Title Dr. First Name BINOY KRISHNA SAHA Last Name
Designation Professor
Department Department of Chemistry
Email binoypu.che@pondiuni.edu.in
Webpage
Phone.no 04132654697
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Educational Qualifications
Degree/Certification Name Institution Year of Completion
Ph.D. - Ph.D. University of Hyderabad 2006
PG The University of Burdwan 2000
Qualifications
Examination Name Conducting Body Date of Passing
Others Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) 13-02-2000
NET CSIR-UGC 25-06-2000
Teaching Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Professor Presently Working since 25-10-2021 (4 years, 8 months, 22 days)
Associate Professor 25-10-2018 To 24-10-2021 (2 years, 11 months, 29 days)
Assistant Professor 25-10-2006 To 24-10-2018 (11 years, 11 months, 29 days)
Administrative Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Professor Presently Working since 01-01-2024 (2 years, 6 months, 16 days)
Professor Presently Working since 03-09-2024 (1 years, 10 months, 14 days)
Professor Presently Working since 01-01-2024 (2 years, 6 months, 16 days)
Collaborative Activities
Title of Collaboration Name of Collaborative Agency Year Of Collaboration Duration (in months)
A Product of a Templated Solid-State Photodimerization Acts as a Template: Single-Crystal Reactivity in a Single Polymorph of a Cocrystal Leonard R. MacGillivray, University of Iowa 2012 1
Halogen and hydrogen bonded 2-X-pyridin-3-ol (X = Cl, Br, I) organic crystals with large shear piezoelectricity Sarah Guerin, University of Limerick 2024 2
Research Supervision Overview
PhD Scholars Supervised PhD Degrees Awarded Theses Submitted
1 6 0
M.Phil Scholars Supervised M.Phil Degrees Awarded M.Phil Theses Submitted
0 3 0
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Pharmaceutical Cocrystals: A Perspective Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 25 2025 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00625

Are Spodium Bonds Directional? Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chem. Commun. 1364-548X 2024 10.1039/D4CC05789A

Roles of Molecular Volume, Surface area, Heteroatoms, and Hydrogen Bonds on the Thermal Expansion of Organic Crystals Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des 24 2024 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00199

Hetero-Halogen··· Halogen Interactions Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des 23 2023 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01103

The role of dimensionality and direction of hydrogen-bonded networks in the mechanical flexibility of organic crystals Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 25 2023 10.1039/D3CE00681F

Halogen⋯ Halogen Interactions: Nature, Directionality and Applications Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chemistry–An Asian Journal 2023 10.1002/asia.202300067

Preferred Geometry and Nature of NO2··· NO2 Interactions: A Statistical Survey and Theoretical Study Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des 23 2022 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01109

Influence of molecular width on the thermal expansion in solids Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 43 2022 10.1039/C9NJ04888J

Bending properties in the 4-halobenzonitrile crystals and C-halogen...N-C halogen bonds Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Acta Cryst. C 78 2022 10.1107/S205322962201018X

Polymorphs with remarkably distinct physical and/or chemical properties Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chem. Rec. 2022 10.1002/tcr.202200173

Understanding the elastic bending mechanism in a 9, 10-anthraquinone crystal through thermal expansion study Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 23 2021 10.1039/D1CE00467K

The Effects of Electronegativity of X and Hybridization of C on the X−C⋅⋅⋅O Interactions: A Statistical Analysis on Tetrel Bonding Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals ChemPlusChem 86 2021 10.1002/cplu.202100095

Directionality of P...O pnicogen bonding in light of geometry corrected statistical analysis Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 44 2020 10.1039/D0NJ01683G

Metal−π Interactions in Light of Geometry-Corrected Statistical Analysis Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 19 2019 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01156

Charge transfer complexes as colour changing and disappearing–reappearing colour materials Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 43 2019 10.1039/C9NJ00823C

Understanding the Behavior of π-π Interactions in Crystal Structures in Light of Geometry Corrected Statistical Analysis: Similarities and Differences with the Theoretical Models Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 19 2019 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01857

The nature and applications of π–π interactions: a perspective Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 19 2019 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01630

C–X···X–C vs C–H···X–C, Which One Is the More Dominant Interaction in Crystal Packing (X = Halogen)? Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 18 2018 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00955

Steering the host network from cage to channel by π···π interaction among the guest molecules Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 18 2018 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00487

Thermal expansion study as a tool to understand the bending mechanism in a crystal Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 18 2018 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00360

Stronger π··· π interaction leads to a smaller thermal expansion in some charge transfer complexes Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 18 2017 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01502

F or O, Which One Is the Better Hydrogen Bond (Is It?) Acceptor in C–H··· X–C (X– = F–, O=) Interactions? Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 18 2017 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01164

Dimensionality of coordination polymer as a tool to control thermal expansion in a polymorphic coordination compound Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017 10.1002/ejic.201700457

hermal expansion in organic crystals Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 97 2017 10.1007/s41745-017-0030-8

Shape and geometry corrected statistical analysis on halogen··· halogen interactions Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 17 2017 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01854

Interhalogen interactions in the light of geometrical correction Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 16 2016 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00338

Conformation driven complexation of two analogous benzimidazole based tripodal ligands with Ag (I) resulting in a trigonal prism and a coordination polymer Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of Chemical Sciences 128 2016 10.1007/s12039-015-1016-6

Does higher-dimensional hydrogen bonding guarantee a smaller thermal expansion? A thermal expansion study of an interdigitated 1D and interpenetrated 3D hydrogen-bonded colored … Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 16 2015 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01228

A thermal expansion investigation of the melting point anomaly in trihalomesitylenes Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chem. Commun. 48 2015
Can the thermal expansion be controlled by varying the hydrogen bond dimensionality in polymorphs? Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 39 2015 10.1039/C5NJ00196J

Modulation of thermal expansion by guests and polymorphism in a hydrogen bonded host Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 15 2015 10.1021/cg501178f

Network and guest dependent thermal stability and thermal expansion in a trigonal host Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of Chemical Sciences 126 2014 10.1007/s12039-014-0690-0

Comparison of pyridyl and pyridyl N-oxide groups as acceptor in hydrogen bonding with carboxylic acid Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 16 2014 10.1039/C3CE42449A

The effect of temperature on interhalogen interactions in a series of isostructural organic systems Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 38 2014 10.1039/C3NJ01395B

Steric guided anomalous thermal expansion in a dimorphic organic system Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 16 2014 10.1039/C3CE41869C

Interaction dependence and similarity in thermal expansion of a dimorphic 1D hydrogen-bonded organic complex Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 13 2013 10.1021/cg4009174

Thermal Expansion in Alkane Diacids- Another Property Showing Alternation in an Odd–Even Series Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 13 2013 10.1021/cg400668w

A product of a templated solid-state photodimerization acts as a template: single-crystal reactivity in a single polymorph of a cocrystal Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Organic letters 15 2013 10.1021/ol303283s

Polymorphism through Desolvation of the Solvates of a van der Waals Host Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 13 2012 10.1021/cg301269d

Uniaxial negative thermal expansion in an organic complex caused by sliding of layers Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 12 2012 10.1021/cg300980s

Isostructurality in the Guest Free Forms and in the Clathrates of 1, 3, 5-Triethyl-2, 4, 6-tris (4-halophenoxy) methylbenzenes Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 12 2011 10.1021/cg2009144

Inclusion of a chiral guest in a centrosymmetric organic host lattice Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 13 2011 10.1039/C1CE05600J

Guest-induced isomerization of net and polymorphism in trimesic acid–arylamine complexes Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 11 2011 10.1021/cg101531h

Solvates of ajmaline and two-dimensional isostructurality between methanol and ethanol solvates Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 11 2011 10.1021/cg100994t

Hydrogen-bond networks in the binary complexes of trigonal molecules with 4,4′-bipyridine Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 12 2010 10.1039/B915005F

Isostructural polymorphs of triiodophloroglucinol and triiodoresorcinol Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 32 2008 10.1039/B804905J

Hexagonal packing of cis, cis-cyclohexane-1, 3, 5-tricarboxamide Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Acta Cryst. C 63 2007 10.1107/S0108270107040048

Halogen bonding and isostructurality in 2, 4, 6‐tris (2‐halophenoxy)‐1, 3, 5‐triazines Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Heteroatom Chemistry: An International Journal of Main Group Elements 18 2007 10.1002/hc.20328

Ethynyl Group as a Supramolecular Halogen and C≍C− H⊙⊙⊙ C≍C Trimer Synthon in 2, 4, 6-Tris (4-ethynylphenoxy)-1, 3, 5-triazine Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 7 2007 10.1021/cg060744+

Hexagonal host framework of sym-aryloxytriazines stabilised by weak intermolecular interactions Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 440 2006 10.1080/15421400590958601

Synthon robustness in saccharinate salts of some substituted pyridines Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 8 2006 10.1039/B608926G

Solid-state architecture of saccharin salts of some diamines Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Acta Cryst. C 62 2006 10.1107/S0108270106016374

Self-assembled organic tubular host for van der Waals guest inclusion Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 8 2006 10.1039/B602000N

Using Halogen...Halogen Interactions to Direct Noncentrosymmetric Crystal Packing in Dipolar Organic Molecules Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 6 2006 10.1021/cg060117k

First example of an ice-like water hexamer boat tape structure in a supramolecular organic host Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chem. Commun. 2006 10.1039/B600348F

A 1: 1 molecular complex of 4-methylpyridine N-oxide and saccharin Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Acta Cryst. E 62 2006 10.1107/S1600536806013444

Crystal engineering with hydrogen bonds and halogen bonds Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals CrystEngComm 7 2005 10.1039/b501693b

Helical water chains in aquapores of organic hexahost: remarkable halogen-substitution effect on the handedness of water helix Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Chem. Commun. 2005 10.1039/B500284B

Halogen Trimer-Mediated Hexagonal Host Framework of 2,4,6-Tris(4-halophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine. Supramolecular Isomerism from Hexagonal Channel (X = Cl, Br) to Cage Structure (X = I) Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cryst. Growth Des. 3 2005 10.1021/cg049691r

Halogen and hydrogen bonded 2-X-pyridin-3-ol (X = Cl, Br, I) organic crystals with large shear piezoelectricity Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Matter 2025 (Accepted Only) 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102098

Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Solid state studies on inclusion properties, isostructurality and polymorphism in trigonal symmetric 1,3,5-trisubstituted-2,4,6-triethylbenzene Major 2012 Completed 01-01-2012 To 31-12-2014 (2 years, 11 months, 30 days)
Crystal engineering with sulfinic acid, sulfinamide groups and Network structures Major 2007 Completed 19-07-2007 To 19-07-2010 (3 years)
Solid-state studies of 1,1,4,4-tetrakis(aryl)cyclohexane in the context of isostructurality, polymorphism, thermal expansion and further designing of chiral hosts and NLO active materials Major 2017 COmpleted 03-05-2017 To 02-05-2020 (2 years, 11 months, 29 days)
Crystal engimnerring with substituted cis,cis-1,3,5-cyclohexane tricarboxanilide Minor 2007 Completed 22-10-2007 To 21-10-2010 (2 years, 11 months, 29 days)
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
Topic Editor of Crystal Growth & Design American Chemical Society Research International 01-01-2016
Member of the Advisory Board of Crystal Growth and Design, an American Chemical Society journal American Chemical Society Research International 01-01-2018
Member of the International Advisory Board of International Symposium of Halogen Bonding International Symposium of Halogen Bonding Research International 01-05-2018
Among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the year 2024, as compiled by Stanford University and released by Elsevier Stanford University Research International 01-03-2024
Among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the year 2023, as compiled by Stanford University and released by Elsevier Stanford University Research International 01-06-2023
Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences Indian Academy of Sciences Research National 04-02-2009
Selected among the best 20% reviewers for Crystal Growth and Design American Chemical Society Research International 02-03-2009
Among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the year 2025, as compiled by Stanford University and released by Elsevier Stanford University Research International 19-09-2025
Talk Poster Presented
Name of the Activity Role Date of Activity
Speaker 26-09-2025
Speaker 22-09-2021
Speaker 02-05-2020
Keynote Speaker 10-06-2018
Speaker 21-08-2017
Speaker 26-06-2016
Speaker 18-09-2015
Speaker 07-12-2014
Speaker 30-11-2014
Chair 11-12-2012
Speaker 19-11-2012
Speaker 26-06-2011
Speaker 11-02-2009
Participant 08-02-2009
Speaker 08-02-2008
Speaker 04-11-2007
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