Faculty Development Program on “Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences”

09 – 20 July 2020 Organized by

Department of Chemistry, SRM IST, Kattankulathur - 603 203, India

Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur organized the faculty

development program on “Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences” from July 9th – 20th, 2020. More than 100

faculty members were attended the program and 26 eminent scientists were delivered the scientific talk. Dr. M.

Arthanareeswari, Head, Department of Chemistry, SRM IST, KTR, as a convener, welcomed the delegates and the

faculty members of department moderated the sessions. The participants were eagerly interacted with scientists and

clarified their doubts, when the session was opened for questions after the lecture. The details program and extract

of the each lecture is given below.

Talk-1: 09-07-2020, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Amitava Das FASc, FNASc, FNA Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata Title: Purpose-built Nanoaggregates and Stimuli-responsive Assemblies for Predictive Responses

The talk discuss about the design and synthesis of purpose based supramolecular building block through harnessing

both covalent interactions as well as various non-bonding interactions and discussed on how to address the problems

in recognition of certain anionic analytes, having high enthalpy of solvation in highly polar solvents, by adapting an

alternate approach of metal-ligand coordination using appropriately designed metal-ion based receptors. The talk

also discussed about the changes in molecular conformations and movements in a host-guest supramolecular

assembly.

Talk-2: 10-07-2020, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. V. Chandrasekhar FNA, FTWAS Centre Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad Title: Molecular magnets: Moving from serendipity to design

The speaker shares exciting story of how a serendipitous observation of molecular magnets were explored. The

lessons learn through this exercise where beautifully explored to come up with designed inorganic metal complexes

with molecular magnetic properties. This highly ordered lecture initially described

Talk-3: 10-07-2020, 11:30 – 12:30 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. T. N. Narayanan Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Hyderabad Title: Role of Interfaces in Energy Technology and Spintronics

The talk discussed about the development of functional mesoscopic interfaces, and probing the novel and

unprecedented phenomena emanating from these junctions, development of novel interfaces from 1D, 2D and 3D

nanomaterials. Interface induced heterogeneous catalysis control is another core theme of their research. Electron

transport properties of mesoscale junctions and their interactions with light are other areas of interest.

Talk-4: 10-07-2020, 04:30 – 05:30 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Subhasish Basu Majumder Materials Science Center Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal Title: Hybrid BAT – CAP for High Performance Energy Storage

The talk discussed about the carbon-coated sodium vanadium phosphate/activated carbon (NVP@C/AC) bi-material

electrodes offer superior performance as compared to either NVP@C or AC electrodes. These bi-materials are

proven to be excellent material candidates for high power density lithium titanium oxide (LTO)//NVP@C/AC

hybrid battery capacitor (bat-cap) type Li-ion rechargeable full-cells. Moreover, he also revealed that in his

laboratory they have developed usable rechargeable batteries starting from small compound synthesis.

Talk-5: 11-07-2020, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m

Speaker: Dr. Nimai Chand Pramanik Principal Scientist CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal Title: Indigenous Aerogel Supercapacitors - Technological Challenges, Achievements and Applications

The lecture describes extensively about supercapacitors especially in the context of efforts to develop in an

indigenous way.

Talk-6: 11-07-2020, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ashwini Nangia Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Title: Crystal engineering of solid state pharmaceuticals

The role of solid state analysis of drug with its co-crystals in various therapeutic areas were described. The

importance of adopting the latest technologies including AI and machine learning were highlighted. Many success

stories on how co-crystal formation will help to improve the pharmacological properties of drugs.

Talk-7: 11-07-2020, 03:00 – 04:00 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Beeraiah Baire Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras Title: The Synthesis and Reactivity of Unprecedented Gem-Dihaloketones: The α,α--Dihalo- β -Acetoxy Ketone Building Blocks The talk discussed about the unprecedented reactivity of gem-dihaloketones under various reaction conditions. For

examples, the conversion of propargylic acetates to gem-diodohalides using NIS followed by reaction it with water

as Lewis base for the synthesis of mono-iodo derivatives. Later when amines were used, they observed the

formation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.

Talk-8: 13-07-2020, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sukhes Mukherjee All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bhopal Title: COVID-19 Diagnosis and Role of C Reactive Protein

The talk discussed about the COVID 19, symptoms, diagnosis, cytokine storm and CRP. Finally, the speaker

concluded that the negative results does not rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly in those who have been in

contact with the virus. Follow-up testing with a molecular diagnostic should be considered to rule out the infections

of those individuals.

Talk-9: 13-07-2020, 03:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jacob Gopas Head of Department Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology Immunology and Genetics, Ben Gurion University- Israel Title: Nupharidines, from the water lily to inhibition of topoisomerases

He is Head of Department, Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben Gurion

University- Israel. During his talk, he shared the story of how, the natural product, Nuphar alkaloid was isolated

from lily plant and the journey towards exploring this natural product in various therapeutic areas ranging from

cancer to Leishmaniasis

Talk-10: 14-07-2020, 09:30 – 10:30 a.m. Speaker: Dr. K. Suresh Babu

Associate Professor Centre for NanoScience and Technology Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry Title: Fuel Cells: Material Challenges and Opportunities

The overview of the talk was fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC’s), material challenges and advances. The

speaker concluded that Nissan has developed the first solid-oxide fuel cell vehicle on 4th August 2016 with a battery

capacity of 24kWh and a tank capacity of 30L having a SOFC output of 5kW and driving range of 600 KM.

Talk-11: 14-07-2020, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rahul Banerjee, FRSC FNA, FTWAS Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, India Title: Porous Framework Materials: what are they good for?

He is currently an Associate Professor in IISER Kolkata. Starting from porous framework materials, he discussed

the opportunities how metal organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks can be designed, synthesized and

utilized them various applications including hydrogen and CO2 storage.

Talk-12: 14-07-2020, 03:30 – 04:30 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Omer Sadak Asst. Professor Ardahan Üniversitesi Kampüsü, ÇamlıçatakMevkii, Turkey Title: Electrochemically exfoliated graphene based papers in energy storage applications

The overview of the talk covers the rapid and facile synthesis of highly conductive graphene polymer, MnO2

nanoflowers-deposited graphene paper electrode for enhanced capacitance performance and facile synthesis of

graphene paper/Polypyrrole nanocomposite as electrode for flexible solid-state Supercapacitors.

Talk-13: 15-07-2020, 11:30 – 12:30 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Uwe Dahms Ph.D., D.Sc. Dept. of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. Title: Medicinal Chemistry Applications of Natural Resources such as from Hydrothermal Vents

The lecture discussed about medicinal chemistry applications of natural resources, stress responses and studies the

toxicology of stressors from physical, chemical, and biological sources integratively. The speaker also disclosed

about the medicinal compounds, the spread of diseases, antibiotic-resistance, food and drink safety from water

sources, and integrative approaches in Environmental Medicine that include environmental and public health

monitoring, risk assessment, remediation, and management.

Talk-14: 15-07-2020, 01:30 – 02:30 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bram Hoex University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia. Title: Atomic layer deposition enabling higher efficiency solar cells

He is currently a professor in university of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. In his lecture, he introduced and

provided an overview about photovoltaic research. He extensively ALD based work developed by his research

group especially ALD Al2O3that is a world record in Cd- free CZTS solar cells in a cost effective manner.

Talk-15: 15-07-2020, 03:00 – 04:00 p.m. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kanishka Biswas Associate Professor in New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru. Title: Ultra-low thermal conductive metal chalcogenides for high performance thermoelectric energy Conversion

During his lecture, he extensively discussed about the thermoelectric materials. Two key conclusion of this talk are

1. Intrinsic low thermal conductivity is an attractive paradigm for developing high performance thermoelectric. 2.

Engineering of ferroelectric instability can be readily applied to boost the thermoelectric performance of materials

which are close to ferroelectric instabilities.

Talk-16: 16-07-2020, 09:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Allen L. Garner PE Undergraduate Program Chair Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Purdue University, USA Title: Electric pulses: Fundamental Biophysics and Emerging Biomedical Applications

This lecture has discussed on examining the generation of intense electromagnetic radiations such as electric fields,

lasers and plasmas and its impact on materials, particularly biological tissues and cells. The speaker also mentioned

about research interest and bioelectrics application in cancer treatment, bioenergy, food treatment, neuroscience,

nonlethal weapons and VetMed.

Talk-17: 16-07-2020, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Speaker: Dr. Rajarshi Chakrabarti Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Title: Transport of active and passive probes in crowded environments: theory and simulations

The talk on the transport of active and passive probes in crowded environments: theory and simulations nicely

demonstrated how in heterogeneous environments, translational and rotational dynamics play a critical role in self-

propelled Janus particles.

Talk-18: 16-07-2020, 03:00 – 04:00 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sagar Mitra Department of Energy Science and Engineering

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai Title: Lithium and other high energy density batteries: Science, Technology and applications

The talk started by highlighting the multiple challenges faced by indian energy sector. A comprehensive overview

about lithium ion battery field was presented. At the end Prof. talked about their startup firm (Virya’s battery) based

on their research work. This could be first technologically self reliant commercial lithium cells manufacturing

company in india

Talk-19: 16-07-2020, 05:30 – 06:30 p.m. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Raji Sundararajan ECET Purdue university, (Indiana, US) Title: Virus related Cancer

A detailed description of virus related cancer was nicely described. Later the electric pulse and electrochemotherapy

were benchmarked with conventional chemo and radiotherapy and the advantages were described. Real time

experience with several cancer patients were discussed. Several natural products combined with their technology

were successfully employed. The ECT (Electrical pulse + Chemodrug+Electrochemotherapy technology)

technology was discussed in detail.

Talk-20: 17-07-2020, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. R. Boomi Shankar Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune Title: Organic and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric Materials Supported by Amino-phosphorus (V) Scaffolds

In this lecture ferroelectric materials from organic and organic –inorganic hybrids were discussed. Extensive

characterization. The utility of ferroelectric organic phosphonium salts as flexible composite material for mechanical

energy harvesting applications has been extensively probed. The first examples of all organic mechanical energy

harvesting composite systems were unravelled.

Talk-21: 17-07-2020, 11:15 a.m – 12:15 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. C. M. NAGARAJA Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IITR), Punjab. Title: Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Value-Added Chemicals

The lecture described about the high surface areas and tailored pore size and functionality of MOFs that make them

suitable candidates for H2 storage and selective CO2 capture applications. The talk also focused on MOFs composed

of potential interaction sites for H2 thereby to enhance the affinity and storage capacity at ambient conditions.

Furthermore, development of porous MOFs with pores functionalized with polar groups for selective capture and

conversion of CO2to organic small molecules.

Talk-22: 17-07-2020, 3:00 – 04:00 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Archita Patnaik Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras Title: Chemistry at Structured Interfaces: Real Time Polarized Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The lecture discussed about the colloids and structured Interfaces, directed electron transport in oriented

monolayers, polarized FT - IRRAS spectroscopy and molecular modelling studies.

Talk-23: 18-07-2020, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Srivatsan Seergazhi Gopalan Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune Title: Probing Mood (Structure) Swings of Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Motifs

The lecture discussed the concepts to develop tools to assess structure, dynamics and function of nucleic acids in

cell-free and complex cellular environments. Furthermore, the development of minimally perturbing and

conformation-sensitive multi-app nucleoside probes for studying nucleic acids in real time by fluorescence and in

3D by X-ray crystallography.

Talk-24: 18-07-2020, 11.30 a.m – 12.30 p.m. Speaker: Prof.Dr.Erode N. Prabhakaran, Department of Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science(IISc.)Bangaluru Title: COVID-19 - Chemistry and Therapeutics

The importance of Ramachandran plot in stabilization of proteins in general were discussed. An excellent design

was made to study the alpha helical turn stabilization. With success in the design, their own model was proposed and

benchmarked with other models. Their design enabled to study the helix growth with very precision.

Talk-25: 18-07-2020, 02:00 – 03:00 p.m. Speaker: Prof. Dr. T Govindaraju Associate Professor Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru.

Title: Molecular Architectonics for Health, Energy and Environment

Inspired by the stability of silk in nature, several mimeticwere designed, synthesized and executed for their excellent

molecular architectonic properties. Combing organic synthesis and material chemistry characterizations, various

systems were successfully demonstrated.

Talk-26: 20-7-2020, 11:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Speaker: Prof. Dr. Santosh Haram Department of Physical Chemistry Univeristy of Pune, Pune. Title: Electrochemical methods for energy research

In the lecture, he discusses various opportunities of multidisciplinary science centred around the electrochemical

techniques to do materials research. In particular, SCEM- Scanning electrochemical microscopy was discussed in

various context including imaging of live cells under biological stress.

This FDP provided a good opportunity for the faculty members to gain the innovative ideas and scientific

informations related to the recent advances in chemical sciences. Interaction between the faculty members and

Invited Speakers could pave the way for fruitful scientific collaboration towards the betterment of societal needs.

Dr. M. ARTHANAREESWARI CONVENOR –

FDP on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences-2020

Coordinators

Dr. Gopal Chandru Senadi, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, SRM IST, KTR

Dr. P. Gopinath, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, SRM IST, KTR