Dr. Himadri Acharya
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Email: himadriau@yahoo.co.in; himadri.acharya@aus.ac.in himadri_iit@yahoo.com
Phone: 9401162138
Personal Page
Education:
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, 2008
M. Sc. (specialization: Inorganic Chemistry) Vidyasagar University, 2002
B.Sc.: Vidyasagar University, 2000
Teaching & Research Experience:
Assistant Professor: 2009 – to till date
Post-doctoral research: Mentor, Prof. Cheolmin Park, Yonsei University, Seoul (2007-2009)
Conference/Seminar Organized:
- Co-Convener: National Conference on Emerging Materials (NCEM 2018).
Research Interests:
- Hybrid nanomaterials,
- Polymeric materials,
- Nanopatterning,
- Adsorption and Catalysis
Research Guidance:
PhD Students:
- Synthesis and Characterisation of Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Supported by Layered Double Hydroxides and Metal Organic Frameworks. Dewan Azharul Islam, 2020 (Supervisor)
- Synthesis, characterization and properties of liquid crystal-nanoparticle composites. Nirmalendu Das, 2019 (Co-supervisor)
M.Sc. Students:
Total: 40 students (from year 2009 to till date)
Research Project:
- Directed self assembly of semiconductor nanocrystals in conjugated block copolymer micelle for optoelectronic application”, SERB, DST, 2012 (Rs. 22.90 Lakh)
List of Publications (last 5 years):
- Anindita Chakraborty, Dewan A. Islam, Himadri Acharya, “One pot synthesis of ZnO-CuO nanocomposites for catalytic peroxidase like activity and dye degradation” Materials Research Bulletin 120, 110592, 2019.
- Dewan A. Islam, Koushik Barman, Sk. Jasimuddin, Himadri Acharya, “Synthesis of ultrasmall and monodisperse sulfur nanoparticle intercalated CoAl layered double hydroxide and its electro-catalytic water oxidation reaction at neutral pH” Nanoscale 11, 7560-7566, 2019.
- Anindita Chakraborty, Dewan A. Islam, Himadri Acharya, “Facile synthesis of CuO nanoparticles deposited zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-8) for efficient photocatalytic dye degradation” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 269, 566-574, 2019.
- Nirmalendu Das, Debasish Borah, Himadri Acharya, Sudip Choudhury, S Krishna Prasad, DS Shankar Rao, Chira R Bhattacharjee, “Grafting a mesomorphic Schiff base onto gold nanoparticle via ester link–photoluminescence, mesomorphism, electrical conductivity and antioxidant activity” Liquid Crystals 46, 609-617, 2019.
- Anindita Chakraborty, Himadri Acharya, “Facile Synthesis of MgAl-Layered Double Hydroxide Supported Metal Organic Framework Nanocomposite for Adsorptive Removal of Methyl Orange Dye” Colloid and Interface Science Communications,24, 35-39, 2018.
- Nirmalendu Das, Himadri Acharya, S Krishna Prasad, DS Shankar Rao, Chira R Bhattacharjee, “Mesomorphic Schiff base amine tethered giant gold nanoparticles” Liquid Crystals, 44 (14-15), 2259-2266, 2017.
- Dewan A. Islam, Kaushik Barman, Sk. Jasimuddin, Himadri Acharya, “Ag‐Nanoparticle‐Anchored rGO‐Coated MIL‐88B (Fe) Hybrids as Robust Electrocatalysts for the Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Neutral pH” ChemElectroChem, 4, 3110-3118, 2017.
- Himadri Acharya and Suneel K. Srivastava, “Mechanical, thermo-mechanical, thermal, and swelling properties of EPDM-organically modified mesoporous silica nanocomposites” Polymer Composites, 38, E371-E380, 2017.
- Himadri Acharya, “Deposition of Au nanoshell on thermally grown patterned Ag nanoparticle from block copolymer micelle thin film by seeding method” Reactive and Functional polymers, 105, 122-128, 2016.
