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Prof.
Sabyasachi Sarkar's
Biography
M. Sc.
from Calcutta University in 1966 followed by joining Research In
Calcutta University . After the sudden demise of the academic
mentor joined Gorakhpur in 1971 and completed Ph. D from Gorakhpur
University in 1975 , spent few years in Germany and joined the department in 1978.
Contact
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of
Technology
Kanpur,
India -
208 016
+91-512-2597265 / 7386
abya@iitk.ac.in
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Area of
Interest:
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Archaeal origin:
Aldehyde-Ferredoxin oxidoreducatase ,
hyperthermophile,
present in deep sea hydrothermal vent ( black geyser),
formate dehydrogenase, non photo catalyzed
fixation of CO2 as done before photosynthesis by juvenile
earth billion years ago
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Bacterial origin:
Trimethyamine N-oxide Reductase (TMANOR, fishy
enzyme)
Nitrate Reductase (nitrogen fixation),
Polysulfide Reductase
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Eucarial origin:
Hepatic Sulfite Oxidase (functions with
oxidative phosphorylation) (deficiency: neurological disorder)
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On the synthesis of porphyrins:
Dehydrogenase reactions
of porphyrinogens,
Metalloporphyrins
as models for cytochromes, Nitrophorin,NO-synthase, cofactor-F430
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Copper chaperones, trafficking proteins and metal catalyzed
reactive oxygen species
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Stabilization of unusual oxidation states of transition
metals
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Activation
of small molecules
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Metal clusters-supramolecular
chemistry
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Nano-Chemistry:
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Water soluble carbon nanotubes and drug delivery
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Biogeoinorganic chemistry
and Environment:
Arsenic pollution
and global warming
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Computational Modeling:
DFT correlation of active sites and model complexes
Patents
and Recent Publications:
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Water Soluble Concentric Multi-Wall Carbon Nano
Tubes. US20080213367, September 04, 2008
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Fabrication of Filter using Nano-Composite
Materials for the Removal of Toxic Minerals and Microbes from Water for Drinking
Purpose. IPA 4396, 2009
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Water Soluble
Fluorescent Quantum Carbon Dots. US
patent filed, February, 19, 2009 (No.
61/153818)
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Carbon
Nanocubes and Nanobricks from Pyrolysis
of Rice. Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Manav
Saxena, Mitali Saha and Sabyasachi
Sarkar. J. Nanosci.
Nanotechnol. 2010, 10,
4064 - 4067
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Activation of Aerial Oxygen to
Superoxide Radical by Carbon Nano Tube
of Aerosol Trapped in Indoor Spider Web.
Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Shweta Tripathi and
Sabyasachi Sarkar. Curr. Sci.,
2009,97, 1227-1230
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Oxygen-Cobalt Chemistry Using a
Porphyrinogen Platform. Dibyendu
Bhattacharya, Suman Maji, Kuntal Pal and
Sabyasachi Sarkar. Inorg.
Chem. 2009 ,48(14),
6362-6370
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Mixed
Ligand Tris Chelated Complexes of Mo(IV)
and W(IV) : A Comparative Study. Amit Majumdar and Sabyasachi Sarkar,
Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2009, 362(10),
3493-3501
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NO2-Mediated
meso-Hydroxylation of Fe (III)
Porphyrin. Abhilash G.J., Jagannath
Bhuyan, Pinky Singh, Suman Maji, Kuntal
Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Inorg.
Chem. 2009, 48(5), 1790-1792.
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Oxidation of Phosphine by Sulfur or
Selenium Involving a Catalytic Cycle in
the Interconversion of Monomer and
Tetramer Forms of
Copper-maleonitriledithiolate Complexes.
Biplab K. Maiti and Sabyasachi
Sarkar, J. Chem. Sci. 2009,
121(1), 37-41
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Necessity
of Fine Tuning in Mo(IV) Bis(Dithiolene)
Complexes to Warrant Nitrate Reduction. Amit Majumdar, Kuntal Pal and Sabyasachi
Sarkar, Dalton Trans. 2009,
11, 1927-1938
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The Role of Axial Ligation in Nitrate
Reductase: A Model Study by DFT Approach on the Mechanism of Nitrate
Reduction. Kuntal Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
2008, 5338 - 5349 .
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Mono-oxo
Bis(dithiolene) Mo(IV)/W(IV) Complexes
as Building Blocks for Sulfide Bridged
Bi- and Tri-Nuclear Complexes. Amit
Majumdar, Joyee Mitra, Kuntal Pal, and
Sabyasachi Sarkar,
Inorg. Chem.
2008, 47, 5360-5364.
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Formation of
Superoxide Anion on Aerial Oxidation of
Cu(II)–Porphyrinogen in the Synthesis of
Tetrakis(cyclohexyl)porphyrinogenCu(III)
Anion. Dibyendu Bhattacharya,
Suman Maji, Kuntal Pal, and
Sabyasachi Sarkar,
Inorg. Chem.
2008, 47, 5036-5038.
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Selectivity
of Thiolate Ligand and Preference of
Substrate in Model Reactions of
Dissimilatory Nitrate Reductase.
Amit Majumdar, Kuntal
Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Inorg. Chem. 2008,
47, 3393--3401.
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Plasticity
in [(R4-xRIx=0-4)4N]4[Cu4{S2C2(CN)2}4]
Moulded by Guest Cation On Elastic
Anionic Host. Biplab K. Maiti, Kuntal
Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Eur. J.
Inorg. Chem. 2008, 2407-2420.
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Synthesis of β-octabromocalix[4]pyrroles
and conformational diversity in their
acetone inclusion complexes.
Soumen Dey, Kuntal
Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Tetrahedron Lett. 2008,
49,
960-964.
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Two
Enantiomers of [Cu3(mnt)3]3- as Ligands
to Cu(I) or Ag(I) in Building
[Cu6M2(mnt)6]4- Clusters (M = Cu or Ag)
with the Reversal of the Reaction by X-
(X = Cl, Br). Biplab K. Maiti, Kuntal
Pal and Sabyasachi Sarkar, Dalton
Trans. 2008, 1003-1008.
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last updated
28/10/2009
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