Name: Dr. Sanjit Konar
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemistry
E-Mail: skonar@iiserbhopal.ac.in
Phone: +91-755-4092318
Fax: +91-755-4092392

Academic Profile:

• Assistant Professor (October 2009-),Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.

• Aexander von Humboldt  Fellow (May 2008-October 2009), Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, Germany.

• Research Associate (September 2005-March 2008), at the Department of Chemistry,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 2005-August 2005), at the Department of Chemistry,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 2004- March 2005), at the Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA.

• Ph.D (2004), Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science(IACS), Jadavpur, Kolkata.  

Research Interest:

• Molecular clusters and polyoxometalates

• Oriented and hierarchical nanostructures

• Layered and pillared porous materials for Hydrogen storage and gas sorption

• Functional metal-organic hybrid materials

• Molecular magnetism

Selected Publications:

1. A Three-dimensional homometallic molecular ferrimagnet
   S. Konar, P. S. Mukherjee, E. Zangrando, F. Lloret and N Ray Chaudhuri,
   Angew. Chem, Int. Ed., 2002, 41, 1561-1563.

2. Syntheses of two new 1D and 3D networks of Cu(II) and Co(II)using malonate and   urotropine as   bridging ligands : crystal structure and magnetic studies
   S. Konar, P. S. Mukherjee, M.G. B. Drew, J. Ribas and N. Ray Chaudhuri,Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 2545-2552.

3. Structural analyses and magnetic properties of two novel  3D networks of Ni(II)-    maleate and Mn(II)-adipate with flexible bpe ligand [bpe = 1,2 bis-(4-pyridyl)-ethane]                   
   P. S. Mukherjee, S. Konar, E. Zangrando, J. Ribas and N. Ray Chaudhuri,
   Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 2695-2703.

4. The first unequivocally ferromagnetically coupled squarato complex: origin of the    
   ferromagnetism in an interlocked 3D Fe (II) system
   S. Konar, M. Corbella, E. Zangrando, J. Ribas and N. Ray Chaudhuri,
   Chem. Commun., 2003, 1424-1425.   

5. Syntheses, structural analyses, and magneto–structural correlations of three polymeric Fe(II) complexes with azide ligand S. Konar, E. Zangrando, M.G. B. Drew, T. Mallah, J. Ribas and N. Ray Chaudhuri, Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 5966-5973.

6. Solid-State transformation from self-assembled nanosheets into ordered nanorods.   
   S. Konar and Z. Ryan Tian. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006, 110(9),4054-4057.

7.  Oxo-, hydroxo-, and peroxo-bridged Fe(III) phosphonate cages 
   S.  Konar, N. Bhuvanesh, A. Clearfield. J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  2006,  128(30),  9604-9605.(Corresponding author).

8.  Site-specific nucleation and growth kinetics in hierarchical nanosyntheses of
   branched ZnO crystallites T. Zhang, W. Dong, M. K. Brewer, S. Konar, R. N. Njabon, and Z. Ryan Tian J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(33), 10960-10968.

9.  Synthesis and characterization of four metal-organophosphonates with 1, 2   and
   3-dimensional structures S. Konar, J. Zoń, A. V. Prosvirin,K. R. Dunbar and A. Clearfield Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46(13), 5229-5236.

10. Mixed-valent dodecanuclear vanadium cluster encapsulating chloride anions and its reaction to form a “Bowl”-shaped cluster S. Konar, A. ClearfieldInorg. Chem., 2008, 47(9), 3492-3494. (Corresponding author)

11. Solvothermal synthesis and characterization of two high-nuclearity mixed-  
    valent manganese  phosphonate clusters  S. Konar, A. Clearfield
     Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47(9), 3489-3491. (Corresponding author)

12. Synthesis and characterization of high nuclearity iron(III) phosphonate   
    molecular clusters S. Konar, A. Clearfield Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47(13), 5573-5579.
    (Corresponding author) [Featured on Cover page]

13. Rare Examples of µ-Nitrito-κ2O,O’: κO and µ-Nitrito-κ2O,O’: κN Coordinating Modes in Copper(II) Nitrite Complexes with Mono-Anionic Tridentate Schiff Base  Ligands: Structure, Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties B. Sarkar , S. Konar, C. J. Gómez García, A. Ghosh,Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47 (24), 11611–11619.

14. Synthesis, Structural and Magnetochemical Studies of Iron Phosphonate Cages   
    based on {Fe3O}7+ Core S. Khanra, S. Konar, A. Clearfield, M. Halliwell, E. J. L. McInnes, E. Tolis, F.   Tuna and R. E. P. Winpenny
    Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (12), 5338–5349.