NISER

2014                 Ph. D.: Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly                                                                                          

                         Thesis Title: Self-Assembled Coordination Cages for Catalysis and Proton Conduction

                         Supervisor: Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukherjee

                         Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India                                                            

2009                 M. Sc.: Chemistry                                                                                                                       

                         Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India

2007                 B. Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.)                                                                                                     

                         Presidency College, Kolkata (Now Presidency University), West Bengal, India

Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

1. Inspire Faculty Award in Chemistry on 2019 call by Department of Science & Technology (DST), India
2. Recipient of a Travel Fellowship at the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC 2016)
3. Poster award at International Conference on Structural Chemistry of Molecules and Materials (SCOMM-2014)
4. Recipient of "Shyama Prasad Mukherjee" (SPM) Fellowship (2009)
5. Qualified GATE in 2009 securing 99.73 percentile (All India Rank - 18)
6. Qualified CSIR-NET (December, 2008 and June, 2009)
7. Institute Merit Scholarship for outstanding academic performance throughout all four semesters in MSc at IIT Madras
8. Qualified JAM (Joint Admission Test for MSc. at IITs), 2007, All India Rank – 131

1. Reversible Photoswitching of Encapsulated Azobenzenes in Water

D. Samanta, J. Gemen, Z. Chu, Y. Diskin-Posner, L. J. W. Shimon, R. Klajn. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, 9379-9384.

2. Reversible Chromism of Spiropyran in the Cavity of a Flexible Coordination Cage

D. Samanta, D. Galaktionova, J. Gemen, L. J. W. Shimon, Y. D. -Posner, L. Avram, P. Král, R. Klajn. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 641.

3. Clathrates Grow up (Perspectives)

D. Samanta, R. Klajn. Science 2017, 355, 912.

4. Stepwise Construction of Self-Assembled Heterometallic Cages Showing High Proton Conductivity

R. Saha, D. Samanta, A. J. Bhattacharyya, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 8980-8986.

5. Aqueous Light-Controlled Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles

D. Samanta, R. Klajn. Adv. Optical Mater. 2016, 4, 1373-1377. 

6. Covalent Postassembly Modification and Water Adsorption in Pd3 Self-Assembled Trinuclear Barrels

D. Samanta, A. Chowdhury, P. S. Mukherjee. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 1562-1568. 

7. Template-Free Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of Discrete Hexanuclear Prismatic Cages Employing Half-Sandwich Octahedral RuII2 Acceptors and Triimidazole Donors

A. A. Adeyemo, S. Shanmugaraju, D. Samanta, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2016, 440, 62-68. 

8. Light-Controlled Self-Assembly of Non-Photoresponsive Nanoparticles

P. K. Kundu, D. Samanta, R. Leizrowice, B. Margulis, H. Zhao, M. Börner, T. Udayabhaskararao,  D. Manna, R. Klajn. Nat. Chem. 2015, 7, 646-652.

9. A Pd24 Pregnant Molecular Nanoball: Self-Templated Stellation by Precise Mapping of Coordination Sites

I. A. Bhat, D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9497-9502.

10. Sunlight-Induced Covalent Marriage of Two Triply Interlocked Pd6 Cages and Their Facile Thermal Separation

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17006-17009.

11. Component Selection in Self-Assembly of Pd(II)-Nanocages and Cage to Cage Transformations

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 12483-12492. (IF-5.16)

12. Self-Assembly of Discrete Metallamacrocycles Employing Half-Sandwich Octahedral Diruthenium(II) Building Units and Imidazole-Based Ligands

D. Samanta, S. Shanmugaraju, A. A. Adeyemo, P. S. Mukherjee. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2014, 751, 703-710. (Invited Article for 50th Anniversary Special Issue)

13. Structural Diversity in Multinuclear PdII Assemblies that Show Low-Humidity Proton Conduction

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 5649-5656.

14. Self-Assembled Multicomponent Pd6 Aggregates Showing Low-Humidity Proton Conduction

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 1595-1598.

15. New Structural Topologies in a Series of 3d Metal Complexes with Isomeric Phenylenediacetates and 1,3,5-Tris(1-imidazolyl)benzene Ligand: Syntheses, Structures, and Magnetic and Luminescence Properties

S. Mukherjee, D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13, 5335-5343.

16. PtII6 Nanoscopic Cages with an Organometallic Backbone as Sensors for Picric Acid

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 16784-16795.

17. Multicomponent Self-Sorting of a Pd7 Molecular Boat and Its Use in Catalytic Knoevenagel Condensation

D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4307-4309.

18. Self-Assembly of Ru4 and Ru8 Assemblies by Coordination Using Organometallic Ru(II)2 Precursors: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties

S. Shanmugaraju, D. Samanta, P. S. Mukherjee. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 313-322.

19. Self-Assembled Pd6 Open Cage with Triimidazole Walls and the Use of its Confined Nanospace for Catalytic Knoevenagel- and Diels–Alder Reactions in Aqueous Medium

D. Samanta, S. Mukherjee, Y. P. Patil, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 12322-12329.

20. Pillar Height Dependent Formation of Unprecedented Pd8 Molecular Swing and Pd6 Molecular Boat via Multicomponent Self-Assembly

D. Samanta, S. Shanmugaraju, S. A. Joshi, Y. P. Patil, M. Nethaji, P. S. Mukherjee. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 2298-2300.

21. Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of 2D-Metallamacrocycles Using a Shape-Selective PtII2-Organometallic 90â—¦ Acceptor: Design, Synthesis and Sensing Study

S. Shanmugaraju, D. Samanta, B. Gole, P. S. Mukherjee. Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 12333-12341.

Our research work includes a special focus on the following-

·         Supramolecular dynamic complex molecular architectures with interesting structural topology

·         Controlling reactivity in confined spaces using weak interactions

·         Stimuli-responsive materials

·         Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly

·         Sensors for biological applications

1. 2020-2021-Even Semester: C304/CH604-Coordination Chemistry

2. 2021-2022-Odd Semester: C566/CH666-Catalysis-Reaction Mechanisms and Applications

3. 2021-2022-Even Semester: C304/CH604-Coordination Chemistry

4. 2022-2023-Odd Semester: C141-Chemistry Lab I

5. 2022-2023-Even Semester: C102-Chemistry II