180th iCeMS Seminar: Assoc. Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukherjee

Engineering discrete molecular architectures of defined shapes and sizes using metal-ligand coordination as driving force is an active field of current research. The architectural advantage of the rigid square-planar coordination environment of Pd(II) and Pt(II) has long been utilized for this purpose. My lecture will focus on the design principle including several examples of electron rich molecular nano-cages that are potential in sensing electron deficient explosives like TNT, DNT etc. My lecture will also focus on the self-assembly of water soluble Pd(II) molecular cages and use of their confined nanospace as molecular vessels to perform several organic transformations in environmental friendly aqueous medium in catalytic manner. Self-sorting in organic cage formation and cage to cage transformations will also be highlighted.

Lecturer	Associate Professor Partha Sarathi Mukherjee Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science
Title	Explosives Sensing by Nanoscopic Architectures and Chemical Reactions in Confined Nanospace
Date / Time	Mon 10 November 2014 / 16:00-17:30
Venue	Lecture Room A1-001, A1 Building, Katsura campus, Kyoto University -> Directions
Flyer	PDF (92KB)
Host	Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS)
Contact	iCeMS Kitagawa Group | kitagawa-g@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp