitors for Cooling Towers and Industrial Circulating Systems P Banerjee, S Sarkar, S Mandal, M Murmu Industrial Scale Inhibition: Principles, Design, and Applications, 370-398 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Environmentally Acceptable Antiscalants and Their Hydrolytic Stability P Banerjee, R Hasda, M Murmu Industrial Scale Inhibition: Principles, Design, and Applications, 102-131 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Recent Advancements Toward Phosphorus-Free Scale Inhibitors: An Eco-friendly Approach in Industrial Scale Inhibition M Murmu, P Mahato, S Mandal, P Banerjee Industrial Scale Inhibition: Principles, Design, and Applications, 158 , 2024 2024
Adsorption of L-proline nitrate modified graphene oxide on iron surface: Density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulation study M Murmu, Huda, M Mobin, R Aslam, P Banerjee Computational Materials Science 242, 113071 , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
Carbon Dots in Flame Retardants, Memory Devices, Lubricants, and Mechanochromic Materials S Mandal, M Maji, M Murmu, P Banerjee Carbon Dots: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives, 311-360 , 2024 2024
Unveiling the future of steel corrosion inhibition: a revolutionary sustainable odyssey with a special emphasis on N+-containing ionic liquids through cutting-edge innovations S Zamindar, S Mandal, M Murmu, P Banerjee Materials Advances 5, 4563-4600 , 2024 2024 Citations: 64
Corrosion Resistant Coating of Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells M Murmu, P Mahato, P Banerjee Nano-Hybrid Smart Coatings: Advancements in Industrial Efficiency and … , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Heterocyclic Organic Derivatives as Acidizing Corrosion Inhibitors SK Saha, M Murmu Handbook of Heterocyclic Corrosion Inhibitors, 280-305 , 2023 2023
Corrosion Inhibition of Metallic Material Using Recently Developed Inhibitors and Epoxy-Based Coating Materials SK Saha, M Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Science Theoretical and Practical Applications, 46 https://doi.org … , 2023 2023
Importance of corrosion inhibition in oil and gas industries: Environmental health and safety for sustainable development of oil as well as gas industries S Sarkar, S Zamindar, M Murmu, S Mandal, G Majumdar, P Banerjee Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering 2023, 10 … , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Synthesis of Multi donating sites grafted on graphene oxide nanosheets: Anti-corrosion study for mild steel in 1M HCl with DFT calculations J Haque, TA Saleh, M Murmu, DS Chauhan, WBW Nik, P Banerjee, ... Journal of Molecular Liquids 2023, 122820 , 2023 2023 Citations: 32
Experimental, DFT and molecular dynamic simulation of Andrographis paniculata as corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in artificial seawater Kamaruzzaman, WMIW Mohamad, MS Shaifudin, NAM Nasir, ... Materials Chemistry and Physics 2024, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128642 , 2023 2023 Citations: 35
Incorporating microcapsules-embedded corrosion inhibitor in functionalized thin film coatings S Mandal, S Zamindar, M Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Mitigation Coatings Functionalized Thin Film Fundamentals and … , 2023 2023
Functionalized quantum dots/carbonaceous quantum dots-based thin film coating as corrosion inhibitor M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Mitigation Coatings Functionalized Thin Film Fundamentals and … , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Porous materials-based functionalized thin film coatings as corrosion inhibitors S Mandal, M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Mitigation Coatings Functionalized Thin Film Fundamentals and … , 2023 2023
Functionalized superhydrophobic surface and thin film coatings for corrosion protection S Zamindar, S Sarkar, M Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Mitigation Coatings Functionalized Thin Film Fundamentals and … , 2023 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Effect of stereochemical conformation into the corrosion inhibitive behaviour of double azomethine based Schiff bases on mild steel surface in 1 mol L− 1 HCl medium: An … M Murmu, SK Saha, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Corrosion Science 146, 134-151 , 2019 2019 Citations: 394
Evaluating electronic structure of quinazolinone and pyrimidinone molecules for its corrosion inhibition effectiveness on target specific mild steel in the acidic medium: a … SK Saha, M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids 224, 629-638 , 2016 2016 Citations: 341
Corrosion inhibition property of azomethine functionalized triazole derivatives in 1 mol L− 1 HCl medium for mild steel: Experimental and theoretical exploration M Murmu, SK Saha, P Bhaumick, NC Murmu, H Hirani, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids 313, 113508 , 2020 2020 Citations: 145
