Teaching

Research Projects

slno	Name of the Project	Name of the Principal Investigator	Name of the Copi	Name of the Funding agency	Type (Government/Non-Government)	Year	Funds sanctioned (INR in lakhs)	Duration of the project
1	Unconventional Structure Guiding Non-Covalent Contacts in Metal-organic Compounds: An Unexplored Zone of Inorganic Crystal Engineering Status: Ongoing	Manjit Kumar Bhattacharyya	None	Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)	Government	2023	22,86,970/-	Three years
2	Synthon-based Synthetic Approach of Multi-component Organic and Metal-organic Cocrystals Status: Ongoing	Manjit Kumar Bhattacharyya	None	Cotton University	In House	2023	1,00,000/-	18 months
3	Synthesis, structural studies and anticancer evaluation of coordination compounds of transition metals Status: Ongoing	Manjit Kumar Bhattacharyya	None	Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council (ASTEC)	Government	2022	7,60,000/-	Three years
4	Synthesis, structural investigations and applications of transition metal supramolecular Co-ordination solids involving N- and O- donor ligands Status: Completed	Manjit Kumar Bhattacharyya	None	University Grants Commission (UGC)	Government	2013	10,13,300/-	Three years

Research paper publications

2024

1. Mridul Boro, Trishnajyoti Baishya , Antonio Frontera , Miquel Barceló-Oliver and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Energetic Features of H-Bonded and π-Stacked Assemblies in Pyrazole-Based Coordination Compounds of Mn(II) and Cu(II): Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 14, 318-335, 2024 10.3390/cryst14040318

2. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Subham Banik, Trishnajyoti Baishya, Pranay Sharma, Kamal K. Dutta, Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Antonio Frontera, Fascinating inclusion of metal–organic complex moieties in dinuclear Mn (II) and Zn(II) compounds involving pyridinedicarboxylates and phenanthroline: Experimental and theoretical studies , Polyhedron, vol. 254, 116947-116958, 2024 10.1016/j.poly.2024.116947

3. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Kamal K. Dutta , Subham Banik , Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver , Antonio Frontera, Supramolecular assembly in Cu(II) and Zn(II) compounds with pyridine and anthraquinone-1,5-disulfonate: Experimental and theoretical analysis , Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 567, 122042-122051, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2024.122042

4. Subham Banik, Trishnajyoti Baishya, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma , Jumi Das and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, ‘Charge Reverse’ Halogen Bonding Contacts in Metal-Organic Multi-Component Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Inorganics, vol. 12, 111-134, 2024 https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics12040111

2023

1. Trishnajyoti Baishya, Kamal K. Dutta, Antonio Frontera, Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barceló‑Oliver and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, On the Importance of H‑Bonding Interactions in the Enclathration of Boric Acids in Na(I) Polymers: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 13, 895-909, 2023 10.3390/cryst13060895

2. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Kamal K. Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barceló-Oliver and Antonio Frontera, Structure Guiding Supramolecular Assemblies in Metal-Organic Multi-Component Compounds of Mn(II): Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 13, 837-851, 2023 10.3390/cryst13050837

3. Pinku Sarma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Cooperative Ternary Assemblies Involving Anion–π/π–π/Anion–π Assemblies and Unconventional Cl•••Cl Interactions in Cu(II) Coordination Compounds: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 13, 517-534, 2023 10.3390/cryst13030517

4. Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Diksha Dutta, Antonio Frontera and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Unconventional Dual Donor-Acceptor Topologies of Aromatic Rings in Amine-Based Polymeric Tetrahedral Zn(II) Compounds Involving Unusual Non-Covalent Contacts: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies , Crystals, vol. 13, 382-406, 2023 10.3390/cryst13030382

5. Trishnajyoti Baishya, Rosa M. Gomila, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Diego M. Gil, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya and Antonio Frontera, Supramolecular Assemblies in Pyridine and Pyrazole based Coordination Compounds of Co(II) and Ni(II): Characterization, Hirshfeld analysis and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 13, 203-221, 2023 10.3390/cryst13020203

