Research Interest: Atomically Precise Silver–Borane Clusters: Bridging Molecules, Materials, and Function

Publication:

1. Mohapatra, S. Saha, G. Joshi, U. Gupta, D. K. Patel, E. Jemmis, S. Ghosh, [Os(eta5-B5H10)2]: A Carbon-Free Analog of Ferrocene, Science, 2026
2. D. K. Patel,^† M. Frey,^† M. Kučeráková, J. Macháček, D. Bavol, J. Picker, C. Neumann, Z. Bastl, M. Dušek, S. Ghosh, A. Turchanin, T. Pradeep, T. Base: Thiolated Bis-meta-Carborane: A Molecular Rotor with Conformation-Dependent Dipole Moment, JACS Au, 2026, 6, 1327–1336.
3. F. Assanar, S. Gayen, D. K. Patel, T. Pradeep, S. Ghosh: Cooperative borane activation by tuning hemilability of different Os-κ²-N, Se-chelated complexes, Sci., 2026, 17, 3129-3140.
4. S. Gayen, S. Satapathi, D. K. Patel, S. Ghosh: Hydroboration via metal-bound σ (B–H) bonds in Ru-(σ-borate) complexes: a pathway to η⁴-HBCC-σ, π-borataallyl complexes, Dalton Trans., 2026, 55, 291-302.
5. Bairagi,^† D. K. Patel,^† D. Chatterjee, M. Kučeráková, J. Macháček, T. Base, T. Pradeep, S. Ghosh: Cluster versus Coordination: The Chemistry of Cyclopentadienyl Titanium and Vanadium Complexes with B- and C-functionalized Carborane-thiols, [C₂B₁₀H_12-n(SH)_n] (n = 2 or 3), Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 14127–14139. (Most popular 2025 inorganic chemistry articles and Selected in 2025 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection)
6. S. Duary, A. Jana, A. Das, S. Acharya, A. R. Kini, J. Roy, A. K. Poonia, D. K. Patel, V. Yadav, P. K. S. Antharjanam, B. Pathak, V. D. A. Nair , T. Pradeep: Milling-induced “turn-off” luminescence in copper nanoclusters, Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 40, 18727–18737.
7. Bairagi, S. Giri, D. K. Patel, D. Luong, B. P. T. Fokwa, S. Ghosh: Hetero-trimetallic Complexes Comprising Bridging Boryl and Borylene Ligands: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 3191–3205.
8. D. K. Patel,^† B. S. Sooraj,^† K. Kirakci, J. Machacek, M. Kucerakova, J. Bould, M. Dusek, M. Frey, C. Neumann, S. Ghosh, A. Turchanin, T. Pradeep, T. Base: Macropolyhedral syn-B₁₈H₂₂, the “Forgotten” Isomer. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 32, 17975–17986.

† =  contributed equally

ACADEMIC SUCCESS/ FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

• Keshav-Rangnath & Institute Research (KR-IR) Award-2026 for outstanding doctoral research and academic excellence by IIT Madras
• VRS Rao Prize and Silver medal for ‘Best Academic Record’ of 2021-22 academic year by IIT Madras.
• Awarded with prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF-2022) by Ministry of Education, GOI.
• Junior Research Fellowship (2021) from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
• Qualified in the prestigious national level examination, GATE
• Qualified CSIR-JRF with All India 68^th rank (12/2018).
• Qualified CSIR-NET for lecturership with all India 46^th and 40^th rank (12/2017 & 06/2018).
• Qualified in the Joint Admission Test (JAM) for M.Sc. (2017) organized by IITs.
• Received ‘Institute Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (IIT Guwahati)’ (2017-2019).

CONFERENCES ATTENDED AND PAPER PRESENTED

• Poster presented on ‘Ligand Structural Isomerism Modulating Photophysical Properties of Ag₁₇Nanocluster’  at the International Symposium on Monolayer Protected Clusters (27-30 sept 2025).
• Best poster award on ‘ Thiolated Bis-meta-Carborane: A Molecular Rotor with Conformation-Dependent Dipole Moment’ at the 2nd International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis (ICMGSC-2025) held in IISER TVM (13-16 February, 2025) .
• Best poster award on ‘ Thiolated Bis-meta-Carborane: A Molecular Rotor with Conformation-Dependent Dipole Moment’ at Conference on Molecular Materials and Functionsorganised by IIT Madras (9-11th Dec 2024) .
• Poster presented on ‘Macropolyhedral syn-B₁₈H₂₂, the “Forgotten” Isomer’ at Gordon Research Conference (GRC and GRS) on Atomically precise nanochemistry, Texas, United States (4-9^th 2024).
• Best Poster award on ‘Macropolyhedral syn-B₁₈H₂₂, the “Forgotten” Isomer’ at International Conference on Molecular Matter – Emerging Directions for Sustainability organized by IIT Madras (16-18 Dec. 2023)
• Best Poster award on ‘Macropolyhedral syn-B₁₈H₂₂, the “Forgotten” Isomer’ Chemistry in-House Symposium (CiHS-2024) IIT Madras.
• Poster presented on ‘Boron-based Functional Materials’ in Chemistry-Academia Industry Meet 2023 (ChemAIM 2023) organised by IIT Madras (10^th 2023).
• Best oral presentation award on ‘Sixth National Conference on Biological Control: Innovative Approaches for Green India’ NBAIR Bangalore, India (2021).

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Mentored two school student as part of PMRF TA duty at ‘Teach to Learn’ scheme by IIT Madras.
• Teaching Assistant for BSc and MSC student of Guru Nanak College as a part of TA duty.
• Teaching Assistant as a part of PMRF TA duty at NPTEL online.
• Assisted in laboratory and theoretical chemistry courses as a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate and postgraduate students at IIT Madras over four semesters.
• Mentored a Ph.D. student in the initial phase of his research project in Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh and Prof T. Pradeep’s laboratory at IIT Madras.
• Guided M.Sc. and intern students from France and Czech Republic.
• Participated in the “Rigaku School for Practical Crystallography” to learn crystallography (6-17 July, 2020).
• Visiting Research Fellow in Dr. Tomas base laboratory at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic (2023-24).
• Visiting Research Fellow in Prof. Manfred Kappes laboratory at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany(2024).