Assistant Professor Gr-I
Department: Chemistry
Phone: 8018123682
Email: bnghosh@che.nits.ac.in
AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Chemosensor
- Transition metal Chemistry
SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Biswa Nath Ghosh born in a small village Bonhooghly in South 24 Paraganas District in West Bengal. He attended Balarampur M. N. Vidyamandir School for his education up to 10 (+2) education. He obtained his B. Sc. degree in Chemistry (Honours) from University of Calcutta in 2006 and obtained his M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry from IIT Kanpur, in 2008. He obtained Ph.D. degree in November 2011 from Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany and performed his post-doctoral study from University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. His research interests are: development of Chemosensor, supramolecular chemistry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Department of Chemistry at National Institute of Technology Silchar (November 2019-Present)
- Assistant Professor (Grade-II) in the Department of Chemistry at National Institute of Technology Silchar (July 2018-November 2019).
- Assistant Professor at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla (July 2014-July 2018).
- Postdoctoral research (2012-2014), Department of Chemistry, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland under the supervision of Acad. Prof. Kari Rissanen.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany (2008-2011). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlecht
- M.Sc. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2006-2008).
- B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honors), University of Calcutta, India (2002-2006)
SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)
- B. Tech. Chemistry (CH-101)
- Chemistry Laboratory (CH-111)
- Inorganic Chemistry (CH-5102)
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (CH-5104)
- Physical Methods in Chemistry (CH-703)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Secured 6th rank in Chemistry in JAM 2006.
- Recipient of 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from Academy of Finland (2012-2014).
- Recipient of DFG Fellowship for the PhD program (2009-2011).
- Recipient of Short-term Scholarship from Dahlem Research School, Berlin, Germany (2008-2009).
- Recipient of Merit-Cum-Means scholarship (2006-2007) (IIT Kanpur)
- Qualified CSIR-NET in Chemical Sciences held on 23.12.2007.
PhD AND PG THESIS GUIDANCE
PhD Thesis supervision: 3 (on-going); M. Sc. Thesis supervision: 10 (completed), 3 (on-going)
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Associate warden, Boy’s Hostel-3, NITS (January 2024-Present)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
- P. Sarkar, D. Das, S. Sutradhar, B. N. Ghosh*, Selective sensing of sulphide ion by a simple mercury (II) complex of an amino-substituted terpyridine in aqueous solution, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1301, 137392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137392
- S. Sutradhar, H. Kushwaha, V. Samantaray, P. Sarkar, D. Das, B. N. Ghosh*, Mercury selective hydrogelation of a pyridinyl substituted terpyridine ligand, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1295, 136621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136621
- D. Das, A. Roy, S. Sutradhar, F. Fantuzzi, B. N. Ghosh,*A simple copper(II) dppy-based receptor for sensing of L-Cysteine and L-Histidine in aqueous acetonitrile medium, Sensors & Diagnostics, 2023, 2, 1649. DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00183K
- P. Sarkar, S. Gupta, Udaya Kumar A.H., D. Das, S. Sutradhar, K. Paul, Lokanath N.K., B. N. Ghosh,* Protein interactions and drug displacement studies of novel copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of a dipyrazinylpyridine ligand, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 387, 122561. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122561
- D. Das, P. Sarkar, A. H. Udaya Kumar, S. Sutradhar, M. Kotakonda, N. K. Lokanath, B. N. Ghosh,* Nanomolar pyrophosphate detection in water using a zinc-terpyridine receptor and its applications in antiproliferative and antioxidant activity, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 2023, 441, 114726. Impact factor: 5.141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114726
- S. Sutradhar, S. Basak, D. Das, B. N. Ghosh*, Hydrogelation behaviour of methoxy terpyridine ligand induced by transition metal ions, Polyhedron, 2023, 236, 116344. Impact factor: 2.975. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2023.116344
- S. Sutradhar, D. Das, P. Sarkar and B. N. Ghosh*, Synthesis, structure, and solution behavior of trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complexes of 3-chloropyridine, Polyhedron, 2023, 229, 116201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.116201. Impact factor: 2.975.
