Areas of Interest in Teaching 

Engineering Chemistry 

Solid State Chemistry

Areas of Interest in Research 

Crystal Engineering 

Pharmaceutical Cocrystals 

Halide perovskites

Optoelectronic functional materials

Academic Details 

2006-2009: B.Sc. Hons in Chemistry The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

2009 - 2011: M.Sc. in Chemistry  IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

2011 - 2017: PhD in Chemical Crystallography  IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

2018 - 2019: Postdoctorate Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2019 - 2020: Postdoctorate  IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India

2020 - 2022: NPDF  IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India

2022 - Current: Assistant Professor CMR Institute of Technology Bangalore

Publications 

1. Exploring a supramolecular gel to in‐situ crystal fabrication from the low molecular weight gelators: a crystal engineering approach towards microelectronic device application. S. Dhibar, B. Pal, K. Karmakar, S. Kundu, S. Bhattacharjee, R. Sahoo, S. M. Rahaman, D. Dey, P. P. Ray, and B. Saha, ChemistrySelect. 2023, 8, e202204214 (1 of 13).

2. Quantitative analysis of intermolecular interactions in crystalline substituted triazoles. D.  Dey, S. Seth, T.P. Mohan, D. Chopra, J. Mol.Struct., 2023, 1273, 134380.

3. Structural investigation and Hirshfeld surface analysis of two polymorphs of 2-(4-Methylbenzamido)-5-(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles: A. Suresh, Dhananjay Dey, A. M. Menon, Deepak Chopra, J Ind. Chem. Soc. 2022, 99(3), 100374

4. Structural investigation of N-[2-(4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoyl)hydrazinecarbothioyl] benzamide and N-[2-(4-fluoro-3 phenoxybenzoyl) hydrazinecarbothioyl]-4-methoxybenzamide: Dhananjay Dey, I. Shruti, Deepak Chopra and T. P. Mohan, Acta Cryst. 2021. E77, 277–281 

5. Ferroelectricity-Driven  Self-Powered  Ultraviolet  Photodetection with Strong Polarization-Sensitivity in a Two-Dimensional Halide Hybrid Perovskite: C. Ji, Dhananjay Dey, Y. Peng,  X. Liu, L. Li and Junhua Luo, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18933 –18937.

6. Exploring a lead-free organic-inorganic semiconducting hybrid with above-room-temperature dielectric phase transition: Y. Wang, S. Han, X. Liu, Z. Wu, Z. Sun, Dhananjay Dey, Y. Li and Junhua Luo, RSC Adv., 2020, 17492–17496.

7. Rational design of a triiodide-intercalated dielectric-switching hybrid for visible-light absorption: W. Zhang,  B. Kou,  Y. Peng,  Z. Wu,  Y. Yao,  Dhananjay Dey,  L. Li  and Junhua Luo, J Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 12170–12174.

8. A new antimony-based organic-inorganic hybrid absorber with photoconductive response: A. Khan,  S. Han, X. Liu,  K. Tao,  Dhananjay Dey, Junhua Luo and Zhihua Sun, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 3028-3032.

9. Crystal Packing Analysis of In situ Cryocrystallized 2, 2, 2-trifluoroacetophenone: Dhananjay Dey, A. Sirohiwal, Deepak Chopra, Acta Cryst. 2018, E74, 607–612.

10. Occurrence of 3D isostructurality in fluorinated phenyl benzamidines: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 47–63.

11. Evaluation of the role of isostructurality in fluorinated phenyl benzoates: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 5117–5128.

12. Quantitative analysis of the solid state diversity in trifluoromethylated phenylhydrazones: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, Acta Cryst. 2017, B73, 781–793.

13. Investigation of Chemical Bonding in In Situ Cryocrystallized Organometallic Liquids: A. Sirohiwal, V. R. Hathwar, Dhananjay Dey, Deepak. Chopra, ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 2859–2863.

14. Characterization of Fluorine Centered F…O σ-hole Interaction in Solid-State: A. Sirohiwal, V. R. Hathwar, Dhananjay Dey, Roshni R. and Deepak Chopra, Acta Cryst. 2017, B73, 140–152.

15. Quasi-isostructural polymorphism in molecular crystals: inputs from interaction hierarchy and energy frameworks: Dhananjay Dey, S. P. Thomas, M. A. Spackman and Deepak Chopra, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2141–2144.

16. Conformational lock via unusual intramolecular C–F…O=C and C–H…Cl–C parallel dipoles observed in in situ cryocrystallized liquids: Dhananjay Dey, S. Bhandary, A. Sirohiwal, V. R. Hathwar and Deepak Chopra, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 7225–7228.

17. Solvatomorphism in (Z)-4-fluoro-N′-(3-fluorophenyl) benzimidamide: the role of intermolecular O–H…F interaction: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, CrystEngComm. 2016, 18, 8291–8300.

18. Energy frameworks and a topological analysis of the supramolecular features in in situ cryocrystallized liquids: tuning the weak interaction landscape via fluorination: Dhananjay Dey, S. Bhandary, S. P. Thomas, M. A. Spackman and Deepak Chopra, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 31811–31820.

