Specialization

Photophysics, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Solvation dynamics in various types of neat solvents and bio-mimetic organized assemblies. Thermodynamic behaviour of binary mixtures by osmometric method

Email

banibrata.maity@thapar.edu

Research Interests:

Photophysics, Synthesis and sensing of Nanomaterials, Carbon Quantum Dots, Graphene Quantum Dots, Biomass Wastes, Deep Eutectic solvents, Fluorescence spectroscopy in bio-mimetic organized assemblies and proteins.

 

Education:

 

• 2017: Ph.D.; Indian Institute of Technology, Patna.

 

 

Professional Affiliations:

 

• Assistant Professor (June 2017 – Present) :-
  School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Professional Recognition:

Affiliate Faculty, Virginia Tech- TIET Center of Excellent in Emerging Materials Science

 

Teaching Activities:

 

• PhD Course:

DCB003: Advanced Instrumentation Techniques

• M.Sc. Course:
  PCY 402: Advance Topics in Chemistry

PBC103: Bioinorganic and Biophysical Chemistry
PCY 322: Photophysical Chemistry

PCY 213: Supramolecular Chemistry
PCY101: Analytical Chemistry

PCY206: Chemistry Lab-I

PCY209: Chemistry Lab-II

PCY317: Physical and Analytical Chemistry Lab

• Undergraduate (B.E./B.Tech) Course:
  UCB008: Applied Chemistry

List of Projects:

 

4. Probing the Development of Nanosensor by Deep Eutectic Solvents-Assisted Carbon Quantum Dots from Biomass Wastes. SERB, Rs. 30.62 Lakhs (2022-2024).

 

3. Synthesis of GQDs and CQDs from Different Precursors for Fluorometric Detection of Biomolecules/Metal ions: A Detail Comparison Study, TIET-VT CEEMS, Rs. 13.5 Lakhs (2020-2023).

 

2. Strategies to Enhance Fluorescent Nanomaterials from Bio-waste Precursors for Sensing Applications and their Photophysical Study, TIET Seed-grant, Rs. 5.1 Lakhs (2022-2024).

 

1. Construction of Enzyme-Metal Hybrid Catalysts for Concurrent Chemo-enzymatic Reactions, TIET-VT CEEMS Seed grant, Rs. 1 Lakh, (2021-2022).

 

Research Supervision: (Ph.D):

Sr No	Name of Student	Thesis Title	Current Status
1	Neeraj	Study of the morphology effect of MnO2 on Carbon dot-based nanosensor for the detection of biomolecules	Completed
2	Aayushi Kundu	Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) and Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) for their sensing applications	Submitted
3	Mandeep Kaur	Insights into conformational changes of structurally-diverse proteins induced by biologically-active molecules	Ongoing
4	Mallika Phull	IRB is not done yet	Ongoing
5	Pahul P. K. Sandhu	IRB is not done yet	Ongoing

 

Research Supervision: (Project Associate):

Sr No	Name of Student	Name of Funding Agency	Current Status
1	Neeraj	SERB, India	November 2022-July 2023
2	Mandeep Kaur	SERB, India	July 2023-Till date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Supervision: (M.Sc Dissertation work):

 

Sr No	Name of Student	Thesis Title	Year	Current Status
1	Prachi Sharma	Encapsulation and Release of Non-fluorescent Bio-active Drug Confined in Bile-salt Aggregates	2018	Completed
2	Aanchal Sharma	Photophysics of Bio-active Molecule in Graphene-Oxide Doped Biomimic Assemblies	2019	Completed
3	Jaideep Gujral	Spectroscopic Investigation of Encapsulation and Release of Bioactive Chromophores in Graphene-oxide Mediated Bile salts	2019	Completed
4	Neha Goel	Surfactant Mediated Carbon Dots for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Metal Ion	2020	Completed
5	Simran Kaur Bhatia	Graphene Quantum Dots as Fluorescent Probe for Sensing Metal Ion: Synthesis and Characterization	2020	Completed
6	Sonali Singla	A Review on Bio-waste based Graphene quantum dots for sensing applications	2021	Completed
7	Rushali Kheterpal	A Review on Graphene-based nanomaterials and their applications	2021	Completed
8	Pahul P. K. Sandhu	Green Synthesis of Intrinsic Nitrogen Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots from Biomass: A Nanomolar level sensing for Dual Analytes	2022	Completed
9	Shivangi	Development of fluorescent nanomaterials and applications	2023	Ongoing
10	Shivam Khare	Photophysics of fluorophore in Deep Eutectic solvents	2023	Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Publications (SCI Journals):

 

 

After Joining TIET, Patiala

 

 

