Associate Professor
ECE
Supramolecular Chemistry, Functional Organic Materials, Molecular Conductors, Organic Spintronics
Materials Science, Crystal Engineering, Molecular Self-Assembly, Charge-Transfer Cocrystals, Organic Electronics
Mail: barun.dhara@sru.edu.in
Ph.D in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
M.Sc in Inorganic Chemistry from Vidyasagar University
B.Sc in Chemistry from Vidyasagar University
Associate Professor at SR University, Warangal, from 2026-07-17 to .
Research Assistant at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China, from 2025-12-11 to 2026-06-26.
Research Scientist at RIKEN, Wako, Japan, from 2023-04-01 to 2025-03-31.
Postdoctoral Researcher at RIKEN, Wako, Japan, from 2019-11-12 to 2023-03-31.
Postdoctoral Fellow at IBS, Pohang, South Korea, from 2018-01-16 to 2019-04-10.
Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, from 2017-07-10 to 2018-01-09.
Construction of a Two?Dimensional Molecular Slab with a ??Extended Hexaarylbenzene Molecule. H Sanematsu, R Matsidik, B Dhara, K Takimiya. Angewandte Chemie International Edition., 2026, 138 (9), e24473.
Radical cation salts of dinaphtho[2,3-b:2?,3?-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene: characteristic crystal structures and properties. B Dhara, K Bulgarevich, K Takimiya. CrystEngComm, 2025, 27 (38), 6333-6340.
Solvent-free isomerization of trialkoxy-heptazine derivatives featuring efficient intermolecular rearrangements. B Dhara, M Yan, R Ibuka, J Wang, A Nihonyanagi, H Inuzuka, Y Hamada, etal. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2025, 9 (16), 2500-2507.
Synthesis of Parent Peropyrene and Its Derivatization. H Sanematsu, K Bulgarevich, B Dhara, K Takimiya. Organic Letters, 2025, 27 (23), 5948-5952.
Tailoring One?Dimensional Assemblies of Chiral Bowl?Shaped Molecules with Diverse Enantiomers and Polar Column Alignments. D He, B Dhara, C Zhang, A Nihonyanagi, H Inuzuka, E Hara, S Sato, etal. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2025, 64 (20), e202424162. (Co-first and Corresponding Author)
Homonuclear/heteronuclear bimetallic conjugated coordination polymers with customized oxygen evolution pathway. Y Weng, L Sun, H Jia, W Shang, JJ Chen, B Dhara, Y Chen, F Huang etal. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147 (16), 13928-13936.
Molecular dynamics simulation to predict assembly structures of bowl-shaped ?-conjugated molecules. S Sato, B Dhara, D He, D Miyajima, G Watanabe. Chemical Communications, 2025, 61 (26), 4951-4954.
MT-pyrene-Based Conductive Radical Cation Salts: Crystal and Electronic Structure and Transport Properties. B Dhara, M Nakamura, K Bulgarevich, K Takimiya. Crystal Growth & Design, 2024, 24 (13), 5826-5833.
Subphthalocyanine semiconducting cocrystals with efficient super-exchange coupling. L Sun, Y Guo, D He, B Dhara, F Huang, Y Yi, D Miyajima, C Zhang. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2024, C 12 (13), 4648-4654.
Bulk Photovoltaic Effect Along the Nonpolar Axis in Organic?Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites. T Noma, HY Chen, B Dhara, M Sotome, T Nomoto, R Arita, M Nakamura, etal. Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135 (42), e202309055.
Rapid, solvent-minimized and sustainable access to various types of ferroelectric-fluid molecules by harnessing mechano-chemical technology. H Nishikawa, M Kuwayama, A Nihonyanagi, B Dhara, F Araoka. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, 11 (37), 12525-12542.
