Dr Sukhendu Mandal
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
India
Biography
Postdoctoral Associate Prof. Ayusman Sen Group Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA 2008-2012 Ph. D Supervisor: Prof. Srinivasan Natarajan Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India 2001-2007 M.Sc Department of Chemistry Kalyani University West Bengal, India 2001 B.Sc Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Calcutta University, Kolkata, India 1999
Research Interest
Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels, Alkane Metathesis and Related Reactions, Cluster-Assembled Materials.
Publications
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S. Mandal, J. Wang, R. E Winans, L. Jansen, A. Sen, “Quantum Size Effects in the Optical Properties of Ligand Stabilized Aluminum Nanoclusterâ€. (Accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C) S. R. Biltek, S. Mandal, A. Sen, A. C. Reber, A. F. Pedicini, S. N. Khanna, “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of an Atom-precise Bimetallic Nanocluster, Ag4Ni2(DMSA)4†(Accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc) S. Mandal, A. C. Reber, M. Qian, H. M. Saavedra, R. Liu, S. Sen, P. S. Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, “Synthesis, Structure and Band Gap energy of Covalently Linked Cluster-Assembled Materialsâ€. Dalton Trans.2012,41, 12365. A. C. Reber†, S. Mandal†, M. Qian, H. M. Saavedra, P. S. Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, “Palladium in the Gap: Cluster Assemblies with band Edges Localized on Linkersâ€. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012 116, 10207 (†Both A.C.R and S.M have equal contributions). S. Mandal, A. C. Reber, M. Qian, R. Liu, H. M. Saavedra, S. Sen, P. S. Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen “On the Stability of an Unsupported Mercury-Mercury Bond Linking Group 15 Zintl Clustersâ€. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 5454 (http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2012/03/14/linking-up-with-mercury/, Hot Communication, inside front cover page). S. Mandal, M. Qian, A. C Reber, H. M. Saavedra, P. S Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, “[As7M(CO)3]3- M=Cr,Mo,W: Electronic Structure and Bonding of Cluster Assemblies with Metal Carbonyls†J. Phys. Chem. C. 2011, 115, 23704. S. Mandal, R. Liu, M. Qian, A. C. Reber, H. M. Saavedra, X. Ke, P. Schiffer, S. Sen, P. S. Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, “The Zintl Ion [As7]2-: An Example of an Electron-Deficient Asx Radical Anionâ€, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3126. N. K. Chaki, S. Mandal, A. C. Reber, M. Qian, H. M. Saavedra, P. S. Weiss, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, “Controlling Band Gaps in Cluster-Assembled Ionic Solids through Internal Electric Fieldsâ€, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 5813. Y. Chen, S. Mandal, A. Sen, “Synthesis of (N~O)-Ligated Palladium(II) Complexes and their use in Ethane Homopolymerization and Norbornene Coplolymerizations†Organometallics, 2010, 29, 3160. M. Qian, A. C. Reber, A. Ugrinov, N. K. Chaki, S. Mandal, H. M. Saavedra, S. N. Khanna, A. Sen, P. S. Weiss, “Cluster-Assembled Materials: Toward Nanomaterials with Precise Control over Properties†ACS Nano 2010, 4, 235. (Editor Choice inSCIENCE, VOL 327 26 FEBRUARY 2010, 1061).