Benzothiazolylhydrazine azomethine derivatives for efficient corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic environment: Integrated experimental and density functional theory cum … SK Saha, M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids 120033, 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120033 , 2022 2022 Citations: 144
Molecular level insights for the corrosion inhibition effectiveness of three amine derivatives on the carbon steel surface in the adverse medium: A combined density functional … SK Saha, M Murmu, NC Murmu, IB Obot, P Banerjee Surfaces and interfaces 10, 65-73 , 2018 2018 Citations: 132
Proline nitrate ionic liquid as high temperature acid corrosion inhibitor for mild steel: Experimental and molecular-level insights R Aslam, M Mobin, Huda, M Shoeb, M Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.05.005 , 2021 2021 Citations: 124
Synthesis, characterization and theoretical exploration of pyrene based Schiff base molecules as corrosion inhibitor SK Saha, M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Structure 131098, 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131098 , 2021 2021 Citations: 114
Palmitic acid based environmentally benign corrosion inhibiting formulation useful during acid cleansing process in MSF desalination plants DB Tripathy, M Murmu, P Banerjee, MA Quraishi Desalination 472 (DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2019.114128), 114128 , 2019 2019 Citations: 108
Competitive corrosion inhibition performance of alkyl/acyl substituted 2-(2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)phenol protecting mild steel used in adverse acidic medium: A dual approach … S Sengupta, M Murmu, S Mandal, H Hirani, P Banerjee Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 126314 , 2021 2021 Citations: 100
Amine cured double Schiff base epoxy as efficient anticorrosive coating materials for protection of mild steel in 3.5% NaCl medium M Murmu, S Kr. Saha, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids 278, 521-535 , 2019 2019 Citations: 100
Bis-benzothiazoles as efficient corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in aqueous HCl: Molecular structure-reactivity correlation study A Suhasaria, M Murmu, S Satpati, P Banerjee, D Sukul Journal of Molecular Liquids 313, 113537 , 2020 2020 Citations: 97
Adsorption of redox-active Schiff bases and corrosion inhibiting property for mild steel in 1 molL-1 H2SO4: Experimental analysis supported by ab initio DFT, DFTB and molecular … S Sengupta, M Murmu, NC Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids 115215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.11 , 2020 2020 Citations: 89
Corrosion inhibition behavior of piperidinium based ionic liquids on Q235 steel in hydrochloric acid solution: Experimental, density functional theory and molecular dynamics study A Singh, KR Ansari, P Banerjee, M Murmu, MA Quraishi, Y Lin Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 126708 (10 … , 2021 2021 Citations: 79
Unveiling the future of steel corrosion inhibition: a revolutionary sustainable odyssey with a special emphasis on N+-containing ionic liquids through cutting-edge innovations S Zamindar, S Mandal, M Murmu, P Banerjee Materials Advances 5, 4563-4600 , 2024 2024 Citations: 64
Experimental and theoretical assessment of almond gum as an economically and environmentally viable corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M HCl M Mobin, I Ahmad, M Basik, M Murmu, P Banerjee Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 18, 100337 , 2020 2020 Citations: 62
Evaluation of corrosion mitigation properties of pyridinium-based ionic liquids on carbon steel in 15% HCl under the hydrodynamic condition: Experimental, surface, and … A Singh, KR Ansari, IH Ali, Y Lin, M Murmu, P Banerjee Journal of Molecular Liquids, 121408 , 2023 2023 Citations: 58
Density functional theory, Monte Carlo simulation and non-covalent interaction study for exploring the adsorption and corrosion inhibiting property of double azomethine … M Murmu, NC Murmu, M Ghosh, P Banerjee Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 2022 (10.1080/01694243.2022 … , 2022 2022 Citations: 54
A prolonged exposure of Ti-Si-B-C nanocomposite coating in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution: Electrochemical and morphological analysis P Mahato, SK Mishra, M Murmu, NC Murmu, H Hirani, P Banerjee Surface and Coatings Technology 375 (15), 477-488 , 2019 2019 Citations: 53
Efficient tribological properties of azomethinefunctionalized chitosan as a bio-lubricant additive in paraffin oil: experimental and theoretical analysis M Murmu, S Sengupta, R Pal, S Mandal, NC Murmu, P Banerjee RSC Advances 10, 33401-33416 , 2020 2020 Citations: 52
Quantum chemical and molecular dynamics simulation approach to investigate adsorption behaviour of organic azo dyes on TiO2 and ZnO surfaces S Mandal, S Zamindar, S Sarkar, M Murmu, L Guo, S Kaya, H Hirani, ... Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2086199 , 2022 2022 Citations: 45