Contact Information

E-mail : debabrata[*AT]iitp.ac.in
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Phone : +91-612-2552028

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Research Interest

Photochemistry and Chemical Dynamics

Teaching

CH-102 [Chemistry for B.Tech 1^st year students]

Selected Publications

1.     Setua, P.; Pramanik, R.; Sarkar, S.; Seth, D.; Sarkar, N.;  Direct observation of salvation dynamics in an aqueous reverse micellar system containing silver nanoparticles in the reverse micellar core J. Phys. Chem. B (In Press) (2009)

2.     Seth, D.; Sarkar, S.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation of  Coumarin 153 in a room temperature ionic liquid 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium octyl sulfate forming micellar structure Langmuir (2008) 24(14) 7085.

3.     Seth, D.; Sarkar, S.; Sarkar, N.; Solvent and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 in a protic ionic liquid dimethylethanolammonium formate J. Phys. Chem. B (2008) 112(9) 2629.

4.    Seth, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Interaction of ionic liquid with water with variation of water content in 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF₆])/TX-100/water ternary microemulsions monitored by solvent and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 and Coumarin 490  J. Chem. Phys. (2007) 126(22) 224512/1. 

5.    Seth, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation of Coumarin-153 in room-temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate confined in poly(oxyethylene glycol) ethers containing micelles J. Phys. Chem. B (2007) 111(18) 4781.

6.     Setua, P.; Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.; Bhatta, U. M.; Satyam, P. V.; Sarkar, N.;   Synthesis, optical properties, and surface enhanced Raman scattering of silver nanoparticles in nonaqueous methanol reverse micelles J. Phys. Chem. C (2007) 111(10) 3901. 

7.   Seth, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Interaction of ionic liquid with water in ternary microemulsions (triton X-100/water/1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) probed by solvent and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 and Coumarin 151 Langmuir (2006) 22(18) 7768.

8.    Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Photoinduced electron transfer in a protein-surfactant complex: Probing the interaction of SDS with BSA J. Phys. Chem. B (2006) 110(33) 16607.

9.     Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation of glycerol in the nanocavity of reverse micelles J. Phys. Chem. B (2006) 110(11) 5359.

10.   Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.; Chakrabarty, D.; Setua, P.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 in room-temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate confined in Brij-35 micelles: A picosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic study J. Phys. Chem. A (2005) 109(49) 11110. 

11.   Seth, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Setua, P.; Chakrabarty, D.; Sarkar, N.; Study of energy transfer from 7-amino Coumarin donors to the Rhodamine 6G acceptor in lecithin vesicles and sodium taurocholate-lecithin mixed aggregates J. Phys. Chem. B (2005) 109(24) 12080.

12.   Chakrabarty, D.; Seth, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvation and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 in ionic liquid confined nanometer-sized microemulsions  J. Phys. Chem. B (2005) 109(12) 5753.   

13.  Chakrabarty, D.; Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.;  Sarkar, N.; Effect of water, methanol, and acetonitrile on solvent relaxation and rotational relaxation of Coumarin 153 in neat 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate J. Phys. Chem. B (2005) 109(9) 1764.

14.  Chakrabarty, D.; Hazra, P.; Chakraborty, A.; Seth, D.; Sarkar, N.; Dynamics of solvent relaxation in room temperature ionic liquids Chem. Phys. Lett. (2003) 381(5-6) 697.

Last updated : 16th March, 2009