One of the major research focuses is on the development of porous organic polymer (POP) materials for energy and environmental applications. In particular, the developemnt of donor-acceptor POPs for target specific applications of chemical sensing, capture, and photocatalysis. Significant analytical characterization is done to understand the underlying mechanistic aspects of targeted applications which in turn helps to design new POPs. Current focus is in deploying POPs for photo and electrocatalytic applications.   

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On the other hand, we are also interested in the development of redox-active organic materials based on open-shell/air-stable organic radicals for applications in organic electronics. The current focus is mainly on the design and development of functional Blatter radicals and assessment of their optical, redox, and electronic properties.

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Together, our group members will be well-expertized in small molecule synthesis and materials chemistry knowledge during their PhD tenure. They gain significant training on handling various techniques such as materials synthesis, photocatalysis reactions, UV-Vis/NIR, Cyclic voltammetry, Fluorimeter, SEM/TEM/AFM, TGA, XPS etc and their data analysis.