Educational Qualifications

  • 2006: Ph.D Crystal Engineering and Supramolecular Chemistry University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India (with Prof. G. R. Desiraju)
  • 2000: Master of Science, University of Calcutta
  • 1998: Bachelor of Science, University of Calcutta

Professional Experience

  • 2008- Current: Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
  • 2006-2008: Research Associate, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles (with Prof. Omar M. Yaghi)

Selected Publications

  • Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chemically Stable Isoreticular Covalent Organic Frameworks. Bishnu P. Biswal,  Suman Chandra,  Sharath Kandambeth,  Binit Lukose, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5328 - 5331.

 

  • Construction of Crystalline 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks with Remarkable Chemical (Acid/Base) Stability via a Combined Reversible and Irreversible Route. Sharath Kandambeth, Arijit Mallick, Binit Lukose, Manoj V. Mane, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012,134, 19524 - 19527.

 

  • Fine-Tuning the Balance between Crystallization and Gelation and Enhancement of CO2 Uptake on Functionalized Calcium Based MOFs and Metallogels. Arijit Mallick, Eva-Maria Schön, Tamas Panda, K. Sreenivas, David Díaz Díaz and Rahul Banerjee. J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 14951-14963 .

 

  • Amino Functionalized Zeolitic Tetrazolate Framework (ZTF) with High Capacity for Storage of Carbon Dioxide. Tamas Panda, Pradip Pachfule, Yifei Chen, Jianwen Jiang and Rahul Banerjee. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47 (7), 2011–2013.

 

  • Structural Isomerism and Effect of Fluorination on Gas Adsorption in Copper-Tetrazolate based Metal Organic Frameworks. Pradip Pachfule, Yifei Chen, Subash Chandra Sahoo, Jianwen Jiang and Rahul Banerjee. Chem. Mater., 2011, 23 (11), 2908–2916.

 

  • Design and In situ Synthesis of Cu-Based Porous Framework Featuring Isolated Double Chain Magnetic Character. Chandan Dey Raja Das, Binoy K. Saha, Pankaj Poddar and Rahul Banerjee. Chem. Commun., 2011,  47 (39), 11008–11010.

 

  • Helical Water Chain Mediated Proton Conductivity in Homochiral Metal-Organic Frameworks with Unprecedented Zeolitic (unh) Topology. Subash Chandra Sahoo, Tanay Kundu and Rahul Banerjee. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,133, 17950-17958.

 

  • High-Throughput Discovery and Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and their Applications to Carbon Dioxide Capture. Rahul Banerjee, Anh Phan, Bo Wang, Carolyn Knobler, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Michael O’Keeffe and Omar M. Yaghi. Science, 2008, 319, 939-943.

 

  • Structural studies of the system Na(saccharinate)•n (H2O): A model for crystallization. Rahul Banerjee, Prashant M. Bhatt, Michael T. Kirchner and Gautam R. Desiraju. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2515-2520. (VIP)