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Prof. Marilyn Daisy Milton

Prof. Marilyn Daisy Milton pursued a degree in B.Sc. Chemistry(Honours) (1995) from Miranda House, University of Delhi and M.Sc. Chemistry (1997) and Ph.D. (2002) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Later she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Kyoto University, Japan (2002-2004) as a Monbukagakusho research fellow. Here she worked on ruthenium-catalyzed propargylic substitution reactions. Later she moved to the Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Japan (2004-2005), where she worked on separation of carbon nanotubes by porphyrin-based molecular tweezers. She joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as an Assistant Professor in 2005 and worked there for two years. Later she joined the University of Delhi as a Reader in 2007 and is currently working as a Senior Professor. Her current research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel heterocyclic compounds and their applications as fluorescent sensors, multi-stimuli responsive materials, advanced organic materials, and medicinal applications. She is also serving as the Editorial Board Member, Chemistry Select and Member, Associate Editorial Board, Current Organic Chemistry. As a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) she is actively involved in various activities of the ACS. She is serving as a member on the Committee on Chemical Safety of the ACS (2025-2027) and is also an ACS Alternate Councilor of Zone 5 (2026).

Selected Publications:

  1. Gunjan; Manna, D.;Milton, M. D. Pyrene-based phenothiazine–5–oxides for volatile acids, temperature, latent fingerprints detection and their data encryption and anti–counterfeiting ink applications. Materials Today Chemistry 2026,58,104102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2026.104102
  2. Sharma, R.; Manna, D.;Milton, M. D. Solid-state emissive phenothiazine-indanone chalcones as smart functional organic molecules for acid and hydrazine sensing and anti-counterfeiting applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2026, 14, 19272–19290.  https://doi.org/10.1039/d6tc01948j
  3. Gunjan, Milton, M. D.  Synthesis of phenothiazine–5–oxide–based dual–state emitters and their applications in trace water detection, visualization of latent fingerprints, anti–counterfeiting ink and dual–state acid triggered molecular switching. J. Mol. Struct. 2026, 1360, 145463.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2026.145463
  4. Lamoria, M., Manna, D.; Milton, M. D.  AIEE active dual-state emissive tripodal pyridopyrazine derivatives as multi-stimuli responsive smart organic materials. J. Mater. Chem. C 2025, 13, 6907. (Featured among 30 most popular articles of 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc04692g 
  5. Kumari, R.; Pal, N.; Kaur, R.: Gunjan; Sharma, R.; Manna, D.; Katin, K.; Mondal, P. C.; Milton, M. D.  Acid vapor-induced enhanced electrical current rectification in phenothiazine-based electronic devices. Chemical Science 2025, 16, 18190. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc03848k
  6. Sharma, R.; Manna, D.; Milton, M. D. Multi-stimuli responsive tripodal phenothiazine derivatives and their applications in monitoring fish spoilage, anti-counterfeiting writing, and visualization of latent fingerprints. Chem Asian J. 2025, 20, e00047. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500047
  7. Kumari, R.; Milton, M. D. Non-doped, solid-state red-emitting phenothiazine-pyrene chalcones: Synthesis, aggregation-induced emission enhancement and mechanofluorochromism. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2025, 462, 116222.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.116222
  8. Lamoria, M.; Manna, D.; Milton, M. D. AIE active blue light emitting pyridine functionalized quinoxaline and pyridopyrazine derivatives exhibiting reversible acidofluorochromism and thermal sensitivity. J. Mol. Struct. 2025, 1319, 139385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.139385
  9. Lamoria, M.; Milton, M. D. Non-doped blue-light emitting D–π–A type AIEE active novel quinoxaline derivatives and their application in acidochromism and data protection. Dyes and Pigments 2024, 229, 112303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2024.112303
  10. Kumari, R.; Milton, M. D. Synthesis of multi-stimuli-responsive solid-state red-emitting phenothiazine-based A-π-D-π-A’ derivatives and their applications. J. Mol. Struct. 2024, 1309, 138202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.138202

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Patents Granted

  1. Indian Patent no. 301082 Indian Patent no. 301082; Novel brominated phenothiazine scaffolds and methods thereof, (February, 2014)