Dr. Abhijit Mandal

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Location

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Expertise

UV-vis, fluorescence, FITR and time resolved spectrophotometer. AFM, Laser Confocal Microscope, Renishaw InVia Confocal Micro-Raman spectrometer. Optical alignment, laser alignment, including pulsed diode laser, CW Nd:YAG laser, Ar+ laser and He-Ne Laser, Rigaku SmartLab X-ray diffractometer, single molecule spectroscopy of proteins, synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles, proton transfer and charge transfer studies of molecules.

Areas of interest

Charge transfer, Proton transfer, Solvation dynamics, Synthesis and optical studies of Nanomaterials and doped nanomaterials, Optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), SERS, single quantum dot (QDs) study, functional nanomaterials, QDs based solar concentrators, Quantum dot biosensing.

Member since

November 2022

Biography

Presently I am working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Environment, Heritage Institute of Technology-Kolkata. I did Ph. D. Jadavpur University (IACS) on 2002 in the field of solvation dynamics of proton transfer processes within different organic and bioorganic molecules. Did first post doc at the Univ. of Kansas, USA (2003-2005) I was involved in the field of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy of calmodulin protein. I have experience using numerous laser system, inverted fluorescence microscopes, handling and separation of proteins. I did my second post doctoral research work under JSPS Fellowship, Japan. During this tenure I was involved to investigate the structure and Excited State Dynamics of Semiconductor Nanoparticles. I was also involved to develop functional nanoparticles that could be covalently linked to biomolecules. I am quite familiar with modern fluorescence microscope.
Presently focusing on synthesis and characterization of II-VI and III-V semiconductor nanoparticles and hybrid nanomaterials, which could be really useful for bionano conjugation as well as for white light generation. I have practical experience to install high valued as well as sophisticated analytical instruments like Confocal based MicroRaman System (Renishaw make), Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, IBH Nanosecond Time resolved spectrophotometer (TCSPC based).

Publications

1. Influence of acid on luminescence properties of thioglycolic acid-capped CdTe quantum dots
2. Interchange of autoinhibitory domain conformations in plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase-Calmodulin Complexes
3. Magic Sized ZnS Quantum Dots as ahighly sensitive and selective fluorescence sensor probe Ag+ ions
4. Optical and dynamic properties of water soluble Highly Luminescent CdTe Quantum Dots
5. Single source-precursor route for the one-pot synthesis of highly luminescent CdS QDs for Ultra-sensitive and selective photoluminescence sensor for Co2+ and Ni2+ ions
6. Suppressed Blinking Behavior of Thioglycolic Acid Capped CdTe Quantum Dot by amine Functionalization