Research

1. SupraMOFs: Detail study of novel supramolecular assembly containing in-situ generated nano-MOFs i.e. SupraMOF systems for deriving fast functional host-guest systems, on-demand porous nanoMOF harvesting, stimuli responsive materials.

• References: a) Optochemically Responsive 2D Nanosheets of a 3D Metal–Organic Framework Material; Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Ha Jin Kim, Intaek Han and Jin-Chong Tan; Advanced Materials 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701463. b) Mechano-responsive supramolecular metal-organic framework (supraMOF) gel material rich with ZIF‑8 nanoplates; Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, and Jin-Chong Tan; Chemical Communications 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC03478D .

2. Morphologically controlled porous structures: synthesis of nano-sheets, nano-plates, nano-particles of porous structures using 'high concentration reactions'.

• Reference: a) Optochemically Responsive 2D Nanosheets of a 3D Metal–Organic Framework Material; Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Ha Jin Kim, Intaek Han and Jin-Chong Tan; Advanced Materials 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701463. b) Multifunctional Supramolecular Hybrid Materials Constructed from Hierarchical Self‐Ordering of In Situ Generated Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) Nanoparticles; Abhijeet K Chaudhari, Inteak Han, Jin-Chong Tan; Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (30), 4438-4446.

3. Uniform thin film fabrication of functional nano MOFs via sol-gel phase transitions of SupraMOFs

• Reference: Multifunctional Supramolecular Hybrid Materials Constructed from Hierarchical Self‐Ordering of In Situ Generated Metal‐Organic Framework (MOF) Nanoparticles; Abhijeet K Chaudhari, Inteak Han, Jin-Chong Tan; Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (30), 4438-4446.
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4. Molecular recognition, molecular separations based on structural dynamics of porous 1D, 2D, 3D flexible metal-organic frameworks

References: a) Structural dynamism and controlled chemical blocking/unblocking of active coordination space of a soft porous crystal; AK Chaudhari, SS Nagarkar, B Joarder, S Mukherjee, SK Ghosh; Inorganic chemistry 52 (21), 12784-12789. b) Dynamic Structural Behavior and Anion‐Responsive Tunable Luminescence of a Flexible Cationic Metal–Organic Framework; B Manna, AK Chaudhari, B Joarder, A Karmakar, SK Ghosh; Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52 (3), 998-1002. c) Amino Acid Based Dynamic Metal–Biomolecule Frameworks; B Joarder, AK Chaudhari, SS Nagarkar, B Manna, SK Ghosh; Chemistry-A European Journal 19 (34), 11178-11183