Dr. Anamika Kalita

Our research group currently working on-

  1. Organic Linker Design
  2. Organic Frameworks such as MOFs, COFs with functional versatility.
  3. Naphthalene Diimide based Organic Frameworks.
  4. Fabrication of Organic Framework-Polymer composites.
  5. Organic Framework-based thin film devices.
  6. Application in detection/capture of gases, ions, dye molecules of environmental concern.

Academics:

  1. Ph.D. (Jul 2013-Jan 2018), Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Assam, India.
  2. M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), B. Borooah College, Gauhati University (2011).
  3. B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.), Cotton College, Gauhati University (2009).

Employment:

  1. DST-INSPIRE Faculty (Oct 2018-present), Physical Science Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST)-Guwahati, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India.Topic: A Facile Strategy Towards Naphthelene Diimide based Metal-Organic Frameworks-Polymer Composite Membrane as Traps for Selective Capture of CO2.
  2. UGC-Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow (DSKPDF) (Jun 2018-Sept 2018), Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur-784028, Assam, India. Mentor: Prof. Niranjan Karak, Topic: Development of Smart Adsorbents Based on Polymer Nanocomposite Hybrid Hydrogels for Environmental Remediation.
  3. Junior Research Fellow (JRF) (Jan 2012-Sept 2013), Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, India.Supervisor: Prof. Parameswar K Iyer Topic: Design, Development, and Fabrication of OLED, Organic Solar Cells, and Organic FETs based on Molecular, Polymeric, and Composite Materials.

Awards, Fellowships Received:

  1. Awarded “DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship in Material Sciences for January 2018 Call” by Government of India, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India.
  2. Awarded “UGC-Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017-18” in Chemical Sciences by MHRD Empowered Committee, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
  3. Awarded Direct Senior Research Fellowship “CSIR-SRF, 2014-2015”, by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India.
  4. Qualified “GATE-2014 in Chemistry” (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) examination organized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
  5. Selected the Master’s Project for financial support from Assam Science Technology & Environment Council (ASTEC), Guwahati, Assam, India.
  6. Awarded “Summer Research Fellowship by UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Chemistry-2010” at Hyderabad Central University (HoU).

Membership:

  1. American Chemical Society Regular Member (Membership ID: 30855898.
  2. Royal Society of Chemistry Affiliate Member (Membership ID: 689507.
  3. InSc Professional Lifetime Member. (Membership ID: InSc20200846.
  4. Life Member of Assam Science Society.

Editorial Board Member, Reviewer:

  1. Editorial Board Member of “Science Journal of Chemistry” (SJC) in Science Publishing Group.
  2. Reviewer of “InSc-International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences”

Conferences, Workshops attended:

  1. Attended online workshop on “Empowering knowledge on ethical publishing: Mastering the art of identifying predatory, fake and cloned journals” organized by Elsevier on 08 June, 2022.
  2. Attended online workshop on “Reviewer workshop: How to get the most out of being a reviewer of scientific articles” organized by Elsevier on 10 August, 2022.
  3. Attended online symposium on “Vista Symposium on Artificial-Intelligence and Data-Science Assisted Synthesis” from 13-20 July, 2021.
  4. Attended e-workshop on “Energetic Beam Technology: From Materials Engineering to Diagnostics” organized by Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University, Noida from 21-25 June, 2021.
  5. Attended 3-Days Lecture workshop on “Recent Trends in Materials Science” sponsored by Indian Science Academies and organized by Department of Physics, Kongu Engineering College, Tamilnadu from 28-30 September, 2020.
  6. Attended “LatinXChem Twitter Conference 2020” on 7 September, 2020. (This work was selected as one of the Top 500 best posters in LatinXChem 2020 as a special recognition, ACS Publications has given the opportunity to upload the work in their digital platform SciMeetings.)
  7. Attended 1st ChemAsianJ Virtual Symposium “Chemistry in India” on 26 August 2020.
  8. Attended one-week online workshop on “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Interdisciplinary Application (NNIA-2020)” organized by Mechanical Engineering, MANIT-Bhopal from 27-31 July, 2020.
  9. Participated in the “Twitter Poster Conference” hosted by the RSC Porous Materials Group on 23-24 July, 2020.
  10. Attended Five Days Virtual Faculty Development Program on “Vital Visionary Approach for Researchers-Recent Chemistry Perspective” organized by Kongu Engineering College, Tamilnadu from 20-24 July, 2020.
  11. Attended National level Workshop on “Introduction to the world of MATLAB” organised by Progressio Alas on 21st May 2020.
  12. Presented poster in "Research Conclave 2017" organised by Students Academic Board (SAB), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 16-19 March, 2017.
  13. Attended "3rd National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostics Devices" held at Centre for Excellence in Research and Development of Nanoelectronic Theranostic Devices under the aegis of Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 21-23 February, 2017.
  14. Attended the full agenda of "ACS on Campus" at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati on 16 January, 2017 from 9:00-16:00.
  15. Presented poster in "International Conference on Functional Materials, ICFM-2016" conducted by Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur during 12-14 December, 2016.
  16. Delivered an oral talk in the "National Conference on Recent Advances in Nonoscience and Nanotechnology, NCRANNT-2016" held at Department of Nanotechnology, NEHU, Shillong during 8-9 September, 2016.
  17. Presented poster in "Reflux-2016" held at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati during 25-27 March, 2016.
  18. Presented poster in "27th Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Symposium on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Applications" held at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat during 18-21 February, 2016.
  19. Presented poster in "4th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, ICANN-2015" conducted by Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 08-11 December, 2015.
  20. Participated in "68th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON 2015" held at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 27-30 December, 2015.
  21. Participated in "Research Conclave 2015" organised by Students Academic Board (SAB), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 23-26 March, 2015.
  22. Presented poster in "National Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology, APST-2015" organized by Asian polymer Association: North East Forum (APA:NEF) and IASST, Guwahati during 13 March, 2015.
  23. Attended "2-Day Familiarization Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies (INUP)" held at Tezpur University funded by the Dept. of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India during 25-26 April, 2015.
  24. Presented poster in "3rd International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, ICANN-2013" conducted by Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati during 1-3 December, 2013.