6. Trishnajyoti Baishya, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Enclathration of Mn(II)(H2O)6 guests and unusual Cu⋯O bonding contacts in supramolecular assemblies of Mn(II) Co-crystal hydrate and Cu(II) Pyridinedicarboxylate: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies , Polyhedron , vol. 230, 116243-116259, 2023 10.1016/j.poly.2022.116243

7. Debasish Dutta, Trishnajyoti Baishya, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Supramolecular Assemblies involving Energetically Significant Unconventional π(CN)-π and Anion-π(nitrile) Contacts in Zn(II) Coordination Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1274, 134568-134584, 2023 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134568

2022

1. Hiren Nath, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Jumi Das, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Phenanthroline-based Ni(II) Coordination Compounds involving Unconventional Discrete Fumarate-Water-Nitrate clusters and Energetically Significant Cooperative ternary π-stacked Assemblies: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1248, 131424-131340, 2022 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131424

2. Pinku Sarma, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Bandita Baruwa, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Charge Assisted Hydrogen Bonded Assemblies and Unconventional O∙∙∙O Dichalcogen Bonding Interactions in Pyrazole-Based Isostructural Ni(II) and Mn(II) Compounds involving Anthraquinone Disulfonate: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1250, 131883-131895, 2022 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131883

3. Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Dicarboxylic Acid-Based Co-Crystals of Pyridine Derivatives Involving Structure Guiding Unconventional Synthons: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Crystals, vol. 12, 1442-1458, 2022 10.3390/cryst12101442

4. Trishnajyoti Baishya, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Fumarato and phthalato bridged dinuclear metal–organic Cu(II) and Mn(II) compounds involving infinite fumarate–water assemblies and unusual structure-guiding H-bonded synthons: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 46, 17817-17833, 2022 10.1039/d2nj01860h

5. Debasish Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Trishnajyoti Baishya, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Supramolecular Assemblies involving Unconventional Non-Covalent contacts in Pyrazole-Based Coordination Compounds of Co(II) and Cu(II) Pyridinedicarboxylates: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Polyhedron , vol. 224, 116025-116037, 2022 10.1016/j.poly.2022.116025

6. Pinku Sarma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Santana Saikia, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Terephthalato and Succinato bridged Mn(II) and Zn(II) Coordination Polymers involving Structure-guiding H-bonded Tetrameric Assemblies: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Polyhedron 224 (2022) , vol. 224, 115982-115994, 2022 10.1016/j.poly.2022.115982

7. Debasish Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Bandita Baruwa, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Solvent-driven Structural Topologies in Phenanthroline-based Co-crystals of Zn(II) involving Fascinating Infinite Chair-like {[(bzH)4Cl2]2-}n Assemblies and Unconventional Layered Infinite {bz-H2O-Cl}n Anion-Water Clusters: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 46, 5638-5652, 2022 10.1039/d1nj05234a

8. Pranay Sharma, Trishnajyoti Baishya, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Jumi Das, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Structural Topologies involving Energetically Significant antiparallel π-stacking and Unconventional N(nitrile)∙∙∙π(fumarate) Contacts in Dinuclear Zn(II) and Polymeric Mn(II) Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 46, 5296-5311, 2022 10.1039/d1nj04786

9. Amal Das, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Synthesis, structural topologies and anticancer evaluation of phenanthroline-based 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylato Cu(II) and Ni(II) compounds, Polyhedron , vol. 213, 115632-115641, 2022 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115632

2021

1. Debasish Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Munmi Gogoi, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Solvent Driven Structural Topologies involving Unconventional O–H(methanol)⋯π contact and Anti-cooperative HB⋯Anion-π⋯HB assemblies with Unusual Enclathration of dual guest (H2O)4 cores in Mn(II) and Ni(II) Coordination Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Polyhedron , vol. 210, 115503-115516, 2021 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115503

2. Pranay Sharma, Debasish Dutta, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Benzoato Bridged Dinuclear Mn(II) and Cu(II) Compounds involving Guest Chlorobenzoates and Dimeric Paddle Wheel Supramolecular Assemblies: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Polyhedron , vol. 208, 115409-115422, 2021 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115409

