Research in the Organic Materials and Energy Devices laboratory (OMED lab) includes supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry to generate novel organic materials that can find potential applications in the emerging fields of energy, catalysis, electronic devices etc. In a combination, we will utilize the potential of (i) synthetic organic chemistry to generate new materials, (ii) self-assembly principles to process these materials and (iii) electronic device fabrication techniques to achieve high-end device applications. Efforts will be devoted towards developing new building blocks (n-type or p-type) for the synthesis of novel small molecules and high performance conjugated polymers. Several strategies will be adopted in order to tune the materials properties such as incorporation of chirality, donor-acceptor conjugation, side-chain variation etc. A major part of the active research will involve synthesis of conjugated and non-conjugated polymer networks for the applications in renewable energy such as gas storage, dye absorption, catalyst loading and water splitting.
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Soft-Nanocomposites of Nanoparticles and Nanocarbons with Supramolecular and Polymer Gels and Their Applications Bhattacharya S., Samanta S. K. By Chem. Rev. 116 11967-12028 (2016)
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Cationic Main-Chain Polyelectrolytes with Pyridinium-based p-Phenylenevinylene Units and their Aggregation-Induced Gelation Samanta S. K., Scherf U. By Macromol. Chem. Phys. 217 1600374-1600383 (2017)
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Efficient Management of Fruit Pests by Pheromone Nanogels Bhagat D., Samanta S. K., Bhattacharya S. By Sci. Rep. 3 1294- (2013)
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Excellent Chirality Transcription in Two-Component Photochromic Organogels Assembled through J-Aggregation Samanta S. K., Bhattacharya S. By Chem. Commun. 49 1425-1427 (2013)
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Composites of Graphene and other Nanocarbons with Gelators Assembled through Supramolecular Interactions Samanta S. K., Subrahmanyam K. S., Bhattacharya S. , Rao C. By Chem. Eur. J. 18 2890-2901 (2012)
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Wide Range Light Harvesting Donor-Acceptor Assemblies through Inter-gelator Interactions via Self-assembly Samanta S. K., Bhattacharya S. By Chem. Eur. J. 18 15875-15885 (2012)
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Unusual Salt Induced Color Modulation through Aggregation-Induced Emission Switching of Bis-Cationic Phenylenedivinylene based -Hydrogelator Bhattacharya S., Samanta S. K. By Chem. Eur. J. 18 16632-16641 (2012)
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Carbon nanotube reinforced supramolecular gels with electrically conducting, viscoelastic and near-infrared sensitive properties Samanta S. K., Pal A. , Bhattacharya S. , Rao C. By J. Mater. Chem. 20 6881-6890 (2010)
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Conjugated Polymer-Assisted Dispersion of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: The Power of Polymer Wrapping Samanta S. K., Fritsch M. , Scherf U. , Gomulya W. , Bisri S. Z., Loi M. A. By Acc. Chem. Res. 47 2446-2456 (2014)
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One-step Synthesis of a Cyclic 2,17-dioxo[3,3](4,4 )biphenylophane and First Preparation of a Microporous Polymer Network from a Macrocyclic Precursor by Cyclotrimerization Samanta S. K., Preis E. , Lehmann C. W., Goddard R. , Bag S. , Maiti P. K., Brunklaus G. , Scherf U. By Chem. Commun. 51 9046-9049 (2015)
- Co-Principal Investigator
Ph. D. Students
Amrita Hazra
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
Buddhadeb Mondal
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
Chitrak Ghosh
Area of Research: Conjugated small molecules and polymers
Flora Banerjee
Area of Research: Macromolecular Chemistry
Krishnendu Maity
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
Rajesh Maiti
Area of Research: Vinyl nitro-modified carbohydrates
Ratna Banerjee
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
Sibu Manna
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
Soumitra Sau
Area of Research: Supramolecular Chemistry
Sudharanjan Bera
Area of Research: Supramolecular Chemistry
Suman Karmakar
Area of Research: Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry
