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WELCOME TO ULTRAFAST OPTOELECTRONICS GROUP
Ultrafast Dynamics of Nanomaterials and Biomatetials
Welcome to the Bio-Optoelectronic Group of the Department of Chemical Engineering of Institute of Chemical Technology Marathwada Campus led by Dr. Somen Mondal. Our research focuses on fundamental understanding of carrier dynamics across the biopolymer for insight the long range i.e, nm-scale to macroscopic electron and proton transfer which are essential for all development of Bio-Optoelectronic devices. Current research areas include:
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Multiple exciton generation and dissociation dynamics for development of optoelectronic devices.
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Ultrafast carrier dynamics in Quantum Dot based heterostructure (femtosecond transient absorption, Upconversation, TCSPC).
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Light-induced interfacial electron transfer and proton transfer dynamics across the biopolymer.
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Conductive biopolymer for protonic and electronic transistor.
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Guest-host based applications in light harvesting system.
Hello! I am Dr. Somen Mondal, an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at ICT- Mumbai, Marathwada Campus. My current research interest is to explore the photophysics and carrier dynamics in Quantum Dot based heterostructure and also control the conductivity of protein based bio-materials for long-range electron and proton transport and applied towards the protonic and electronic transistor.
After successfully completing my undergraduate studies, I joined Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata as a research fellow and during my research tenure I have tried to explore the excited state donor-acceptor properties of carbon nanoparticles in different confined environments as a versatile photosensitizer. One of the most interesting aspects of carbon dots is that they have very complex photo-physical behaviour that we still struggle to fully understand, such as the origin of the excitation wavelength dependent of the emission peak position. We use a myriad of steady-state and ultra-fast spectroscopy as well as electrochemical measurements for that purpose.
After my Ph.D., I joined at INST-Mohali, India, on 2017 for my first post-doctoral study. During this time, I worked on biexciton generation and dissociation dynamics in nanohybrids system. Before joining ICT, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Technion-IIT, Israel and the my main goal was to control the conductivity of protein based bio-materials for long-range electron and proton transport and applied towards the protonic and electronic transistor.
CURRENT POSITION
2019 (December) - Present: Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai, Marathwada Campus.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2017 (November) - 2019 (December): Postdoctoral Researcher, Technion -Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Israel, Advisor: Prof. Nadav Amdursky
2017 (February) - 2017 (November): Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, India, Advisor: Prof. Hirendra N. Ghosh
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EDUCATION
2011 - 2015: Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, West Bengal, Advisor: Prof. Pradipta Purkayastha
2009 - 2011: M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, NIT Durgapur, West Bengal.
2006 - 2009: B.Sc. (Chemistry with Honors), The University of Burdwan, West Bengal
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AWARDS AND HONORS
2020: Royal Society-Newton International Fellowships 2020, UK
2019: The Lady Davis fellowship for postdoctoral research at the Schulich faculty of Chemistry, Technion IIT-Israel.
2018-2019: Planning and Budgeting committee (PBC) Fellowship program for outstanding post-Doctoral fellow at the Schulich faculty of Chemistry, Technion IIT-Israel.
2017-2018: Grand Technion Energy program (GTEP) Fellowship program for post-Doctoral fellow at the Schulich faculty of Chemistry, Technion IIT-Israel.
2017 (Feb-Nov): National postdoctoral fellowship (NPDF)-INST-India.
2013 - 2017: Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), India for doctoral research at the Department of Chemistry, IISER Kolkata.
2011 - 2013: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), India for doctoral research at the Department of Chemistry, IISER Kolkata.
2009 - 2011: West Bengal Govt. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship Scheme (WBG M-C-M) for pursuing M.Sc. NIT Durgapur.
ACHIEVEMENTS
2015, 2016: Secured in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2015, 2016) organized by IITs and IISc.
2010: Qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET-2010) jointly organized by University Grant Commission (UGC) and Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
Publications
1. Modulation of the Chirality and Dynamics of Self-Assembled Nanocellulose-Chiral C-Dot Film for Chiral Sensing Applications,
S. Waghmare,U. S. Sayyad, A. Chatterjee, S. Mondal*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 11275-11281.
2. Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Process from Functionalized Carbon Dot to Molecular Substrates: Role of pH
U. S. Sayyad, S. Waghmare,S. Mondal*
Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 39, 18468-18476.