- Dewan A. Islam, Anindita Chakraborty and Himadri Acharya, “Fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) in metal-organic framework MIL-101(Fe) for catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitroaniline” New Journal of Chemistry, 40, 6745-6751, 2016.
- Dewan A. Islam, Anindita Chakraborty,Barnali Bhattacharya, Utpal Sarkar and Himadri Acharya, “Tailored synthesis of CuS nanodisks from a new macrocyclic precursor and their efficient catalytic properties on methylene blue dye degradation” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2016, 18, 114.
- Dewan A. Islam and Himadri Acharya, “Magnetically separable palladium nanoclusters supported iron based metalorganic frameworks (MIL-88B) catalyst in efficient hydrogenation reaction”, RSC Adv., 2015,5, 46583-4658
- Dewan A. Islam, Debojyoti Borah and Himadri Acharya, “Controlled synthesis of monodisperse silver nanoparticles supported layered double hydroxide catalyst”, RSC Adv., 2015,5, 13239–13245.
Books/ book chapters:
- Suneel Kumar Srivastava and Himadri Acharya “Ageing and degradation behaviour of rubber nanocoposites” in Rubber Nanocomposites: Preparation, Properties and Applications, Chapter 20, Eds. S. Thomas and R. Stephen, John Wiley & Sons Publication, 2010.
Seminar/Conference/symposia:
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “Synthesis and application of metal organic framework/Fe3O4 nanoparticles [MIL-53(Cr)/Fe3O4 NPs] hybrids in catalytic nitrile synthesis” International Conference on Chemical Research in Materials and Biological Sciences (CRMBS-2019), March 15-16, 2019, Assam University, Silchar.
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “Monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated Zinc imidazole frameworks (ZIF-8) for adsorptive removal of Cr (VI)” International Conference on Complex and Functional Materials (ICCFM-2018), December 13-16, 2018, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata.
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “Fe3O4 nanoparticles/Metal organic framework (MIL-53, Al) hybrid in aromatic nitrobenzene reduction” National Conference on Emerging Materials (NCEM 2018), March 20-22, 2018, Assam University, Silchar.
- Efficient anchoring of ZnO nanorods on GO nanosheets for photocatalytic dye degradation” National Conference on Emerging Materials (NCEM-2018), March 20-22, 2018, Assam University, Silchar.
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “Anionic dye adsorption study of Zn-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH)/metal organic framework (MOF) hybrid” International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2018), February 26-28, 2018, Dibrugarh University.
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “In-situ synthesis of Co-Al LDH supported metal organic framework (MOFs) nano-hybrids for organic dye adsorption” International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2017), December 18-21, 2017, IIT Guwahati.
- A. Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “CuO-ZnO hybrid nanostructure for catalytic peroxidase like activity” National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017), March 20-21, 2017, Assam University, Silchar.
- A. Chakraborty, D. A. Islam and H. Acharya, “Fe3O4 nanoparticles supported metal organic frameworks (ZIF-8) in Ibuprofen release” Second International conference on material science (ICMS-2017), February 16-18, 2017, Tripura University, Agartala.
- Antimicrobial Activity of Sulphur Nanoparticles Deposited Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides” Second International conference on material science (ICMS-2017), February 16-18, 2017, Tripura University, Agartala.
- Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on MOFs@PS core-shell microspheres for catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol” National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences (NSACS-2017), January 11-12, 2017, Assam University, Silchar.
- A. Chakraborty, D. A. Islam, K. Borah and H. Acharya, “Metal organic frameworks (ZIF-8) supported CuO nanoparticles in catalytic Rhodamine 6G dye degradation” National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences (NSACS-2017), January 11-12, 2017, Assam University, Silchar.
- D. A.Islam, A Chakraborty and H. Acharya, “Silver Nanocluster (Ag NC) Supported Metal-organic Framework MIL-101 (Fe) in Catalytic Hydrogenation Reaction” Advanced materials for Sustainable Applications, MRSI North East, February 18-21, 2016, CSIR-NERIST JORHAT, Assam, India