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Dr Biswajit Saha

Dr Biswajit Saha

Designation : Scientist E

Education : M.Sc. (IIT Kanpur), Ph.D (IIT Kanpur)

ID. No.: 1259

Contact Details: +91-0376-2370081 (O) Fax: 0376-2370011

Email id : bsaha@neist.res.in, bischem@gmail.com

Research Interest

Design, synthesis and application of bimetallic catalysts

Projects

  • Catalytic Evaluation of Cooperative and Red-Ox Non Innocent Metal-Complexes in Organic Transformations
  • ‘Ammonia from dinitrogen at ambient condition by new advanced material: a potential energy saving process than Haber-Bosch'
  • Oxygen production from water by new indigenous catalysts: a life saving approach for oxygen scared terrain

List of Publications

  • 'Boosting photocatalytic efficiency of iridium polypyridyl complex in coupling reaction through induction of ferrocene: Insights into bimetallic catalysis' F. R. Gayen, S. Chawla, D. Bora, L. Borkotoky, Sarifuddin Gazi, Dibyendu Mallick, Ram Awatar Maurya, Arijit K. De*, Biswajit Saha* Catalysis Science & Technology, 2024, 14, 3618 3628
  • 'Bimetallic Cooperativity of a Ferrocene-based Iridium NHC Complex in Water Oxidation Catalysis: A New Frontier for Efficient Oxygen Evolution' D. Bora, H. P. Bhattacharyya, F. R. Gayen, S. Baguli, Pitambar Patel, Manabendra Sarma*, Biswajit Saha* Chemistry Asian Journal 2025, e202401357.
  • 'Photosensitization of Ir-dye on TiO2 for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution: Presence of Ferrocene Matters' S. Shelake, D. Bora, S. Kshirsagar, F. R. Gayen, Naiwrit Karmodak, Dibyendu Mallick, A. V. S. Sainath, Biswajit Saha*, Ujjwal Pal* The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 128, 37, 15319-15329.
  • 'Utility of a ferrocene unit in a cyclometallated Cp*Ir(III) catalyst during water oxidation: exploring bimetallic cooperativity' F. R. Gayen, D. Bora, Dibyendu Mallick, Abir Sarbajna, Subrata Ghosh, Jayram Jarugala, Biswajit Saha* European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2023, e202300462; doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300462
  • 'Photoresponsive Ferrocene- Augmented Iridium Polypyridyl Complex as an Oxidase Mimic for Selective Glutathione Sensing: Implications for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy' D. J. Baruah, A. Saikia, H. Barman, P. Manna, Biswajit Saha* and Mnash R. Das* Small, 2025, 2501627 (1-9).

Awards and Fellowships

  • Somnath Banarjee Memorial Award for securing 1st Class in B. Sc at Belur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur, India (2005).
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, India).
  • Erasmus Mundus Scholarship at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • 2nd Prize of 2014 Lilly Outstanding Thesis Awards consists of $1000 and a Lilly Plaque.
  • IITK Post Doctoral Fellowship.
  • PBC Post Doctoral Fellowship at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Personal Website

https://bischem4.wixsite.com/home

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