Dr. Binay Krishna Ghorai

Professor

Department of Chemistry

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. Chemistry (01/1995), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  Thesis: Studies on Alder-Ene Reactions and σ-Allylmetallics of Silicon: Total Synthesis of Cyclopentanoid Natural Products.
  Advisor: Professor T. K. Sarkar
• M.Sc. Chemistry, 1989, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, 1986 (result published in 1987), Calcutta University

Contact

Phone

1. Office: +9133 2668 4561/62/63 
2. Fax: +9133 2668 2916

Address

1. EMail: binay@chem.iiests.ac.in, bkghorai@yahoo.co.in

Post Ph.D. research experience:

• Post Doctoral Fellow:    09/2000 – 8/2002
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, NM, USA
  Advisor: Professor J. W. Herndon
• Research Associate:    12/1994 – 5/1995                                                                                                                                                      Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Area of Research

• Synthetic Organic and Organometallic Chemistry
• Heterocyclic Chemistry
• Molecular Design and Synthesis of Organic π-Conjugated Materials for Optoelectronic & Bio-sensing Applications.

Courses Undertaken

• General Organic Chemistry
• Pericyclic reactions
• Organic synthesis and organometallic Chemistry
• Applications of spectroscopy (IR, NMR, Mass).

Recent Publications 

1. S. Boxi, D. Jana and B. K. Ghorai, “Synthesis and Optical Properties of Bipolar Quinoxaline-Triphenylamine Based Stilbene”, Optical Materials, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omx.2019.100013.
2. Kuheli Mandal, Debabrata Jana, Binay K. Ghorai, Nikhil Jana, “AIEgen-Conjugated Magnetic Nanoparticles as Magnetic-Fluorescent Bioimaging Probes" ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 2, 3292-3299.
3. S. Boxi, D. Jana, P. P. Parui, B. K. Ghorai, “Dibenzo[a,c]phenazine based donor-acceptor (D-A) tetra branched molecules: Fine tuning of optical properties”, Chemistry Select., 2018, 3, 6953-6959.
4. K. Mandal, D. Jana, B. K. Ghorai, N. R. Jana, “Functionalized chitosan with self-assembly induced and subcellular localization-dependent fluorescence ‘switch on’ property” New J. Chem, 2018, 42, 5774-5784.
5. S. Biswas, D. Jana, G. Kumar, S. Maji, P. Kundu, U. Ghorai, R. Giri, B. Das, N. Chattopadhyay, B. K. Ghorai, S. Acharya, “Supramolecular Aggregates of Tetraphenylethene Cored AIEgen towards Mechanoluminescent and Electroluminescent Devices" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 14966–14977.
6. K. Mandal, D. Jana, B. K. Ghorai, N. R. Jana, “Fluorescent Imaging Probe from Nanoparticle Made of AIE Molecule” J Phys Chem C, 2016, 120, 5196−5206.
7. N. Pradhan, D. Jana, B. K. Ghorai, N. R. Jana, “Detection and Monitoring of Amyloid Fibrillation Using Fluorescence ‘Switch-On’ Probe” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 25813−25820.
8. D. Jana, S. Boxi, P. P. Parui, B. K. Ghorai, “Planar-Rotor architecture based pyrene-vinyl-tetraphenylethylene conjugated systems: photophysical properties and aggregation behavior”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 10663–10674.
9. D. Jana, B. K. Ghorai, “Side substituent dependence of photophysical properties of 9-arylanthracene based π-conjugates”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2015, 88, 89–96.
10. D. Jana, B. K. Ghorai, “Hexaphenylbenzene end-capped tri(p-phenylenevinylene): Synthesis and properties”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 5203–5206.
11. D. Jana, S. Boxi, B. K. Ghorai, “Synthesis of gem-tetraphenylethylene oligomers utilizing Suzuki reaction and their aggregation properties”, Dyes and Pigments, 2013, 99, 740–747.
12. P. Roy, B. K. Ghorai, “Synthesis of azahomosteroid ring system through intramolecular [4+2] cycloaddition of in situ generated azaisobenzofuran intermediates”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 1440–1443.

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