Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar Department of Chemistry., IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar

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A-133, IIT Campus, Kharagpur - 721302, West Bengal

Education

BSc: The University of Burdwan- 1986

MSc: The University of Burdwan- 1988

PhD: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science- 1994

Post docs:

1. JSPS short-term postdoctoral fellow- March 1996, with Professor K. Yoshihara at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan

2. Postdoctoral fellow- June 1996 - February 1998, with Professor H.Hayashi at RIKEN, Japan.

3. JSPS postdoctoral fellow- March 1998 - June 1998, with Professor T. Tahara at IMS, Japan.

Research Statement

In our research group we have used picosecond time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to probe the structural dynamics of different self-assembled organized systems. Recently adsorption of fluorophores and protein in graphene oxide sheets are studied at a single molecular level via FCS and FLIM. Excited State Intramolecular and Intermolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) processes inside various biologically relevant supramolecular assemblies are also monitored. Ultrafast Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is also investigated to unravel the dynamics and micro-heterogeneity of confined systems. We also involved in synthesizing and characterizing unique class of Surface Active Ionic Liquids (SAILs) and their applications to the formation of ionic liquid in oil microemulsions and vesicles spontaneously. Recently we are setting up a femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion setup to unravel the dynamics in several microheterogeneous and nano-material systems which are not possible through picosecond fluorescence spectroscopy.

Publications

,"A review on recent application of proton transfer photophysics of bipyridine-3,3?-diol in organized assemblies" Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2022

Sangita Kundu, Meghna Ghosh, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"State of the Art and Perspectives on the Biofunctionalization of Fluorescent Metal Nanoclusters and Carbon Quantum Dots for Targeted Imaging and Drug Delivery" Langmuir, 2021

Niloy Kundu, Dipankar Mondal & Nilmoni Sarkar,"Dynamics of the vesicles composed of fatty acids and other amphiphile mixtures: unveiling the role of fatty acids as a model protocell membrane" Biophysical Reviews, 2020

A. Pyne, S. Kundu, N. Sarkar.,"Surfactant Behavior of Ionic Liquids Involving a Drug" Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 S. Zhang (ed.), Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6739-6_5-1, 2019

Journal Publications

Soumya Sundar Mati, Sourav Chowdhury , Soumen Sarkar , Nanigopal Bera , Nilmoni Sarkar,"Targeting genomic DNAs and oligonucleotide on base specificity: A comparative spectroscopic, computational and in vitro study" International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023

Meghna Ghosh, Sanjukta Parida, Huma Khatoon, Nanigopal Bera, Sabyashachi Mishra, Nilmoni Sarkar,"Excited State Photophysics of Curcumin and its Modulation in Alkaline Non-Aqueous Medium" ChemPhysChem, 2023

Souvik Layek, Nanigopal Bera, Pratyush Kiran Nandi, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"Insights into the Strong Emission Enhancement of Molecular Rotor Thioflavin T in Aqueous Cellulose Nanocrystal Dispersion: White Light Generation in Protein and Micellar Media" Langmuir, 2023

,"Aggregation induced emission of surface ligand controlled gold nanoclusters employing imidazolium surface active ionic liquid and pH sensitivity" Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A : Chemistry, 2023

,"Modulation of the Photophysics of Nucleotide-Functionalized Copper Nanoclusters Using Aqueous Binary Mixtures" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022

,"Deciphering Dual Modes of Parkinsonian Biomolecules Derived Fluorescent Nanoparticles: Protein Specificity and White Light Generation" The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022

Sourav Nandi, Anurup Mukhopadhyay, Pratyush Kiran Nandi, Nanigopal Bera, Ritwik Hazra, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, and Nilmoni Sarkar*,"Amyloids Formed by Nonaromatic Amino Acid Methionine and Its Cross with Phenylalanine Significantly Affects Phospholipid Vesicle Membrane: An Insight into Hypermethioninemia Disorder" Langmuir, 2022

Sourav Nandi, Souvik Layek, Pratyush K Nandi, Nanigopal Bera, Ritwik Hazra and Nilmoni Sarkar,"Self-assembly of artificial sweetener aspartame adversely affect phospholipid membranes: plausible reason for its deleterious intake" Chem. Commun., 2021

Sourav Nandi, Biswajoy Ghosh, Meghna Ghosh, Souvik Layek, Pratyush Kiran Nandi, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"Phenylalanine Interacts with Oleic Acid-Based Vesicle Membrane. Understanding the Molecular Role of Fibril–Vesicle Interaction under the Context of Phenylketonuria" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021

Souvik Layek, Pavel Banerjee, NilmoniSarkar,"An insight into the dissolution of cellulose in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride-DMSO binary Mixture: Exploring the dynamics of rhodamine 6G and fluorescein" Journal of molecular liquids, 2021

Nanigopal Bera, Meghna Ghosh, Sourav Nandi, NilmoniSarkar,"Femtosecond solvation dynamics study of hydrophobic and hydrophilic probes in various room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) containing microemulsions" Chemical physics letter, 2021

Sangita Kundu, Sheeba Malik, Meghna Ghosh, Sourav Nandi, Arghajit Pyne, Ananya Debnath, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"A comparative study on DMSO-induced modulation of the structural and dynamical properties of model bilayer membranes" Langmuir, 2021

Dipankar Mondal, Sheeba Malik, Pavel Banerjee, Niloy Kundu, Ananya Debnath*, and Nilmoni Sarkar*,"Modulation of Membrane Fluidity to Control Interfacial Water Structure and Dynamics in Saturated and Unsaturated Phospholipid Vesicles" Langmuir, 2020

