Dr. Apurba Kr. Barman
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology KanpurResearch Interests:
Broad area: Organic and nano-chemistry. Specific area: Synthesis of metal nanocluster and study on the effect of ligands on structure and luminescence properties of the nanoclusters.Date of Joining : Oct 16, 2015
Phone: 8136054127
Email: apurba.barman@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Apurba did his B.Sc in 2005 from Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati and M. Sc. in Chemistry from Gauhati University in 2007. He then moved to Indian Institute of technology Kanpur for pursuing Ph. D. After successful completion of Ph. D. work, he went to Indian Institute of Science Bangalore for post doctoral studies with help of Dr. D S Kothari postdoctoral fellowship. After brief period in IISc Bangalore, he joined as an assistant professor in Kokrajhar Government College, Assam. After one year of work, he joined as assistant professor in Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam. Finally, he moved to Cotton University (erstwhile Cotton College) in October 2015.
Teaching
Teaching experience: Undergraduate-10 years, Postgraduate-9 years
Topics taught:
1. Organic reaction mechanism
2. Stereochemistry
3. Heterocyclic chemistry
4. Biochemistry
5. Medicinal chemistry
6. Nanochemistry and nanomaterials
7. Environmental chemistry
8. Rotational, vibrational spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
9. Chemistry of nutrition
Experience
Assistant Professor, Cotton University, Guwahati.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar,Kokrajhar.
Assistant Professor, Department of ChemistryChemistry, Kokrajhar Government College,Kokrajhar.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,Bangalore.
Research Projects
Completed project: “The missing link in gold nanocluster research: Systematic study on the role of ligands in gold nanocluster luminescence.” Project is funded by SERB, DST, Government of India.
Research Projects
| Sl. No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator(PI) | Name of the Co-PI | Name of the Funding Agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year | Funds Sanctioned (INR in lakhs) | Duration of the Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The missing link in gold nanocluster research: systematic study on the role of ligands in gold nanocluster luminescence Status: Completed |
Dr. Apurba Kr Barman | DST | Government | 2020 | INR 36,12,400 | 3 years | |
| 2 | Synthesis and study of fluorescence properties of novel gold nanoclusters Status: Completed |
Dr. Apurba Kr. Barman | Cotton University | In House | 2019 | INR 1,00,000 | 1 year |
Research paper publications
2024
1. Bedanta Borah, Rohan Sharma, Pankaz K. Sharma* and Apurba Kr. Barman*, Novel 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole-derived Ag16 and Ag18 nanoclusters: synthesis and optical properties, Nanoscale, vol. 16, 14844–14852, 2024 10.1039/d4nr01606h
Research paper publications till 2021
7. Al(He)N3+ clusters: A theoretical study, Ullah, S.S., Kashyap, C., Guha, A.K., Barman., A.K. Kalita, A.C., Sharma, P.K. Current Science, 2018, 114(10), pp. 2138–2142.
6. Imaging C. elegans with thiolated tryptophan-based NIR fluorescent gold nanoclusters, Apurba Kr. Barman, Amaresh Chaturbedi, K. Subramaniam and Sandeep Verma*, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2013, 15, 2083-2088.
5. Solid state structure and solution phase self-assembly of clicked mannosylated diketopiperazines, Apurba Kr. Barman, and Sandeep Verma*, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 14691-14700.
4. Morphological transition triggered by mannose conjugation to cyclic hexapeptide, Apurba Kr. Barman, Nidhi Gour and Sandeep Verma*, ARKIVOC, 2013(ii), 82-89.
3. Controlling morphology of peptide based soft structures by covalent modifications; Nidhi Gour, Apurba Kr. Barman and Sandeep Verma*, Journal of Peptide Science, 2012, 18, 405-412.
2. Peptide-based synthetic design, construction and morphology of soft structures, Sudipta Mondal, Apurba Kr. Barman, and Sandeep Verma*, Chimia, 2012, 66, 930-935.
1. Sunlight mediated disruption of peptide-based soft structures decorated with gold nanoparticles, Apurba Kr. Barman and Sandeep Verma*, Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 6692-6694.
Research Scholars
| Sl. No | Name | Research Topic | Roll No |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedanta Borah | The role of thiolated ligands on the structures and luminescence properties of gold and silver nanoclusters | CHM2091005 |
Awards
2013 Dr. DS Kothari postdoctoral fellowship, UGC India.
2010 Senior research fellowship, CSIR India.
2007 Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR India.