One JRF or Project Assistant position available in Prof. Gawande’s Research Group
December 31, 2021
We are looking for one JRF fellow or Project Associate Post in Prof. Gawande’s Research Group. The project entitled “Carbon Nitride-Based Single Atom Photocatalysts for Advanced Applications”, sponsored by SERB-DST (Science and Engineering Research Board).
Fellowship: Rs. 31000.00 + HRA (per month) for NET/GATE. For Non-NET/GATE candidates are eligible for the Project Associate post (Fellowship as per SERB-DST norms).
No. of Positions: 1 (ONE)
Qualifications: M.Sc. Chemistry or equivalent degree with 60% marks. Preference will be given NET/GATE candidates.
Last Date: 15th January, 2022
Interested candidates should send their applications including cover letter and biodata by email (research.project@staffmarj.ictmumbai.edu.in and cc to Dr. Gawande mb.gawande@marj.ictmumbai.edu.in)
For our research areas and publications, pls see the below website.
Our joint research work published in “Nature Catalysis” one of top most journal in catalysis (IF = 41.81)
December 30, 2021
We are happy to share you that our joint research work between LIKAT, Germany, RCPTM, Czech Republic and ICT, Mumbai Marathwada Campus, Jalna India have published the work related to the development of Fe-based heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitriles in a notable journal, Nature Catalysis.
The hydrogenation of nitriles to amines represents an important and frequently used industrial process due to the broad applicability of the resulting products in chemistry and life sciences. Despite the existing portfolio of catalysts reported for the hydrogenation of nitriles, the development of iron-based heterogeneous catalysts for this process is still a challenge. Here, we show that the impregnation and pyrolysis of iron(II) acetate on commercial silica produces a reusable Fe/Fe–O@SiO2 catalyst with a well-defined structure comprising the fayalite phase at the Si–Fe interface and α-Fe nanoparticles, covered by an ultrathin amorphous iron(III) oxide layer, growing from the silica matrix. These Fe/Fe–O core–shell nanoparticles, in the presence of catalytic amounts of aluminium additives, promote the hydrogenation of all kinds of nitriles, including structurally challenging and functionally diverse aromatic, heterocyclic, aliphatic and fatty nitriles, to produce primary amines under scalable and industrially viable conditions.
Congratulations to all the authors…!
Nature Catalysis, 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00722-x (IF-41.81)
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande Receives Project Grant by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India
November 21, 2021
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande elected as Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc), Heartly Congratulations…!
November 12, 2021
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande was elected as Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc) in chemical sciences by the annual general meeting held on 12th November 2021, led by Prof. G. D. Yadav (President).
The Maharashtra Academy of Sciences is the premier scientific learned society of the state of Maharashtra. It was established in 1976 with the specific aim to highlight the scientific and technological issues confronting the state.
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande featured in Stanford University's global list of top 2% scientists for the year 2020 in the Chemistry field, Heartly Congratulations….!!!
October 23, 2021
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande, Associate Professor of Chemistry (ICT MARJ), is featured in Stanford University’s global list of top 2% Scientists in Career & Single year ranking, with Institute of Chemical Technology, Marathwada Campus, Jalna affiliation for the year 2020 in the field of Chemistry.
Congratulations to Prof. Manoj B. Gawande and best wishes.
Our review article entitled “Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications” published in Chemical Reviews
October 13, 2021
We’re happy to announce that our review article entitled “Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications” has been published in Chemical Reviews (IF: 60.62).
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and metal oxides. Their thermal stability, electronic properties, and catalytic activities can be controlled via interactions between the single-metal atom center and neighboring heteroatoms such as nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Due to the atomic dispersion of the active catalytic centers, the amount of metal required for catalysis can be decreased, thus offering new possibilities to control the selectivity of a given transformation as well as to improve catalyst turnover frequencies and turnover numbers. This review aims to comprehensively summarize the synthesis of Fe-SACs with a focus on anchoring single atoms (SA) on carbon/graphene supports. The characterization of these advanced materials using various spectroscopic techniques and their applications in diverse research areas are described. When applicable, mechanistic investigations conducted to understand the specific behavior of Fe-SACs-based catalysts are highlighted, including the use of theoretical models.
Heartiest Congratulations to all the authors….!
Chemical Reviews, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00158 (IF– 60.62)
Web: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00158
Two Ph.D. Positions are Available in Gawandes Research Group
September 02, 2021
We are looking for NET-JRF or UGC-JRF/DST Inspire candidates in Chemistry/Material Chemistry or related discipline students for Ph.D. positions in our research group.
Those who are university toppers can also apply under inspire doctoral fellowship programme.
For Prof. Manoj B. Gawandes research area, pls go through the Research and Publications webpage of this website.
Interested candidates are requested to send an email with the following details,
– Curriculum vitae
– Statement of research interest
– Names and addresses of two/three referees
Selected candidate/s will work on the following two major research areas:
-Electrocatalytic applications on single-site Catalysis
-Plasmon/Photocatalytic organic transformations on single-atom catalysts.
Our review article entitled “Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications” published in Chemical Society Reviews
August 19, 2021
We’re happy to announce that our review article entitled “Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications“ has been published in Chemical Society Reviews (IF: 54.56). The article highlights the key role of Silver Nanomaterials for advanced catalytic applications in recent years.
Silver nanomaterials (Ag NMs) have been used not only in the field of nanomedicine but also for diverse advanced catalytic technologies. The rise and journey of Ag NM-based catalysts will inspire a new generation of chemists/physicist to tailor and design strong robust catalysts that could effectively tackle major environmental challenges and help to replace noble metals in advanced catalytic applications. This overview concludes by providing future perspectives on the research into Ag NMs in the arena of electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.
Heartiest Congratulations to all the authors….!
Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00912a (IF– 54.56)
Web: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cs/d0cs00912a
Prof. Manoj B. Gawande was Elected as a Life Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society, India Heartly Congratulations….!
August 06, 2021
Professor Manoj B. Gawande was elected as Life Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society by the Council meeting held on 30th July 2021, led by Prof. Chittaranjan Sinha (Honorary Secretary) and Prof. G. D. Yadav (President).
The Indian Chemical Society, a premier Scientific Society of India, was founded in 1924, as National Forum for the community of chemists and members of allied disciplines in the country.
Congrats to Prof. Manoj B. Gawande, for being awarded RSC Research Fund Grant 2021….!.
July 28, 2021
Dr. Nilesh Manwar joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Congrats and welcome….!
July 21, 2021
Dr. Nilesh Manwar joined Gawande’s Research Group at ICT MARJ in July 2021. He is working as an Honorary Research Fellow in our group. Previously Dr. Manwar was worked as a research associate in the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Jadavpur, Kolkata, India. He was completed his PhD from CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur in 2016. His research interest focused on 2D supported Atomic Site Catalysts; Photo-/Electrocatalysis; CO2 Reduction; Electro-Organic Synthesis; and Plasmonic nanomaterials.
We congratulate and welcome Dr. Nilesh Manwar in Prof. Gawande’s research group.
Prof. Gawande, ICT MARJ, India along with Prof. Ariga, NIMS, Japan and Prof. Yamauchi, AIBN, Australia Edited a Special issue on “Single-Atom Catalysts” published in Small and Advanced Materials Interfaces, Wiley Publications.
April 21, 2021
In the arena of catalysis, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been developed as the best alternative to not only homogeneous but also heterogeneous catalysts used in energy, and environmental applications because of their interesting properties.
Single-atom catalysis, which includes isolated metal atoms stabilized on suitable carriers, is one of the most advanced and rapidly growing research fields in catalyst science today. The importance of this special issue, “Single-Atom Catalysts” has led to contributions by very eminent researchers in the respective fields. This issue comprises of advanced synthesis, and applications of SACs in which two reviews, five full papers, one research article, two communications, and two progress reports have been published. This special issue certainly will help readers in the field and create interest and inspiration for their future research. SACs is a highly interdisciplinary field and the products of these studies are impactful, attracting interest from a broad scientific readership of Advanced Materials Interfaces. The various contributions to this special issue represent a variety of SACs applications. The result is an exciting collection of original contributions and review articles on SACs, reflecting the field’s inherent interdisciplinary nature. In this issue, we have collected the latest advances concerning the applications of SACs in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), direct alcohol fuel cells, lithium-sulfur batteries, and organic reactions such as reduction, and hydrogenation
We congratulate all the editors for this special issue.
Small, 2021, 17, 2101584. (IF-13.28) “Guest Editorial”
Advanced Material Interfaces, 2021, 8, 2100436. (IF-6.14) “Guest Editorial”
Web: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.202101584
Web: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admi.202100436
Prof. Gawande along with Prof. Audrey Moores, and Prof. Rajender S. Varma Edited a Virtual Special Issue (VSI) on “N-Doped Carbon Materials: Synthesis and Sustainable Applications” published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Publications.
22.03.2021
Prof. Gawande along with Prof. Audrey Moores, and Prof. Rajender S. Varma edited a VSI of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering entitled “N-Doped Carbon Materials Synthesis and Sustainable Applications”. This VSI emphasis on the recent advances and discoveries in the field and covers a broad range of topics from advanced catalysis, electro- and photoelectrocatalysis for energy applications to Zn–air batteries, and sustainable organic transformations. Also, cover image of review entitled “Syntheses of N-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots (NCQDs) from Bioderived Precursors: A Timely Update” published in VSI, selected “Front Cover Image”.
We congratulate all the contributors, and editors for this VSI.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 11, 3975–3976. (IF-7.63)
Web: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01349
Many Congratulations to Rahul for publishing his first review article from Gawande's group in Small….!
24.02.2021
We are very glad to share with you that our first publication with ICT-MARJ affiliation was published in a Small journal (IF: 11.45). This invited review paper entitled “Single-Atom Catalysts – A Sustainable Pathway for the Advanced Catalytic Applications”, emphasizes on catalytic applications of single-atom catalysts for a sustainable future.
Small, 2021, 2006473. (IF-11.45), “Invited Manuscript”
Web: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202006473
