Dr Nirmal Goswami

Adjunct Research Fellow UniSA STEM

email Nirmal.Goswami@unisa.edu.au

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About me

I completed my PhD at S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in 2014. After my PhD, I worked more than three years as a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. Currently, I'm working as a Research Associate in UniSA.

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Orcid
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Research

Research focus

Chemical Sciences
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Materials Engineering
Other Chemical Sciences
Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2017	Goswami, N, Luo, Z, Yuan, X, Leong, DT & Xie, J 2017, 'Engineering gold-based radiosensitizers for cancer radiotherapy', Materials Horizons, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 817-831. 96 90 4
2016	Goswami, N, Lin, F, Liu, Y, Leong, DT & Xie, J 2016, 'Highly luminescent thiolated gold nanoclusters impregnated in nanogel', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 4009-4016. 125 121
2016	Goswami, N, Yao, Q, Chen, T & Xie, J 2016, 'Mechanistic exploration and controlled synthesis of precise thiolate-gold nanoclusters', Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 329, pp. 1-15. 128 124 1
2016	Goswami, N, Yao, Q, Luo, Z, Li, J, Chen, T & Xie, J 2016, 'Luminescent metal nanoclusters with aggregation-induced emission', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 962-975. 381 371 7
2014	Goswami, N, Zheng, K & Xie, J 2014, 'Bio-NCs - the marriage of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters with biomolecules', Nanoscale, vol. 6, no. 22, pp. 13328-13347. 140 131 6