- D. Das, S. Sutradhar, R. M. Gomila, K. Rissanen, A. Frontera and B. N. Ghosh*, Synthesis, structure and application of a simple cadmium(II)-terpyridine complex as sensor material for selective detection of pyrophosphate anion, J. Mol. Struct., 2023, 1273, 134269. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134269. Impact factor: 3.841. Citations: 00
- A. H. Udaya Kumar, K. J. Pampa, Mahesha, Nanishankar V. Harohally, D. Das, B. N. Ghosh and N. K. Lokanath , Structural and computational studies of Schiff base ligand and its metal complexes: synthesis, solvent effects by post-synthetic modification, and computational and selective hazardous sulfide anion detection, Polyhedron, 2023, 243, 116521. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2023.116521
- A. H. Udaya Kumar, K.J. Pampa, N.r V. Harohally, D. Das, B. N. Ghosh, N.K. Lokanath, Structural studies of Schiff base ligand and its copper complexes: Solvents effect in 1-D polymeric and monomeric copper (II) complexes, computational and sensing studies, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023, 306, 128031. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128031
- S. Behera, Pragyan P. Dash, Ajit K. Bishoyi, K. Dash, P. Mohanty, Chita R. Sahoo, Rabindra N. Padhy, M. Mishra, B. N. Ghosh, H. Sahoo & B. R. Jali, Protein interactions, molecular docking, antimicrobial and antifungal studies of terpyridine ligands, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2023, 41, 11274-11285. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2022.2161012
- D. Das, R. M. Gomila, P. Sarkar, S. Sutradhar, A. Frontera, and B. N. Ghosh*, Novel Zn-dppy Based Receptor for Selective Sensing of Pyrophosphate Anion in Aqueous Acetonitrile Medium, Polyhedron, 2022, 223, 115959. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.115959. Impact factor: 2.975. Citations: 01
- S. Sutradhar, D. Das and B. N. Ghosh*, Copper(II) and Cadmium(II) triggered hydrogelation of a simple trimethoxy terpyridine ligand, J. Mol. Struct., 2022, 1265, 133442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133442. Impact factor: 3.841. Citations: 01
- D. Das, S. Sutradhar, A. Singh and B. N. Ghosh*, Zinc-Terpyridine Based Chemosensor for Detection of Pyrophosphate Anion in Aqueous Medium, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2021, 647, 1234-1238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202100054. Impact factor: 1.414. Citations: 02
- B. N. Ghosh*, R. Puttreddy and K. Rissanen, Synthesis and structural characterization of new transition metal complexes of highly luminescent Amino-Terpyridine Ligand, Polyhedron, 2020, 177, Article No. 114304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.114304. Impact factor: 2.975. Citations: 04
- D. Das, S. Sutradhar, K. Rissanen and B. N. Ghosh*, Synthesis and structure of trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complex of 4´-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,2´:6´,2´´-terpyridine ligand and its halogen bonding property, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2020, 646, 301-306. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201900201. Impact factor: 1.414. Citations: 05
- B. N. Ghosh*, Synthesis and structure of new trimethylplatinum(IV) complexes of 2,2’-bipyridine ligands, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2019, 645, 1085-1091. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201900176. Impact factor: 1.337. Impact factor: 1.414. Citations: 03
- B. N. Ghosh, CSD Communication, 2019. CCDC 1942069: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2019, DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc235wdl ISSN 2631-9888
- B. N. Ghosh, CSD Communication, 2019. CCDC 1942101: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2019, DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc235xfn ISSN 2631-9888
- A. K. Purohit, B. N. Ghosh, P. K. Kar, Selective detection of pyrophosphate anion by a simple Cd(II) based terpyridine complex, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 188, 547-550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.07.048 Impact Factor: 4.831. Citations: 12
- B. N. Ghosh,* S. Schlecht, Antonio Bauzá and Antonio Frontera, Mononuclear and dinuclear trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complexes of 3-substituted pyridines, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 41, 3498-3507 (*corresponding author). http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/nj/c7nj00337d Impact Factor: 3.925, Citations: 05
- B. N. Ghosh, M. Lahtinen, E. Kalenius, P. Mal and K. Rissanen, 2,2´:6´,2´´-Terpyridine trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complexes as bi-functional halogen bond acceptors, Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16, 2527-2534. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01552 Impact Factor: 4.010, Citations: 47
- B. K. Shaw, M. Das, A. Bhattacharyya, B. N. Ghosh, S. Roy, P. Mandal, K. Rissanen, S. Chattopadhyay, S. K. Saha, Field-induced Ferromagnetism due to Magnetostriction in 1-D helical chain, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 22980-22988. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2016/ra/c5ra27040e/unauth#!divAbstract Impact Factor: 4.036, Citations: 09
- A. Bhattacharyya, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen, and S. Chattopadhyay, Synthesis, characterization and self-assembly of three dicyanamide bridged polynuclear copper(II) complexes with N2O donor tridentate Schiff bases as blocking ligands, Polyhedron, 2016, 117, 138-147.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.04.037 Impact Factor: 2.975, Citations: 12
- S. Jana, A. Bhattacharyyaa, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen, S. Herrero, R. Jiménez-Aparicio, and S. Chattopadhyay, Synthesis, characterization and magnetic study of two new octahedral iron(III) complexes with pendant zwitterionic Schiff bases, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2016, 453, 715-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.09.005 Impact factor: 3.118, Citations: 14
- B. N. Ghosh,* and S. Schlecht, Exchange of pyridine and bipyridine ligands in Trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complexes: Substituent and solvent effects, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 101900-101909 (*corresponding author). http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra16541e/unauth#!divAbstract Impact Factor: 4.036, Citations: 07
- B. N. Ghosh,* D. Lentz and S. Schlecht, Substituent effects in solution speciation of the mononuclear and dinuclear trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide complexes of pyridines, New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 3536-3542 (*corresponding author). http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2015/nj/c4nj02426e Impact Factor: 3.925, Citations: 08
- B. N. Ghosh, F. Topić, P. K. Sahoo, P. Mal, J. Linnera, E. Kalenius, H. M. Tuononen and K. Rissanen, ‘‘Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of highly luminescent terpyridine-diphenylacetylene hybrid fluorophore and its metal complexes, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 254-267. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2015/dt/c4dt02728k Impact Factor: 4.569, Citations: 45
- A. Bhattacharyya, B. N. Ghosh, S. Herrero, K. Rissanen, R. Jiménez-Aparicio and S. Chattopadhyay, ‘‘Formation of a novel ferromagnetic end-to-end cyanate bridged homochiral helical copper(II) Schiff base complex via spontaneous symmetry breaking’’, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 493-497. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2015/dt/c4dt03166k Impact Factor: 4.569, Citations: 27
- M. Das, B. N. Ghosh, A. Bauzá, K. Rissanen, A. Frontera and S. Chattopadhyay, Observation of novel oxygen•••oxygen interaction in supramolecular assembly of cobalt(III) Schiff base complexes: A combined experimental and computational study, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 73028-73039. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra13960k/unauth#!divAbstract Impact Factor: 4.036, Citations: 31
- M. Das, B. K. Shaw, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen, S. K. Saha and S. Chattopadhyay, Unusual magnetic response in π-stacked 66-dia net structure of [4+2] copper(II) cubane, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 46869-46872. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra07548c/unauth#!divAbstract Impact Factor: 4.036, Citations: 05
- M. Das, B. K. Shaw, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen, S. K. Saha and S. Chattopadhyay, Asymmetric bis-(μ1,1-azido) bridged dinuclear copper(II) complex with N2O donor Schiff base: Synthesis, structure and magnetic study’’, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2015, 68, 1361-1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1014350 Impact Factor: 1.869, Citations: 01
- M. Das, K. Harms, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen and S. Chattopadhyay,‘‘Bis(μ-tetrazolato-NN′) bridged dinuclear nickel(II) Schiff base complexes: Tandem synthesis, structure and selfassembly’’, Polyhedron, 2015, 87, 286-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.11.012 Impact Factor: 2.975, Citations: 13
- B. N. Ghosh,‡ S. Bhowmik,‡ P. Mal and K. Rissanen, ‘‘A highly selective, Hg2+ triggered hydrogelation: modulation of morphology by chemical stimuli’’, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 734-736 (‡equal contribution). http://pubs.rsc.org/is/content/articlehtml/2014/cc/c3cc47591c Impact Factor: 6.065, Citations: 51
- S. Bhowmik,‡ B. N. Ghosh,‡ V. Marjomäki and K. Rissanen, ‘‘Nanomolar pyrophosphate detection in water and in a self-assembled hydrogel of a simple terpyridine-Zn2+ complex’’, Journal of the American Chemical Society,2014, 136, 5543−5546 (‡These authors contributed equally to this work). This article published as Cover article, Spotlighted in same issue of J. Am. Chem. Soc. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja4128949 Impact Factor: 16.383, Citations: 232
- S. Bhowmik, B. N. Ghosh and K. Rissanen, ‘‘Transition metal ion induced hydrogelation by amino-terpyridine ligands’’, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12, 8836-8839. http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2014/ob/c4ob01867b Impact Factor: 3.890. Citations: 43
- M. Das, B. N. Ghosh, K. Rissanen and S. Chattopadhyay, ‘‘Anion modulated structural variations in copper(II) complexes with a semicarbazone Schiff base: Synthesis, characterization and self-assembly’’, Polyhedron, 2014, 77, 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.03.027 Impact Factor: 2.975. Citations: 16
- B. N. Ghosh, H. Hausmann, M. Serafin, D. Lentz and S. Schlecht, ‘‘A comparative study of the solution behavior of iodotrimethylplatinum(IV) complexes of pyridines’’, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2013, 639, 2202–2208. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zaac.201300277/full Impact Factor: 1.414. Citations: 08
- M. Das, B. N. Ghosh, A. Valkonen, K. Rissanen and S. Chattopadhyay, ‘‘Copper(II) complexes with tridentate N2O donor schiff base isomers: modulation of molecular and crystalline architectures through supramolecular interactions’’, Polyhedron, 2013, 60, 68–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2013.04.045 Impact Factor: 2.975. Citations: 26
BOOK CHAPTER
- P. Sarkar, S. Sutradhar, B. N. Ghosh, Book Chapter 14: Application in Pharmacological Field in the book: Schiff Base Metal Complexes: Synthesis and Applications, Wiley, 2023. Online ISBN: 9783527839476; Print ISBN: 9783527350704. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527839476.ch14
- S. Sutradhar, S. Mondal, B. N. Ghosh, Book Chapter 11: Available Synthesis Methods of Green Nanomaterials, Their Properties, and Characterization, Book: Springer Nature, 2023.
PROJECTS
- Development of luminescent chemosensor for sensitization of biologically important metal ions, UGC-FRPS (2015)