19. Insights into the supramolecular features in isopropylmalonic and n-butylmalonic acids: Inputs from PIXEL and Hirshfeld surface Analysis: Dhananjay Dey, R. K. Mondal, S. Dhibar, C. -H. Lin, D. Schollmeyer, Deepak Chopra and B. Dey, J Mol. Struct. 2016, 1122, 29–36.

20. N–H…π induced configurational isomerism and the role of temperature in the Z to E isomerization of 2-fluoro-N′-(3-fluorophenyl) benzimidamide: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, CrystEngComm. 2015, 17, 5288–5298.

21. Synthesis of Air- and Moisture-Stable, Storable Chiral Oxorhenium Complexes and Their Application as Catalysts for the Enantioselective Imine Reduction: B. G. Das, R. Nallagonda, Dhananjay Dey and P. Ghorai, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 1–6.

22. First Example of a Modular Porphyrinoid Assembly Capable of Stabilizing Different Metal Ions in a Single Molecular Scaffold: M. Murugavel, R. V. R. Reddy, Dhananjay Dey and J. Sankar, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 14280–14286.

23. Computational study of the formation of short centrosymmetric N−H···S supramolecular synthon and related weak Interactions in Crystalline 1,2,4-Triazoles: Dhananjay Dey, T. P. Mohan, B. Vishalakshi and Deepak Chopra, Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 5881–5896.

24. Computational approaches towards crystal engineering in molecular crystals: Deepak Chopra and Dhananjay Dey, Acta Cryst. 2014. A70, C642.

25. The art of in situ cryocrystallization: Dhananjay Dey and Deepak Chopra, Resonance (December), 2014, 19, 1104–1114.

26. Quantitative Evaluation of C–H…O and C–H…π Intermolecular Interactions in Ethyl-3-benzyl-1-methyl-2-oxoindoline-3- carboxylate and 3-Methyl-but-2-en-1-yl-1,3-dimethyl -2- oxoindoline-3-carboxylate: Insights from PIXEL and Hirshfeld Analysis: Dhananjay Dey, S. Ghosh and Deepak Chopra, J Chem. Crystallogr., 2014, 44, 131–142.

27. Quantitative Crystal Structure Analysis of (E)-1-[(2-Chloro-1,3- thiazol-5-yl)methyl] -3-methyl-2 -nitroguanidine: Dhananjay Dey, C. S. Shripanavar, K. Banerjee and Deepak Chopra, J Crystallogr., 2014, 1–8, DOI. org/10.1155/2014/585282.

28. Quantitative Insights into the Crystal Structures of Nitro Derivatives of Ethyl (2E)-2-cyano-3-phenylprop-2-enoate: Inputs from X-Ray Diffraction, DFT Calculations and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis: Dhananjay Dey, V. Prakash, Vasu, M. Srinivas and Deepak Chopra, J Chem. Crystallogr., 2014, 44, 450–458.

29. DDQ-mediated Direct Intramolecular- Dehydrogenative-Coupling (IDC): Expeditious Approach to the Tetracyclic Core of Ergot Alkaloids: S. Bhunia, S. Ghosh, Dhananjay Dey, and A. Bisai, Org. Let., 2013, 15, 2426–2429.

30. Expeditions approach to the Amarylidaceae alkaloids, crinasiadine and its analogues, via a palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct C-H arylation: S. Mishra, S. De, B. N. Kakde, Dhananjay Dey and A. Bisai, Ind. J Chem., 2013, 52A, 1093–1102.

31. Expeditious Approach to Pyrrolophenanthridones, Phenanthridines, and Benzo[c]phenanthridines via Organocatalytic Direct Biaryl-Coupling Promoted by Potassium tert-Butoxide: S. De, S. Mishra, B. N. Kakde, Dhananjay Dey, and A. Bisai, J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 7823−7844.

32. Metal triflate-catalyzed cyclization of arylvinylcarbinols: formal synthesis of (±)-dichroanone and (±)-taiwaniaquinone H: B. N. Kakde, S. De, Dhananjay Dey and A. Bisai, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 8176–8179.

33. Acid-catalyzed reactions of 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles with electron-rich substrates: synthesis of 2-oxindoles with all-carbon quaternary center: L. K. Kinthada, S. Ghosh, S. De, S. Bhunia, Dhananjay Dey and A. Bisai, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 6984–6993.

34. Crystal and Molecular Structure of 2-Amino-3-Ethyl Carboxamido-4-Metyl-5-Carboxy Ethyl Thiophene:  Dhananjay Dey, V. Prakash, Vasu, J. Saravanan, Deepak Chopra, Crystal Structure Theory and Applications, 2012, 1, 92–96.

35. Synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives using sodium trifluoromethane sulphonate as an efficient catalyst: A. Shekhar, Dhananjay Dey and D. Deo Pathak, International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2011, 9, 1117–1125.