Journal Publications:

  1. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Chayan Paul, Neelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Facile Synthesis of Regenerative Framework Adsorbent for Organic Dyes: Experimental and Artificial Neural Modeling Studies, ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7, e202203766. (I.F. 2.3)
  2. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Pranjal Barman, Sushanta Bordoloi, Gautomi Gogoi, Bedanta Gogoi, Neelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Realization of Multi-configurable Logic Gate Behaviour on Fluorescence Switching Signalling of Naphthalene Diimide Congeners, RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 35274-35279. (I.F. 4.0)
  3. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Neelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Selective Dual Adsorption Performance of Hexagonal Porous Metal-Organic Framework Rods towards CO2 gas and Organic Dye. New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 15280-15284. (I.F. 3.9).
  4. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Pranjal Barman, Neelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Film-Based Electronic Volatile Acid Vapor Sensor with Ultrahigh Sensitivity for Real-Time Analysis. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2021, 3, 6, 2720-2728. (I.F. 4.4).
  5. Anamika Kalita*, Samiran Upadhyaya & Neelotpal Sen Sarma. “Salicylic Acid Appended Naphthalene Diimide Organic Linkers: A Systematic Investigation towards Electronic Aspects”. ChemistrySelect, 2020, 5, 12672-12678. (I.F. 2.3).
  6. Anamika Kalita*, Akhtar Hussain Malik & Neelotpal Sen Sarma. “Stimuli‐Responsive Naphthalene Diimide as Invisible Ink: A Rewritable Fluorescent Platform for Anti‐Counterfeiting”. Chem. Asian J., 2020, 15, 1074-1080. (I.F. 4.8).
  7. Nehal Zehra, Anamika Kalita, Akhtar Hussain Malik, Ujjwol Barman, Mohammad Adil Afroz & Parameswar K. Iyer. “Conjugated Polymer-Based Electrical Sensor for Ultra-trace Vapor Phase Detection of Nerve Agent Mimics”. ACS Sens., 2020, 5, 191-198. (I.F. 9.6).
  8. Mohammad Ansari, Avishek Banik, Anamika Kalita, Parameswar Iyer, Mohammad Qureshi. “Multifunctional Hierarchical 3-D ZnO Superstructures Directly Grown over FTO Glass Substrate: Enhanced Photovoltaic and Selective Sensing Applications”. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 15868-15887. (I.F. 14.5).
  9. Akhtar Hussain Malik; Anamika Kalita & Parameswar K. Iyer. "Development of Well Preserved, Substrate-Versatile Latent Fingerprints by Aggregation Induced Enhanced Emission Active Conjugated Polyelectrolyte". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 37501-37508. (I.F. 10.3).
  10. Anamika Kalita; Sameer Hussain; Akhtar Hussain Malik; Ujjwol Barman; Namami Goswami & Parameswar K. Iyer. "Anion-Exchange Induced Strong π-π Interactions in Single-Crystalline Naphthalene Diimide for Nitroexplosive Sensing: An Electronic Prototype for Visual on-Site Detection". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 25326-25336. (I.F. 10.3).
  11. Anamika Kalita; Anamika Dey & Parameswar K. Iyer. "The Effect of Inorganic/organic Dual Dielectric Layers on the Morphology and Performance of n-channel OFETs". Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 12163-12168. (I.F. 3.9).
  12. Akhtar Hussain Malik; Sameer Hussain; Anamika Kalita & Parameswar K. Iyer. "Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for the Amplified Detection of Nitro-explosive Picric Acid on Multiple Platforms". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 26968-26976. (I.F. 10.3).
  13. Anamika Kalita; Sameer Hussain; Akhtar Hussain Malik; Nimmakayala V. V. Subbarao & Parameswar K. Iyer. "Vapor Phase Sensing of Ammonia at Sub-ppm Level Using Perylene Diimide Thin Film Device". J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 10767-10774. (I.F. 8.0).
  14. Anamika Kalita; Nimmakayala V. V. Subbarao & Parameswar K. Iyer. "Large-Scale Molecular Packing and Morphology-Dependent High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistor by Symmetrical Naphthalene Diimide Appended with Methyl Cyclohexane". J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 12772-12779. (I.F. 4.1).
  15. Anamika Dey; Anamika Kalita & Parameswar K. Iyer. "High-Performance n-Channel Organic Thin-Film Transistor Based on Naphthalene Diimide". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 12295-12301. (I.F. 10.3).

