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Prof. V. Chandrasekhar<\/h4>\n

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We work on molecular materials such as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), single-ion magnets (SIMs), spin-cross over (SCO) systems and molecules that have interesting photophysical properties. In addition, we also have interest in main-group organometallic chemistry and catalysis.
In the area of molecular magnets (SMMs and SIMs) our goal is to come out with efficient designs for the assembly of these systems. These molecular complexes contain transition metal ions\/lanthanide metal ions. The endeavour is to build systems that show high barriers to magnetization reversal and those that can have high blocking temperatures. In addition, we are interested in creating ensembles that are air-stable and which have high solubilities in regular organic solvents so that they can be processed readily. In SCO systems, we are interested in multi-functional complexes involving Fe(II)\/Fe(III). The objective in these systems is to have room temperature SCO materials that also can be activated by light.
In main group chemistry and main-group organometallic chemistry we are interested in low-valent and low-coordinate systems which may be of interest from the point of view of their structure and reactivity. In this regard, we are involved in the assembly of group 13 element-based compounds and study their photo physical and electrochemical properties. We are also involved in designing novel ligands which allow preparation of main-group metal complexes which are catalytically active. One of the current interests in this area is to replace scarce metals with earth-abundant metal ions so as to be able to generate chemistry that is sustainable and environment friendly.<\/p>\n

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Prof. V. ChandrasekharWe work on molecular materials such as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), single-ion magnets (SIMs), spin-cross over (SCO) systems and molecules that have interesting photophysical properties. In addition, we also have interest in main-group organometallic chemistry and catalysis.In the area of molecular magnets (SMMs and SIMs) our goal is to come out with efficient designs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

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V. Chandrasekhar<\/font><\/div>\n\n
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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar was born at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in November 1958. He obtained his M.Sc. from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 1977. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1982 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under the supervision of Prof. S. S. Krishnamurthy. He worked as a post-doctoral research associate with Professor R. R. Holmes at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA (1983-1986) and then as a senior research officer in the Indian Petrochemicals Corporation at Vadodara for a year. He then joined the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1987 where he has been a full professor since 1995. He served as the Head of the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur (2008\u201310), and as the Dean of Faculty Affairs, IIT Kanpur (2011\u201312). He also worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad, as a Senior Professor\/Dean (2012\u201314) and as the Director (2014\u201317), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India. Currently he is the Centre Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad. His research interests are in the area of molecular materials, inorganic rings and polymers, main-group organometallic chemistry and polynuclear metal assemblies. He has been a recipient of several national and international awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award of the Council and Scientific Industrial Research, India, and the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.<\/p>\n

He is an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and the World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy. He has been on the editorial board of several journals including, Organometallics. Currently, he is on the editorial board of Dalton Transactions as its Associate Editor. His research work is documented in 425+ publications.<\/p>\n

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