Inorganic Materials

Network structures based upon metal-organic backbones represent a new class of functional materials that can be rationally constructed by employing the concepts of supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering.   The research comprises the development of new coordination polymers (CPs) having diverse structural features and their application as novel smart materials.  We focus on a set of newly designed polytopic ligands in the synthesis of novel CPs. The synthesized CPs/MOFs are examined for their photoluminescent, adsorption and catalytic properties. A recent study on thermo-responsive property of two coordination polymers revealed their applications in temperature monitoring devices.  Future investigations to synthesize MOFs with high porosity, adsorption capability, stimuli responsive and gelation properties are underway.

• Metal organic Framework
• Coordination Polymers
• Photoluminescence
• Thermochromism

Recent publications/patents

• A stimuli responsive multifunctional ZMOF based on an unorthodox polytopic ligand: reversible thermochromism and anion triggered metallogelation, Lincy Tom and M.R.P. Kurup, Dalton Transactions, 2019,48, 16604-16614.
• Formulation and Evaluation of β-Cyclodextrin-mediated Inclusion Complexes of Isoniazid Scaffolds: Molecular Docking and In Vitro Assessment of Antitubercular Properties, Lincy Tom, Christy Rosaline Nirmal, Azger Dusthackeer, B. Mahizhaveni and M.R.P. Kurup, New Journal of Chemistry, 2020,44, 4467-4477.
• A reversible thermo-responsive 2D Zn(II) coordination polymer as a potential self-referenced luminescent thermometer, Lincy Tom and M.R.P. Kurup, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020,8, 2525-2532.
• A 2D-layered Cd(II) MOF as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Knoevenagel Reaction, Lincy Tom and M.R.P. Kurup, Journal of Solid State Chemistry,2021,294,121846-121854.

Our Researchers

1. Dr. Lincy Tom

   Asst. Professor

2. Liz George

   Asst. Professor