50. Kaur, Mandeep; Bhattacharya, Mily*; Maity, Banibrata*. Deciphering Conformational Changes in Human Serum Albumin Induced by Bile Salts using Spectroscopic and Molecular Modeling Approaches. J. Mol. Liq. (2023), 390, 123026. (Impact Factor: 6)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123026 [corresponding author]

 

49.  Kundu, Aayushi; Basu, Soumen; Maity, Banibrata*. Upcycling Waste: Citrus limon peels derived Carbon Quantum Dots for Sensitive Detection of Tetracycline in Nanomolar Range, ACS Omega, (2023) (Impact Factor: 4.1)  [corresponding author]

 

48. Sohal, Neeraj; Sharma, Sunidhi; Choudhury, Diptiman; Basu, Soumen; Maity, Banibrata*. Photophysical Study of Heteroatom doped Carbon dots-MnO₂ based Nanosensor: Selective Detection of Glutathione in Nanomolar Level, ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. (2023) (Impact Factor: 4.7)  [corresponding author]

 

47. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Size-Dependent Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots, Springer Nature https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14955-9 [corresponding author]

 

46. Sohal, Neeraj; Singla, Sonali; Malode, Shweta J; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen; Shetti, Nagaraj, P. Bioresource-Based Graphene Quantum DOts and Their Applications: A Review, ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. (2023), 6, 10925. (Impact Factor: 6.140) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c02185 [corresponding author]

 

45.  Kundu, Aayushi; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Orange Pomace-Derived Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots: Detection of Dual Analytes in the Nanomolar Range, ACS Omega, (2023), 8, 22178. (Impact Factor: 4.1) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c02474 [corresponding author]

 

44.  Sohal, Neeraj; Basu, Soumen; Maity, Banibrata*. Deciphering the Mechanism of Undoped and Heteroatom Doped-Carbon Dots for Detection of Lead Ions at Nanomolar Level, Microchem. J. (2023), 185, 108287. (Impact Factor: 5.304) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.10828 [corresponding author]

 

43. Kainth, Shagun; Maity, Banibrata*; Shetti, Nagaraj P; Basu, Soumen; Kakarla, Raghava Reddy. Dual emissive carbon dots: Synthesis strategies, properties and its ratiometric sensing applications, Nano-Struct. Nano-Objects (2023), 33, 100931. (Cite Score: 10) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2022.100931 [corresponding author]

 

42. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Transformation of bulk MnO2 to fluorescent quantum dots for selective and sensitive detection of ferric ions and ascorbic acid by turn-off-on strategy, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A (2023), 434, 114280. (Impact Factor: 5.141) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114280 [corresponding author]

 

41. Kundu, Aayushi; Maity, Banibrata*, Basu, Soumen. Rice-Husk Derived Carbon Quantum Dots- Based Dual-Mode Nanoprobe for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Fe 3+ and Fluoroquinolones, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. (2022), 8, 4764. (Impact Factor: 5.395) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00798 [corresponding author]

 

40. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Morphology Effect of One-Dimensional MnO2 Nanostructures on Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Dot-Based Biosensors for Selective Detection of Glutathione, ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. (2022), 5, 2355. (Cite score: 4.9) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00189 [corresponding author]

        

39. Kundu, Aayushi; Maity, Banibrata*, Basu, Soumen. Coal-derived graphene quantum dots with a Mn 2+/Mn 7+ nanosensor for selective detection of glutathione by a fluorescence switch-off–on assay, New J. Chem. (2022), 46, 7545. (Impact Factor: 3.925) https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ00220E [corresponding author]

 

38. Kainth, Shagun; Goel, Neha; Basu, Soumen, Maity, Banibrata*. Surfactant-derived water-soluble carbon dots for quantitative determination of fluoride via a turn-off–on strategy, New J. Chem. (2022), 46, 686. (Impact Factor: 3.925) https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ04838D [corresponding author]

 

37. Sohal, Neeraj; Bhatia, Simran Kaur; Basu, Soumen, Maity, Banibrata*.  Nanomolar level detection of metal ions by improving the monodispersity and stability of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots, New J. Chem. (2021), 45, 19941. (Impact Factor: 3.925) https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ04551B [corresponding author]

                                                                                   

36. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Shetti, Nagaraj P; Basu, Soumen. Biosensors Based on MnO₂ Nanostructures: A Review, ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. (2021), 4, 2285. (Impact Factor: 6.140) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c03380 [corresponding author]

 

35. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Morphology-Dependent Performance of MnO₂ Nanostructure-Carbon Dot-Based Biosensors for the Detection of Glutathione, ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. (2021), 4, 5158.    (Cite score: 4.9) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.1c00353 [corresponding author]

                                                                                               

