Hybrid Crystal-Glass Materials Group

Latest news in the group

October 2025: Sushant's work on biodegradable sodium superionic solid-state electrolyte for supercapacitor device has been now accepted in Chemical Communications. Hearty Congratulations to Sushant and Laxmi. Link

September 2025: Chinmoy has been nominated to attend Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation Conclave ESTIC-2025 under Young S&T Leaders category organized by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

September 2025: Sushant's work on flexible and transparent Na-ion based solid-state electrolytes for supercapacitor now accepted in Journal of Material Chemistry A. Many congratulations Sushant. Link

September 2025: Ramakrushna joined our group as a postdoc. A hearty welcome.

August 2025: Chinmoy's collaborative work with Prof. Sebastian Henke has published in Advanced Functional Materials. Link

August 2025: Rani joined our group as a PhD student. A hearty welcome Rani.

July 2025: Varahalu joined our group as a PhD student. A hearty welcome Varahalu.

June 2025: Ginopragathish joined our group as an ANRF-sponsored JRF. A hearty welcome Ginopragathish.

April 2025: Sushant received Gold Medal at 9th Research Day at SRM University-AP for his exciting work on atmospheric water harvesting (AWH). Hearty congratulations Sushant. (Gallery)

February 2025: Chinmoy received prestigious Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM ECRG) from Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Department of Science of Technology (DST), Govt. of India. 

January 2025: Sushant participated and presented his poster on his fascinating work of Solid-State Electrolyte at International Congress on Glass 2025 (ICG2025-XXVII) in Kolkata (20-24th of January, 2025). (Gallery)

December 2024: Laxmi joined our group as a Ph.D. student. A hearty welcome Laxmi.

November 2024: Our patent on "Lithium-based solid-state electrolyte and a method for its preparation" with an application number: 202441083351 has now published. Congratulations Sushant for your good work.

November 2024: Chinmoy delivered his Keynote Lecture at IISc Bangalore during an international conference on Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism and Spins in Molecular Systems (05-08th of November 2024). (Gallery )

September 2024: Our comprehensive review article on Atmospheric Water Harvesting now accepted in Sustainable Materials and Technologies (Elsevier). Congratulations Sushant.

September 2024: Sushant participated at Techpreneur Expo organized by SRM University-AP and showcased his work and live model on Li(I)-based solid-state electrolyte. (Gallery)

August 2024: Rashesh joined our lab for a six weeks M.Sc. project. Welcome Rashesh.

June 2024: Chinmoy's collaboration work with Henke Group (TU Dortmund, Germany) now published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Recognized as Hot Paper)

May 2024: We finally set up our lab at the SRM University-AP. Stay tuned for more updates.

April 2024: Chinmoy's collaboration work with TU Dortmund (Germany) and University of Cambridge (U.K.) now published in Chemical Science.

November 2023: Sushant joined our group as a Ph.D. student. A hearty welcome Sushant.

October 2023: Chinmoy received SEED Grant from SRM University-AP to establish the laboratory.

September 2023: Chinmoy joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, SRM University-AP.