Welcome to the Functional Materials Lab. Research in our lab includes fabrication of porous organic materials (POPs, COFs, organic cages and macrocycles), nanomaterials (organic/ inorganic/hybrids), and small organic luminogens, their self-assembly and applications in biology, catalysis, water purification and energy storage.

(PhD Positions Available)

(Post-doctoral Position Available for Sodium-ion Battery Reaserch and Photoelectrocatalysis Based on Porous Organic Materials)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Microporous Organic Ladder Polymer with Vertically Aligned Quinones for Sodium-Ion Battery

Suprabhat Sarkar, Tapas Kumar Dutta, Krishnendu Jana, Balaji Prasad Mandal,and Abhijit Patra*

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