Rahul Banerjee (@banerjee

Rahul Banerjee

3,675 posts

Rahul Banerjee

@banerjee_r

Professor Department of Chemical Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata Mohanpur Campus, Mohanpur 741 246 India

Kolkata, India

Joined May 2012

Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Oct 8, 2025
I’m truly delighted that my postdoctoral supervisor, Prof. Omar Yaghi, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering invention of MOFs. It was my privilege to work with him at UCLA a period I will always cherish for his unmatched dedication and creativity
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Mar 14, 2022
An idea to create- Porous covalent organic nanotubes and their assembly in loops and toroids -@NatureChemistry by @KP_Koner, Shayan, Sharath, Suvendu, Neethu, Luigi, Claudio, Luca, Riccardo, Monika, Monika, With Prof. Ajithkumar, and Prof. Pavan. nature.com/articles/s4155…
Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Sep 21, 2023
With Professor Omar Yaghi. At the Nobel Symposium.
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Oct 8, 2025
Incidentally, my former student Prof. Tamas Panda (now at VIT) was a postdoc with Prof. Susumu Kitagawa — making this Nobel truly special for us!
Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Oct 8, 2025
I’m truly delighted that my postdoctoral supervisor, Prof. Omar Yaghi, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering invention of MOFs. It was my privilege to work with him at UCLA a period I will always cherish for his unmatched dedication and creativity
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Jun 27, 2022
A perspective on Landscaping Covalent Organic Framework Nanomorphologies with @HimadriSasmal, @Ashok_Mahato_, and Poulomi Majumder @J_A_C_S . Special thanks to Erick Carreira and the reviewers for their suggestions and comments.
Landscaping Covalent Organic Framework Nanomorphologies
From pubs.acs.org
Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Jun 20, 2023
Happy to share this work by Kalipada, Arnab, Suvendu, Himadri, Yutaro, Shuangjie, Miroslav, and Agnieszka on Bottom-Up Synthesis of Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets, Nanotubes, and Kippah Vesicles: An Odd-Even Effect Induction @J_A_C_S
Bottom-Up Synthesis of Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets, Nanotubes, and Kippah...
From pubs.acs.org
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Mar 21, 2023
Delighted to Share this article on Covalent Organic Frameworks as Porous Pigments for Photocatalytic Metal-Free C-H Borylation by Ananda Basak and Suvendu Karak @J_A_C_S . Special Thanks to @serbonline @IndiaDST @iiserkol for funding.
Covalent Organic Frameworks as Porous Pigments for Photocatalytic Metal-Free C–H Borylation
From pubs.acs.org
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Sep 23, 2024
Special thanks to @iiserkol @dcsiiserkol and my former institute @csir_ncl for their support and encouragement. The entire credit should go to my students and co workers.
IISER Kolkata
@iiserkol
Sep 23, 2024
Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Department of Chemical Sciences has been elected as a fellow of Indian National Science Academy. Congratulations to Prof. Rahul Banerjee.
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Oct 10, 2025
Thank you, Pradip, for bringing this up. I have many fond memories associated with this work.
Pradip Pachfule
@ps_pachfule
Oct 10, 2025
Very happy to see the mention of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) developed by @banerjee_r using high-throughput methods during his time in Prof. Omar Yaghi’s group in the Nobel Prize presentation. Truly remarkable! 👏✨ @iiserkol #MOFs #ZOFs #NobelPrize
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Jun 2, 2023
Happy to share this work by Ashok, Sumit, @kaushik_chem, @AntaraReja, Satyadip, and Ankita on the topic of Covalent Organic Framework Cladding on Peptide-Amphiphile-Based Biomimetic Catalysts @J_A_C_S.
pubs.acs.org
Covalent Organic Framework Cladding on Peptide-Amphiphile-Based Biomimetic Catalysts
Peptide-based biomimetic catalysts are promising materials for efficient catalytic activity in various biochemical transformations. However, their lack of operational stability and fragile nature in...
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Aug 17, 2023
Very happy to see this work by Poulami, Ananda, Himangshu, Himadri, @SuvenduKarak, Paramita, and Bittu on Proximity-Enabled Photochemical CH Functionalization using a Covalent Organic Framework-Confined Fe2IVoxo Species in Water @J_A_C_S
Proximity-Enabled Photochemical C–H Functionalization using a Covalent Organic Framework-Confined...
From pubs.acs.org
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Jul 31, 2023
Two Ph.d. positions are open in my group. Interested students with CSIR/UGC NET may email me.
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Dec 31, 2023
Check out this work by Satyadip, Mani, Ashok, Shayan, and Ananda on COFs for the Purification of Recombinant Enzymes @J_A_C_S . Excellent collaboration with Prof. Supratim Datta. Special thanks to @serbonline @IndiaDST @iiserkol
Covalent Organic Frameworks for the Purification of Recombinant Enzymes and Heterogeneous Biocata...
From pubs.acs.org
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Rahul Banerjee
@banerjee_r
Mar 17, 2023
Delighted to share this communication on Structural and Morphological Transformations of Covalent Organic Nanotubes by @KP_Koner, Suvendu, Yutaro, and my good friend Dr. Yusuke Nishiyama. Special thanks to @serbonline @IndiaDST @iiserkol for funding.
Structural and Morphological Transformations of Covalent Organic Nanotubes
From onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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