3. Stereoselective Interaction between Chiral Carbon Dots and Chiral Ligands for Developing Chiral Sensing Devices
S. Waghmare, U. S. Sayyad, A. Chatterjee, P. Purkayastha, S. Mondal*
J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 22, 9345–9352.
4. Delineating the Core and Surface State Heterogeneity of Carbon Dots During Electron Transfer
U. S. Sayyad, H. Bhatt, H. N. Ghosh, S. Mondal*
Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 8143-8150.
5. Selective Ion Transport through a Self-standing Protein based Biopolymer
S. Deshmukh, A. Deore, A. M. Mani, S. Mondal*, S. Chaudhury*
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5, 9, 7060–7068.
6.Efficient Charge Transfer in the Perovskite Quantum Dot-Hemin Biocomposite: Is This Effective for Optoelectronic Applications
U. S. Sayyad, S. Burai,H. Bhatt, H. N. Ghosh, and S. Mondal*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 5397-5402.​
7. Chiroptical Effect in Charge Transfer Process in Chiral-C-Dot-doped Biopolymer: Application Towards Developing Chiral Electrode
S. Burai, S. Waghmare, A. Chatterjee, P. Purkayastha, S. Mondal*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 24, 11730–11735.
8. Discerning the Ultrafast Charge Dynamics in Photostable Perovskite-Carbon Dot Composite Systems: Role of Doped Carbon Dot
S. Burai, N. Ghorai, H. N. Ghosh, S. Mondal*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 20092-20100.
9. Ultrafast Insights into Full-Color Light-Emitting C-Dots
N. Ghorai, S. Burai, S. Bhunia, P. Purkayastha, H. N. Ghosh, S. Mondal*
Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 15812–15820 (Nanoscale Most Popular 2022 Articles)
10. Unraveling the Carrier Dynamics and Photocatalytic Pathway in Carbon Dots and Pollutants of Wastewater System
S. Bhunia, N. Ghorai, S. Burai, P. Purkayastha, H. N. Ghosh, S. Mondal*,
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 27252-27259.
11. Light-modulated cationic and anionic transport across protein biopolymers
A. B.Townley, S. Mondal, Y. Agam, R. Nandi, N. Amdursky,
Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 60, 24676-24685.
12. Ultrafast Dynamics in Carbon Dots as Photosensitizers: A Review
S. Deshmukh, A. Deore, S. Mondal*
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 7587-7606.
13. Long-range light-modulated charge transport across the molecular heterostructures doped protein biopolymers,
S. Mondal*, N. Ghorai, S. Bhunia, H. N. Ghosh, N. Amdursky*
Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 8731-8739.
14. Enhanced Proton Conductivity across Protein Biopolymers Mediated by Doped Carbon Nanoparticles
S. Mondal, Y. Agam, N. Amdursky,
Small, 2020, 2005526 (selected Inside Back Cover)
15. Controlling Long-range Proton Conduction Mechanism and Inner Hydration State across Protein Biopolymers,
S. Mondal, Y. Agam, R. Nandi, N. Amdursky,
Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 3547-3556.
16. Efficient Photosensitizing Capabilities and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics of Doped Carbon Dots,
S. Mondal, A. Yucknovsky, K. Akulov, N. Ghorai, T. Schwartz, H. N. Ghosh N. Amdursky,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141,15413-15422. (Selected in the virtual issues of JACS Young Investigators 2020 )
17. The use of photoacids and photobases to control the dynamic self-assembly of gold nanoparticles in aqueus and non-aqueous solutions,
A. Yucknovsky, S. Mondal, A. Burnstine-Townley, M. Foqara, N. Amdursky,
Nano letter 2019, 19, 63804-63810.
18. Bi-exciton Dissociation Dynamics in Nano-Hybrid Au-CuInS2 Nanocrystals,
S. Mondal, R. Aepuru, J. Dana, N. Ghorai, H. N. Ghosh,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 28497−28505.
19. Exploring the Carrier Dynamics in Zinc Oxide-Metal Halide Based Perovskites Hybrid Nanostructures: Towards Reduced Dielectric Loss and Improved Photocurrent,
R. Aepuru, S. Mondal, N. Ghorai, V. Kumar, H.S. Panda, H. N. Ghosh,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 27273−27283.
