Dr. Rabindranath Jana
Assistant Professor (Chemistry)

rabindranath.jana@chitkara.edu.in

Expert Areas : Photophysics, Spectroscopic Investigation, Biophysical Chemistry, Solvation dynamics, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Graphene and its oxides, Deep eutectic solvent, Thermodynamic analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Computational Study.

Dr. Rabindranath Jana is presently an Assistant Professor from Chitkara University, Punjab. He has done his B.Sc in Chemistry honors from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal in 2013. Master in Chemistry from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal in 2015. He has completed his Ph.D in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) in 2022. He has published many research papers in various reputed journal.

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Education

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS                     :

  1. Jana, R.; Maity, B.; Seth, D. Structural transition dynamics of biologically active flavins in alkylglucoside surfactants aggregates. Spectrochimic Acta Part A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2020, 224,
  2. Jana, R.; Gautam, R. K.; Bapli, A.; Seth, D. Photodynamics of biological active flavin in the presence of zwitterionic surfactants. Spectrochimic Acta Part A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2022, 264,
  3. Jana, R.; Bapli, A.; Gautam, R. K.; Pandit, S.; Bahadur, P.; Seth, D. Photophysics of a red emitting dye in the presence of pluronic block copolymers. J Photochem. Photobiol A: Chem., 2020, 407,
  4. Jana, R.; Seth, D. Photophysical study of styryl derivatives with macrocyclic host and the effect of addition of cholesterol and neurotransmitter. J Photochem. Photobiol A: Chem., 2022, 427,
  5. Jana, R.; Ahmed, S.A.; Seth, D. Interaction between Cucurbit [7] uril and Bile Salts: An Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study. Sel, 2022, 7(19), e202103800.
  6. Gautam, R. K.; Bapli, A.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Photophysics of thiazole orange in deep eutectic solvents. Spectrochimic Acta Part A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2021, 258,
  7. Bapli, A.; Jana, R.; Pandit, S.; Seth, D. Selective prototropism of lumichrome in the liposome/graphene oxide interface: A detailed spectroscopic study. Mol Liq. 2021, 339, 116738.
  8. Pandit, S.; Bapli, A.; Gautam, R. K.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Spectroscopic investigation of a red emitting dye in the companionship of serum albumins and cucurbit [7] uril. Mol Liq. 2021, 332, 115885.
  9. Bapli, A.; Chatterjee, A.; Gautam, R. K.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Modulation of the Protein–Ligand Interaction in the Presence of Graphene Oxide: A Detailed Spectroscopic Study. 2021, 37, 5034-5048.
  10. Patel, D.; Jana, R.; Lin, M.H.; Kuperkar, K.; Seth, D.; Chen, L.J.; Bahadur, P. Revisiting the salt-triggered self-assembly in very hydrophilic triblock copolymer Pluronic® F88 using multitechnique approach. Pol.Sci, 1-14.
  11. Bapli, A.; A. Chatterjee, Gautam, R. K.; Pandit, S.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Interaction of a hydrophilic molecule with bovine serum albumin: A combined multi-spectroscopic, microscopic and isothermal calorimetric study in the presence of graphene oxide. Mol Liq. 2020, 323, 114618.
  12. Gautam, R. K.; Bapli, A.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Photophysics and rotational dynamics of Nile red in room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) and RTIL-cosolvents binary mixtures. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2020, 399, 112550.
  13. Bapli, A.; Gautam, R. K.; S. Seth, Jana, R.; Pandit, S.; Seth, D. Graphene oxide as an enhancer of fluorescence. Asian J. 2020, 15, 1296–1300.
  14. Bapli, A.; Gautam, R. K.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Investigation of different prototropic forms of biologically active flavin lumichrome in the presence of liposome. Photobiol. 2019, 95, 1151-1159.
  15. Sahoo, R.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Photophysics of harmaline in solvent mixtures. Mol Liq. 2019, 275, 84-90.
  16. Sahoo, R.; Jana, R.; Seth, D. Photophysical study of an alkaloid harmaline in 1, 4-dioxane-water mixtures. Chem. Phys. Let. 2018, 706, 158-163.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Jana, R.; Seth, D. RSC Webinar (2020), IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
  2. Jana, R.; Seth, D. FCS 2020, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  3. Jana, R.; Seth, D. TSRP2020, BARC, Mumbai, India.
  4. Jana, R.; Seth, D. RANPCN 2019, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagr Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.

 

Area of Teaching interest:  Basic Physical Chemistry, Advanced Spectroscopic principle and application.

Area of Research interest:

  • Photophysical Study and Structural Transition Dynamics of Biologically Active molecules in Macromolecule and micelles.
  • Thermodynamic investigation of macrocyclic molecule in presence of various bioactive molecules using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study.
  • Effect of various external factor like concentration, temperaturedepended micellization on the photophysics of biological active molecules and various organic dye.
  • Solvation dynamic study in non aqueous solvent by spectroscopic and computational methods.
  • Biological and Environmental application of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES’s).
  • Biological and Environmental application of Graphene and it derivative.
  • Biological and Environmental application of polymer.
  1. BSc in Chemistry (Honors) from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, 2013.
  2. Master in Chemistry from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, 2015.
  3. Ph.D in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), 2022.