Dr. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Ph.D. :Gauhati University
Research Interests:
Metal-organic Synthesis, Crystal Engineering, Supramolecular Chemistry
Email: manjit.bhattacharyya[AT]cottonuniversity.ac.in
Joined the University in 15-March-1996.
Dr. Manjit Kr. Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Cotton University. He did his Graduation (B. Sc.) from B. Barooah College, Guwahati and Post Graduation (M. Sc.) from Gauhati University, Guwahati. He did his PhD from Gauhati University under the supervision of Prof. Birinchi K. Das.
Dr. Bhattacharyya teaches inorganic chemistry in UG and PG level of the University. His current research includes Synthetic approach and exploring synthons for coordination solids, crystal engineering of coordination solids, self assembly processes in biologically relevant coordination compounds, Properties of coordination solids.
Research Guidance
Registered Ph.D scholars: Six
Research Project (Completed)
| Sl. No. | Principal Investigator | Co Principal Investigator | Title of the Project | Period | Sponsoring Agency | Sanctioned Amount | Status |
| 1 | Dr. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya | Synthesis, Structural investigations and Applications of transition metal supramolecular coordination solids involving N- and Odonor ligands. | 01-04- 2013 to 31-03- 2017 | UGC | Rs. 10,13,300/- | Completed |
UG: Inorganic Chemistry: Coordination complexes, Spectra of coordination complexes, Symmetry of molecules.
PG: Inorganic Chemistry: Coordination Solids, Spectroscopy, Spectra of Coordination Compounds, Bioinorganic Chemistry,
Symmetry and Group theory.
Research paper publications
2020
1. Oxalato Bridged Coordination Polymer of Manganese(III) involving Unconventional O∙∙∙π-hole(nitrile) and Antiparallel Nitrile∙∙∙Nitrile Contacts: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Anshuman Gogoi, Akalesh K. Verma, Diksha Dutta, Bipul Sarma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
New Journal of Chemistry (2020), DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ03712E.
2. Energetically Significant Cooperative π-stacked Ternary Assemblies in Ni(II) Phenanthroline Compounds involving Discrete Water Clusters: Anticancer Activities and Theoretical Studies
Pranay Sharma, Pinku Sarma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma, Trinayan Barthakur, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Molecular Structure (2020) 129486-129502, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129486
3. Energetically Significant Anti-parallel π-stacking and Unconventional Anion-π interactions in Phenanthroline based Ni(II) and Cu(II) Coordination Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Pranay Sharma, Pinku Sarma, Antonio Frontera, Sahid Hussain, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta (2020) 120082-120093, DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.120082
4. Energetically Significant Nitrile⋯Nitrile and Unconventional C–H⋯π(nitrile) interactions in Pyridine based Ni(II) and Zn(II) Coordination Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Amal Das, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Sahid Hussain, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Molecular Structure 1223 (2020) 129246-129259, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129246,
5. Unconventional Formation of a 1D-Chain of H-bonded Water Molecules in Bipyridine-based Supramolecular Hexameric Hosts of Isostructural Coordination Compounds of Co(II) and Zn(II): Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical studies
Sanjib Chetry, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Polyhedron 191 (2020) 114809-114824, DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114809
6. Adipato Bridged Novel Hexanuclear Cu(II) and Polymeric Co(II) Coordination Compounds involving Cooperative Supramolecular Assemblies and Encapsulated Guest Water Clusters in Square Grid Host: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Hiren Nath, Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Mary Devi, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Dalton Transactions 49 (2020) 9863-9881, DOI: 10.1039/D0DT0107C
7. Charge-assisted Hydrogen bonds and nitrile⋯nitrile interactions directed Supramolecular Associations in Cu(II) and Mn(II) Coordination Complexes: Anticancer, Hematotoxicity and Theoretical Studies
Pranay Sharma, Anshuman Gogoi, Akalesh K. Verma, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
New Journal of Chemistry 44 (2020) 5473-5488
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00075B, Date of Acceptance: 05.03.2020
8. Unconventional DNA-relevant π-stacked hydrogen bonded arrays involving supramolecular guest benzoate dimers and cooperative anion–π/π–π/π–anion contacts in coordination compounds of Co(II) and Zn(II) phenanthroline: experimental and theoretical studies
Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Pranay Sharma and Amal Das
New Journal of Chemistry 44 (2020) 4504-4518
DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05727g
9. Energetically significant unconventional O–H···π Contacts involving Discrete Guest (H2O)8 Clusters in a Fumarato bridged Polymeric Supramolecular Host of Ni(II) Phenanthroline: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical studies
Hiren Nath, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Amal Das, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Polyhedron 176 (2020) 114266-114280
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.114266
10. Energetically Significant antiparallel π-stacking contacts in Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Coordination Solids of Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylates: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Debajit Dutta, Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Antonio Frontera, Pranay Sharma, Akalesh K. Verma, Amal Das
Inorganica Chimica Acta 501 (2020) 119233-119246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.119233
2019
11. Antiproliferative Evaluation and Supramolecular Association involving Electrostatically Enhanced π–π interaction in Isostructural Coordination Solids of Mn(II), Co(II) and Zn(II) Chlorobenzoates: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Pranay Sharma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 498 (2019) 119161-119174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.119161
12. Supramolecular association involving antiparallel CO⋯CO and anion–π contacts in Co(II) and Mn(II) complexes involving 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylate: Anticancer evaluation and theoretical studies
Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Akalesh K. Verma, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 498 (2019) 119108-119118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.119108
13. Antiproliferative evaluation and supramolecular association in Mn(II) and Zn(II) bipyridine complexes: Combined experimental and theoretical studies
Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Anshuman Gogoi, Sanjib Chetry, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma, Antonio Franconetti, Antonio Frontera
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 200 (2019) 110803-110813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110803
14. Cu(II) and Co(II) coordination solids involving unconventional parallel nitrile(π)–nitrile(π) and energetically significant cooperative hydrogen bonding interactions: Experimental and theoretical studies
Debajit Dutta, Swah. Mohd. Nashre‑ul‑Islam, Utpal Saha, Sanjib Chetry, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Molecular Structure 1195 (2019) 733-743
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.06.040
15. Solvent-driven structural topology involving energetically significant intra- and intermolecular chelate ring contacts and anticancer activities of Cu(II) phenanthroline complexes involving benzoates: experimental and theoretical studies
Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Amal Das, Akalesh K. Verma and Antonio Frontera
RSC Advances 9 (2019) 16339-16356.
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01181a
16. Energetically Significant unconventional π‒π Contacts involving Fumarate in a novel Coordination Polymer of Zn(II): in-vitro Anticancer Evaluation and Theoretical Studies
Anshuman Gogoi, Amal Das, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 493 (2019) 1-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.04.047
17. Energetically favorable anti-electrostatic hydrogen bonded cationic clusters in Ni(II) 3,5-dimethylpyrazole complexes: anticancer evaluation and theoretical Studies
Anshuman Gogoi, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Polyhedron 168 (2019) 113-126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.04.043
18. Supramolecular association in Cu(II) coordination complexes involving energetically significant NO⋯NO π–hole interaction and cooperative π- stacked ternary assembly: Experimental and theoretical studies
Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Hiren Nath, Antonio Franconetti, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 488 (2019) 159–169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.01.015
19. Supramolecular association involving nitrile–nitrile interactions in polymeric Mn(II) coordination complexes: A combined experimental and theoretical study
Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 487 (2019) 424-432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.055
20. A novel oxalato bridged supramolecular ternary complex of Cu(II) involving energetically significant π-hole interaction: Experimental and theoretical studies.
Debajit Dutta, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 487 (2019) 354–361
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.037
21. Werner type clathrates involving guest benzoic acid and benzoate in discrete Mn(II) hosts: Experimental and theoretical studies
Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Bauzá, Antonio Frontera, Bipul Sarma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Polyhedron 159 (2019) 387–399
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2018.11.068
22. Supramolecular association in Cu(II) and Co(II) coordination complexes of 3,5-dimethylpyrazole: Experimental and theoretical studies
Anshuman Gogoi, Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Inorganica Chimica Acta 484 (2019) 133-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.09.035
23. An unusual werner type clathrate of Mn(II) benzoate involving energetically significant weak C‒H∙∙∙C contacts: A combined experimental and theoretical study
Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Molecular Structure 1175 (2019) 130-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.07.095
24. A supramolecular dimer of two crystallographically independent Co(II) phthalate bipyridine complexes in one single crystal: Synthesis, crystal structure, and thermal studies
Anshuman Gogoi, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of structural Chemistry 60 (2019) 338-345
DOI: 10.1134/S0022476619020215
2018
25. Structural Topology of Weak Non-covalent Interactions in a Layered Supramolecular Coordination Solid of Zinc Involving 3-Aminopyridine and Benzoate: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Debajit Dutta, Swah. Mohd. Nashre‑ul‑Islam, Utpal Saha, Sanjib Chetry, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Chemical Crystallography 48 (2018) 156-163.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-018-0723-5
26. Supramolecular association involving anion–π interactions in Cu(II) coordination solids: Experimental and theoretical studies
Debajit Dutta, Sanjib Chetry, Anshuman Gogoi, Bula Choudhury, Ankur K. Guha , Manjit K. Bhattacharyya
Polyhedron 151 (2018) 381-393
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2018.05.039
Book publication relating subject/research concerned
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
Book publication other than subject concerned
(I) Invited Lecture / Talk / Resource Person
(i) National Conference on Applied sciences, Sustainable and evolving Technologies (ASSET 2018)
Venue: CIT Kokrajhar
Date: 9-11th March, 2018
Invited Talk on Supramolecular Coordination Solids
(ii) 46th National Seminar on Crystallography
Venue: NIMHANS, Bangaluru.