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Yuvasri, GS, Goswami, N & Xie, J 2019, 'AIE-type metal nanoclusters: synthesis, luminescence, fundamentals and applications', in Y Tang & B Tang (eds), Principles and applications of aggregation-induced emission, Springer, UK, ch. 10, pp. 1-25. 3
2015	Goswami, N, Li, J & Xie, J 2015, 'Functionalization and application', in T Tsukuda & H Häkkinen (eds), Protected metal clusters: from fundamentals to applications, Elsevier, Netherlands, ch. 11, pp. 297-345. 5 2
2014	Giri, A, Goswami, N, Sarkar, S & Pal, SK 2014, 'Bio-nanomaterials: understanding key biophysics and their applications', in NK Navani, S Sinha & JN Govil (eds), Nanotechnology vol. 11 biomaterials, Studium Press, India, ch. 3, pp. 41-110.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Haidari, H, Kopecki, Z, Bright, R, Cowin, AJ, Garg, S, Goswami, N & Vasilev, K 2020, 'Ultrasmall AgNP-impregnated biocompatible hydrogel with highly effective biofilm elimination properties', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 12, no. 37, pp. 41011-41025. 1 1
2020	Mierczynski, P, Mosinska, M, Stepinska, N, Chalupka, K, Nowosielska, M, Maniukiewicz, W, Rogowski, J, Goswami, N, Vasilev, K & Szynkowska, M I 2020, 'Effect of the support composition on catalytic and physicochemical properties of Ni catalysts in oxy-steam reforming of methane', Catalysis Today, online, pp. 1-16. Open access 2
2020	Ninan, N, Goswami, N & Vasilev, K 2020, 'The impact of engineered silver nanomaterials on the immune system', Nanomaterials, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1-27. Open access 2 1 1
2019	Biswas, B, Warr, LN, Hilder, EF, Goswami, N, Rahman, MM, Churchman, JG, Vasilev, K, Pan, G & Naidu, R 2019, 'Biocompatible functionalisation of nanoclays for improved environmental remediation', Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 48, no. 14, pp. 3740-3770. Open access 24 19 5
2019	Goswami, N, Biswas, B, Naidu, R & Vasilev, K 2019, 'Spatially localized synthesis of metal nanoclusters on clay nanotubes and their catalytic performance', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, online, pp. 1-9. 4 2 4
2019	Goswami, N, Bright, R, Visalakshan, R, Biswas, B, Zilm, P & Vasilev, K 2019, 'Core-in-cage structure regulated properties of ultra-small gold nanoparticles', Nanoscale Advances, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 2356-2364. Open access 4 5 1
2019	Haidari, H, Goswami, N, Bright, R, Kopecki, Z, Cowin, AJ, Garg, S & Vasilev, K 2019, 'The interplay between size and valence state on the antibacterial activity of sub-10 nm silver nanoparticles', Nanoscale Advances, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 2365-2371. Open access 5 4 1
2019	Ravindran Girija, A, Balasubramanian, S, Bright, R, Cowin, AJ, Goswami, N & Vasilev, K 2019, 'Ultrasmall gold nanocluster based antibacterial nanoaggregates for infectious wound healing', Chemnanomat: Chemistry of Nanomaterials for Energy, Biology and More, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 1176-1181. Open access 10 10 10
2018	Nasaruddin, RR, Chen, T, Li, J, Goswami, N, Zhang, J, Yan, N & Xie, J 2018, 'Ligands modulate reaction pathway in the hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol catalyzed by gold nanoclusters', ChemCatChem, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 395-402. 28 26 3
2018	Wang, J, Goswami, N, Shu, T, Su, L & Zhang, X 2018, 'pH-Responsive aggregation-induced emission of Au nanoclusters and crystallization of the Au(i)-thiolate shell', Materials Chemistry Frontiers, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 923-928. 20 18 2
2018	Zhu, H, Goswami, N, Yao, Q, Chen, T, Liu, Y, Xu, Q, Chen, D, Lu, J & Xie, J 2018, 'Cyclodextrin-gold nanocluster decorated TiO2 enhances photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1102-1108. 47 39 1
2017	Goswami, N, Luo, Z, Yuan, X, Leong, DT & Xie, J 2017, 'Engineering gold-based radiosensitizers for cancer radiotherapy', Materials Horizons, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 817-831. 96 90 4
2017	Wang, Z, Xiong, Y, Kershaw, S V, Chen, B, Yang, X, Goswami, N, Lai, W-F, Xie, J & Rogach, AL 2017, 'In situ fabrication of flexible, thermally stable, large-area, strongly luminescent copper nanocluster/polymer composite films', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 29, no. 23, pp. 10206-10211. 28 26
2017	Zhang, L, Goswami, N, Xie, J, Zhang, B & He, Y 2017, 'Unraveling the molecular mechanism of photosynthetic toxicity of highly fluorescent silver nanoclusters to Scenedesmus obliquus', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 16432, pp. 1-12. Open access 12 47
2016	Feng, Y, Yao, Q, Li, J, Goswami, N, Xie, J & Yang, J 2016, 'Converting ultrafine silver nanoclusters to monodisperse silver sulfide nanoparticles via a reversible phase transfer protocol', Nano Research, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 942-950. 15 13 3
2016	Goswami, N, Lin, F, Liu, Y, Leong, DT & Xie, J 2016, 'Highly luminescent thiolated gold nanoclusters impregnated in nanogel', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 4009-4016. 125 121
2016	Goswami, N, Yao, Q, Chen, T & Xie, J 2016, 'Mechanistic exploration and controlled synthesis of precise thiolate-gold nanoclusters', Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 329, pp. 1-15. 128 124 1
2016	Goswami, N, Yao, Q, Luo, Z, Li, J, Chen, T & Xie, J 2016, 'Luminescent metal nanoclusters with aggregation-induced emission', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 962-975. 381 371 7
2016	Song, X-R, Goswami, N, Yang, H-H & Xie, J 2016, 'Functionalization of metal nanoclusters for biomedical applications', The Analyst, vol. 141, no. 11, pp. 3126-3140. Open access 190 186 1
2016	Yuan, X, Goswami, N, Chen, W, Yao, Q & Xie, J 2016, 'Insights into the effect of surface ligands on the optical properties of thiolated Au-25 nanoclusters', Chemical Communications, vol. 52, no. 30, pp. 5234-5237. 50 47
2016	Zhang, L, He, Y, Goswami, N, Xie, J, Zhang, B & Tao, X 2016, 'Uptake and effect of highly fluorescent silver nanoclusters on Scenedesmus obliquus', Chemosphere, vol. 153, pp.322-331. 14 13
2016	Zhao, T, Goswami, N, Li, J, Yao, Q, Zhang, Y, Wang, J, Zhao, D & Xie, J 2016, 'Probing the microporous structure of silica shell via aggregation-induced emission in Au(I)-Thiolate@SiO2 nanoparticle', Small, vol. 12, no. 47, pp. 6537-6541. 27 28
2015	Yuan, X, Goswami, N, Mathews, I, Yu, Y & Xie, J 2015, 'Enhancing stability through ligand-shell engineering: a case study with Au25(SR)18 nanoclusters', Nano Research, vo. 8, no. 11, pp. 3488-3495. 41 38
2014	Giri, A, Goswami, N, Sasmal, C, Polley, N, Majumdar, D, Sarkar, S, Bandyopadhyay, SN, Singha, A & Pal, SK 2014, 'Unprecedented catalytic activity of Mn3O4 nanoparticles: potential lead of a sustainable therapeutic agent for hyperbilirubinemia', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 5075-5079. 19 21
2014	Goswami, N, Baksi, A, Giri, A, Xavier, PL, Basu, G, Pradeep, T & Pal, SK 2014, 'Luminescent iron clusters in solution', Nanoscale, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1848-1854. 20 20
2014	Goswami, N, Chaudhuri, S, Giri, A, Lemmens, P & Pal, SK 2014, 'Surface engineering for controlled nanocatalysis: key dynamical events from ultrafast electronic spectroscopy', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter, vol. 118, no. 40, pp. 23434-23442. 4 5
2014	Goswami, N, Zheng, K & Xie, J 2014, 'Bio-NCs - the marriage of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters with biomolecules', Nanoscale, vol. 6, no. 22, pp. 13328-13347. 140 131 6
2014	Krishnadas, KR, Udayabhaskararao, T, Choudhury, S, Goswami, N, Pal, SK & Pradeep, T 2014, 'Luminescent AgAu alloy clusters derived from Ag nanoparticles - manifestations of tunable Au-I-Cu-I metallophilic interactions', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2014, no. 5, pp. 908-916. 17 16 1
2014	Zheng, K, Yuan, X, Goswami, N, Zhang, Q & Xie, J 2014, 'Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 4, no. 105, pp. 60581-60596. 93 94 1
2013	Baksi, A, Xavier, PL, Chaudhari, K, Goswami, N, Pal, S & Pradeep, T 2013, 'Protein-encapsulated gold cluster aggregates: the case of lysozyme', Nanoscale, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 2009-2016. 70 69
2013	Banerjee, S, Goswami, N & Pal, SK 2013, 'A potential carcinogenic pyrene derivative under Forster resonance energy transfer to various energy acceptors in nanoscopic environments', Chemphyschem: A European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, vol. 14, no. 15, pp. 3581-3593. 3 3 1
2013	Giri, A, Goswami, N, Pal, M, Myint, MTZ, Al-Harthi, S, Singha, A, Ghosh, B, Dutta, J & Pal, SK 2013, 'Rational surface modification of Mn3O4 nanoparticles to induce multiple photoluminescence and room temperature ferromagnetism', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 1, no. 9, pp. 1885-1895. 53 53
2013	Goswami, N, Giri, A & Pal, SK 2013, 'MoS2 nanocrystals confined in a DNA matrix exhibiting energy transfer', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 29, no. 36, pp. 11471-11478. Open access 28 27
2012	Giri, A, Goswami, N, Bootharaju, M, Xavier, PL, John, R, Thanh, NT, Pradeep, T, Ghosh, B, Raychaudhuri, A & Pal, SK 2012, 'Emergence of multicolor photoluminescence in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 nanoparticles', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter, vol. 116, no. 48, pp. 25623-25629. 27 28
2012	Giri, A, Goswami, N, Lemmens, P & Pal, SK 2012, 'Preparation of water soluble L-arginine capped CdSe/ZnS QDs and their interaction with synthetic DNA: picosecond-resolved FRET study', Materials Research Bulletin, vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 1912-1918. 11 10
2012	Goswami, N, Giri, A, Kar, S, Bootharaju, MS, John, R, Xavier, PL, Pradeep, T & Pal, SK 2012, 'Protein-directed synthesis of NIR-emitting, tunable HgS quantum dots and their applications in metal-ion sensing', Small, vol. 8, no. 20, pp. 3175-3184. 66 65
2012	Mohanty, JS, Xavier, PL, Chaudhari, K, Bootharaju, M, Goswami, N, Pal, S & Pradeep, T 2012, 'Luminescent, bimetallic AuAg alloy quantum clusters in protein templates', Nanoscale, vol. 4, no. 14, pp. 4255-4262. 103 103
2012	Udayabhaskararao, T, Sun, Y, Goswami, N, Pal, SK, Balasubramanian, K & Pradeep, T 2012, 'Ag7Au6: a 13-atom alloy quantum cluster', Angewandte Chemie, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 2155-2159. 186 180 7
2011	Goswami, N, Giri, A, Bootharaju, M, Xavier, PL, Pradeep, T & Pal, SK 2011, 'Copper quantum clusters in protein matrix: potential sensor of Pb2+ ion', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 83, no. 24, pp. 9676-9680. 244 240
2011	Goswami, N, Saha, R & Pal, SK 2011, 'Protein-assisted synthesis route of metal nanoparticles: exploration of key chemistry of the biomolecule', Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 5485-5495. 21 21
2011	Rakshit, S, Goswami, N & Pal, SK 2011, 'Slow solvent relaxation dynamics of nanometer sized reverse micellar systems through tryptophan metabolite, kynurenine', Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 38-45. 3 3
2010	Goswami, N, Makhal, A & Pal, SK 2010, 'Toward an alternative intrinsic probe for spectroscopic characterization of a protein', The Journal of Physical Chemistry B: Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Liquids, and Soft Matter, vol. 114, no. 46, pp. 15236-15243. Open access 22 23

