DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

ESMA KHATUN

Biography

My career objective is to passionately engage in research in which I can apply my knowledge and skills to contribute effectively for the development of science and society at large

Education

  • B. Sc. - Vivekananda college (Thakurpukur, Kolkata under Calcutta University)

Research Interests

  • Dissociation of gas phase ions of atomically precise silver clusters reflects their solution phase stability, Papri Chakraborty, Ananya Baksi, Esma Khatun, Abhijit Nag, Atanu Ghosh and T. Pradeep, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121 (2017) 10971-10981 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12485).
  • Unusual reactivity of dithiol protected clusters in comparison to monothiol protected clusters: Studies using Ag51(BDT)19(TPP)3 and Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4, Atanu Ghosh, Debasmita Ghosh, Esma Khatun, Papri Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 9 (2016) 1068–1077 (DOI: 10.1039/c6nr07692k).

Representative Publications

 Confining an Ag10 Core in an Ag12 Shell: A Four-Electron Superatom with Enhanced Photoluminescence upon Crystallization, Esma Khatun, Md Bodiuzzaman, Korath Sugi, Papri Chakraborty, Ganesan Paramasivam, Wakeel Dar, Tripti Ahuja, Sudhadevi Antharjanam, and Thalappil Pradeep, ACS Nano., 2019 (Just Accepted).

 Thirty-fold photoluminescence enhancement induced by secondary ligands in monolayer protected silver clusters, Esma Khatun, Atanu Ghosh, Papri Chakraborty, Priya Singh, Mohammad Bodiuzzaman, Ganesan Paramasivam, Ganapati Nataranjan, Jyotirmoy Ghosh, Samir Kumar Pal, and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 10 (2018) 20033-20042 (DOI: 10.1039/C8NR05989F).

 Atomically precise cluster-based white light emitters, Esma Khatun, Sandeep Bose, Madhuri Jash, and T. Pradeep, J. Chem. Sci. (Prof. M. V. George Special Issue), 130 (2018) 147 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-018-1559-4).

 [Ag59(2,5-DCBT)32]3-: A new cluster and a precursor for three well-known clusters, Esma Khatun, Atanu Ghosh, Debasmita Ghosh, Papri Chakraborty, Abhijit Nag, Biswajit Mondal, Sudhakar Chennu and T. Pradeep, Nanoscale, 9 (2017) 8240-8248 (DOI: 10.1039/C7NR01670K).

 

Honors and Rewards

  • Institute Merit Scholarship for outstanding Academic Performance (among Top Ten Students) in IIT Madras.
  • PROF. MVC SASTRY AWARD from IIT Madras

ESMA KHATUN

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