Dr. Rupam Sen

Present Position: Associate Professor and Head

Department of Chemistry, School of Basic & Applied Sciences

E-mail: s.rupam.s@gmail.com

Education:

  • 2005-2010 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis and Materials science. Thesis: Studies on some framework solids: Synthesis, characterization, magnetic properties and heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
  • 2003-2005 M. Sc. in Chemistry Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

Research Key Areas:

  • development of mof-based multifunctional materials
  • photo/thermo responsive materials synthesis 3. nano- based heterogeneous catalysis
  • pcp (porous coordination polymers) based gas adsorption and gas storage system

Experience:

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)- Post-doctoral research fellow (Group leader: Prof. Osamu Sato), Kyushu University, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Japan
  • FCT-Post-doctoral research fellow (Group leader: Prof. João Rocha)
  • (FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Postdoctoral Fellowship), Center for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials (CICECO), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Dr. D. S. Kothari postdoct fellow, Calcutta University, Kolkata-09
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ashutosh Ghosh, Dean of Science, University of Calcutta.
  • Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Adamas University, Kol-126

Research Publication (s):

Selected Publication (s):

  1. Sen*, S. Paul, A. Sarkar, A. M. P. Botas, A. Neto, P. Brandao, A. Lopes, R. Ferreira, J. Arujo, Z. Lin, A new series of 3D lanthanide phenoxycarboxylates: Synthesis, crystal structure, magnetism and photoluminescence studies. CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 4143-4151
  2. Sen,* A. M. L. Lopes, Zhi Lin,* P. Brandão, and J. P. Araújo, A new chiral Ni4O4distorted cube: Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 34, 2019, 3840-45.
  3. Sen*, Amarjyoti Mondal, Isolation of octahedral to tetrahedra cobalt-azido molecular assemblies based on cationic influence, J. Mol. Struct. 1198, 2019, 126882.
  4. Avijit Das, Soumyabrata Goswami, Rupam Sen and Ashutosh Ghosh, Inclusion of Ln(III) in the Complexes of Co(II) with a Mannich Base Ligand: Development of Atmospheric CO2 Fixation and Slow Magnetic Relaxation Properties and Enhancement of Catalytic Oxidase Activities, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 2019, 5787-98 (I.F. 4.85).
  5. Rupam Sen*, Debraj Saha, Subratanath Koner, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, SC-to-SC transformation from a non-porous to porous MOF and its application potential in gas adsorption and Suzuki coupling reaction through post-modification, Eur. J., 21, 5962, 2015. (I.F. 5.73)
  6. Rupam Sen*, Debraj Saha, Subratanath Koner, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, pH tuned modulation of 1D chain to 3D MOF: Synthesis, structure and useful application in heterogeneous Claisen–Schmidt reaction, ChemPlusChem, 80, 591, 2015. (I.F. 3.24)
  7. Rupam Sen*, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, Cadmium-furandicarboxylate coordination polymers prepared with different amine bridging ligands: Synthesis, divergent dimensionalities and luminescence study, Growth Des., 13, 5272, 2013. (I.F. 4.89)
  8. Rupam Sen, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão, Armandina M. L. Lopes*, Joao P. Araújo, and Zhi Lin*, Layered transition metal carboxylates: Synthesis, structural aspects and observation of multi-step magnetic transition through phase diagram, Trans., 42, 14836, 2013.(I.F. 4.1)
  9. Rupam Sen*, Debraj Saha, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, Cobalt based 3D metal-organic frameworks: Useful candidate for olefin epoxidation at ambient temperature by H2O2, J. Inorg. Chem, , 29, 5103, 2013. .(I.F. 2.9)
  10. Rupam Sen*, Debraj Saha, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão, Guillaume Rogez and Zhi Lin*, A new candidate for heterogeneous catalysis: Synthesis, structural aspects and olefinic epoxidation of a novel tetrahedral cobalt phosphonate, J. Inorg. Chem., 28, 5020, 2013. .(I.F. 2.9)
  11. Debraj Saha, Tanmoy Maity, Rupam Sen*; Heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation of olefin over hydrothermally synthesized three dimensional phosphate bridged copper(II) framework compound, Coord. Chem., 66, 2444, 2013. (I.F. 2.01)
  12. Rupam Sen*, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão, Guillaume Rogez and Zhi Lin*, A novel 2D→3D polycatenated framework: Synthesis, characterization and heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation study, J. Inorg.Chem, 3076, 2013. (I.F. 2.9)
  13. Rupam Sen*, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandão, Guillaume Rogez and Zhi Lin*, Synthesis, characterization and observation of structural diversities in a series of transition metal based furan dicarboxylic acid system, CrystEngCommun, 15, 2113, 2013. (I.F. 3.85)
  14. Debraj Saha, Rupam Sen, Tanmoy Maity and Subratanath Koner*, Anchoring of palladium onto surface of porous metal-organic framework through post-synthesis modification and studies on Suzuki and Stille coupling reactions under heterogeneous condition, Langmuir, 29, 3140, 2013. (I.F. 4.45)
  15. Rupam Sen, Debraj Saha and Subratanath Koner*, Controlled Construction of Metal-organic Frameworks: Hydrothermal Synthesis, X-ray structure and Heterogeneous Catalytic Study, Eur. J., 18, 5979, 2012. (I.F. 5.73)
  16. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, Crystallization of five new supramolecular networks with both bpy and dca ligands, Polyhedron, 53, 249, 2013. (I.F. 2.02)
  17. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Paula Brandão and Zhi Lin*, Control formation of rigid linear and flexible zig-zig complexes based on Zn(II) and hydroxyquinoline carboxylate ligand system,Chem.Commun.30, 111, 2013. (I.F. 1.77)
  18. Allu Amarnath Reddy, Subrata Das, Ashutosh Goel, Rupam Sen, Renée Siegel, Luís Mafra, G Vijaya Prakash, and José M.F. Ferreira*, KCa4(BO3)3:Ln3+ (Ln=Dy, Eu, Tb) phosphors for near UV excited white-light-emitting diodes, AIP Advances, 3, 022126, 2013.(I.F. 1.58)
  19. Dipak K. Hazra, Monika Mukherjee*, Rupam Sen, Debraj Saha, Subratanath Koner and Alok K. Mukherjee; 18-Crown-6 ether templated transition-metal dicyanamido complexes: Synthesis, structural characterization and DFT studies, Mol. Struct.1033, 137, 2013. (I.F. 1.60)
  20. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Paula Brandão, Fanian Shi, Rute F. S. Ferreira and Zhi Lin*, Auxiliary ligand-assisted structural diversities of two coordination polymers with 2-hydroxyquinoline-4-carboxylic acid. Chem.Commun., 40, 92, 2014.
  21. Rupam Sen, Debraj Saha and Subratanath Koner*, Lanthanide Carboxylate Frameworks: Efficient Heterogeneous Catalytic System for Epoxidation of Olefins, Lett. 142, 124, 2012.
  22. Rupam Sen, Dasarath Mal, Paula Brandao and Zhi Lin*, Tetraaquabis[2-(pyridin-4-yl-κN)-pyrimidine-5-carboxylato]zinc, ActaCryst. E68, m1429, 2012.
  23. Debraj Saha, Rupam Sen, Tanmoy Maity and Subratanath Koner*, Porous Magnesium Carboxylate Framework: Synthesis, X-ray Crystal Structure, Tunable Gas Adsorption Property and Heterogeneous Catalytic Aldol Condensation Reaction, Dalton Trans. 41, 7399, 2012.
  24. Debraj Saha, Tanmoy Maity, Rupam Sen, Subratanath Koner*, Heterogeneous catalysis over a barium carboxylate framework compound: Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and aldol condensation reaction, Polyhedron, 43, 63, 2012.
  25. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Paula Brandao and Zhi Lin*, Bis(2,2´-bipyridine-κ2-N,N´)bis(dicyanamido- κN1)cadmium, ActaCryst. E68, m1428, 2012.
  26. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Eva Rentschler, Ken-ichi Okamoto,Yoshitaro Miyashita and Subratanath Koner*, Fully interlocked three-dimensional molecular scaffolding: Synthesis, X-ray structure, magnetic and nitrogen sorption study, Chim.Acta, 385, 27, 2012.
  27. Rupam Sen, Subratanath Koner*, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Joachim Kusz, Yoshitaro Miyashita and Ken-Ichi Okamoto, Entrapment of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ in the anionic metal-organic framework: Unprecedented photoluminescence behavior exhibiting pseudo-dual emission at room temperature,  Dalton Trans. 40, 6952, 2011.
  28. Rupam Sen, Dipak K. Hazra, Monika Mukherjee, and Subratanath Koner*, Gd26 cluster consists of distorted cubane cores: Synthesis, structure, and heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation of olefins, J. Inorg.Chem, 2011, 2826, 2011.
  29. RupamSen, Subratanath Koner*, Dipak K. Hazra, Madeleine Helliwell and Monika Mukherjee, Heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation of olefins over hydrothermally synthesized lanthanide containing framework compounds, J. Inorg.Chem., 2011, 241, 2011.
  30. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Georgina M. Rosairand Subratanath Koner*,Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of a µ1,5-dca bridged dimeric copper(II) complex, Chem.Cryst., 41, 1018, 2011.
  31. Ashis Bhattacharjee, D. Bhakat, Rupam Sen, Subratanath Koner*, Electrical and magnetic characterization of a molecular material {[Ru(bpy) 3][Fe(dca)3]2}n, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 406, 4625, 2011.
  32. Dipak K. Hazra, Rupam Sen, Subratanath Koner, Madeleine Helliwell, and Monika Mukherjee*, Self-assembly of 1D coordination polymers of two rare-earth complexes with carboxylate linkages: Synthesis, crystal structure and DFT studies, Polyhedron, 30, 2195, 2011.
  33. Rupam Sen, Abir Bhattacharya, Dasarath Mal, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich, Alok K Mukherjee, M. Solzi, Pernechele and Subratanath Koner*, A cyano-bridged bimetallic ferrimagnet: Synthesis, X-ray structure and magnetic study: Polyhedron, 29, 2762, 2010.
  34. Rupam Sen, Dipak K. Hazra, Subratanath Koner*, Madeleine Helliwell, Monika Mukherjee and Ashis Bhattacharjee, Hydrothermal synthesis of dimeric lanthanide compounds: X-ray structure, magnetic study and heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation of olefins, Polyhedron, 29, 3183, 2010.
  35. Susmita Bhunia, Rupam Sen, Subratanath Koner*, Anchored Pd complex in chemically modified MCM-41: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction, Chim.Acta, 363, 3993, 2010.
  36. Rupam Sen, Susmita Bhunia, Dasarath Mal, Subratanath Koner*, Yoshitaro Miyashita, Ken-ichi Okamoto, Layered Transition Metal Carboxylates: Efficient Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Epoxidation of Olefins. Langmuir, 25, 13667, 2009.
  37. Rupam Sen, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich, Yoshitaro Miyashita, Ken-ichi Okamoto and Subratanath Koner*, Structural and magnetic diversity in metal-dicyanamido polymer moieties: Paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic 1D chain compound and weakly ferromagnetic 2D motif, Chim.Acta, 362, 4663, 2009.
  38. Chandan Adhikary, Rupam Sen, Jean-Pierre Tuchagues, Siddhartha Chaudhari, Sandra Ianelli, Massimo Solziand Subratanath Koner*, Ladder-like azido-bridged copper (II) complexes: Synthesis, X-ray structureand magnetic study, Chim.Acta, 362, 5211, 2009.
  39. Chandan Adhikary, Rupam Sen, Gabriele Bocelli, Andeea Cantoni, Massimo Solzi, Siddhartha Chaudhari and Subratanath Koner, Tridentate (NNO) Schiff-base copper(II) complex: synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic study. Coord.Chem.62, 3573, 2009.
  40. Rupam Sen, Rajesh Bera, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich, Soumen Ghosh, Alok K Mukherjee, and Subratanath Koner*, Oxo-vanadium dihydrogen phosphate: Preparation, magnetic study and heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation; Langmuir, 24, 5970, 2008.
  41. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Chandan Adhikary, Yoshitaro Miyashita, Ken-ichi Okamoto, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich and Subratanath Koner*, Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of a μ1,5 dca bridged ferromagnetic dimeric copper(II) complex; Coord. Chem., 61, 3486, 2008.
  42. Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Chandan Adhikary, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich, Yoshitaro Miyashita, Ken-ichi Okamoto and Subratanath Koner*, Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of dicyanamido bridged1D chain nickel(II) complex, Chim.Acta, 361, 183, 2008.
  43. Chandan Adhikary, Dasarath Mal, Rupam Sen, Ashis Bhattacharjee, Philipp Gütlich, Siddhartha Chaudhari and SubratanathKoner*, Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of a novel μ2-1,1-azido bridged dimeric copper(II) complex, Polyhedron, 26, 1658, 2007.
  44. Dasarath Mal, Jean-Pierre Tuchagues, Athanassios K Boudalis, SantuChakraborty, Alok K Mukherjee, Rupam Sen and SubratanathKoner*, Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic study of 1D [Cu2(N,N,N¢,N¢-tetramethyl-ethylenediamine)2(m-1,5-dca)2(dca)2]}n complex, Inorg.Chim.Acta, 359, 4431, 2006.

Research Projects:

  1. Synergy between metal-organic frameworks and organometallics through C-H bond activation: Novel approach in heterogeneous multifunctional catalysis. INR: 3748000.00 funded by DST-SERB-ECR (Early Career Research). 2017-2020
  2. Molecular conversion by using porous coordination polymers (PCPs) as heterogeneous catalyst, Rs. 55,000.00 funded by Adamas University,

Research Advisor / Supervisor:

  • Doctoral Thesis Advisor / Supervisor : 1 (Ongoing)
  • Post Graduate Thesis Advisor : 9 (Awarded)
  • Under- Graduate Thesis Advisor : 7 (Awarded)

Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:

  • Organized national and international Seminar, conferences and workshop based on research methodology, IPR and entrepreneurship
  • Recognized reviewer of international journals like, Inorganic Chemistry, Crystal Engineering Communications, Crystal Growth and Design, Journal of Molecular Structure, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Polyhedron, Inorganic Chemistry Communication and so on.
  • Regular Member of Scholar Academic and Scientific Society
  • AI Scholar Expert reviewer
  • Recipient of JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellowship
  • Recipient of FCT Fellowship