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Dr. Nithi Phukan

Dr. Nithi Phukan

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)

Research Interests:

Crystal Engineering, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymorphism (API), Molecular Recognition/Sensing, Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Development of ORR catalyst for Fuel cell
Joined the University in Jul 6, 2021

Phone: 9954153477
Email: nithi.phukan7@gmail.com

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About

Dr.Nithi Phukan was born and brought up in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. She obtained her B.Sc. degree in chemistry from “Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam” in 2008. Following her M.Sc. in chemistry with specialization in inorganic chemistry from “Gauhati University” in 2010. She has joined Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati India in August 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Jubaraj Bikash Baruah. and obtained her Ph.D. degree in chemistry in January 2017. She then joined “Tel Aviv University, Israel” followed by “New Chemistry Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore, India”.After that she has worked as Assistant Professor in Guwahati College, Jyoti Nagar, Assam. Her research interest includes design and development of novel MOF based catalyst for application in Fuel cell, water splitting technology

Research paper publications till 2021

Post Ph.D.

  1. D. Bagchi, ‡   N. Phukan,‡  S. Sarkar,     R. Das, B. Ray,  P.Bellare,  N.Ravishankar    and  S. C. Peter *a (2021) ‘‘Ultralow non-noble metal loaded MOFderived bi-functional electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions’’  J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021,9, 9319-9326.‡  Authors with equal contributions.
  2. N.Phukan, S. Goswami, S.Lipstman, I. Goldbergand B. K.Tripuramallu (2020) ‘‘Solvent Influence in Obtaining Diverse Coordination Symmetries of Dy(III) Metal Centers in Coordination Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Luminescent Properties’’ Cryst. Growth Des. 2020, 20, 5, 2973-2984.

 

Ph.D.

  1. B. K. Tripuramallu,*a   Hatem M. Titi, b   Soumyabrata Goswamic,   Nithi Phukan, (2019) ‘‘Location controlled symmetry reduction: paradigm of an open metalloporphyrin framework based on the tetracarboxy porphyrin linker’’ CrystEngComm, 2019,21, 5216-5221.
  2. M.P. Singh, N. Phukan, J. B.Baruah (2018) ‘‘Emission of Pyrene Connected to Benzothiazole Unit via Resonance and Intramolecular Charge Transfer’’ ChemistrySelect3, 3January 23, 2018, 963-967.
  3. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2016)‘‘Conformational adjustments over synthons of urea and thiourea based assemblies’’ CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 7753-7763.
  4. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2016)‘‘Imine-tautomers of aminothiazole derivatives: intriguing aspects of chemical reactivities’’ CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 3877-389.
  5. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2015)‘‘Polymorphs of Thiazole-Derived Imines Connected to Hydroxyaromatics’’Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 4, 1843–1851.
  6. N. Phukan, A. Goswami, J.B.Baruah (2015) ‘‘Distinctions of positional isomers of N-(methylthiazol-2-yl)nitrobenzamide by copper and iron ions’’InorganicaChimica Acta435,  2015, 239-243.
  7. N. Phukan, J. B.Baruah (2016) ‘‘Anion Guided Conformational Adjustments by Protonation Leading to Conformation Reversal’’ChemistrySelect1, 3March 2016, 440-443.
  8. N. Phukan, J. B.Baruah (2016)‘‘Solvent and anion facilitated conformational changes in benzylamine substituted thiazolamine’’New J. Chem., 2016,40, 6899-6906.
  9. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2014) ‘‘Polymorphs of 1-(5-Methylthiazol-2-yl)-3-phenylthiourea and Various Anion-Assisted Assemblies of Two Positional Isomers’’ Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 5, 2640-2653.
  10. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2014) ‘‘ 3-Hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid supported grid-like structure of cadmium chloride coordination polymer with 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane’’ Journal of Molecular Structure 1076, 2014, 614-619.
  11. N.Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2013) ‘‘Hydrolysis of 4-(4-oxopentan-2-ylideneamino)benzoic acid and in-situ formation of nickel(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes of 4-aminobenzoic acid ’’InorganicaChimica Acta394,  2013, 430-435.
  12. N. Phukan, J. B.Baruah (2013) ‘‘Detection of Al3 + and Zn2 + ions by 2-(5-methylthiazol-2-yliminomethyl)phenol’’Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 37, November 2013, Pages 89-92.
  13. N. Phukan, J. B. Baruah, (2013) ‘‘A supramolecular assembly and complexes of zinc 2-hydoxy-3-naphthoate’’ RSC Adv., 2013,3, 1151-1157.

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(A )Award and Fellowship:

  1. December 2010 and JUNE 2011, CSIR-NET-JRF Award received from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) /India.
  2. GATE 2011 (AIR 48)