Date: 27-29th June 2018
Invited Talk on Cooperative Interplay of Supramolecular Coordination Solids
(iii) 26th National Children Science Congress, 2018, DST Govt of India.
Date: 23-26th October 2018
Invited as Evaluator.
(iv) National Seminar on Harnessing Wetlands for Sustainable Livelihood, ASTEC and Cotton University.
Date: 26-27th November, 2018
Invited to Chair a Technical session
(v) International Conference in Chemistry, Organix-2018
Venue: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University.
Date: 20-21st December, 2018
Invited Talk on Cooperative Supramolecular Contacts
(vi) International Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences and Allied Areas (RACS2A-2018), Organized by Indian Chemical Society
Venue: G. B. College, Naugachia, Bihar.
Date: 28-30th December, 2018
Invited Talk on Cooperative Interplay involving weak non-covalent interactions
(vii) Science for Sustainable Development, SSD-2019
Venue: B. Barooah College, Guwahati
Date: 9th January, 2019
Invited to Chair a Technical Session.
(viii) Acted as resource person for PG Teachers all over India at Novodaya Lidership Institute
Venue: Rangia
Date: 26th April, 2019
Invited to act as Resource Person.
(ix) State Level Resource persons’ Training for NCSC-2019
Venue: Haflong.
Date: 11-12th May, 2019.
Invited to act as resource person for the talk on: ‘Science, Technology and innovation for Clean, Green and Healthy Nation’
(x) National Conference on “Recent Advances in Applied Sciences (RAAS’2019)
Venue: Institute of Science and Technology, Gauhati University.
Date: 17-18th May, 2019
Invited Talk on ‘Cooperative Interplay of Weak Contacts and Solvent Driven Structural Topology in Coordination Solids’
(xi) National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC47)
Venue: Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC, Mumbai)
Date: 19-22th June, 2019
Invited Talk on “Structural Topology and Cooperative Interplay of Weak Contacts in Coordination Solids”.
(xii) International Symposium on Recent Advances in Chemistry and Material Sciences (2019) and the Celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table organized by Indian Chemical Society
Venue: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Date: 2-3rd August, 2019
Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts”
(xiii) National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC 2019)
Venue: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
Date: 14-15th October, 2019
Invited Talk on “Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Interactions in Transition Metal Coordination Solids”
(xiv) International Conference on Future Aspects in Sustainable Technology (FAST)
Venue: Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar
Date: 11-12th November, 2019
Invited Talk on “Engineering Crystals of Coordination Solids: The Chemistry beyond Molecules”
(xv) International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC)-XVIII
Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Guwahati
Date: 11-14th December, 2019
Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts”
(xvi) International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS_2020)
Venue: Gauhati University, Guwahati
Date: 13-15th February, 2020
Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts”.
(xvii) National seminar on Science, Technology & Innovation
Venue: Department of Chemistry, Arya Vidyapeeth College
Date: 29th February, 2020
Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Compounds: Exploring Chemistry beyond Molecules”.
(II) Others:
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Joint Convener at ICRC -NISTADS Northeast India Energy Conclave 2018 organized by CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Delhi and Interdisciplinary Climate research Centre, Cotton University, Guwahati held during April 24th - 25th, 2018 at Sudmersen Hall, Cotton University, Guwahati.
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Received Best Faculty Award, 2019 for research from Cotton University in a Function held on the Foundation Day of the University.
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Fellow of Indian Chemical Society.
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Life member of Assam Science Society and Indian Crystallographic Association.
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Member and Assistant State Academic Coordinator of National Children Science Congress.
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Convener of the National Conference on Green, Sustainable and Evolving Sciences (GSES-2019) Organized by Cotton University during June 28-29, 2019.