3. Hiren Nath, Pranay Sharma, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Kasturi Dutta, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Unconventional Enclathration of Guest Adipic acid and Energetically Significant Antiparallel π-stacked Ternary Assemblies involving unusual Regium-π(Chelate) Contacts in Phenanthroline-based Ni(II) and Cu(II) Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1245, 131038-131049, 2021 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131038

4. Amal Das, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Ruksana S. Ahmed, Sahid Hussain, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Supramolecular Assemblies involving Biologically relevant Antiparallel π-stacking and Unconventional Solvent Driven Structural Topology in Maleato and Fumarato bridged Zn(II) Coordination Polymers: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 45, 13040-13055, 2021 10.1039/D1NJ00619C

5. Pinku Sarma, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Trinayan Barthakur and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Unconventional π-hole and Semi-coordination Regium Bonding interactions directed Supramolecular Assemblies in Pyridinedicarboxylato Bridged Polymeric Cu(II) Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 525, 120461-120471, 2021 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120461

6. Pranay Sharma, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Sahid Hussain and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Biologically relevant Unusual Cooperative assemblies and Fascinating Infinite Crown-like Supramolecular Nitrate-Water hosts involving Guest Complex Cations in Bipyridine and Phenanthroline-based Cu(II) Coordination Compounds: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 45, 8269-8282, 2021 10.1039/d1nj01004b

7. Sanjib Chetry, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Utpal Saha, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma, Paran Jyoti Kalita and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Biologically relevant and energetically significant cooperative ternary (π–π)2/(π–π)1/(π–π)2 assemblies and fascinating discrete (H2O)21 clusters in isostructural 2,5-pyridine dicarboxylato Co(II) and Zn(II) phenanthroline compounds: antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 45, 3699-3715, 2021 10.1039/d0nj04338a

8. Pranay Sharma, Pinku Sarma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma, Trinayan Barthakur, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Energetically Significant Cooperative π-stacked Ternary Assemblies in Ni(II) Phenanthroline Compounds involving Discrete Water Clusters: Anticancer Activities and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1229, 129486-129502, 2021 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129486

9. Pranay Sharma, Pinku Sarma, Antonio Frontera, Sahid Hussain, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 516, 120082-120093, 2021 10.1016/j.ica.2020.120082

2020

1. Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Anshuman Gogoi, Akalesh K. Verma, Diksha Dutta, Bipul Sarma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Oxalato Bridged Coordination Polymer of Manganese(III) involving Unconventional O∙∙∙π-hole(nitrile) and Antiparallel Nitrile∙∙∙Nitrile Contacts: Antiproliferative Evaluation and Theoretical Studies , New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 44, 20021-20037, 2020 10.1039/D0NJ03712E.

2. Amal Das, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Sahid Hussain, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1223, 129246-129259, 2020 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.129246

3. Sanjib Chetry, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Polyhedron , vol. 191, 114809-114824, 2020 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114809

4. Hiren Nath, Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Mary Devi, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Dalton Transactions , vol. 49, 9863-9881, 2020 10.1039/D0DT0107C

5. Pranay Sharma, Anshuman Gogoi, Akalesh K. Verma, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Charge-assisted Hydrogen bonds and nitrile⋯nitrile interactions directed Supramolecular Associations in Cu(II) and Mn(II) Coordination Complexes: Anticancer, Hematotoxicity and Theoretical Studies, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 44, 5473-5488, 2020 10.1039/D0NJ00075B

6. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Pranay Sharma and Amal Das, 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, New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 44, 4504-4518, 2020 10.1039/c9nj05727g

7. Hiren Nath, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Amal Das, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Polyhedron , vol. 176, 114266-114280, 2020 10.1016/j.poly.2019.114266

8. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Debajit Dutta, Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Antonio Frontera, Pranay Sharma, Akalesh K. Verma, Amal Das, 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, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 501, 119233-119246, 2020 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119233

2019

1. Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Pranay Sharma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 498, 119161-119174, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119161

2. Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Pranay Sharma, Akalesh K. Verma, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 498, 119108-119118, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119108

3. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Anshuman Gogoi, Sanjib Chetry, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Bipul Sarma, Antonio Franconetti, Antonio Frontera, Antiproliferative evaluation and supramolecular association in Mn(II) and Zn(II) bipyridine complexes: Combined experimental and theoretical studies, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry , vol. 200, 110803-110813, 2019 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110803

4. Debajit Dutta, Swah. Mohd. Nashre‑ul‑Islam, Utpal Saha, Sanjib Chetry, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1195, 733-743, 2019 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.06.040

5. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Amal Das, Akalesh K. Verma and Antonio Frontera, 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, RSC Advances , vol. 9, 16339-16356, 2019 10.1039/c9ra01181a

6. Anshuman Gogoi, Amal Das, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Energetically Significant unconventional π‒π Contacts involving Fumarate in a novel Coordination Polymer of Zn(II): in-vitro Anticancer Evaluation and Theoretical Studies, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 493, 1-13, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2019.04.047

7. Anshuman Gogoi, Debajit Dutta, Akalesh K. Verma, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Energetically favorable anti-electrostatic hydrogen bonded cationic clusters in Ni(II) 3,5-dimethylpyrazole complexes: anticancer evaluation and theoretical Studies, Polyhedron , vol. 168, 113-126, 2019 10.1016/j.poly.2019.04.043

8. Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Hiren Nath, Antonio Franconetti, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, 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, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 488, 159-169, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2019.01.015

9. Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya , Supramolecular association involving nitrile–nitrile interactions in polymeric Mn(II) coordination complexes: A combined experimental and theoretical study, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 487, 424-432, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.055

10. Debajit Dutta, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, A novel oxalato bridged supramolecular ternary complex of Cu(II) involving energetically significant π-hole interaction: Experimental and theoretical studies, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 487, 354-361, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2018.12.037

11. Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, Antonio Bauzá, Antonio Frontera, Bipul Sarma, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Werner type clathrates involving guest benzoic acid and benzoate in discrete Mn(II) hosts: Experimental and theoretical studies , Polyhedron , vol. 159, 387-399, 2019 10.1016/j.poly.2018.11.068

12. Anshuman Gogoi, Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Antonio Frontera, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Supramolecular association in Cu(II) and Co(II) coordination complexes of 3,5-dimethylpyrazole: Experimental and theoretical studies, Inorganica Chimica Acta , vol. 484, 133-141, 2019 10.1016/j.ica.2018.09.035

13. Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam, Debajit Dutta, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, An unusual werner type clathrate of Mn(II) benzoate involving energetically significant weak C‒H∙∙∙C contacts: A combined experimental and theoretical study, Journal of Molecular Structure , vol. 1175, 130-138, 2019 10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.07.095

14. Anshuman Gogoi, Utpal Saha, Debajit Dutta, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, A supramolecular dimer of two crystallographically independent Co(II) phthalate bipyridine complexes in one single crystal: Synthesis, crystal structure, and thermal studies , Journal of structural Chemistry , vol. 60, 338-345, 2019 10.1134/S0022476619020215

2018

1. Debajit Dutta, Swah. Mohd. Nashre‑ul‑Islam, Utpal Saha, Sanjib Chetry, Ankur K. Guha, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Structural Topology of Weak Non-covalent Interactions in a Layered Supramolecular Coordination Solid of Zinc Involving 3-Aminopyridine and Benzoate: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Chemical Crystallography , vol. 48, 156-163, 2018 10.1007/s10870-018-0723-5

2. Debajit Dutta, Sanjib Chetry, Anshuman Gogoi, Bula Choudhury, Ankur K. Guha , Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Supramolecular association involving anion–π interactions in Cu(II) coordination solids: Experimental and theoretical studies, Polyhedron , vol. 151, 381-393, 2018 10.1016/j.poly.2018.05.039

3. N. Goswami P.K. Gogoi, U. Saha, M.K. Bhattacharyya and T.R. Chetia, Synthesis, crystal structure and application of new cobalt(II) complex [Co(bpy)2NO3](NO3)5H2O as sensitizer dye-sensitized solar cells, Asian Journal of Chemistry , vol. 30, 679-683, 2018 10.14233/ajchem.2018.21083

