Functional Supramolecular Materials

Rahul Banerjee received his PhD degree from University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Gautam R. Desiraju. After postdoctoral work at UCLA with Prof. Omar M. Yaghi (2006-2008), he joined the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India in 2008 as a Scientist. His research interests include the study of structural chemistry with chemical synthesis to design new materials for hydrogen storage and carbon sequestration. Additionally, his group is also engaged in design and synthesis of lightweight materials for storage, capture and proton conduction. Dr Banerjee is an Editorial board member and associate editor of CrystEngComm. He has also served as a co-editor of Acta Crystallographica Section E in 2011-2012. Dr Banerjee has been invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013 in recognition of his significant contribution to Chemical Science and, in particular, to his work on the board of CrystEngComm.

Surface Self-assembly of Functional Supramolecular Networks;

Designing Soft Supramolecular Materials Using Intermolecular Interactions;

Anion Binding in Tripodal Receptors and Supramolecular Capsular Dimeric Assemblies;

Functional Molecular and Supramolecular Materials for Electron Transfer Reactions and their Applications;

Influence of Supramolecular Interactions on the Solid-state Photoreactivity of Metal Complexes;

Metal-Organic Frameworks with Tunable Electrical and Optical Properties;

Conducting Framework Materials;

Functional Metal-organic Frameworks for Enzyme/Protein Immobilization;

Porous Metal Organic Polygons and Polyhedra - Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Porosity;

Functional Metallo-supramolecular Polyhedral Capsules and Cages;

Designing Functional Porous Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage and Separation;

Gated and Stepwise Sorption Processes in Functional Metal-organic Frameworks