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.

All Publications

Triphenylamine-Anthraquinone based Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Microporous Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydroxylation of Phenylboronic Acids by Samanta S. K., Sau S. Chem. Commun. 59 635-638 (2023)
Bowl-Shaped Phosphate-Based Polymer Nanocontainers Loaded with Pd Nanoparticles for Catalytic C-C Coupling Reactions by Bera S., Banerjee F. , Samanta S. K. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 6 15002-15011 (2023)

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Encapsulated Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells for Autonomous Underwater Surveillance Vehicles Directorate of Futuristic Technology Management (DFTM), Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence

Alumni members