Pavel Banerjee Pavel Banerjee Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India More by Pavel Banerjee , Karunamoy Rajak, Pratyush Kiran Nandi, Siddhartha Pal, Meghna Ghosh, Sabyashachi Mishra*, and Nilmoni Sarkar*,"Aging-Dependent Morphological Crystallinity Determines Membrane Activity of l-Phenylalanine Self-Assembles" The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020

Arghajit Pyne, Sourav Nandi, Meghna Ghosh, Trina Roy, Santanu Dhara, and Nilmoni Sarkar*,"Denaturant-Mediated Modulation of the Formation and Drug Encapsulation Responses of Gold Nanoparticles" Langmuir, 2020

Sangita Kundu, Biswajoy Ghosh, Sourav Nandi, Meghna Ghosh, Arghajit Pyne, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, and Nilmoni Sarkar*,"Surface Ligand-Controlled Wavelength-Tunable Luminescence of Gold Nanoclusters: Cellular Imaging and Smart Fluorescent Probes for Amyloid Detection" ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2020

Siddhartha Pal, Mayukh Chakraborty, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"Graphene Oxide Functionalized with 5-Aminophenanthroline for Selective Detection of Adenine through Fluorescence “Turn-Off–On” Response" ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2020

P. Banerjee, A. Pyne, N. Sarkar,"Understanding the Self-Assembling Behavior of Biological Building Block Molecules: A Spectroscopic and Microscopic Approach" J. Phys. Chem. B (just accepted), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b09123, 2020

M. Ghosh, S. Kundu, A. Pyne, N. Sarkar,"Unveiling the Behavior of Curcumin in Biocompatible Microemulsion and Its Differential Interaction with Gold and Silver Nanoparticles" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020

P. Banerjee, D. Mondal, M. Ghosh, D. Mukherjee, P. K. Nandi, T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar,"Selective Self-assembly of 5-Fluorouracil through Non-linear Solvent Response Modulates Membrane Dynamics" Langmuir (just accepted), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03544, 2020

S. Nandi, A. Pyne, M. Ghosh, P. Banerjee, B. Ghosh, N. Sarkar,"Antagonist Effect of L- Phenylalanine and the Enantiomeric Mixture Containing D-Phenylalanine on Phospholipid Vesicle Membrane" Langmuir (just accepted), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03543, 2020

S. Nandi, S. Kundu, A. Pyne, N. Sarkar,"Spectroscopic Investigation on Alteration of Dynamic Properties of Lipid Membrane in Presence of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)" J. Mol. Liq. 2020, 297,111877, 2019

R. Dutta, S. Sil, S. Kundu, S. Nandi, N. Sarkar,"Multi-stimuli responsive fabrication of supramolecular assemblies usingionic self-assembly approach" J. Mol. Liq. 2019, 286,110861, 2019

A.Pyne, S. Layek, A. Patra, N. Sarkar,"An Easy and Smart Way to Explore the Light Emitting Responses of Carbon Dot and Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Assembly: White Light Generation and pH Dependent Reversible Photoswitching" J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 6414-6425., 2019

S. Kundu, D. Mukherjee,T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar.,"Highly Luminescent Thermoresponsive Green Emitting Gold Nanoclusters for Intracellular Nanothermometry and Cellular Imaging: A Dual Function Optical Probe" ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 2078-2091, 2019

R. Dutta, S. Bhattacharya, A. Pyne, P. K. Datta, N. Sarkar.,"Unveiling the Interaction between Carbon Nanodot and IR Light Emitting Fluorescent Dyes inside the Confined Micellar Environment" Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2019, 377, 298-308, 2019

R. Dutta, G. Jana, D. Mondal, A. Pyne, S. Sil, P. K. Chattaraj, N. Sarkar.,"The Role of Viscosity on Various Dynamical Processes of Different Fluorophores in Ionic Liquid-Cosolvent Mixtures: A Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion Study." Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2019,123, 117-129, 2019

D. Mondal, R. Dutta, P. Banerjee, D. Mukherjee, T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar.,"Modulation of Membrane Fluidity Performed on ModelPhospholipid Membrane and Live Cell Membrane: Revealing through Spatiotemporal Approaches of FLIM, FAIM, and TRFS." Anal.Chem. 2019, 91, 4337-4345, 2019

R. Dutta, M. Ghosh, A. Pyne, N. Sarkar,"Insight into the Dynamics of Different Fluorophores in the Interior of Aerosol OT Lamellar Structures in Presence of Sugars: From Picosecond-to-Femtosecond Study" J. Phys. Chem. B. 2019,123, 117-129, 2019

S. Roy, S. Mandal, P. Banerjee, N. Sarkar,"Modification of fatty acid vesicle using an imidazolium-based surface active ionic liquid: a detailed study on its modified properties using spectroscopy and microscopy techniques" J Chem Sci (2018) 130: 132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-018-1532-2, 2018

P. Banerjee, S. Pal, N. Kundu, D. Mondal, N. Sarkar,"A cell-penetrating peptide induces the self-reproduction of phospholipid vesicles: understanding the role of the bilayer rigidity" Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 11451-11454, 2018

S. Pal, P. Banerjee, D. Mondal, N. Sarkar,"Light-induced morphological transition between unconjugated bilirubin photoisomers" Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 8325-8332, 2018

R. K. Saini, P. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Influence of water inside the HY zeolite on the photophysical properties of 2, 2`-Bipyridine3,3`-diol (BP(OH)2). " J. Luminescence 2018, 194, 713-717, 2018

R. Dutta, A. Pyne, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of sugars on the dynamics of hydrophilic fluorophores confined inside the water pool of anionic reverse micelle: A spectroscopic approach. " J. Mol. Liq. 2018, 252, 225-235, 2018

