K. R. S. Chandrakumar
Assistant Professor
Chemical Sciences
Homi Bhabha National Institute
India
Biography
K. R. S. Chandrakumarhas done his Ph.D from Mumbai University and currently working as professor in Homi Bhabha National Institute. He has won many awards and recognitions during his period. DAE - Young Scientist Award (2008), Young Scientist Medal - Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (2005), Young Scientist Award from Indian Science Congress Association (2002), Keerthi Sangoram Memorial Endowment Award from NCL, Pune (2002)
Research Interest
Electronic Structure of Molecules and Materials , Development of Density Functional-Tight Binding Theoretical Methods: QM/MD Simulations, Development of Energy Related Materials: Generation of Hydrogen and Storage, Nucleation and Growth Mechanism of Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphenes, etc., Physics and Chemistry of Molecules Under Nano-Confinement
Publications
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Sudrik SG, Chavan SP, Chandrakumar KR, Pal S, Date SK, et al. (2002) Microwave specific Wolff rearrangement of α-diazoketones and its relevance to the nonthermal and thermal effect. The Journal of organic chemistry 67: 1574-9.
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Pal S, Chandrakumar KR (2000) Critical study of local reactivity descriptors for weak interactions: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of adsorption of molecules in the zeolite lattice. Journal of the American Chemical Society 122:4145-53.
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Chandrakumar KR, Ghosh SK (2008) Alkali-metal-induced enhancement of hydrogen adsorption in C60 fullerene: an ab initio study. Nano letters 8:13-19.
