Structural Chemistry Lab

Crystal Engineering & Us...

Our research aims to design and synthesize several functional materials by the utilization of crystal engineering approaches. The judicious choice of hydrogen bonds, several other intermolecular interactions and coordination bonds are the key for the creation of novel materials with predefined structure and therefore desired properties. The extended framework structures via coordination and covalent bonds results in MOFs & COFs, respectively, with high porosity, selective adsorptivity, dye encapsulation and catalysis. Also these materials exhibit excellent ability for post synthetic modifications to produce the materials otherwise can’t be synthesized and they display novel properties which are very different from those of the parent materials. The hydrogen bonding or supramolecular synthon assisted cocrystals, organic salts and metal assisted organogels were also of our interest for their multifunctional properties which include SCSC [2+2] dimerization/polymerization reactions, luminescence and proton conductivity. Furthermore, synthesis of SOFs with intriguing photocatalytic properties for water splitting also is part of our research interests.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Metal–Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites act as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts for Knoevenagel Condensation and the Chan–Lam Coupling Reaction
Anindita Goswami, Prantik Dutta and Kumar Biradha*
Metal-Organic Gels of Tris-tetrazole-tri-amido Molecule with Co(II) and Ni(II) as Effective Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Effect of Metal Ion, Porosity and Morphology on the Catalytic Activity of MOGs
Rajib Moi, Karabi Nath, Debanjali Ghosh and Kumar Biradha*


Group News
April'23
Congratulations to Priya and Debasis for being succesfully promoted to Senior Research Fellows (SRFs)!
April'23
Congratulations to Dr. Anindita Goswami for her successful Defense!
March'23
Congratulations to Dr. Rajib Moi for his successful Defense!
December'22
Congratulations Debasis Pal and Priya Paul for their poster presentations and active participation in MTMM-3. Congratulation Priya Paul for receiving Best Poster Award

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