R. Dutta, A. Pyne, D. Mondal, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of Microheterogeneity of Different Aqueous Binary Mixtures on the Proton Transfer Dynamics of [2,2`-Bipyridyl]-3,3`-diol: A Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion Study. " ACS Omega 2018, 3, 314-328 , 2018

D. Banik, S. Bhattacharya, P. K. Datta, N. Sarkar. ,"Anomalous Dynamics in tert-Butyl Alcohol-Water and Trimethylamine N-Oxide-Water Binary Mixtures: A Femtosecond Transient Absorption Study. " ACS Omega 2018, 3, 383-392, 2018

R. Dutta, S. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Ionic liquid-induced aggregate formation and their applications. " Biophys. Rev. 2018, 10, 861-871, 2018

A. Pyne, S. Kundu, P. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Unveiling the Aggregation Behavior of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride in Aqueous Solution of 1-Octyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride and the Effect of Bile Salt on These Aggregates: A Microscopic Study. " Langmuir 2018, 34, 3296-3306, 2018

S. Kundu, A. Pyne, R. Dutta, N. Sarkar. ,"Unveiling the Interaction of Duplex DNA with Graphene Oxide in Presence of Two Diverse Binders: A Detailed Photophysical Study. " J. Phys. Chem. C. 2018,122, 6876-6888, 2018

N. Kundu, D. Banik, N. Sarkar. ,"Self-Assembly of Amphiphiles into Vesicles and Fibrils: Investigation of Structure and Dynamics using Spectroscopic and Microscopic Techniques. " Langmuir 2018, 2018

P. Banerjee, A. Pyne, S. Pal, C. K. Karan, N. Sarkar. ,"Self-Assembling Behavior of Pyrimidine Analogues: Unveiling the Factors behind Morphological Diversity. " J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 522, 63-73, 2018

S. C. Jambagi, A. Agarwal, N. Sarkar, P. P. Bandyopadhyay. ,"Plasma-Sprayed Titania and Alumina Coatings Obtained from Feedstocks Prepared by Heterocoagulation with 1 wt.% Carbon Nanotube. " J. Mater. Eng. Perform 2018,27,2364â€“2372, 2018

R. Dutta, S. Ghosh, P.Banerjee, S. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Micelle-vesicle-micelle transition in aqueous solution of anionic surfactant and cationic imidazolium surfactants: Alteration of the location of different fluorophores. " J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2017, 490, 762-773, 2017

D. Banik, S. Kundu, P. Banerjee, R. Dutta and N. Sarkar. ,"Investigation of Fibril Forming Mechanisms of L-Phenylalanine and L-Tyrosine: Microscopic Insight toward Phenylketonuria and Tyrosinemia Type II. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121,1533-1543, 2017

J. Kuchlyan, S. Basak, D. Dutta, A. K. Das, D. Mal, N. Sarkar. ,"A new rhodamine derived fluorescent sensor: Detection of Hg2+ at cellular level. " Chem. Phys. Lett 2017, 673, 84-88, 2017

A. Pyne, J. Kuchlyan, C. Maiti, D. Dhara, N. Sarkar.,"Cholesterol Based Surface Active Ionic Liquid That Can Form Microemulsions and Spontaneous Vesicles. " Langmuir 2017, 333, 5891-5899, 2017

N. Kundu, D. Mukherjee, T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar. ,"Protein-Guided Formation of Silver Nanoclusters and Their Assembly with Graphene Oxide as an Improved Bioimaging Agent with Reduced Toxicity. " J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 2291-2297, 2017

S. Kundu, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Inhibiting the Fibrillation of Serum Albumin Proteins in the Presence of Surface Active Ionic Liquids (SAILs) at Low pH: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121, 7550-7560, 2017

N. Kundu, S. Roy, D. Mukherjee, T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar. ,"Unveiling the Interaction between Fatty-Acid-Modified Membrane and Hydrophilic Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid: Understanding the Mechanism of Ionic Liquid Cytotoxicity. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121, 8162-8170, 2017

D. Mukherjee, N. Kundu, L. Chakravarty, B. Behera, P. Chakrabarti, N. Sarkar, T. K. Maiti. ,"Membrane perturbation though novel cell-penetrating peptides influences intracellular accumulation of imatinib mesylate in CML cells. " Cell Biol Toxicol 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s10565-017-9414-9., 2017

A. Roy, S. Kundu, R. Dutta, N. Sarkar. ,"Influence of bile salt on vitamin E derived vesicles involving a surface active ionic liquid and conventional cationic micelle. " J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2017, 501, 202-214, 2017

N. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Small Molecule Induced Fusion of a Model Protocell Membrane Composed of Fatty Acids: A New Insight into the Membrane Fusion Monitored through Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. " 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, SaN Francisco, CA, United States. 2017, COLL-785, 2017

D. Banik, P. Banerjee, G. Sabeehuddin, N. Sarkar. ,"Effects of a common worldwide drink (Beer) on L-Phenylalanine and L-Tyrosine fibrillar assemblies. " Chem. Phys. Lett. 2017, 687, 44-53, 2017

R. Dutta, A. Pyne, S. Kundu, P. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Concentration-Driven Fascinating Vesicle-Fibril Transition Employing Merocyanine 540 and 1-Octyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride. " Langmuir 2017, 33, 9811-9821 Correction: Langmuir 2017, 33, 14209, 2017

P. Banerjee, D. Mukherjee, T. K. Maiti, N. Sarkar. ,"Unveiling the Self-Assembling Behavior of 5-Fluorouracil and its N,N`-Dimethyl Derivative: A Spectroscopic and Microscopic Approach. " Langmuir 2017, 33, 10978-10988, 2017

A. Roy, A. Pyne, P. Pal, S. Dhara, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of Vitamin E and a Long-Chain Alcohol n-Octanol on the Carbohydrate-Based NonionicAmphiphile Sucrose Monolaurateâ€“Formulation of Newly Developed Niosomes and Application in Cell Imaging. " ACS Omega 2017, 2, 7637-7646, 2017

N. Kundu, A. Roy, D. Banik, N. Sarkar ,"Unveiling the Mode of Interaction of Berberine Alkaloid in Different Supramolecular Confined Environments: Interplay of Surface Charge between Nano-Confined Charged Layer and DNA. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 1106-1120, 2016

A. Roy, N. Kundu, D. Banik, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Comparative Fluorescence Resonance Energy-Transfer Study in Pluronic Triblock Copolymer Micelle and Niosome Composed of Biological Component Cholesterol: An Investigation of Effect of Cholesterol and Sucrose on the FRET Parameters. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 131-142, 2016

C. Banerjee, A. Roy, N. Kundu, D. Banik and N. Sarkar. ,"A new strategy to prepare giant vesicles from surface active ionic liquids (SAILs): a study of protein dynamics in a crowded environment using a fluorescence correlation spectroscopic technique. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 14520-14530, 2016

A. Roy, R. Dutta, N. Kundu, D. Banik, and N. Sarkar. ,"A Comparative Study of the Influence of Sugars Sucrose, Trehalose, and Maltose on the Hydration and Diffusion of DMPC Lipid Bilayer at Complete Hydration: Investigation of Structural and Spectroscopic Aspect of Lipid-Sugar Interaction. " Langmuir 2016, 32, 5124-5134, 2016

N. Kundu, A. Roy, R. Dutta, and N. Sarkar. ,"Translational and Rotational Diffusion of Two Differently Charged Solutes in Ethylammonium Nitrate-Methanol Mixture: Does the Nanostructure of the Amphiphiles Influence the Motion of the Solute? " J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 5481-5490, 2016

J. Kuchlyan, N. Kundu, N. sarkar. ,"Ionic liquids in microemulsions: Formulation and characterization. " Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2016, 25, 27-38, 2016

A. Roy, R. Dutta, P. Banerjee, S. Kundu, and N. Sarkar. ,"5-Methyl Salicylic Acid-Induced Thermo Responsive Reversible Transition in Surface Active Ionic Liquid Assemblies: A Spectroscopic Approach. " Langmuir 2016, 32, 7127-7137, 2016

D. Banik, R. Dutta, P. Banerjee, S. Kundu, and N. Sarkar. ,"Inhibition of Fibrillar Assemblies of L-Phenylalanine by Crown Ethers: A Potential Approach toward Phenylketonuria. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 7662-7670, 2016

J. Kuchlyan, A. Roy, R. Dutta, S. Sen and N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of the submicellar concentration of bile salts on structural alterations of beta-casein micelles. " RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 71989-71998, 2016

C. Banerjee, N. Kundu, A. Roy, D. Banik, M. Halder and N. Sarkar. ,"Solvation, rotational relaxation and fluorescence correlation spectroscopic study on ionic liquid-in oil microemulsions containing triple-chain surface active ionic liquids (SAILs). " RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 74604&-74613, 2016

R. K. Saini, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of viscosity on photoinduced electron transfer reaction: An observation of the Marcus inverted region in homogeneous solvents. " Chem. Phys. Lett. 2016, 660, 81-86, 2016

A. Roy, P. Banerjee, R. Dutta, S. Kundu, and N. Sarkar. ,"Probing the Interaction between a DNA Nucleotide (Adenosine-5`-Monophosphate Disodium) and Surface Active Ionic Liquids by Rotational Relaxation Measurement and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. " Langmuir 2016, 32, 10946-10956, 2016

D. Banik, A. Roy, N. Kundu, and N. Sarkar. ,"Modulation of the Excited-State Dynamics of 2,2`-Bipyridine-3,3`-diol in Crown Ethers: A Possible Way To Control the Morphology of a Glycine Fibril through Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 11247-11255, 2016

A. Roy, R. Dutta, N. Sarkar. ,"Influence of trehalose on the interaction of curcumin with surface active ionic liquid micelle and its vesicular aggregate composed of a non-ionic surfactant sorbitan stearate. " Chem. Phys.Lett. 2016, 665, 14-21, 2016

N. Kundu, P. Banerjee, R. Dutta, S. Kundu, R. K. Saini, M. Halder, and N. Sarkar ,"Proton Transfer Pathways of 2,2`-Bipyridine-3,3`-diol in pH Responsive Fatty Acid Self-Assemblies: Multiwavelength Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in a Single Vesicle. " Langmuir 2016, 32, 13284-13295, 2016

D. Banik, J. Kuchlyan, A. Roy, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Stimuli-Sensitive Breathing of Cucurbit[7]uril Cavity: Monitoring through the Environment Responsive Fluorescence of 1`-Hydroxy-2`-acetonaphthone (HAN)." J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2310-2322, 2015

J. Kuchlyan, N. Kundu, D. Banik, A. Roy, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy To Probe the Interaction of Bovine Serum Albumin With Graphene Oxide. " Langmuir, 2015, 31, 13793-13801, 2015

V . G. Rao, C.Banerjee, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, N. Sarkar. ,"Designing a New Strategy for the Formation of IL-In-Oil Microemulsions Containing Double Chain Surface Active Ionic Liquid. " Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactant Science: Formulation, Characterization, and Applications 2015, DOI: 10.1002/9781118854501.ch15, 2015

N. Kundu, A. Roy, D. Banik, , J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Graphene Oxide and Pluronic Copolymer Aggregates-PossibleRoute to Modulate the Adsorption of Fluorophores and Imaging of Live Cells. " J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 25023-25035, 2015

