Development of new type photochromic and photoswitchable organic materials and their applications
Design and synthesis of photoacidgenerators (PAGs) and photoresponsive polymers
Fabrication of photoresponsive fluorescent materials
Synthesis of functionalized AuNPs and their applications
Design and synthesis of photoresponisve nanocarrier for control release of active molecules
Selected Publications
Sanghamitra Atta, Manoranjan Bera, Tirthartha Chattopadhyay, Amrita Paul, Mohammed Ikbal, Mrinal K. Maiti and N. D. Pradeep Singh, “Nano-pesticide formulation based on fluorescent organic photoresponsive nanoparticles: for controlled release
of 2,4-D and real time monitoring of morphological changes induced by 2,4-D in plant systems” RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 86990-86996
Sanghamitra Atta, Amrita Paul, Rakesh Banerjee, Manoranjan Bera, Mohammed Ikbal, Dibakar Dhara and N. D. Pradeep Singh, “Photoresponsive polymers based on coumarin moiety for the controlled release of pesticide 2,4-D” RSC Adv.,
2015, 5, 99968-99975
Mohammed Ikbal, Rakesh Banerjee, Shrabani Barman, Sanghamitra Atta, Dibakar Dhara and N. D. Pradeep Singh, “1-Acetylferroceneoxime based photoacid generators: application towards sol-gel transformation and development of photoresponsive polymer
for controlled wettability and patterned surfaces”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 4622-4630
Mohammed Ikbal, Biswajit Saha, Shrabani Barman, Sanghamitra Atta, Debranjan Banerjee, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, and N. D. Pradeep Singh, “Benzo[a]acridinyl methyl esters as pH sensitive fluorescent photoactive precursors: synthesis, photophysical, pPhotochemical
and biological applications”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 3459-3469
Education
Ph.D. in Organic Photochemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 2013
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur, India, 2007
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur, India, 2005
Professional Profile
2016-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
KAUST Affiliations
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)