34. Sharma, Prachi; Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*. Encapsulation and release of non-fluorescent crystal violet confined in bile-salt aggregates, RSC Adv. (2021), 11, 10912. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA06599D [corresponding author]

 

33. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Recent advances in heteroatom-doped graphene quantum dots for sensing applications, RSC Adv. (2021), 11, 25586. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA04248C [corresponding author]

 

32. Sohal, Neeraj; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Carbon Dot–MnO₂ Nanosphere Composite Sensors for Selective Detection of Glutathione, ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. (2020), 3, 5955. (Impact Factor: 6.140) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c01088 [corresponding author]

 

31. Kainth, Shagun; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Deciphering the interaction of solvents with dual emissive carbon dots: A photoluminescence study and its response for different metal ions, Mater. Sci.

Engg. C (2020), 108, 110443. (Impact Factor: 7.328) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110443 [corresponding author]

 

30. Kainth, Shagun; Maity, Banibrata*; Basu, Soumen. Label-free detection of creatinine using nitrogen-passivated fluorescent carbon dots, RSC Adv. (2020), 10, 36253. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA06512A [corresponding author]

 

 

29. Khan, Imran; Sharma, Aanchal; Kamboj, Priya; Maity, Banibrata; Tyagi, Vikas. Base‐Mediated Reductive Coupling of Indole‐3‐tosylhydrazone with Thiols/Boronic Acids: Facile Synthesis of 3‐(phenylthio) methyl/benzyl Indole Derivatives, ChemistrySelect (2020), 5, 591. (Impact Factor: 3.177)  https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201903863

 

28. Jana, Rabindranath; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Structural transition dynamics of biologically active flavins in alkylglucoside surfactants aggregates, Spectrochim. Acta A (2020), 224, 117346. (Impact Factor: 4.831) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2019.117346

 

 

Before Joining TIET, Patiala

 

27. Maity, Banibrata. Photophysics of Drug Molecule and Biologically Active Fluorophores in Bio-Mimetic Organized Assemblies, (2017) http://idr.iitp.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/924

 

26. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata.  Molecular Interaction Between Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Molecules with Cucurbit[7]uril Estimated by Spectroscopy and Calorimetry, J. Mol. Liq. (2017), 232, 416. (Impact Factor: 6.633) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.02.093

 

25. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Maity, Banibrata; Duley, Soma Seth; Seth, Debabrata. Host-guest Interaction of 3-hydroxyflavone and 7-hydroxyflavone with Cucurbit [7] uril: A Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Approach, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B (2017), 168, 132. (Impact Factor: 6.814) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.02.006

 

24. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Seth, Debabrata. Deciphering the Perturbation Effect of Urea on the Supramolecular Host-Guest Interaction of Biologically Active Hydrophobic Molecule inside the Nanocavity of Cyclodextrins, J. Lumin. (2017), 183, 238. (Impact Factor: 4.171) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.11.037

 

23. Maity, Banibrata; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Seth, Debabrata. Interaction of Biologically Active Flavins inside Bile Salt Aggregates: Molecular Level Investigation, J. Phys. Chem. B (2016), 120, 9854.    (Impact Factor: 3.466) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04870

 

22. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Surfactants Induced Release of a Red Emitting Dye from the Nanocavity of a Molecular Container: A Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Study, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B (2016), 161, 59. (Impact Factor: 6.814) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.05.009

 

21. Velappan Anand Babu; Maity, Banibrata; Kasper, Benjamin; Mcknight, Ruel, E; Seth, Debabrata; Debnath, Joy. Alteration in DNA Binding Pattern of Conformationally Locked NC (O) N system: A Spectroscopic Investigation, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. (2016), 85, 497.   (Impact Factor: 8.025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.01.025

 

20. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Seth, Debabrata. Red Emitting Dye in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: A Spectroscopic Study, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A (2016), 321, 202. (Impact Factor: 5.141) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.01.029

 

19. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Supramolecular Interaction of a Cancer Cell Photosensitizer in the Nanocavity of Cucurbit[7]uril: A Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Study, Int. J. Pharm. (2015), 492, 103. (Impact Factor: 6.510) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.07.016

 

18. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Thermodynamic Behavior of Binary Mixtures of 1-Butyl-1methylpyrrolidinium Iodide and Alcohols, J. Chem. Eng. Data (2015), 60, 2301. (Impact Factor: 3.119) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.5b00184

 

17. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Osmotic Properties of Binary Mixtures 1-Butyl-1-Methylpyrrolidinium Dicyanamide and 1-Methyl-3-Octylimidazolium Chloride with Water: Effect of Aggregation of Ions, J. Chem. Thermodyn. (2015), 81, 227. (Impact Factor: 3.269) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2014.10.008         