N. Kundu, D. Banik, A. Roy, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Modulation of the Aggregation Properties of Sodium Deoxycholate in Presence of Hydrophilic Imidazoliumbased Ionic Liquid: Water Dynamics Study to probe thestructural alteration of the aggregates. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 25216-25227, 2015

A. Roy, N. Kundu, D. Banik, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"How does Bile Salt Penetration Affect the Self-Assembled Architecture of Pluronic P123 Micelles? â€“ Llight Scattering and Spectroscopic Investigations. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 19977-19990, 2015

D. Banik, A. Roy, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Picosecond Solvation and Rotational Dynamics: An Attempt to Reinvestigate the Mystery of Alcohol-Water Binary Mixtures. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 9905-9919, 2015

J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, A. Roy, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Vesicles Formation by Zwitterionic Micelle and Poly-L-lysine: Solvation and Rotational Relaxation Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 8285-8292, 2015

S. Ghosh, A. Roy, D. Banik, N. Kundu, J. Kuchlyan, A.Dhir, N. Sarkar. ,"How Does the Surface Charge of Ionic Surfactant and Cholesterol Forming Vesicles Control Rotational and Translational Motion of Rhodamine 6G Perchlorate (R6G ClO4)? " Langmuir, 2015, 31, 2310-2320, 2015

D. Banik, N. Kundu, J. Kuchlyan, A. Roy, C. Banerjee, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar.,"Picosecond Solvation Dynamicsâ€”A Potential Viewer of DMSOâ€”Water Binary Mixtures. " J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142, 054505(1) - 054505(10), 2015

S. C. Jambagi, N. Sarkar, P.P. Bandyopadhyay ,"Preparation of Carbon Nanotube Doped Ceramic Powders for Plasma Spraying Using Heterocoagulation Method " J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2015, 35, 989-1000, 2015

J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, A. Roy, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar. ,"Excited-State Proton Transfer Dynamics of Firefly`s Chromophore D-Luciferin in DMSO-Water Binary Mixture. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 13946-13953, 2014

Ghosh, S.; Banik, D.; Roy, A.; Kundu, N.; J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Spectroscopic investigation of the binding interactions of a membrane potential molecule in various supramolecular confined environments: contrasting behavior of surfactant molecules in relocation or release of the probe between nanocarriers and DNA surface. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 25024-25038, 2014

J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Kundu, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of Confinement on Excited-State Proton Transfer of Firefly`s Chromophore d-Luciferin in AOT Reverse Micelles." J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 3401-3408, 2014

C. Banerjee, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar.,"Exploring the Photophysics of Curcumin in Zwitterionic Micellar System: An Approach to Control ESIPT Process in Presence of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) and Anionic Surfactant." J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 3669-3681, 2014

S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Kundu, D. Banik, N. Sarkar. ,"Vesicles Formed in Aqueous Mixtures of Cholesterol and Imidazolium Surface Active Ionic Liquid: A Comparison with Common Cationic Surfactant by Water Dynamics." J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 5913-5923, 2014

C. Banerjee, J.Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Kundu, A. Roy, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar. ,"Interaction of gold nanoclusters with IR light emitting cyanine dyes: a systematic fluorescence quenching study. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 17272-17283, 2014

S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, S. Roychowdhury, D. Banik, N. Kundu, A. Roy, N. Sarkar. ,"Unique Influence of Cholesterol on Modifying the Aggregation Behavior of Surfactant Assemblies: Investigation of Photophysical and Dynamical Properties of 2,2`-Bipyridine-3,3`-diol, BP(OH)2 in Surfactant Micelles, and Surfactant/Cholesterol Forming Vesicles. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 31, 9329-9340, 2014

C. Banerjee, S. Maiti, M. Mustafi, J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Kundu, D. Dhara, N. Sarkar, ,"Effect of Encapsulation of Curcumin in Polymeric Nanoparticles: How Efficient to Control ESIPT Process? " Langmuir 2014, 30, 10834-10844, 2014

J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Kundu, A. Roy, N. Sarkar. ,"Interaction of fluorescence dyes with 5-fluorouracil: A photoinduced electron transfer study in bulk and biologically relevant water. " Langmuir 2014, 613, 115-121, 2014

S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Kundu, A. Roy, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar ,"Organic Additive, 5-Methylsalicylic Acid Induces Spontaneous Structural Transformation of Aqueous Pluronic Triblock Copolymer Solution: A Spectroscopic Investigation of Interaction of Curcumin with Pluronic Micellar and Vesicular Aggregates. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 11437-11448, 2014

S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, V. Khorwal, N. Sarkar. ,"Ultrafast FRET to Study Spontaneous Micelle-to-Vesicle Transitions in an Aqueous Mixed Surface-Active Ionic-Liquid System. " Chem. Phys. Chem. 2014, 15, 3544-3553, 2014

S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, H. H. K. Aggala, C. Banerjee, V. G. Rao, N. Sarkar. ,"Modulation of the Photophysical Properties of 2,2`-Bipyridine-3,3`- diol inside Bile Salt Aggregates: A Fluorescence-based Study for the Molecular Recognition of Bile Salts. " Langmuir, 2013, 29, 133-143., 2013

V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Phase Boundaries, Structural Characteristics, and NMR Spectra of Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsions Containing Double Chain Surface Active Ionic Liquid: A Comparative Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 1480-1493, 2013

S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, J. Kuchlyan, D. Banik, N. Sarkar. ,"A Novel Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsion Composed of Biologically Acceptable Components: An Excitation Wavelength Dependent Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 3221-3231., 2013

C. Banerjee, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, N. Kundu, N. Sarkar.,"Unique Characteristics of Ionic Liquids Comprised of Long-Chain Cations and Anions: A New Physical Insight. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 3927-3934, 2013

