Monika Singh
Scientist B
Department of Science and Technology
Institute of Nanotechnology
India
Biography
Educational Qualification: ♦ PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2007-2012) ♦ MSc: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2005-2007) Positions Held : ♦ Scientist B at Institute of Nano Science and Technology. Conferences organized : ♦ International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014) held at INST, Mohali, India, March 2 – 5, 2014. Conferences/ workshops attended : ♦ Pramod Kumar Goswami, Dinesh Kumar, Vineet Kumar, Monika Singh and Arunachalam Ramanan, The structural landscape of EDTA and its analogues – new building blocks for coordination polymers, at International Conference on the Chemistry of Organic Solid State held in IISc. Bangalore, June 26-30, 2011. Participated ♦ Monika Singh and Arunachalam Ramanan, Supramolecular Assembly of Solids Based on Anderson-Evans type polyoxoanion: Effect of Transition Metals, at International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems held in Goa, August 16-21, 2009: Presented Poster. ♦ New Directions in Chemical Sciences (NDCS-2012) organized by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 7-9th December 2012: Participated ♦ Monika Singh and Arunachalam Ramanan, Supramolecular Isomerism in Polyoxomolybdates: A Chemical Insight, at Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry held in IISc. Bangalore, December 7-10, 2009: Young Scientist Lecture ♦ Monika Singh, Jency Thomas, Kalawati Saini and Arunachalam Ramanan, Copper Based Metal Organic Frameworks, at 3rd Mid-Year Symposium of the Chemical Research Society of India held at NIPER, Chandigarh, July 25-26, 2008: Presented Poster ♦ Monika Singh, Katikneani Pavani and Arunachalam Ramanan, Chemistry of Organically Templated Copper Molybdates: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism, at Future Directions in Advanced Materials Research held in Shimla, April 16-18, 2008: Presented Poster ♦ Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry held in IIT Madras, December 6-8, 2007: Participated. ♦ National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemistry” held at Department of Chemistry, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, September 22-24, 2004: Participated
Research Interest
♦ Small Angle X-Ray Scattering studies of nanomaterials: Typical samples include Proteins, DNA, or RNA, Biological membranes, Biological solid structures and tissues, Gels, sols, Aggregation processes, Templating nanomaterials, Nano crystals, Nano powders, Composites etc. Carbon dioxide sequestration using nanoporous materials like Metal-Organic frameworks and Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks.
Publications
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♦ Dipanwita Das, Monika Singh, Ajai K. Singh, Reactions of l-dichlorobis(g3-allyl)palladium(II) withbis(1-H-benzo-triazolyl-methyl) selenide: Formation of unexpected polymeric structure with dormant Se donor site. Applications of the polymeric Pd-complexes in Heck coupling, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2009, 12, 1120–1123.
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♦ Pradhumn Singh, Monika Singh, Ajai K. Singh, Half sandwich complexes of Ru(II) and complexes of Pd(II) and Pt(II) with seleno and thio derivatives of pyrrolidine : Synthesis, structure and applications as catalysts for organic reactions, J. Organo. Met. Chem. 2009, 694, 3872–3880.
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♦ Pradhumn Singh, Dipanwita Das, Monika Singh, Ajai K. Singh, Rhodium(III) complexes of N-{2-(arylseleno/telluro)ethyl} morpholine: Synthesis,structure and applications as efficient catalyst for transfer hydrogenation reaction of ketones, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2010, 13, 988–991.
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♦ Pradhumn Singh, Dipanwita Das, Monika Singh, Ajai K. Singh, Ligand concentration and reaction time controlled successive substitution of chloro and g6-benzene of di-l-chlorobis{g6-benzene)dichlororuthenium(II)} with selenated Schiff base: Formation of half sandwich Ru(II) complex highly active catalyst for oxidation of alcohols, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2010, 13, 223–226.
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♦ Dipanwita Das, Pradhumn Singh, Monika Singh and Ajai Kumar Singh, Tetradentate selenium ligand as a building block for homodinuclear complexes of Pd(II) and Ru(II) having seven membered rings or bis-pincer coordination mode: high catalytic activity of Pd complexes for Heck reaction, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 10876–10882.
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♦ K. Pradeesh, G. Sharachandar Yadav, Monika Singh and G. Vijaya Prakash, Synthesis, structure and optical studies of inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductor, NH3(CH2)12NH3PbI4, MatChemPhysics, 2010, 124, 44–47.
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♦ Umesh Kumar, Monika Singh, Natesan Thirupathi, Mole ratio dependent formation of mononuclear versus pentanuclear zinc(II) pivalate complexes and the ‘carboxylate shift’ process, Polyhedron, 2013, 55, 233–240.
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♦ Katikaneani Pavani, Monika Singh, Arunachalam Ramanan, Samuel E. Lofland and Kandalam V. Ramanujachary, Engineering of copper molybdates: Piperazine dictated pseudopolymorphs, J. Mol. Struc., 2009, 933, 156–162.
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♦ Monika Singh, Jency Thomas and Arunachalam Ramanan, Understanding Supramolecular Interactions Provides Clues for Building Molecules into Minerals and Materials: a Retrosynthetic Analysis of Copper-Based Solids, Aus. J. Chem. 2010, 63, 565–572.
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♦ Monika Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Jency Thomas and Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystallization of Copper(II) Sulfate based Minerals and MOF from solution: Chemical insights into the supramolecular interactions, J. Chem. Sci., 2010, 122, 757–769.