Nano-clustering mediates phase transitions in a diastereomerically-stabilized ferroelectric nematic system. H Nishikawa, K Sano, S Kurihara, G Watanabe, A Nihonyanagi, B Dhara,etal. Communications Materials, 2022, 3 (1), 89
Delayed fluorescence from inverted singlet and triplet excited states. N Aizawa, YJ Pu, Y Harabuchi, A Nihonyanagi, R Ibuka, H Inuzuka,etal. Nature, 2022, 609 (7927), 502-506
Solution-processable, crystalline ?-conjugated two-dimensional polymers with high charge carrier mobility. S Jhulki, J Kim, IC Hwang, G Haider, J Park, JY Park, Y Lee, W Hwang,etal. Chem 2021, 6 (8), 2035-2045
Supramolecular fullerene tetramers concocted with porphyrin boxes enable efficient charge separation and delocalization X Yu, B Wang, Y Kim, J Park, S Ghosh, B Dhara, RD Mukhopadhyay, etal. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142 (29), 12596-12601.
Achieving current rectification ratios ? 105 across thin films of coordination polymer. A Prasoon, B Dhara, D Roy, S Rana, S Bhand, N Ballav. Chemical Science, 2019, 10 (43), 10040-10047
Stable red emission from nanosheets of molecularly doped hexagonal boron nitride. V Kumar, N Joshi, B Dhara, PK Jha, S Rana, P Ghosh, N Ballav. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122 (36), 21076-21082
Effect of cyano substitution on the step-edge adsorption of copper phthalocyanine on Au (111). R Sk, S Arra, B Dhara, JS Miller, M Kabir, A Deshpande. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018 122 (22), 11848-11854.
Enhancing intermolecular interaction by cyano substitution in copper phthalocyanine. R Sk, S Arra, B Dhara, JS Miller, M Kabir, A Deshpande. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122 (1), 429-437.
Giant Enhancement of Carrier Mobility in Bimetallic Coordination Polymers. B Dhara, V Kumar, K Gupta, PK Jha, N Ballav. ACS omega, 2017 2 (8), 4488.
Diamagnetic molecules exhibiting room-temperature ferromagnetism in supramolecular aggregates. B Dhara, PK Jha, K Gupta, VK Bind, N Ballav. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (22), 12159-12167.
Possible room-temperature ferromagnetism in self-assembled ensembles of paramagnetic and diamagnetic molecular semiconductors. B Dhara, K Tarafder, PK Jha, SN Panja, S Nair, PM Oppeneer, N Ballav. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2016, 7 (24), 4988-4995.
Selective sensing of metal ions and nitro explosives by efficient switching of excimer-to-monomer emission of an amphiphilic pyrene derivative. SC Deshmukh, S Rana, SV Shinde, B Dhara, N Ballav, P Talukdar. ACS omega, 2016, 1 (3), 371.
Increase in electrical conductivity of MOF to billion-fold upon filling the nanochannels with conducting polymer. B Dhara, SS Nagarkar, J Kumar, V Kumar, PK Jha, SK Ghosh, S Nair, etal. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2016, 7 (15), 2945-2950. (Highlighted in Chemistry world, The Hindu)
Highly Hydrophobic and Chemically Rectifiable Surface?Anchored Metal?Organic Framework Thin?Film Devices. S Rana, R Rajendra, B Dhara, PK Jha, N Ballav. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2015, 3 (13), 1500738
Coordination polymers of Fe(iii) and Al(iii) ions with TCA ligand: distinctive fluorescence, CO2 uptake, redox-activity and oxygen evolution reaction. B Dhara, S Sappati, SK Singh, S Kurungot, P Ghosh, N Ballav. Dalton Transactions 2016, 45 (16), 6901-6908
Enhancing the thermopower and tuning the resistivity in Bi2Se3 with Fe-doping. R Sk, MM Shirolkar, B Dhara, S Kulkarni, A Deshpande. Chemical Physics Letters 2015. 638, 94-98.
Redox-induced photoluminescence of metal–organic coordination polymer gel. B Dhara, PP Patra, PK Jha, SV Jadhav, GV Pavan Kumar, N Ballav. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118 (33), 19287-19293.
Nanofibers to nanocuboids of polyaniline by lead nitrate: hierarchical self-assembly with lead ions. PK Jha, B Dhara, N Ballav. Rsc Advances, 2014, 4 (19), 9851-9855.
In situ generation of conducting polymer in a redox-active metal–organic gel. B Dhara, N Ballav. RSC advances 2013, 3 (15), 4909-4913.