20. α-cyclodextrin functionalized carbon dots: Pronounced photoinduced electron transfer by aggregated nanostructures,
S. Mondal and P. Purkayastha,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 14365–14371.
21. Revival, enhancement and tuning of fluorescence from Coumarin 6: combination of host-guest chemistry, viscosity and collisional quenching,
R. Banerjee, S. Mondal and P. Purkayastha,
RSC Adv., 2016, 6,105347.
22. Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer between Carbon Nanoparticles and Cyclometalated Rhodium and Iridium Complexes,
S. Mondal, S. K. Seth, P. Gupta, P. Purkayastha,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 25122–25128.
23. Synergic Influence of Reverse Micelle Confinement on Enhancement in Photoinduced Electron Transfer to and from Carbon Nanoparticles,
S. Mondal, T. Das, P. Ghosh, A. Maity, S. K. Seth, P. Purkayastha,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 13887–13892.
24. Modulation of energy/electron transfer in gold nanoclusters by single walled carbon nanotubes and further consequences,
T. Das, A. Maity, S. Mondal, P. Purkayastha,
Spectrochim. Acta A 2015, 141, 144–148.
25. Promoting the “water-wire” mechanism of double proton transfer in [2,2'-Bipyridyl]-3,3'-diol by porous gold nanoparticles,
T. N. Nag, T. Das, S. Mondal, A. Maity, P. Purkayastha,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 6572 - 6576.
26. Incorporation of Coumarin 6 in cyclodextrins: Microcrystals to lamellar composites,
P. Ghosh, T. Das, A. Maity, S. Mondal, P. Purkayastha,
RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 4214 - 4218.
27. Surfactant chain length controls photoinduced electron transfer in surfactant bilayer protected carbon nanoparticles,
S. Mondal, T. Das, P. Ghosh, A. Maity, A. Mallick, P. Purkayastha,
Mater. Lett. 2015, 141, 252-254.
28. pH triggered reversible photoinduced electron transfer to and from carbon nanoparticles,
S. Mondal, M. Chatti, A. Mallick, P. Purkayastha,
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6890-6893.
29. Exploring the interior of hollow fluorescent carbon nanoparticles,
S. Mondal, T. Das, P. Ghosh, A. Maity, P. Purkayastha,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 4260-4267.
30. FRET-based characterization of surfactant bilayer protected core-shell carbon nanoparticles: Advancement toward carbon nanotechnology,
S. Mondal, T. Das, P. Ghosh, A. Maity, A. Mallick, P. Purkayastha,
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7638-7640.
31. (2,2′-Bipyridyl)-3-3′-diol in lipid vesicles: Slowed down dynamics of proton transfer,
P. Ghosh, A. Maity, T. Das, S. Mondal, P. Purkayastha,
Soft Matter 2013, 9, 8512-8518.
32. Dynamics of pyrenesemicarbazide and pyrenethiosemicarbazide in reverse micelle of AOT in n-heptane: Probing critical penetration of water molecules toward the palisade,
A. Maity, S. Das, P. Ghosh, T. Das, S. K. Seth, S. Mondal, P. Gupta, P. Purkayastha,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 2013, 587, 30-34.
33. Protein-templated gold nanoclusters: Size dependent inversion of fluorescence emission in presence of molecular oxygen,
T. Das, P. Ghosh, Shanavas M. S., A. Maity, S. Mondal, P. Purkayastha,
Nanoscale 2012, 4, 6018-6024.
34. Cyclodextrin cavity size induced formation of superstructures with embedded gold nanoclusters,
T. Das, P. Ghosh, A. Maity, S. Mondal, Shanavas M. S., P. Purkayastha,
RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 12210-12215.
Meet the Team
Alumni corner:
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1. Subham Burai, Project fellow,
Current: PhD student, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
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2. Ayush Deore, I-M.tech
Current: PhD student, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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3. Shreyash Deshmukh, I-M.tech
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Vacancies
Postdoctoral Positions:
We welcome applications from highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to work with my research group. Informal enquiries can be made by emailing at s.mondal@marj.ictmumbai.edu.in . Funding can also be sought from the following sources:
National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF)
D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowships
PhD Studentships:
We are always seeking highly motivated PhD students with a valid GATE/NET fellowship to join our research group. To discuss this further, contact via email at s.mondal@marj.ictmumbai.edu.in
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Courses
Knowledge for Every Level
Courses Taught
1. Physical Chemistry (for integrated M.Tech.)
2. Advanced Spectroscopy (for Ph.D. Course work)
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Jalna – 431 203.
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