2012

1. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, P. Grihanjali Devi, Dipak Dasgupta, Sanchay J. Bora and Birinchi K. Das, Solid and solution structures and DNA binding properties of [MII (4-CNpy)2(SO4)(H2O)3]•H2O for M = Cu, Co, Ni, Polyhedron , vol. 35, 62-68, 2012 10.1016/j.poly.2011.12.038

2009

1. Birinchi K. Das, Sanchay J. Bora, Manjit K. Bhattacharyya and Rama K. Barman, Inverse bilayer structure of mononuclear CoII and NiII complexes of the type M(H2O)3(SO4)(4-CNpy)2, Acta Crystallographica Section , vol. B65, 467-473, 2009 10.1107/S0108768109021090

2008

1. Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, Sanchay J. Bora and Birinchi K. Das, Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Ni(H2O)2(pdc)(4-CNpy)]•2H2O (pdc = Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate, 4-CNpy = 4-cyanopyridne), Journal of Chemical Crystallography , vol. 38, 195-203, 2008 10.1007/s10870-007-9289-3

Students

Sl.No	Name	Research Topic	Roll No
1	Dr Anshuman Gogoi	Synthesis, Structure and Properties of supramolecular Coordination solids of Transition Metals involving Pyrazole and Bipyridine Ligands (Degree Awarded)	Chem-29/15
2	Dr Utpal Saha	Synthetic Approaches, Structural Investigations and Properties of Supramolecular Coordination Solids involving Phenanthroline Ligand (Degree Awarded)	Chem-14/15
3	Dr Swah Mohd. Nashre-ul-Islam	Synthesis, Structural investigations and Properties of a few Transition Metal Supramolecular Coordination Solids involving N- and O-Donor Ligands (Degree Awarded)	Chem-24/14
4	Dr Debajit Dutta	Synthesis, Structural Studies and Properties of Coordination Solids involving N- and O-Donor Ligands (Degree Awarded)	Chem-13/15
5	Dr Sanjib Chetry	Synthesis, Structural Investigations and Properties of Coordination Solids involving Pyridine Dicarboxylato Ligands (Degree Awarded)	Chem-20/15
6	Dr Hiren Nath	Supramolecular Assemblies in Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals: Synthesis, Structural Investigations and Properties (Degree Awarded)	CHM1891003
7	Amal Das	Supramolecular Assemblies in Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals involving N- and O- Donors: Synthesis, Structural Investigations and Properties	CHM1891009
8	Pranay Sharma	Synthesis, Supramolecular Assemblies and Properties of Metal-organic and Multi-component Compounds involving N- and O-Donors	CHM1991005
9	Pinku Sarma	Synthesis, Structure Guiding Supramolecular Assemblies and Properties of Metal-organic Compounds of Transition Metals	CHM2091001
10	Debasish Dutta	Molecular Self-assembly, Crystal Engineering and Properties of Metal-organic Compounds of Transition Metals involving N- and O-Donors	CHM2091004
11	Trishnajyoti Baishya	Metal-Organic Co-crystals and Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthesis, Supramolecular Assemblies and Properties	CHM2191009
12	Kamal Krishna Dutta	Supramolecular Chemistry, Coordination Solids	CHM2291001
13	Subham Banik	Supramolecular chemistry	CHM2391001

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Conference

1. Invited talk on “Unconventional Structure Guiding Non-Covalent Contacts in Metal-organic Compounds: The Unexplored Inevitable Zone of Inorganic Crystal Engineering” on “Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XIX)” Institute : Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University Place : Banaras Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2022-12-15 to 2022-12-15

2. Invited to Chair a Technical session in National seminar on "Emerging Priorities in Science and Technology with Special Focus on Rural and Green Technology" Institute : Department of Chemistry, B. Borooah College Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2022-03-24 to 2022-03-24

3. Invited to Chair a Technical session in the National seminar on "Science for Sustainable Development (SSD-2020)" Institute : Department of Chemistry, B. Borooah College Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2020-09-25 to 2020-09-25

4. Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Compounds: Exploring Chemistry beyond Molecules" in the National seminar on "Science, Technology & Innovation" Institute : Department of Chemistry, Arya Vidyapeeth College Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2020-02-29 to 2020-02-29

5. Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts” in the International Conference on "Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2020)" Institute : Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2020-02-13 to 2020-02-13

6. Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts” in the International Conference on "Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XVIII)" Institute : Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Guwahati Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2019-12-11 to 2019-12-11

7. Invited Talk on “Engineering Crystals of Coordination Solids: The Chemistry beyond Molecules” in the International Conference on "Future Aspects in Sustainable Technology (FAST)" Institute : Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar Place : Kokrajhar Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2019-11-11 to 2019-11-11

8. Invited Talk on “Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Interactions in Transition Metal Coordination Solids” in the National Conference on "Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC 2019)" Institute : Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya Place : Meghalaya Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2020-10-14 to 2020-10-14

9. Invited Talk on “Crystal Engineering in Coordination Solids of Transition Metals: Synthons and Cooperative Interplay of Non-covalent Contacts” in the 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 Institute : Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata Place : Kolkata Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2019-08-02 to 2019-08-02

10. Invited Talk on “Structural Topology and Cooperative Interplay of Weak Contacts in Coordination Solids” in the National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC47) Institute : Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC, Mumbai) Place : Mumbai Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2019-06-19 to 2019-06-19

11. Invited Talk on "Cooperative Interplay of Weak Contacts and Solvent Driven Structural Topology in Coordination Solids" in the National Conference on “Recent Advances in Applied Sciences (RAAS’2019)" Institute : Institute of Science and Technology, Gauhati University Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2019-05-17 to 2019-05-17

12. Invited to Chair a Technical Session in the National Seminar on "Science for Sustainable Development, SSD-2019" Institute : B. Barooah College, Guwahati Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2019-01-09 to 2019-01-09

13. Invited Talk on "Cooperative Interplay involving weak non-covalent interactions" in the International Seminar on "Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences and Allied Areas (RACS2A-2018)" Institute : G. B. College, Naugachia, Bihar Place : Bihar Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2018-12-28 to 2018-12-28

14. Invited Talk on Cooperative Supramolecular Contacts in the International Conference in Chemistry, Organix-2018 Institute : Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University Place : Tezpur Type of Conference : International Date of Conference : 2018-12-20 to 2018-12-20

15. Invited Talk on Cooperative Interplay of Supramolecular Coordination Solids in the National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC-46) Institute : NIMHANS, Bangaluru Place : Bangaluru Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2018-06-27 to 2018-06-27

16. Invited Talk on Supramolecular Coordination Solids in the National Conference on "Applied sciences, Sustainable and evolving Technologies (ASSET 2018)" Institute : CIT Kokrajhar Place : Kokrajhar Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2018-03-09 to 2018-03-09

17. Invited talk on “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Compounds: Exploring Chemistry beyond Molecules” Institute : Department of Chemistry, Nalbari College Place : Nalbari Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2023-02-21 to 2023-02-21

18. Invited talk on “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Compounds: Exploring Chemistry beyond Molecules” Institute : Department of Chemistry, Pragjyotish College Place : Guwahati Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2021-11-30 to 2021-11-30

19. Invited talk on “Crystal Engineering of Metal-Organic Coordination Solids: Exploring Structure-guiding Non-covalent Synthons” Institute : Department of Chemistry, Assam University Place : Silchar Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2023-12-21 to 2023-12-21

20. Invited talk on “Fascinating structure-guiding assemblies in metal-organic compounds" at 50th National Conference on Crystallography Institute : CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology Place : Chandigarh Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2023-11-22 to 2023-11-22

21. Invited talk on "Crystal engineering and structure-guiding unusual supramolecular synthons in multi-component and metal-organic compounds" in the National seminar on Recent Trends in Chemical Science and Technology (RTCST) 2024 Institute : IIT-Patna Place : Patna Type of Conference : National Date of Conference : 2024-02-01 to 2024-02-01