Conference Publications:

  1. Anamika Dey; Ashish Singh; Anamika Kalita; Dipjyoti Das & Parameswar K. Iyer. "High Performance, Low Operating Voltage n-type Organic Field Effect Transistor based on Inorganic-Organic bilayer Dielectric System". Phys. Condens. Matter: Conference Series, 2016, 704, 012017 (1-8). India-Japan Expert Group Meeting on Biomolecular Electronics Organic Nanotechnology for Environment Preservation (IJEGMBE 2015), Fukuoka, Japan.

Book Chapter:

  1. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Nasrin Sultana, Nabajit Barman, Bandita Kalita, N.eelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries in Advanced Redox Flow Technologies, Wiley-Scrivener, (2022), (Accepted-In Press).
  2. Anamika Kalita*, Indranee Hazarika, Pranjal Barman, Bedanta Gogoi. Chapter 11: Applications of metal-organic framework based membranes in energy storage and conversion in Environmental Sustainability and Industries, Elsevier, (2022), 259-272.
  3. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Nasrin Sultana, Kangkan Jyoti Goswami, Neelotpal Sen Sarma & Anamika Kalita*. Chapter 9: Advanced Functional membrane for CO2 Capture in Advanced Functional Membranes: Materials and Applications, Materials Research Forum LLC, 120 (2022), 267-314, https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901816-9.
  4. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Gautomi Gogoi, Samiran Upadhyaya, Kangkan Jyoti Goswami, Geeti Kaberi Dutta & Anamika Kalita* Chapter 11: Carbon Nanomaterials for Optical and Electrical Biosensors in SUSTAINABLE NANOMATERIALS FOR BIOSYSTEM ENGINEERING: Impacts, Challenges, and Future Prospects, 2021, AAP, CRC Press, USA - Taylor and Francis Group. (Accepted, In Press).
  5. Anamika Kalita* & Pranjal Barman. Chapter 9: Natural Polymer-Based Bionanocomposites as Smart Adsorbents for Removal of Metal Contaminants from Water in Hybrid Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Applications. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2019, ISBN: 9789814800341, DOI: 10.1201/9780429000966.
  6. Biswajit Choudhury & Anamika Kalita*. Chapter 3: Defect Engineered Inorganic Materials for Supercapacitors in Inorganic Nanomaterials for Supercapacitor Design. CRC Press, 2020, ISBN: 9780367230005, DOI: 10.1201/9780429277900.

Patents:

  1. Akhtar Hussain Malik, Anamika Kalita and Parameswar K Iyer, Development of Well Preserved, Substrate-Versatile Latent Fingerprints and A Method for its Visualization Utilizing Aggregation Induced Enhanced Emission Active Conjugated Polyelectrolyte. Ref No. 201831017339, Application No. TEMP/E-1/18276/2018-KOL, Date. 08/05/2018 (Status: Filed).
  2. Nehal Zehra, Anamika Kalita, Akhtar Hussain Malik & Parameswar K. Iyer, Hydrogen Bonding Mediated Method for the Ultradetection of Nerve Gas Vapors Using Amine Functionalized Conjugated Polymer-Based Electrical Sensor. Ref No. 201831020132, Application No. TEMP/E-1/21236/2018-KOL, Date. 29/05/2018 (Status: Filed).
  1. A facile strategy towards Naphthelene Diimide based Metal-Organic frameworks-Polymer Composite Membrane as Traps for Selective Capture of CO2, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. Of India, Duration: 5 Years (01/10/2018-30/09/2023), Cost: 35lacs.(Ongoing)
  2. Study of Few Polyelectrolytes, Fluorescent Polymers and their uses as Sensor. IASST (In-House), Duration: 2 Years, Role: Co-PI, Cost: 10lacs, Status: On-going.

1. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Project Assistant (M.Sc., 2020, NIT-Meghalaya) Joining date:01/10/2020

2. Hridoy Jyoti Bora, Ph.D. (AcSIR) Joining Session: January 2022

Students for internship and project work, kindly email me at: anamik[at]kalita01[dot]gmail[dot]com / anamika[at]iasst[dot]gov[dot]in