 

16. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Seth, Debabrata. Photophysics and Rotational Dynamics of a Hydrophilic Molecule in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid, Photochem.Photobiol. (2015), 91, 1056. (Impact Factor: 3.521) https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12472

 

15. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique;  Debabrata. Photophysics of Crystal Violet Lactone in Reverse Micelles and Its Dual Behaviour,  RSC Adv. (2015), 5, 55015.    (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA06309D

 

14. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Debabrata. Photophysics of Lumichrome in Anionic and Cationic Micellar Media, RSC Adv. (2015), 5, 3814. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA14998J

 

13. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Seth, Debabrata. Interaction of the Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Indomethacin with Micelles and Its Release, J. Phys. Chem. B (2015), 119, 3776. (Impact Factor: 3.466) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b00467        

 

12. Singh, Vandana; Kumari, Bhavini; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata; Das, Prolay. Direct Observation of Preferential Processing of Clustered Abasic DNA Damages with APE1 in TATA Box and CpG Island by Reaction Kinetics and Fluorescence Dynamics, Mutat Res-Fund Mol M. (2014), 56, 766.   (Impact Factor: 3.151) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2014.06.002

 

11. Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Osmotic Properties of Binary Mixtures of 1-Butyl-1-Methylpyrrolidinium Iodide and Water, J. Mol. Liq. (2014), 200, 349. (Impact Factor: 6.633) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2014.10.022

 

10. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Ahmed, Sayeed Ashique; Seth, Debabrata. Photophysics and Rotational Diffusion of Hydrophilic Molecule in Polymer and Polyols, J. Phys. Chem. B (2014), 118, 12680. (Impact Factor: 3.466)   https://doi.org/10.1021/jp506786m

 

9. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Supramolecular Interaction between a Hydrophilic Coumarin Dye and Macrocyclic Hosts: Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Study, J. Phys. Chem. B (2014), 118, 9768. (Impact Factor: 3.466) https://doi.org/10.1021/jp502944h

 

8. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Photophysics of 7-(diethylamino)Coumarin-3-Carboxylic Acid in Cationic Micelles: Effect of Chain Length and Head Group of the Surfactants and Urea, RSC Adv. (2014), 4, 34026. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA02532F

 

7.  Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Influence of Double Confinement on Photophysics of 7-(diethylamino)Coumarin-3-Carboxylic Acid in Water/AOT/Isooctane Reverse Micelles, RSC Adv. (2014), 4, 13989. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA00965G

 

6. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Debabrata. Supramolecular Interactions of Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug in Nanochannels of Molecular Containers: A Spectroscopic, Thermogravimetric and Microscopic Investigation, ChemPhysChem (2014), 15, 3502.  (Impact Factor: 3.520) https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201402419

 

5. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Debabrata. Photophysics of a Coumarin in Different Solvents: Use of Different Solvatochromic Models, Photochem.Photobiol. (2014), 90, 734. (Impact Factor: 3.521) https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12258                                                                 

 

4. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Debabrata. The Photophysics of 7-(diethylamino)Coumarin-3-Carboxylic Acid N-Succinimidyl Ester in Reverse Micelle: Excitation Wavelength Dependent Dynamics, RSC Adv. (2014), 4, 3461. (Impact Factor: 4.036) https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA44240C

 

3. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. Torsional Dynamics of Thioflavin T in Room‐Temperature Ionic Liquids: An Effect of Heterogeneity of the Medium, ChemPhysChem (2013), 14, 3400. (Impact Factor: 3.520) https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201300433

 

2. Chaterjee, Aninda; Maity, Banibrata; Seth, Debabrata. The Photophysics of 7-(N, N′-diethylamino)Coumarin-3-Carboxylic Acid in Water/AOT/Isooctane Reverse Micelles: An Excitation Wavelength Dependent Study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2013), 15, 1894. (Impact Factor: 3.945) https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CP43483K

 

1. Maity, Banibrata; Chaterjee, Aninda; Seth, Debabrata. Effect of Nano-Confinement on the Photophysics of Lumichrome, Chem. Phys. Lett. (2013), 565, 108. (Impact Factor: = 2.72) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.02.041

 

 

Invited Talk:

 

 

1. International Conference on Recent Advances on Materials Chemistry and Catalysis (RAMCC-2023) 1-3 March, 2023.

 

 

 

Poster Presentation:

 

• 2014: 8^th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium in Chemistry, IIT Bombay.
• 2014: Light in Chemistry, Materials and Biology (LCMB 2014), IIT Kharagpur.
• 2016: Recent Advances in Molecular Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications in Materials and Biology (RAMS 2016), School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad.