Zhang, W., Sakurai, T., Aotani, M., Watanabe, G., Yoshida, H., Padalkar, V. S., ... & Seki, S. (2019). Highly Fluorescent Liquid Crystals from Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Molecules. Advanced Optical Materials, 7(2), 1801349.

Patil, V., Padalkar, V. S., Sekar, N., Patil, S. V., & Rajput, J. (2019). Synthesis of 2-methyl-5-(5-phenyl substituted-1, 3, 4 oxadiazole-2-yl) quinazolin-4-one fluorescent brightening agent: Computational and experimental comparison of photophysical structure. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1182, 150-157.

Padalkar, V. S., Tsutsui, Y., Sakurai, T., Sakamaki, D., Tohnai, N., Kato, K., ... & Seki, S. (2017). Optical and Structural Properties of ESIPT Inspired HBT–Fluorene Molecular Aggregates and Liquid Crystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(45), 10407-10416.

Padalkar, V.S., Tsutsui, Y., Sakurai, T., Sakamaki, D., Tohnai, N., Kato, K., Takata, M., Akutagawa, T., Sakai, K.-I., Seki, S. Optical and Structural Properties of ESIPT Inspired HBT-Fluorene Molecular Aggregates and Liquid Crystals (2017) Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121 (45), pp. 10407-10416.

Padalkar, V.S., Tathe, A.B., Sekar, N. Synthesis of triazine based dialdehyde Schiff's base – new templates for Molecular Imprinting and study of their structural and photophysical properties (2016) Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 9, pp. S1793-S1800.

Padalkar, V.S., Borse, B.N., Gupta, V.D., Phatangare, K.R., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel 2-substituted benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole derivatives (2016) Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 9, pp. S1125-S1130.

Tsukuda, S., Omichi, M., Sugimoto, M., Idesaki, A., Padalkar, V.S., Seki, S. Anisotropic swelling of hydrogel nanowires based on poly(vinylpyrrolidone) fabricated by single-particle nanofabrication technique (2016) Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 54 (19), pp. 1950-1956.

Padalkar, V.S., Borse, B.N., Gupta, V.D., Phatangare, K.R., Patil, V.S., Sekar, N. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activities of Novel 2-[substituted-1H-pyrazol-4-yl] Benzothiazoles, Benzoxazoles, and Benzimidazoles (2016) Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 53 (5), pp. 1347-1355.

Padalkar, V.S., Sakamaki, D., Kuwada, K., Horio, A., Okamoto, H., Tohnai, N., Akutagawa, T., Sakai, K.-I., Seki, S. π–π Interactions: Influence on Molecular Packing and Solid-State Emission of ESIPT and non-ESIPT Motifs (2016) Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 5 (7), pp. 938-945.

Padalkar, V.S., Sakamaki, D., Kuwada, K., Horio, A., Okamoto, H., Tohnai, N., Akutagawa, T., Sakai, K.-I., Seki, S. Cover Picture: π–π Interactions: Influence on Molecular Packing and Solid-State Emission of ESIPT and non-ESIPT Motifs (Asian J. Org. Chem. 7/2016) (2016) Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 5 (7), p. 834.

Wasin, T., Enomoto, K., Sakurai, T., Padalkar, V.S., Cheng, H.L., Tang, M.T., Horio, A., Sakamaki, D., Omichi, M., Saeki, A., Kikuchi, K., Hori, Y., Chiba, A., Saito, Y., Kamiya, T., Sugimoto, M., Seki, S. Fabrication of "clickable" Polyfluorene Nanowires with High Aspect Ratio as Biological Sensing Platforms (2016) ACS Sensors, 1 (6), pp. 766-774.

Padalkar, V.S., Seki, S. Excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT)-inspired solid state emitters (2016) Chemical Society Reviews, 45 (1), pp. 169-202.

Padalkar, V.S., Sakamaki, D., Kuwada, K., Tohnai, N., Akutagawa, T., Sakai, K.-I., Seki, S. AIE active triphenylamine-benzothiazole based motifs: ESIPT or ICT emission (2016) RSC Advances, 6 (32), pp. 26941-26949.

Horio, A., Sakurai, T., Padalkar, V.S., Sakamaki, D., Yamaki, T., Sugimoto, M., Seki, S. Fabrication of fluorescent nanowires via high-energy particles-triggered polymerization reactions (2016) Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 29 (3), pp. 373-377.

Padalkar, V.S., Chemate, S.B., Lanke, S.K., Sekar, N. N-2-Aryl-1,2,3-Triazoles: A novel class of blue-green emitting fluorophores-synthesis, photophysical properties study and dft computations (2015) Journal of Luminescence, 168, pp. 114-123.

Telore, R., Chemate, S., Padalkar, V., Sekar, N. Novel Fluorescein-Based Fluorophores: Synthesis, Photophysics and Micro-Environmental Study (2015) Journal of Fluorescence, 25 (6), pp. 1835-1845.

Omichi, M., Marui, H., Padalkar, V.S., Horio, A., Tsukuda, S., Sugimoto, M., Seki, S. Fabrication of Thermoresponsive Nanoactinia Tentacles by a Single Particle Nanofabrication Technique (2015) Langmuir, 31 (42), pp. 11692-11700.

Padalkar, V.S., Sakamaki, D., Tohnai, N., Akutagawa, T., Sakai, K.-I., Seki, S. Highly emissive excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) inspired 2-(2′-hydroxy)benzothiazole-fluorene motifs: Spectroscopic and photophysical properties investigation (2015) RSC Advances, 5 (98), pp. 80283-80296.

Padalkar, V.S., Lanke, S.K., Chemate, S.B., Sekar, N. N-2-Aryl-1,2,3-Triazoles: A Novel Class of Blue Emitting Fluorophores-Synthesis, Photophysical Properties Study and DFT Computations (2015) Journal of Fluorescence, 25 (4), pp. 985-996.

Patil, V., Padalkar, V., Sekar, N. Environment-sensitive benzoxazole based fluorescein derivatives: Synthesis and application to the design of ON-OFF fluorescent chemosensors for microenvironment (2015) Journal of Luminescence, 158, pp. 243-251.

Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Takale, S., Pisal, R., Chaskar, A. Silica supported sodium hydrogen sulfate and Indion 190 resin: An efficient and heterogeneous catalysts for facile synthesis of bis-(4-hydroxycoumarin-3-yl) methanes (2015) Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 19 (1), pp. 42-45.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Umape, P.G., Borase, B.N., Sekar, N. Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of novel (1H-Benzo[d]imidazole-2-yl)-6-(diethylamino)-3H-one-xanthene, phenoxazine, and oxazine (2015) Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 52 (1), pp. 124-129.

Sekar, N., Umape, P.G., Padalkar, V.S., Tayade, R.P., Ramasami, P. Synthesis of novel styryl derivatives from 4-chloro-2-(morpholin-4-yl)-1,3- thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, study of their photophysical properties and TD-DFT computations (2014) Journal of Luminescence, 150, pp. 8-18.

Padalkar, V.S., Sekar, N. Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) inspired azole-quinoline based fluorophores: Synthesis and photophysical properties study (2014) Journal of Luminescence, 155, pp. 58-64.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Sekar, N. 2-methyl-4-oxo-N-(4-oxo-2-phenyl substituted-1,3-thiazolidin-3-yl)-3,4- dihydroquinazoline-5-carboxamides - A new range of fluorescent whiteners: Synthesis and photophysical characterization (2014) Journal of Fluorescence, 24 (4), pp. 1077-1086.

Padalkar, V.S., Ramasami, P., Sekar, N. A comprehensive spectroscopic and computational investigation of intramolecular proton transfer in the excited states of 2-(2′- hydroxyphenyl) benzoxazole and its derivatives (2014) Journal of Luminescence, 146, pp. 527-538.

Padalkar, V.S., Gupta, V.D., Phatangare, K.R., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Synthesis of novel dipodal-benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole from cyanuric chloride: Structural, photophysical and antimicrobial studies (2014) Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 18 (3), pp. 262-268.

Gupta, V.D., Tathe, A.B., Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Umape, P.G., Ramasami, P., Sekar, N. TDDFT investigation of the electronic structures and photophysical properties of fluorescent extended styryl push-pull chromophores containing carbazole unit (2013) Journal of Fluorescence, 23 (6), pp. 1121-1138.

Padalkar, V.S., Ramasami, P., Sekar, N. A combined experimental and DFT-TDDFT study of the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl) imidazole derivatives (2013) Journal of Fluorescence, 23 (5), pp. 839-851.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Tathe, A.B., Gupta, V.D., Sekar, N. Synthesis, photo-physical and DFT studies of ESIPT inspired novel 2-(2′,4′-dihydroxyphenyl) benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole (2013) Journal of Fluorescence, 23 (5), pp. 1019-1029.

Chaskar, A., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Takale, S., Murugan, K. An efficient and practical synthesis of 1-aryl-1H,3H-thiazolo[3,4-a]benzimidazole using silica-supported sodium hydrogen sulfate as a heterogeneous catalyst (2013) Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 6 (3), pp. 217-221.

Umape, P.G., Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Thate, A.B., Sekar, N. Synthesis and characterization of novel yellow azo dyes from 2-morpholin-4-yl-1,3-thiazol-4(5H)-one and study of their azo-hydrazone tautomerism (2013) Dyes and Pigments, 99 (2), pp. 291-298.

Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Sekar, N. Synthesis of novel fluorescent 2-{4-[1-(pyridine-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl] phenyl}-2H-naphtho [1,2-d] [1,2,3] triazolyl derivatives and evaluation of their thermal and photophysical properties (2013) Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 50 (4), pp. 809-813.

Gupta, V.D., Tathe, A.B., Padalkar, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Red emitting solid state fluorescent triphenylamine dyes: Synthesis, photo-physical property and DFT study (2013) Dyes and Pigments, 97 (3), pp. 429-439.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Tathe, A.B., Sekar, N. ESIPT-inspired benzothiazole fluorescein: Photophysics of microenvironment pH and viscosity (2013) Dyes and Pigments, 98 (3), pp. 507-517.

Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Tathe, A.B., Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Ramasami, P., Sekar, N. ESIPT inspired fluorescent 2-(4-benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)naphtho[1,2-d]oxazol-2- yl)phenol: Experimental and DFT based approach to photophysical properties (2013) Tetrahedron, 69 (6), pp. 1767-1777.

Padalkar, V., Ramasami, P., Sekar, N. TD-DFT Study of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of 2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-5-(N,N-diethylamino)phenol with benzoxazole and benzimidazole analogues (2013) Procedia Computer Science, 18, pp. 797-805.

Phatangare, K.R., Borse, B.N., Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Gupta, V.D., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Synthesis, photophysical property study of novel fluorescent 4-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-2-phenylnaphtho[1,2-d][1,3]oxazole derivatives and their antimicrobial activity (2013) Journal of Chemical Sciences, 125 (1), pp. 141-151.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Seregei, E., Sekar, N. Novel ESIPT Fluorescein: Sensor for Blood and Viscosity (2012) BioNanoScience, 2 (4), pp. 259-265.

Takale, S., Manave, S., Phatangare, K., Padalkar, V., Darvatkar, N., Chaskar, A. Phosphomolybdic acid (H 3Mo 12O 40P) as a reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 5-substituted 1 H-Tetrazoles via [2+3] cycloaddition of nitriles and sodium azide (2012) Synthetic Communications, 42 (16), pp. 2375-2381.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Chaudhari, A.S., Sekar, N. Intrinsic catalytic activity of an acidic ionic liquid as a solvent for quinazoline synthesis (2012) Catalysis Science and Technology, 2 (8), pp. 1681-1684.

Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Telore, R.D., Sekar, N. Synthesis of novel fluorescent 1,3,5-trisubstituted triazine derivatives and photophysical property evaluation of fluorophores and their BSA conjugates (2012) Heterocyclic Communications, 18 (3), pp. 127-134.

Padalkar, V.S., Gupta, V.D., Phatangare, K.R., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Indion 190 resin: Efficient, environmentally friendly, and reusable catalyst for synthesis of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzothiazoles (2012) Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 5 (2), pp. 139-145.

Takale, S., Patil, J., Padalkar, V., Pisal, R., Chaskar, A. O-iodoxybenzoic acid in water: Optimized green alternative for multicomponent one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-3,5-dicarbonitrile-6-thiopyridines (2012) Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 23 (5), pp. 966-969.

Phatangare, K.R., Padalkar, V.S., Gupta, V.D., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Phosphomolybdic acid: An efficient and recyclable solid acid catalyst for the synthesis of 4,4′-(arylmethylene)bis(1hpyrazol-5-ols) (2012) Synthetic Communications, 42 (9), pp. 1349-1358.

Patil, V.S., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Synthesis of new ESIPT-fluorescein: Photophysics of pH sensitivity and fluorescence (2012) Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116 (1), pp. 536-545.

Padalkar, V.S., Tathe, A., Gupta, V.D., Patil, V.S., Phatangare, K., Sekar, N. Synthesis and photo-physical characteristics of ESIPT inspired 2-substituted benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole fluorescent derivatives (2012) Journal of Fluorescence, 22 (1), pp. 311-322.

Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Sekar, N. Synthesis and photo-physical properties of fluorescent 1,3,5-triazine styryl derivatives (2011) Chemistry Central Journal, 5 (1), art. no. 77, .

Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Sekar, N. Synthesis and characterization of novel 2, 2'-bipyrimidine fluorescent derivative for protein binding (2011) Chemistry Central Journal, 5 (1), art. no. 72, .

Sekar, N., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G. Synthesis and biological Evaluation of novel 6-Aryl-2,4-disubstituted Schiff's sase 1,3,5-triazine derivatives as antimicrobial agents (2011) Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2 (3), pp. 908-917.

Chaskar, A., Shaikh, H., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Deokar, H. IBX promoted one-pot condensation of β-naphthol, aldehydes, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (2011) Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 4 (2), pp. 171-175.

Gupta, V.D., Padalkar, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Patil, V.S., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. The synthesis and photo-physical properties of extended styryl fluorescent derivatives of N-ethyl carbazole (2011) Dyes and Pigments, 88 (3), pp. 378-384.

Chaskar, A., Vyavhare, V., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Deokar, H. An environmentally benign one-pot synthesis of 1,2-dihydro-1-aryl-3H- naphth[1,2-e][1,3]oxazin-3-one derivatives catalysed by phosphomolybdic acid (2011) Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 76 (1), pp. 21-26.

Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Efficient synthesis of 3-substituted 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine by [bis(trifluroacetoxy)iodo]benzene-catalyzed oxidative intramolecular cyclization of heterocyclic hydrazones (2011) Synthetic Communications, 41 (6), pp. 925-938.

Pawar, B., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Nirmalkar, S., Chaskar, A. Miceller media accelerated Baylis-Hillman reaction (2011) Catalysis Science and Technology, 1 (9), pp. 1641-1644.

Chaskar, A., Deokar, H., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Patil, S.K. Highly efficient and facile green approach for one-pot fischer indole synthesis (2010) Journal of the Korean Chemical Society, 54 (4), pp. 411-413.

Chaskar, A., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Langi, B., Shah, C. Miceller-mediated phosphomolybdic acid: Highly effective reusable catalyst for synthesis of quinoline and its derivatives (2010) Synthetic Communications, 40 (15), pp. 2336-2340.

Padalkar, V.S., Patil, V.S., Phatangare, K.R., Gupta, V.D., Umape, P.G., Sekar, N. Synthesis of nanodispersible 6-aryl-2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazine and its derivatives (2010) Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology, 170 (1-3), pp. 77-87.

Chaskar, A., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Langi, B., Naik, P. Phosphomolybdic acid-catalyzed highly efficient and simple one-pot synthesis of quinoxaline (2009) Journal of the Korean Chemical Society, 53 (6), pp. 727-730.

Chaskar, A., Padalkar, V., Phatangare, K., Patil, K., Bodkhe, A., Langi, B. Heteropoly acids as useful recyclable heterogeneous catalysts for the facile and highly efficient aza-cope rearrangement of N-allylanilines (2009) Applied Catalysis A: General, 359 (1-2), pp. 84-87.

Phatangare, K., Padalkar, V., Mhatre, D., Patil, K., Chaskar, A. Highly efficient and novel method for synthesis of 1,3,5-triarylbenzenes from acetophenones (2009) Synthetic Communications, 39 (22), pp. 4117-4121.