School of Engineering and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Research Areas
Research in the department encompasses the disciplines of chemical sciences, including organic, inorganic, physical, and theoretical/computational chemistry. Furthermore, research laboratories in these traditional areas pursue problems at the interface of biology (i.e., chemical biology) and materials science (i.e., nano-science and materials chemistry). We benefit greatly from a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative environment that involves strong interactions with other premier institutions across India and around the world.
- New Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Computational Chemistry
- Hybrid Nanomaterials for Multi-modal Functionalities
- Understanding the Fundamentals of Controlled Assembly with Inorganic Nanocrystals, i.e., Polymerizations at Mesoscale.
- Functional Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications
- Core/Shell Semiconductor Nanocrystals
- Inorganic Nanocrystals
- Inorganic Nanocrystals
- Optoelectronic Device Fabrication
- Solid state electrochemistry, thermodynamics, and solution calorimetry
- Metal Oxide Catalysis (Environmental catalysis)
- Ultra-high temperature ceramics, synthesis & calorimetry above 1500 ⁰C
- Solid state chemistry, and Material science)
Research Themes
Faculty: Dr Chinmoy Das
Brief: Our research group is developing new synthetic protocols to design Coordination Networks (Metal-organic frameworks/Coordination Polymers)-based Crystal-Glass Composites toward the application of atmospheric water harvesting (AWH), Li/Na-ion conducting solid-state electrolytes, photoactive materials, gas separating membranes, and heterogeneous catalysis for the transformation of gaseous molecules into industrially important liquid fuels. The strategy to achieve these fascinating materials involves phase transition and dynamicity of the molecules in different states of matter.
Brief: Our research group is developing new synthetic protocols to design Coordination Networks (Metal-organic frameworks/Coordination Polymers)-based Crystal-Glass Composites toward the application of atmospheric water harvesting (AWH), Li/Na-ion conducting solid-state electrolytes, photoactive materials, gas separating membranes, and heterogeneous catalysis for the transformation of gaseous molecules into industrially important liquid fuels. The strategy to achieve these fascinating materials involves phase transition and dynamicity of the molecules in different states of matter.
Brief:In our research group, we focus on the design and synthesis of porphyrinoids (mostly porphyrins, corroles, chlorins, N-confused porphyrins) based triplet photosensitizers for biomedical applications and triplet-triplet annihilation process.
Brief:My research group is working on the molecular design and synthesis of innovative, functional pi- conjugated small molecules and polymeric semiconducting materials for applications in organic solar cells. Our aim is to synthesize light harvesting organic materials in a few steps from low-cost commercially available raw materials with good yields and large quantities, which drastically reduces the synthetic cost and useful for large area commercially manufacturable solar cells.
Research interests
- Multistep organic synthesis
- Synthesis of π-conjugated organic semiconductors
- Materials for organic and perovskite solar cells
- Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)