Category: Chemistry

At the present scenario, the chemical industry is a key constituent of the Indian economy, accounting for about 1.38% of the nation’s GDP. Catalytic processes are preliminarily involved in the synthesis of 80% of all industrially produced chemicals. In view of this, design and development of innovative new catalytic systems has clear, direct and long-term… Continue reading Organometallics & Sustainable Catalysis (Ekambaram Balaraman)

Our group focuses on development and application of multiscale computational tools to connect real life phenomena with basic theory. This includes 1. Quantum mechanical study of excited state processes of organometallic complexes and chromophores 2. Theoretical study of biological enzyme catalysis reactions using QM/MM methods 3. Molecular dynamics simulation study of biomolecules leading to computational… Continue reading Excited state and multiscale computational chemistry group (Padmabati Mondal)

Our research group will focus on the design and synthesis of novel organic, inorganic and hybrid chiral nanomaterials that can find suitable applications in the field of optoelectronics, as security tags and in disease diagnosis and therapy. In addition to the applications mentioned above, one of the major objectives of the group will be to… Continue reading Chiral Bionanomaterials (Jatish Kumar)

Our group focuses on multifunctional materials that target applications in energy and environment. Metallic and semiconducting particles (bulk phase, nano phase, thin films) constitute the major focus in our group wherein wet chemistry synthesis and device techniques are integral part of our daily research efforts. A physical chemistry approach to materials science, nanotechnology, and optoelectronics… Continue reading Multifunctional Materials Laboratory (Janardan Kundu)

The Bar research group mainly focuses on the cutting-edge research to address the problems, ranging from the very fundamental to applications, of molecular and supramolecular magnetic materials. Multi-pronged chemical strategies are employed to improve the magnetic properties in view of the applications in modern technologies. The research group designs and synthesizes smart organic/inorganic ligands judiciously… Continue reading Single-Molecular Nanomagnets (Arun Kumar Bar)

Ash Lab works in the area of nucleic acid aptamers, which are single stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides having high affinity and specificity to their target. Aptamer binding to its target is utilized in designing new biosensing platforms for disease detection and diagnostics. In addition, the lab also focuses on construction of DNA/RNA based nanoparticles… Continue reading Ash Lab (Ashwani Sharma)

We perform research activity in the Materials Chemistry, specifically energy storage materials for batteries and supercapacitors. Our prime aspect of work is to realize the high energy and power capability in a single device by integrating rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors. Recycling spent batteries and bio-waste derived material towards charge storage devices to keep our environment… Continue reading Energy Storage Materials (Vanchiappan Aravindan)