S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, S. Mandal, V. G. Rao, N. Sarkar. ,"Effect of Alkyl Chain of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid (RTILs) on the Phase Behavior of [C2mim][CnSO4]/TX-100/Cyclohexane Microemulsions: Solvent and Rotational Relaxation Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 5886-5897, 2013

S. Mandal, S, Ghosh, C. Banerjee, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Roles of Viscosity, Polarity, and Hydrogen-Bonding Ability of a Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquid and Its Binary Mixtures in the Photophysics and Rotational Dynamics of the Potent Excited-State Intramolecular Proton-Transfer Probe 2,2`-Bipyridine-3,3`-diol." J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 6789-6800., 2013

S. Mandal, C. Banerjee, S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar.,"Modulation of the Photophysical Properties of Curcumin in Nonionic Surfactant (Tween-20) Forming Micelles and Niosomes: A Comparative Study of Different Microenvironments. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 6957-6968., 2013

V. G. Rao, C. Banerjee, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"A Step toward the Development of High-Temperature Stable Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsions Containing Double-Chain Anionic Surface Active Ionic Liquid. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 7472-7480, 2013

S. Ghosh, C. Ghatak, C. Banerjee, S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"Spontaneous Transition of Micelleâ€“Vesicleâ€“Micelle in a Mixture of Cationic Surfactant and Anionic Surfactant-like Ionic Liquid: A Pure Nonlipid Small Unilamellar Vesicular Template Used for Solvent and Rotational Relaxation Study. " Langmuir, 2013, 29, 10066-10076., 2013

C. Banerjee, N. Kundu, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar.,"Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Microemulsions Composed of Tripled-Chain Surface Active Ionic Liquids, RTILs and Biological Solvent: An Excitation Wavelength Dependence Study." J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 9508-9517., 2013

S. Mandal, S. Ghosh. D. Banik, C, Banerjee, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar. ,"An Investigation into the Effect of the Structure of Bile Salt Aggregates on the Binding Interactions and ESIHT Dynamics of Curcumin: A Photophysical Approach to Probe Bile Salt Aggregates as a Potential Drug Carrier. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 13795-13807, 2013

V. G. Rao, C. Bnaerjee, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar,"Zwitterionic micelles as a soft template for the extremely rapid synthesis of small hollow gold nanocontainers. " RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 14963-14969., 2013

Banerjee, C. Mandal, S. Ghosh, J. Kuchlyan, N. Sarkar.,"Is it possible to apply dynamics of solvent to locate metal nanoparticles inside an ionic liquids-containing microheterogeneous system? A comparative study." Chem. Phys. Lett. 2013, 580, 88-93., 2013

T. Gustavsson, N. Sarkar, I. VayÃ¡, M. C. JimÃ©nez, D. Markovitsia, R. Improta. ,"A joint experimental/theoretical study of the ultrafast excited state deactivation of deoxyadenosine and 9-methyladenine in water and acetonitrile. " Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, 12, 1375-1386., 2013

S. Sarkar, S. Mandal, C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar. ,"Photoinduced Electron Transfer in an Imidazolium Ionic Liquid and in Its Binary Mixtures with Water, Methanol, and 2-Propanol: Appearance of Marcus-Type of Inversion. " J. Phys. Chem. B 116 (2012) 1335., 2012

S. Mandal, C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar. ,"Pluronic Micellar Aggregates Loaded with Gold Nanoparticles (Au NPs) and Fluorescent Dyes: A Study of Controlled Nanometal Surface Energy Transfer. " J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012) 5585, 2012

C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, N. Sarkar. ,"An Understanding of the Modulation of Photophysical Properties of Curcumin inside a Micelle Formed by an Ionic Liquid: A New Possibility of Tunable Drug Delivery System. " J. Phys. Chem. B 116 (2012) 3369, 2012

V. G. Rao, S. Ghosh, C. Ghatak, S. Mandal, U. Brahmachari, N. Sarkar.,"Designing a New Strategy for the Formation of IL-in-Oil Microemulsions. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 116 (2012) 2850., 2012

C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, R. Pramanik, S. Sarkar, P. K. Verma, N. Sarkar. ,"Forster resonance energy transfer among a structural isomer of adenine and various Coumarins inside a nanosized reverse micelle. " Spectrochimica Acta Part A 89 (2012) 67, 2012

V. G. Rao, C. Ghatak, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, N. Sarkar. ,"The Chameleon-Like Nature of Zwitterionic Micelles: The Effect of Ionic Liquid Addition on the Properties of Aqueous Sulfobetaine Micelles. " Chem. Phys. Chem. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100866, 2012

P. Setua, C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. K. Das, N. Sarkar.,"Dynamics of Solvation and Rotational Relaxation of Coumarin 480 in Pure Aqueous-AOT Reverse Micelle and Reverse Micelles Containing Different Size Silver Nanoparticles Inside its Core: A Comparative Study. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 116(2012), 3704., 2012

V. G. Rao, C. Ghatak, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal, N. Sarkar,"Ionic Liquid-Induced Changes in the Properties of Aqueous Zwitterionic Surfactant Solution: Solvent and Rotational Relaxation Studies." J. Phys. Chem. B, 116(2012), 3690, 2012

C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, N. Sarkar. ,"Photoinduced electron transfer between various coumarin analogues and N,N-dimethylaniline inside niosome, a nonionic innocuous polyethylene glycol-based surfactant assembly. " Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 14 (2012), 8925-8935, 2012

V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsions Composed of Double Chain Surface Active Ionic Liquid as a Surfactant: Temperature Dependent Solvent and Rotational Relaxation Dynamics of Coumarin-153 in [Py][TF2N]/[C4mim][AOT]/Benzene Microemulsions. " J. Phys. Chem. B, 116 (2012), 8210-8221, 2012

