Home > Academics > Academic Units > Faculty of Sciences (FoS) > Chemistry > Kumar Biradha
Professor
Chemistry
Keywords: Crystal Engineering, Supramolecular Chemistry, Structural Chemistry, Gas sorption studies, Polymorphism, Coordination Polymers, Solid state reactions, Soft materials
Our research aims to design and synthesize novel 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 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 exhibit 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, including 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 efforts.
Supramolecular Organic Photocatalyst Containing a Cubanelike Water Cluster and Donor Acceptor Stacks: Hydrogen Evolution and Dye Degradation under Visible Light. by Nath K., Chandra M. , Pradhan D. , Biradha K. ACS Applied Maerials & Interfaces 10 29417-29424 (2018)
Metal-Organic Gels of Silver Salts with a , -Unsaturated Ketone: Influence of Anions and Solvents on Gelation by Das D., Biradha K. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 4 1365-1373 (2017)
Does crystal or gel matter to stereochemistry of a reaction? Silver complexation-promoted solid-state [2+2] reaction of an unsymmetrical olefin by S. Samai, P. Ghosh and Kumar Biradha Chem. Commun 49 4181-4183 (2013)
Tunable Plastic Films of Crystalline Polymer by Single Crystal-to-Single Crystal Photopolymerization of a Diene: Self Templating and Shock Absorbing Two-dimensional Hydrogen Bonding Layers by M. Garai, R. Santra, Kumar Biradha Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 5548-5551 (2013)
Crystal Engineering of Topochemical Solid State Reactions by Kumar Biradha and R. Santra Chem. Soc. Rev 42 950-967 (2013)
A Photoswitchable and Photoluminescent Organic Semiconductor Based On Cation and CarboxylatePyridinium Interactions: A Supramolecular Approach by S. Roy, S. P. Mondal, S. K. Ray and Kumar Biradha Angew. Chem. Int Ed. 51 12012-12015 (2012)
Chemical and Mechano Responsive Metal Organic Gels of bis(benzimidazole) Based Ligands with Cd(II) and Cu(II) Halide Salts: Self Sustainability, Gas and Dye Sorptions by S. Samai and Kumar Biradha Chem. Mater. 24 1165-1173 (2012)
Exploration Of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Metal-Organic Gels (MOGs) And Their Derived Materials As Electrocatalysts For Overall Water Splitting Towards Clean Energy Applications Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Shaheen Sultana
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Mouli Das Dawn
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Subhajit Saha
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Swati Bedi
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Prantik Dutta
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Priya Paul
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Debasis Pal
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Korak Kar
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
Latakshi Sharma
Area of Research: Structural Chemistry
