Gopalan Rajaraman

Professor

Room 4XY, Chemistry Bldg.
rajaraman@chem.iitb.ac.in
+91 22 2576 7183
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Educational Background:

Ph.D., University of Manchester, UK 

M.Sc., Bharathidasan University, Trichy

B.Sc., Raja Serfoji Govt. College, Thanjavur.

Professional Experience:

AvH Fellow, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2005)

Marie-Curie Research Fellow (MC-IIF), University of Florence, Italy (2007)

Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay (2009-2014)

Associate Professor IIT Bombay (2014-2018)

Professor IIT Bombay (2018-)
Research Interest:

Molecular Magnetism:

  •   Computational and spectroscopic (EPR) approach towards understanding and predicting the properties of Molecular Nano Magnets (MNMs) and magnetic materials

Catalysis:

  •   Molecular modeling of inorganic compounds: Modelling bio-inspired catalytic reactions - implications to metalloenzymes and model complexes.
  •   Modelling spin state dependent catalytic reactivity of Heme and Non-Heme iron systems. 

Spectroscopy:

  •   Calculating and predicting the spectra (EPR, absorption, IR-Raman, NMR and Mossbauer) of Inorganic complexes
  •   Determination of solution structures of paramagnetic compounds by EPR resonance and computational methods (MM-DFT-EPR approach)

Surface Chemistry:

  •   Understanding structure, reactivity and magnetic properties of molecules on the surfaces
  •   DFT and Periodic DFT modelling of thiol containing compounds on the Au(111) surface
  •   Modelling transition metal mediated catalytic reactions on surfaces (heterogeneous catalysis)
Publications:
Insights into the Dual Shuttle Catalytic Mechanism of Guanine Deaminase
Sen, Asmita; Gaded, Vandana; Jayapal, Prabha; Rajaraman, Gopalan; Anand, Ruchi
J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 8814–8826.
Lanthanide complexes as molecular dopants for realizing air-stable n-type graphene logic inverters with symmetric transconductance
Ashwini Gajarushi, Mohd Wasim, Rizwan Nabi, Kancharlapalli Srinivasu, Ramgopal Rao, Gopalan Rajaraman, Chandramouli Subramaniam and Maheswaran Shanmugam
Materials Horizon, 2019, 6, 743-750.
Is a strong axial crystal-field the only essential condition for a large magnetic anisotropy barrier? The case of non-Kramers Ho(III) versus Tb(III ).
Gupta, Sandeep K.; Rajeshkumar, Thayalan; Rajaraman, Gopalan; Murugavel, Ramaswamy.
Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 357-366
Comparison on atomic/molecular layer deposition grown aluminum alkoxide polymer films using alkane and alkyne organic precursors.
Choudhury, Devika; Rajaraman, Gopalan; Sarkar, Shaibal K.
J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A, 2018, 36, 01A108/1-01A108/8
Probing the origin of the giant magnetic anisotropy in trigonal bipyramidal Ni(II) under high pressure.
Craig, Gavin A.; Sarkar, Arup; Woodall, Christopher H.; Hay, Moya A.; Marriott, Katie E. R.; Kamenev, Konstantin V.; Moggach, Stephen A.; Brechin, Euan K.; Parsons, Simon; Rajaraman, Gopalan; Murrie, Mark.
Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 1551-1559
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