C. Banerjee, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, V. G. Rao, N. Sarkar. ,"Tuning the Probe Location on Zwitterionic Micellar System with Variation of pH and Addition of Surfactants with Different Alkyl Chains: Solvent and Rotational Relaxation Studies." J. Phys. Chem. B. 116 (2012), 11313-11322., 2012

V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Study of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in Zwitterionic Micelle: Ionic-Liquid-Induced Changes in FRET Parameters." J. Phys. Chem. B, 116 (2012), 12021-12029., 2012

V. G. Rao, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Aggregation Behavior of Triton X-100 with a Mixture of Two Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Can We Identify the Mutual Penetration of Ionic Liquids in Ionic Liquid Containing Micellar Aggregates? " J. Phys. Chem. B, 116 (2012), 13868-13877, 2012

V. G. Rao, U. Brahmachari, S. Mandal, S. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, N. Sarkar. ,"Protic ionic liquid-induced changes in the properties of aqueous triton TX-100-CTAB surfactant solution: Solvent and rotational relaxation studies. " Chem. Phys. Lett., 552 (2012) 38-43, 2012

,"Modulation of the Photophysics of Nucleotide-Functionalized Copper Nanoclusters Using Aqueous Binary Mixtures" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,

Sourav Nandi, and Nilmoni Sarkar,"A review on recent application of proton transfer photophysics of bipyridine-3,3?-diol in organized assemblies" J. Chem. Sci.,

Souvik Layek, Pavel Banerjee, Nilmoni Sarkar,"An insight into the dissolution of cellulose in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride-DMSO binary Mixture: Exploring the dynamics of rhodamine 6G and fluorescein" Journal of molecular liquids,

Conference Publications

R Dutta, A Pyne, S Kundu, P Banerjee, N Sarkar,"Concentration-Controlled Fascinating Vesicle-Fibril Transformation using Merocyanine 540 and 1-Octyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride" Biophysical Journal 116 (3), 82a, 2019

P Banerjee, S Pal, N Kundu, D Mondal, N Sarkar,"Spectroscopic and Microscopic Approach to Monitor the Changes in Bilayer Rigidity during Cell Penetrating Peptide Induced Self-Reproduction of Phospholipid Vesicles" Biophysical Journal 116 (3), 216a, 2019

A. Pyne, S. Kundu, P. Banerjee, N. Sarkar.,"A Detailed Microscopic Insight into the Aggregation Behaviors of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride in Different Microheterogeneous Media" Biophysical Journal 116 (3), 82a, 2019

Projects

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE ACTIVE IONIC LIQUIDS (SAILS) FORMING SELF-ASSEMBLIES AND INVESTIGATION OF DYNAMICAL PROCESS IN
Client :   CSIR
Consultant :   Dr. NILMONI SARKAR
Co-Consultant(s) :

FEMTOSECOND LASER FACILITY TO INVESTIGATE CONFINED MEDIA, BIOLOGICAL ASSEMBLIES. ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS AND NANO-MATERIALS
Client :   SERB (DST)
Consultant :   Dr. NILMONI SARKAR
Co-Consultant(s) :   Prof. Swagata Dasgupta and Prof. Prasanta Kumar Datta

Awards and Recognition

1) Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Short-term Post-doctoral fellowship from March 1996- May 1996.

2) Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Post-doctoral fellowship from March 1998-June 1998

3) Chemical Physics Letters most cited paper 2003-2007 award

For the paper Chem. Phys. Lett. 381 (2003) 697-704.

4) Reviewer of the Reputed Journals

Journal of American Chemical Society, J. Physical Chemistry, J. Physical Chemistry Letters, J. Chemical Physics, Langmuir, J. Photochemistry. Photobiol.A &B, J. Colloid and Surface Sci., J. Industrial Enginnering and Chemistry, Chemical Physics Letters, Angew Chem., J. Mol. Liq., J. Luminescence, Chem. Rev., ACS Nano., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Talanta

5) Nominated as Member, Editorial Advisory Board.

Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry (2018-2020)

6) Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), 2018

7) Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India and Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India and Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

8) Dr. M. N. Ghosh memorial gold medal for securing 1st position in B. Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) examination, 1986

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Research Area

1) The self assembly behaviour of 5-fluorouracil and N,N-dimethyl derivative, 5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyluracil under physiological conditions was explored. This self-assembly of 5-FU compared with its N,N-dimethyl derivative also showed lower cytotoxicity to K562 cells.
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2) An anionic lipophilic dye, MC540 and cationic SAIL, C8mimCl employed to construct highly ordered fibrillar and vesicular aggregates. The synergistic interplay of electrostatic, hydrophobic, and pi-pi stacking interactions to construct the self-assembly and their concentration-dependent morphological transition was also explored.
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3) The synthesis of BSA and HSA fibrils and the effect of three amphiphilic SAILs- C8mimCl, C12mimCl and C16mimCl was explored which showed that all these three SAILs have different extent of fibril inhibition effect.
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4) A novel L-glycine amino acid derived cholesterol based SAIL has been explored for the preparation of IL-in-oil microemulsions and vesicles. These aggregates may potentially serve as good biomimicking models and possible drug carriers.
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5) The location as well as the photo physical behaviours of hydrophobic C153 and hydrophilic R6G during micelle-vesicle-micelle transition of aqueous anionic surfactant, SDBS and imidazolium containing cationic surfactants was investigated.
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6) Protein-capped silver NCs impregnated onto graphene oxide (GO) sheets was internalized into the K562 cell and the Ag NCs/GO assembly can act as a synergistic drug carrier for Imatinib along with this Ag NCs adsorbed on GO have a great potential to be used as X-ray computer tomography (CT) imaging contrasting agents.
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7) The interaction of L-phenylalanine fibrils with two crown ethers- 15C5 and 18C6 was explored. Although, both the crown ethers have the ability to arrest fibril formation, but 18C6 was found to be a better candidate compared to 15C5.
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Group Members

