Teaching
Practical: Analytical Chemistry (NCYC-522) for M. Sc. 2nd Semester
Designation: ANRF-Ramanujan Fellow
Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Email: bikashgarai[at]gmail[dot]com
Contact Number: 9049375387
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About Me: I am a chemistry enthusiast, working on development of functional porous materials to bring in sustainability in our everyday life. My research objectives include construction of functional porous materials and study their structure-property relationship for application in stimuli-responsiveness, chemical sensing, photocatalysis, water purification, opto-electronics, etc. I employ metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), Porous Aromatic Frameworks (PAFs), Supramolecular Organic Frameworks (SOFs) and Molecular Cages as the structural platforms which enable molecular-level understanding of host-guest interactions, functional responsiveness, and catalytic behavior.
Research Interest: Porous Frameworks, Supramolecular Chemistry, Photocatalysis, Chemical sensing, Sustainable Water and Energy Applications
Practical: Analytical Chemistry (NCYC-522) for M. Sc. 2nd Semester
B. Sc. (2007-2010): The University of Burdwan
M. Sc. (2010-2012): Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Ph. D. (2013-2018): Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-NCL
Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2020): Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Postdoctoral Associate (2020-2023): New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Research Associate (2023-2025): New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Associate Research Scientist (2025-2026): New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
CrystEngComm Best Poster Award (2014) at International Conference on Structural Chemistry of Molecules and Materials (SCOMM-2014)
Best Poster Award (2015) at 17th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry, 2015
Natural Polymer-Based MOF Composites
T. Kundu, B. Garai, and S.Kaskel
Metal-Organic Frameworks in Biomedical and Environmental Field (pp 321-348), Springer International Publishing, 2021.
Selected Publications:
1. Triple energy conversion cascade in a densely charged redox active covalent organic actuator
B. Garai, G. Das, C. M. Duncan, H. F. Nour, F. Benyettou, T. Prakasam, S. Varghese, H. I. Hamoud, M. El-Roz, J. I. Martinez, F. Gándara, M. A. Olson, and Ali Trabolsi
Nat. Commun, 2025, 15, 5083.
2. Fluorescence “Turn-On” Amine Detection in a Cationic Covalent Organic Framework
G. Das, B. Garai, T. Prakasam, F. Benyettou, S. Varghese, S. K. Sharma, F. Gandara, R.Pasricha, M.Baias, R. Jagannathan, N. Saleh, M. Elhabiri, M. A. Olson, and A. Trabolsi
Nat. Commun.2022, 13, 3904.
3. Taming the Topology of Calix[4]arene-Based 2D-Covalent Organic Frameworks: Interpenetrated vs Noninterpenetrated Frameworks and Their Selective Removal of Cationic Dyes
B. Garai, D. Shetty, T. Skorjanc, F. Gándara, N. Naleem, S. Varghese,S. K. Sharma, M.Baias, R. Jagannathan, M. A. Olson, S. Kirmizialtin, and A. Trabolsi
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021,143, 3407–3415.
[Featured in the cover page of the journal issue]
4. Reversible switching between positive and negative thermal expansion in a metal–organic framework DUT-49
B. Garai, V. Bon, A. Efimova, M. Gerlach, I. Senkovska, and S. Kaskel
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 20420–20428.
[Selected for Journal of Materials Chemistry A ‘HOT Papers’]
5. Tunable Flexibility and Porosity of the Metal-Organic Framework DUT-49 through Postsynthetic Metal Exchange
B. Garai, V. Bon, S. Krause, F.Schwotzer, M. Gerlach, I. Senkovska, and S. Kaskel
Chem. Mater.2020, 32, 889–896.
6. Photochromic metal–organic frameworks for inkless and erasable printing
B. Garai, A. Mallick, and R. Banerjee
Chem. Sci.2016, 7, 2195–2200.
[This article is part of the themed collection: Top 50 Articles of 2016: Inorganic Chemistry]
7. Hydrolytic conversion of a metal–organic polyhedron into a metal–organic framework
A. Mallick†, B. Garai†, D. Díaz Díaz, and R. Banerjee
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13755–13759.
[† Authors contributed equally to the work]
Photochromic metal organic frameworks for inkless and erasable printing
R. Banerjee, B. Garai, A. Mallick
(US patent, 2020, Patent No. 10656515)