Dr. Esma Khatun

Degree

• Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2014-2020.

Thesis entitled “An investigation of atomically precise mono and multimetallic nanoclusters”

Advisor: Professor T. Pradeep [http://www.dstuns.iitm.ac.in/pradeep-research-group.php]

• B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours), Calcutta University (Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur), Kolkata, India, 2011-2014.

Research Interests

• Synthesis and crystallization of monolayer protected atomically precise nanoparticles (nanoclusters)

• Mass spectrometry of nanoclusters

• SERS properties of nanomaterials

Research Experience 

• Postdoctoral researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, Jan 2021- August 2021.

• Postdoctoral equivalent fellow in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, July 2020-Jan 2021.

• Summer Project, Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, May 2015-July 2015.

(Project entitled “Synthesis of magnetic nano-hollow spheres & preferential adsorption of industrial dyes”).

Publications

Google Scholar Profile

1) E. Khatun and T. Pradeep, ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 1-16.

2) P. Bose, P. Chakraborty, J. S. Mohanty, Nonappa, A. R. Chowdhuri, E. Khatun, T. Ahuja, A. Mahendranath and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2020,12, 22116- 22128.

3) Md. Bodiuzzaman, E. Khatun, K. S. Sugi, G. Paramasivam, W. A. Dar, S. Antharjanam and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 23426–23432.

4) A. Jana, P. Chakraborty, W. A. Dar, S. Chandra, E. Khatun, M. P. Kannan, R. H. A. Ras and T. Pradeep, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 12550-12553.

5) M. Jash, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, C. Sudhakar and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 20569–20577.

6) P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, B. Mondal, E. Khatun, G. Paramasivam and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 14891–14900.

7) W. A. Dar, Md. Bodiuzzaman, D. Ghosh, G. Paramasivam, E. Khatun, K. S. Sugi, and T. Pradeep, ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 13365−13373.

8) E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, B. Jacob, G. Paramasivam, Md. Bodiuzzaman, W. A. Dar, and T. Pradeep, Chem. Mater., 2019, 32, 611–619.

9) P. R. Sajanlal, E. Khatun and T. Pradeep, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia, 2019.

10) K. R. Krishnadas, G. Natarajan, A. Baksi, A. Ghosh, E. Khatun and T. Pradeep, Langmuir, 2019, 35, 11243–11254.

11) E. Khatun, Md. Bodiuzzaman, K. S. Sugi, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, W. A. Dar, T. Ahuja, S. Antharjanam, and T. Pradeep, ACS Nano., 2019, 13, 5753-5759.

12) E. Khatun, A. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, P. Singh, Md. Bodiuzzaman, G. Paramasivam, G. Natarajan, J. Ghosh, S. K. Pal, and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 20033-20042.

13) E. Khatun, S. Bose, M. Jash, and T. Pradeep, J. Chem. Sci. (Prof. M. V. George special issue), 2018, 130, 147.

14) Md. Bodiuzzaman, A. Ghosh, K. S. Sugi, A. Nag, E. Khatun, B. Varghese, G. Paramasivam, S. Antharjanam, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, Angew. Chem. I nt. Ed., 2018, 58, 189–194.

15) E. Khatun, A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, B. Mondal, S. Chennu and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 8240-8248.

16) P. Chakraborty, A. Baksi, E. Khatun, A. Nag, A. Ghosh and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 10971-10981.

17) Rupali Rakshit, Esma Khatun, Monalisa Pal, Souvanik Talukdar, Dipika Mandal, Priyanka Saha, Kalyan Mandal, New J. Chem., 2017,41, 9095-9102.

18) A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2016, 9, 1068–1077.

Patents

• Cluster-assisted antiviral medications, T. Pradeep; G. Velmurugan; E. Khatun; K. Swaminathan; S. Krishnakumar, 202041012975, March 25, 2020.

• Method of making nanoparticles of precise isotopic composition by rapid isotopic exchange, T. Pradeep, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, E. Khatun, G. Nataranjan, G. Paramasivam, 201741037349, October 23, 2018. 

Conference Publications

• International Conference, Atomically Precise Nanochemistry Gordon Research Conference (09-14th Feb, 2020) held at Hotel Galvez in Galveston, TX United States (poster presentation).

• International Conference, Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon Research Conference (17-22nd June, 2018) held at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA United States (poster presentation).                                                                                             

• National Conference, CRSI (2nd February, 2018) held at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla   University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh (poster presentation).

• Chemistry in-house symphosium, CiHS (17th September, 2017) held at IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu (poster presentation).

Journal Review

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, IF: 8.198 - American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications.