Dr. Rik Rani Koner
| Phone: | Tel No. +91 9816978554 |
|---|---|
| Email: | rikuchem@gmail.com, rik_chem2004@yahoo.co.in |
| Address: | School of Basic Sciences |
| IIT Mandi, | |
| near Bus Stand, Mandi - 175001 | |
| India |
Research interests
- Inorganic metal complex synthesis, characterization and application by designing some novel ligands.
- Supramolecular (host-guest) chemistry, Molecular recognition, Molecular sensor.
- Synthesis of chiral metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications in catalysis and chiral recognition.
- Novel fluorescent chemosensor.
Education
- 2009: Ph.D. in Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. Title of thesis “Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Cu(II) and Ni(II) Complexes of Amino Acid Derived Ligands and Aniline Based Polymers with Functional Group.” (Awarded on 10.08.2009).
- 2004: M.Sc., Visva Bharati University.
- 2002: B.Sc., The University of Burdwan.
Academic Achievements
- Qualified in Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF) held in June 2004, subsequently upgraded to SRF after two years.
- Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) held in February 2004 with “All India Rank 62” and Percentile Score 98.2.
Postdoctoral Research Experience
- 11/2009-01/2010, Case Western Reserve University, USA (With Prof. G. P. Tochtrop).
- 04/2010-10/2010, University of Leipzig, Germany (With Prof. H. Krautscheid).
Publications
- “Rationalizing the Effects of Amino Acid Side Chain, Pyridine, and Imidazole on the Assembly and Reversible Disassembly of a Octanuclear Cu(II) Complex”, M. A. Alam, R. R. Koner, A. Das, M. Nethaji, M. Ray, Crystal Growth & design, 2007, 7, 1818.
- “Synthesis of Morphologically Different, Metal Absorbing Aniline-Formaldehyde Polymers Including Micron-Sized Sphere Using Simple Alcohols as Morphology Modifier”, R. R. Koner, P. A. Kumar, S. Chakraborty, M.Ray, J. Appl. Poly. Sc. 2008, 110, 1158.
- “Copper (II) mediated synthesis of a new fluorescent pyrido [1,2-a]quinoxalin-11-ium derivative”, R. R. Koner, M. Ray, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 9122.
- “Sodium and Potassium Ion Directed Self-Assembled Multinuclear Assembly of Divalent Nickel or Copper and L-Leucine Derived Ligand” , M. Dubey, R. R. Koner, M. Ray. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9294.
- “The syntheses and applications of β-benzylmercaptoethylamine derivatives”, G. P. Tochtrop, S. Sadhukhan, R. R. Koner, S. Ghosh, Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 10515.
- “Well documented applications of p-phenylenediamine in the synthesis of heterocycles and heterocrown ethers”, R. R. Koner, Synlett (Spotlight), 2010, OOA.
- “Tuning one dimensional chiral channel interior in mixed ligand Cu(II) complexes of L-histidine derivative and substituted pyridine”, R. R. Koner, Md. S. H. Faizi, M. Ray, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 372, 367.
- “Water assisted histidine coordination mode switching transforms capsule to networked crystal with 1D channels”, R. R. Koner, M. Ray. (Manuscript under preparation).
- “Synthesis and characterization of kinetically resolved conformational isomers of Ni(II) with L-tyrosine and L-tryptophan derived ligand”, R. R. Koner, S. S. Faizi, M. Ray. (Manuscript under preparation).
Contribution to Academic Conference
- MTIC-XI, December, 2005, held at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Oral presentation).
On Going Research Projects
- “Chiral Metal – Organic Frameworks:Rational Synthesis,Characterization and Novel Applications”. Department of Science and Technology (DST)