Associate Professor
Chemistry
IIT Bombay
10 Years
Reading, Cooking, Walking
Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism, Photochemistry, Excited States
Mail: arun@sru.edu.in
Ph.D. in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry from IIT Bombay
M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Burdwan
B.Sc. (hons) in Chemistry from the University of Burdwan
Associate Professor at SR University, Warangal, from 2026-08-05 to .
Research Associate I at IISER Kolkata, from 2026-04-15 to 2026-07-27.
Research Associate I at IACS Kolkata, from 2023-07-12 to 2026-04-14.
Temporary Faculty at NIT Sikkim, from 2022-05-02 to 2023-06-30.
Research Associate I and SERB N-PDF at IACS Kolkata, from 2018-05-29 to 2022-04-30.
SERB Indo-US PDF at SUNY, Buffalo, USA, from 2016-02-10 to 2018-02-09.
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Pal, A. K., Datta, S. N.* (2014): Quantum Chemical Investigation of Calix[4]arene-Based Radicals with Bis(biphenylene)methyl Linkers as Precursors of Spinglass and Superparamagnets. J. Phys. Chem. C (ACS Publishing), 118, 27599-27610 pp.
Pal, A. K., Bhattacharyya, K., Datta, A.* (2019): Remote Functionalization through Symmetric or Asymmetric Substitutions Control the Pathway of Intermolecular Singlet Fission. J. Chem. Theo. Comput. (ACS Publishing), 15, 5014-5023 pp.
Pal, A. K., Bhattacharyya, K., Datta, A.* (2020): Polymorphism Dependent 9-phosphoanthracene Derivative Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: A Computational Investigation. J. Phys. Chem. A (ACS Publishing), 124, 11025-11037 pp.
Datta, S. N.,* Pal, A. K., Panda, A. (2023): Design of Magnetic Organic Molecules and Organic Magnets: Experiment, Theory and Computation with Application and Recent Advances. Chem. Phys. Impact (Elsevier Publishing) 7, 100379 pp.
Pal, A.K., Datta, A.* (2024): First-principles design of heavy-atom-free singlet oxygen photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. J. Chem. Phys. (AIP Publishing), 160, 164720 pp.
Sarkar, A.; Pal, A. K.; Kumar, A.; Dasgupta, S.; Kandoth, N.;* Datta, A.;* Datta, A.;* Sen Gupta, S. * (2024) Ancillary Ligand Promoted Charge Transfer in Bis-indole Pyridine Ligand-Based Nickel Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 63, Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 43, 20737–20748 pp.
Banerjee, T.; Thawrani, K.; Pal, A. K.; Datta, A.;* Dasgupta, J.;* Ghosh, S.* (2026) Supramolecular Assembly of a Heavy-Atom-Free Highly Efficient Self-Deliverable Photosensitizer for Activable Photodynamic Therapy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., e25481. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie.202525481.
Excellence in PhD Thesis, IIT Bombay, Session 2013-2015
