Assistant Professor

I have done Ph. D. from IIT Bombay on a research problem “Rational Design and Synthesis of Molecular and Extended Zinc Phosphates: Insights into Mechanism of their Formation” Under supervision of the renowned inorganic chemist Prof. R. Murugavel. I have worked with Prof. G. R. Desiraju (IISc Banglore) and Prof. C. M. Reddy (IISER Kolkata) for short periods as INSA Visiting Scientist. 

 

Our group is working in the area of Crystal Engineering with focus on the development of functional materials. Some of the thrust areas of our interest are:

i) Understanding the role of intermolecular interactions on crystal growth

ii) Development of multi-stimuli responsive functional materials (sensors and devices)

iii) Development of solid state organic luminescent materials with scope of practical applications

iv) Development of pharmaceutical cocrystals.

 

 

 

Fellowships/Recognitions

1. Early career research Award 2017

2. INSA Visiting Scientist Fellow 2018

3. Emerging Investigator-Crystal Growth & Design (ACS)-2020

4. INSA-Visiting Fellow-IISER Kolkata (2021-22)

5. Outstanding Reviewer-CrystEnggComm (RSC)-2021

6. Emerging Investigator-Crystal Growth & Design (ACS)-2022

7. Emerging Investigator-Journal of Physical Chemistry C-2023

8. New Talent-Crystal Engineering & Communications-2023

9. Member, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), New Delhi (2024-2029)

Faculty Details

  • Citations 436
  • HIndex 15
  • i10 Index 17
  • Mobile 9596034885
  • Email aijazku2015@gmail.com
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Research Papers Published

  • "5. Dimensionality Alteration and Intra- versus Inter-SBU Void Encapsulation in Zinc Phosphate Frameworks" Inorganic Chemistry, 55(11): 5180 -5190 {ISSN: 1520-510X} Impact Factor= 4.82
  • "6. Elusive Double-Eight-Ring Secondary Building Unit of Zeolites." Journal of the American Chemical Society(JACS), 00(00): 00 -00 {ISSN: 1520-5126} Impact Factor= 13.04
  • "Dimensionality Alteration and Intra-versus Inter-SBU Void Encapsulation in Zinc Phosphate Frameworks" Inorganic chemistry, 55(11): 5180 -5190 Impact Factor= 4.89
  • "Elusive Double-Eight-Ring Zeolitic Secondary Building Unit" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(1): 59 -62 Impact Factor= 13.04
  • "Utility of Bis-4-pyridines as Supramolecular Linkers for 5-Sulfosalicylic Acid Centers: Structural and Optical Investigations" Crystal Growth & Design, 19(4): 2289 -2297 {ISSN: 1528-7505} Impact Factor=
  • "Sulfonate··· Pyridinium Supramolecular Synthon: A Robust Interaction Utilized to Design Molecular Assemblies" Crystal Growth & Design, 19(8): 4650 -4660 {ISSN: 1528-7505} Impact Factor=
  • "Irreversible Thermochromism in Organic Salts of Sulfonated Anils" Crystal Growth & Design, 20(6): 3888 -3897 {ISSN: 1528-7505} Impact Factor= 4.08
  • "Achievement of enhanced solubility and improved optics in molecular complexes based on a sulfonate–pyridinium supramolecular synthon" Crystal Engineering & Communication, 22(23): 3933 -3942 {ISSN: 1466-8033} Impact Factor= 3.117
  • "Validation of the supramolecular synthon preference through DFT and physicochemical property investigations of pyridyl salts of organo-sulfonates" New Journal of Chemistry, 45(10): 4780 -4790 Impact Factor= 3.5
  • "Organic co-crystal semiconductors: a crystal engineering perspective" CrystEngComm, 23(46): 8007 -8026 Impact Factor= 3.2
  • "Water Switched Reversible Thermochromism in Organic Salt of Sulfonated Anil" Crystal Growth & Design, 21(5): 3014 -3023 Impact Factor= 4.1
  • "Molecular salts of the isoniazid derivatives. Expanding the scope of sulfonate-pyridinium synthon to design materials" Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 307(1): 122762 -122772 Impact Factor= 3.5
  • "Expanding the scope of hydroxyl-pyridine supramolecular synthon to design molecular solids" Crystal Growth & Design, 22(3): 1972 -1983 Impact Factor= 4
  • "Influence of halogen substitution on crystal packing, molecular properties and electrochemical sensing" Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 314(1): 123382 -123391 Impact Factor= 3.7
  • "Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Organo-Sulfonated Anil and Its Organic Complex" Crystal Growth & Design, 22(11): 6483 -6492 Impact Factor= 4
  • "AIE in the halogenated anils and their utilization as fluorescent probes for explosive nitro-aromatics" New Journal of Chemistry, 0(0): DOI No. DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D2 Impact Factor= 3.9
  • "Syntheses, Structural Characterization, and Cytotoxicity Assessment of Novel Mn (II) and Zn (II) Complexes of Aroyl-Hydrazone Schiff Base Ligand" ACS Omega, 8(3): 3026 -3042 Impact Factor= 4.13
  • "Hetero-Aggregation-Induced Tunable Emission in Multicomponent Crystals" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(19): 9257 -9267 Impact Factor=
  • "Physicochemical and Anti-fungal Studies of the Pharmaceutical Co-crystal/Salt of Fluconazole" Molecular Pharmaceutics, 20(7): 3471 -3483 Impact Factor= 5.2
  • "Pharmaceutical Cocrystals: A Perspective on Development and Scale-up of Solution Cocrystallization" Crystal Growth & Design, 23(11): 7558 -7581 Impact Factor= 3.8
  • "Switching the Solid-State Emission of Organic Crystals through Coformer Choice and Vapochromism" The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(37): 18684 -18693 Impact Factor= 3.7
  • "Mechanistic insights into the aggregation-induced emission of halogenated Schiff base fluorescent probes" Dyes and Pigments, 220(0): 111742 -111751 Impact Factor= 4.5
  • "Engineering the solid-state luminescence of organic crystals and cocrystals" Materials Advances, 5(3): 1056 -1064 Impact Factor= 5.0
  • "A high Z' structure of an organic salt with unusually high phase stability, nanoindentation, and mechano and vapo-fluorochromism" CrystEngComm, 25(21): 3164 -3170 Impact Factor= 3.1

Research Projects Details:

Title of the ProjectFunding AgencyDatedAmount (in Rs.)
Cocrystal or Molecular Salt! Can the Dividing be Drawn.UGC04-04-20171,000,000.00
Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceuticals. An Approach to Address the Solubility Limitation of DrugsSERB-DST05-08-20173,102,000.00
Determination of Nucleation and growth kinetics of cocrystals in solution cocrystallization.SERB-DST15-07-20223,800,000.00

Teaching:

DepartmentSubjectCourse TaughtSemester
ChemistryM.ScSymmetry and Group theory1
ChemistryM.ScMolecular Spectrocopy1
ChemistryM.ScInorganic Laboratory Course1
ChemistryM.ScInorganic Chemistry2
ChemistryM.ScMossbauer Spectroscopy3
ChemistryM.ScInorganic Laboratory course3
ChemistryM.ScSupramolecular Chemistry4