Research:

•  Molecular Magnetism: Single-molecule magnets (SMMs), a kind of molecular nano-magnet that exhibit slow relaxation of their

magnetization purely from the molecular origin. The study of these systems has experienced a huge interest in recent times due to their

promising applications in molecular spintronics, high-density information storage, and quantum computation.

Our group is involved towards the design, synthesis and study the magnetic properties of novel coordination complexes for their slow

relaxation behaviours. 

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• Molecular Spintronics: In biology, chiral biomolecules, such as proteins and sugars, form chiral structures and appear mainly with

      one chirality (as one enantiomer). We study the question of why chirality was preserved through evolution. As electrons move

      through a chiral molecule the spin electron current generates thus, a preference exists for electrons with one magnetic moment 

      direction to pass through the chiral molecule.

      Our group is involved in examining the nature of the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect and exploring ways in which it can

       be exploited technologically. 

 

• The Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect is a multidisciplinary phenomenon with implications in Chemistry, Physics

and Biology.

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• Our research has been recognized and awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Materials Division Horizon Prize 2022

for the discovery of “chiral materials that allow high control of photon and electron spin”.