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Beijing Institute of Technology	CHINA
Bose Institute	INDIA
California Institute of Technology	UNITED STATES
California State University	UNITED STATES
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
City University of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
Donghua University	CHINA
Duke-NUS Medical School	SINGAPORE
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	INDIA
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research	INDIA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	UNITED STATES
Lodz University Of Technology	POLAND
National University of Singapore	SINGAPORE
Nottingham Trent University	UNITED KINGDOM
Qingdao University of Science and Technology	CHINA
QuFu Normal University	CHINA
Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences	INDIA
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	CHINA
Shanghai Ocean University	CHINA
Shenzhen University	CHINA
SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences	INDIA
Soochow University	CHINA
Sultan Qaboos University	OMAN
Technical University of Braunschweig	GERMANY
University College London	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Calcutta	INDIA
University of Greifswald	GERMANY
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Science and Technology Bejing	CHINA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
International Editorial/Reviewer Board Journal of Biological and Chemical Chronicles	2018
Editorial Board Member Asian Journal of Advanced Basic Science (AJABS)	2017
Editorial Board Member Journal of Biological and Chemical Chronicles	2017
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore	2017
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore	2016
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore	2015
Extended Senior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2014
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore	2014
Young Researcher Award International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONSAT-2012), Hyderabad, India.	2014
Extended Senior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2013
Senior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2012
Young Researcher Award International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONSAT-2014), Chandigarh, India	2012
Junior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2011
Senior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2011
Junior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2010
Junior Research Fellow S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India	2009

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Dr Nirmal Goswami

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