Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit

Delighted to share that Ronika has been selected for the Distinguished Student Award by the American Physical Society and the Forum on International Physics! The award will help her to attend the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit. Many congratulations! engage.aps.org/fip/honors/pri…

Our Research student(int.Phd) Mr. Sirshendu Patak from Prof. Satish Patil lab has been awarded the Best Poster Award at International conference NaMoSBio 2026 held in IISER Kolkata on 23-26th January. #ResearchExcellence#BestPosterAward#Spectroscopy#SSCU.

Happy Republic Day! 🇮🇳 Glimpses from today's celebration on campus.

How do RNAs sense toxic metals? Study from our Prof Reddy's Lab maps the NiCo riboswitch folding pathway: an intermediate traps Co²⁺ at a four-way junction; a torsional twist locks ions and promotes the native state—revealed by CG/AA MD + DFT. #riboswitch doi.org/10.1021/acs.jc…

"What’s fascinating about biological problems is that they operate on multiple time scales," says Govardhan Reddy, Associate Professor in SSCU, IISc. His lab studies how riboswitches help bacteria survive. Read more about his work at: kernel.iisc.ac.in/disarming-bact… #IIScresearch

Our new publication by Prof. Satish Patil from our department on organic NIR photodetectors demonstrates improved performance using ternary PM6:Y6:PDI blends, enabling reduced dark current and enhanced detectivity. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… #NIR #OrganicElectronics #Research

Excited to share a new publication from our Quantum Dot Lab(Prof. Anshu Pandey) This work demonstrates two-terminal electrical gain using solution-processed PbS quantum dots, enabling a simple and scalable device architecture for signal amplification. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Akshay's paper on modulation of polarization in Janus sliding ferroelectrics now out in 2D Materials: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

SSCU, IISc Bangalore extended a warm welcome to its freshers with inspiring insights from faculty and heartfelt stories from seniors, setting the tone for an exciting journey ahead. Here's to new beginnings and a thriving academic year! #SSCU #IISc #Freshers2025 @iiscbangalore

Enhance your expertise and gain valuable insights into advanced NMR techniques that are pivotal for characterizing complex materials and developing innovative pharmaceutical solutions. Know more: cce.iisc.ac.in/cce-proficienc… #IIScBangalore #NMR #NuclearMagneticResonance #SolidState

Achieving both thermally activated delayed fluorescence and triplet-triplet annihilation in organic materials holds significant promise for advancing the performance of OLEDs. We demonstrate that these processes coexist. A full text at URL: rdcu.be/effdB

Amitav's paper on isolating the interesting quantum beats using 2D spectroscopy makes it to J Chem Phys and Chem Phys Rev Editors' Choice 2024 list! @sahu_amitav Thank you @JChemPhys for recognizing our ideas. Check it out below! pubs.aip.org/jcp/collection…

Ronika and Suraj have discovered unique dynamics arising from interplay of spectral and band topology in open quantum systems. Our preprint is now out on arXiv. Nice collaboration with Suraj Hegde (IISER-TVM) and Tobias Meng (TU Dresden) @_SSCU_IISc arxiv.org/abs/2503.07193

My first work: Optimal control-based nuclear spin cross-polarization in the presence of complicating anisotropic interactions - now published in PCCP pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… @kumar_sheetal @rvsubbarao @asifequbal313 @_SSCU_IISc @iiscbangalore @serbonline @PCCP @CoherentSpins

Maitri and Aneek's discoveries from last summer are now published. They found a remarkable tunability of topological semimetals using bicircular light. Just out in New Journal of Physics @sscu_iisc @IOPPublishing @NJPhysics

"All quantum beats are equal, but some quantum beats are more equal than others" - George Orwell Check out Amitav's latest work to find out which ones! @sahu_amitav doi.org/10.1063/5.0253…

The realization of stable radical cations in donor-acceptor molecular materials is a daunting task. In our recent studies, we demonstrated a rational design strategy using diketopyrrolopyrrole-based materials to achieve stable radical cations. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

All the sessions of the unit day were exciting. Thanks to Prof. Sayam Sengupta, Prof.Pavan Nukala, Prof.Kanishka Biswas, Prof. Rajeev Ranjan & Prof.Sreetosh Goswami for the talks. It was great to learn about the importance of creativity and perseverance needed in science. (2/n)

First Day of SSCU Unit day and in-house symposium concluded. We were elated to have the founder of the unit, Bharatratna Prof. C.N.R. Rao with us along with Mrs. Indumati Rao, Prof. G. Rangarajan and Prof. G. Mugesh. (1/n)

The Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit welcomes all for the 48th unit day and in-house symposium, starting at 9 am on 13th & 14th December 2024, at AV Rama Rao Auditorium , Chemical Sciences Building, IISc.