Updates
May 2024
Congratulations to Chandana and Aiswarya for successfully completing their master project. Both of them will be going to PhD. All the best for your future career.
Congratulations to Ajas for successfully completing his minor project.
April 2024
Sreelakshmi P from the Department of Chemistry, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda,Thrissur, joined our group to pursue her master's project. She will be working on chiral macrocycles and their applications. Welcome, Sreelakshmi, and all the best for your thesis.
October 2023
Congratulations to Renitta for her work on switchable catalysis accepted in Dalton Transactions.
Generally, thiourea has the ability to exist in equilibrium between syn-anti and anti-anti conformations. However, our study demonstrates that by incorporating a thiourea moiety into 1,10-phenanthroline, the conformation can be precisely fixed in the anti-anti form. Furthermore, the introduction of a copper complex enables us to selectively access the syn-anti conformation, providing a mechanism for toggling various Michael addition reactions ON and OFF.
September 2023
Mrinmoy joined as a PhD student. Welcome and good luck, Mrinmoy!
July 2023
Congratulations to Aarti, Abhinu, Ashley, Jerry and Suraj on completing your graduation. All the best for your future endeavours.
June 2023
Chandana and Aiswarya joined to pursue their major project. Welcome on board, and good luck.
May 2023
Saswat, a chemistry major from NISER Bhubaneswar, joined as a summer intern. He will be working on chiral molecular switches. All the very best Saswat.
March 2023
Our recent article on "Light-Triggered Reversible Open-Close Motion of a Chiral Molecular Plier to Modulate Guest Binding" is online in Chemistry A-European Journal. Congratulations to Dipti, Muhsin and Aarti!
February 2023
Our recent article on "fuel-driven molecular switches and machines" is in highlighted in C&En. The highlight summarazies the opinions of several groups including ours.
January 2023
Again congratulations to Dipti. She has been awarded the best poster prize at the Leaders in the field Symposium 2023 held in JNCASR.
Congratulations to Dipti. She has been awarded the best slam presentation in FS-CHM2023 held in IISER TVM
December 2022
Akanksha Sharma has been selected for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship (PMRF). Congratulations Akanksha.
November 2022
Ajith joined as a PhD student in the group of Dr Sergey Semenov at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Congratulations, and best of luck.
August 2022
Congratulations to Renitta, Dipti and Ajith for their review on "Recent advances in fuel-driven molecular switches and machines"
Abhinu, Ashley and Suraj joined the lab to pursue their major project. Akanksha joined as a PhD student. Jerry will continue her major project. Welcome and good luck to all of you!
July 2022
Congratulation to Harsha, Namitha, Sandra and Jerry for successfully finishing their minor project.
April 2022
Lab officially inaugurated by Director J. N. Moorthy.
Harsha, Namitha, Sandra and Jerry joined the lab to pursue their minor project. Welcome and good luck to all of you!
Congratulations to Ajith, Devika and Muhsin for successfully finishing their master thesis.
December 2021
A collaborative paper is accepted in Nanoscale Horizons. It describes the synthesis of a covalent organic framework on the surface of Ag(111).
For more details, please check out our recent publications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nh00486g
October 2021
Congratulations to Renitta, Diptiprava and Nithish for their book chapter on "Metal-Ion-Driven Molecular Machines."
It is well-known that all the molecules are in constant Brownian motion. However, due to its random nature, Brownian motion cannot perform any work. Therefore, channelizing this random translational, rotational and vibrational motion at the molecular level is a topic of interest. Although it is difficult to control the motion of a single molecule, it is possible to control the translational/rotational/ vibrational motion within a molecule. Some input is necessary to control this intra-component movement, such as heat, light, metal ion, etc. In this book chapter, we have shown how a metal ion can be instrumental in regulating the intra-component movement of a molecule. In the end, we have also discussed some applications of metal ion-driven molecular motion. For more details, please check out our recent publications:
September 2021
Congratulations to Diptiprava, Renitta and Nithish for their review on "Chiroptical Switches."
From our undergraduate studies, we know that generally, we can not change the configuration of any chiral molecules without breaking or making bonds. However, recent studies have shown that external factors such as light, temperature, solvent etc., can alter the configuration of a molecule without breaking any bond. This review summarizes the ways to change the chirality (configuration) of a molecule upon application of external stimuli. For more details, please check out our recent publications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202100322
August 2021
Lab underwent renovation.
July 2021
Devika P Thankachan joined the lab as BS-MS major project student. Welcome, Devika!
Muhsin joined the lab as BS-MS major project student. Welcome, Muhsin!
Devika SP completed her minor project successfully. Best wishes for her future!
March 2021
Ajith George joined the lab as major project student. Welcome, Ajith!
Devika SP joined as BS-MS minor project student. Welcome, Devika!
We welcome Nithish, a IPhD student of our institute. He will do his project on supramolecular chemistry. Best of luck!
December 2020
Diptiprava joined as a PhD student. Welcome, Diptiprava!
Renitta joined as a PhD student. Welcome, Renitta!
Poovannan is the first member to join the group. He will do his master thesis. Welcome, Poovannan!