MEGHNA GHOSH (SRF)
Topic: Chemical Dynamics in Organized Assemblies
Email: maymegg@iitkgp.ac.in

NANIGOPAL BERA (SRF)
Topic: Photochemistry and Dynamics
Email: nanigopalberachemistry@gmail.com

PRATYUSHKIRAN NANDI (SRF)
Topic: Chemical Dynamics in Organized Assemblies
Email: pratyush.k.nandi@gmail.com

Ritwik Hazra
Topic: Chemical dynamics and photophysics of self-assembly of biologically important macromolecules.
Email: ritwikphazra@gmail.com

SOUVIK LAYEK (SRF)
Topic: Physical Chemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: souvik.layek@iitkgp.ac.in

Group Alumni

AAKASH PATIDAR (M.Sc Project)
Topic: Photochemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: aakashpatidar39@iitkgp.ac.in

ARGHAJIT PYNE (SRF)
Topic: Physical Chemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: arghajit.pyne@gmail.com

Arpita Roy (PhD)
Topic: Morphological Alteration of Various Self-assemblies and Its Effect on Different Excited Sate Processes
Email: arpitaroychemistry@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in

Avijit Patra (M.Sc Project)
Topic: Chemical Dynamics
Email: avipatra9196@gmail.com

Chiranjib Ghatak (PhD)
Topic: Fluorescence Spectroscopic Investigation of Various Photophysical and Dynamical Phenomena inside Biologically Relevant Environment
Email: c.ghatak79@gmail.com

Chiranjib Banerjee (PhD)
Topic: Photophysics and Dynamics of Different Fluorophores in Confined Media
Email: chiranjibbanerjee1@gmail.com

Debabrata Seth (PhD)
Topic: Photochemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: debabrata@iitp.ac.in

Debasis Banik (PhD)
Topic: Investigation of Different Photophysical and Dynamical Processes within Self-Organized Systems and Inhibition Strategies of Fibrillar Assemblies formed by Single Amino Acids
Email: banik.debasis@gmail.com

Debdeep Chakrabarty (PhD)
Topic: Study of excited state intramolecular proton transfer, solvation dynamics in different organized assembly using steady state & time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques.
Email: debdeepchem@gmail.com

Dipankar Mondal (PDF)
Topic: Modulation of Membrane Fluidity using Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion study
Email: dmondal@iitkgp.ac.in

Jagannath Kuchlyan (PhD)
Topic: Investigation of Various Photophysical and Dynamical Phenomena Using Different Spectroscopic and Microscopic Techniques
Email: jkuchlyan@gmail.com

MEGHNA MAITI (M.Sc Project)
Topic: Photochemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: meghnamaiti49@gmail.com

Niloy Kundu (PhD)
Topic: Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Unveil different Photophysical Phenomena inside Biologically Relevant Environment: From Ensemble Average to Single Molecule Measurements
Email: niloy.kgp@gmail.com

Palash Setua (PhD)
Topic: Nonaqueous reverse micelles as templating media and investigation of solvent relaxation in organized assembly containing nanoparticle
Email: palashsetua@gmail.com

Partha Hazra (PhD)
Topic: Investigation of photo-physical properties of organic molecules with the help of both steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques
Email: p.hazra@iiserpune.ac.in

PAVEL BANERJEE (SRF)
Topic: Chemical Dynamics and Single Molecule Spectroscopy
Email: pavel.chem8@iitkgp.ac.in

Rajesh Kumar Saini (PDF)
Topic: Investigation of photoinduced electron transfer reaction in different homogeneous solvents
Email: rksaini@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in

Rajib Pramanik (PhD)
Topic: Dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation in room temperature ionic liquid containing mixed solvents and microheterogeneous systems
Email: rajib.chem@gmail.com

RUPAM DUTTA (PhD)
Topic: Morphological Alteration of Different Self-Assembled Aggregates and Investigation of Various Dynamical Processes inside the Confined Assemblies
Email: duttarupam2011@gmail.com

SANGITA KUNDU (SRF)
Topic: Physical Chemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: sangitakundu13@gmail.com

Sarthak Mondal (PhD)
Topic: xcited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer, Energy Transfer and Solvation Dynamics in Biologically Relevant Self-Assemblies, Room Temperature Ionic Liquid and Binary Solutions
Email: sarthakmandal@gmail.com

SHREYA ROY (M.Sc Project)
Topic: Photochemistry and Chemical Dynamics
Email: roy.shreya1994@gmail.com

SIDDHARTHA PAL (PDF)
Topic: Graphene functionalized material
Email: siddharthapal7@gmail.com

SOURAV NANDI (SRF)
Topic: Chemical Dynamics in Organized Assemblies
Email: souravnandi1992@gmail.com

Souravi Sarkar (PhD)
Topic: Photophysical and dynamical studies in solvent mixture, room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) and RTIL containing confined media
Email: souravi.sarkar@gmail.com

Surajit Ghosh (PhD)
Topic: Dynamics of Solvation, Photoisomerisation and Proton transfer in microheterogenous systems consisting of Surfactants,Polymers and RTILs
Email: sghosh4588@gmail.com

Vishal Govind Rao (PhD)
Topic: Preparation and Characterization of Different Microheterogeneous Systems Containing Ionic Liquids: Investigations of Various Photophysical and Dynamical Phenomena
Email: vgriitkgp@gmail.com