Saptarshi Datta

Saptarshi obtained his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India, in 2013, and his M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Presidency University, Kolkata, India, in 2015. He then joined the Organic Optoelectronics Lab at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata under the supervision of Prof. Debansu Chaudhuri, where he completed his PhD in 2022. His doctoral research focused on the synthesis and characterisation of solvent-induced supramolecular self-assemblies and supramolecular polymorphs of chromophoric materials, including their stimuli-responsive behaviour, to establish structure-property relationships relevant to organic semiconductors. Following his PhD, he pursued postdoctoral research at the Advanced Soft and Functional Materials Lab, University of Missouri, USA, under Dr Jinjia Xu, where he investigated excited-state properties and twisting kinetics of flexible molecular motors. He subsequently joined the State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry at the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he worked on the development of porous crystalline thin films for chiral optical applications. He secured the Ulam NAWA Fellowship 2025, which led to his position in the Gawel Group. Outside of research, he enjoys listening to music, watching sports, and travelling.

Funding: National Agency for Academic Exchange ULAM Programme

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6949-9655

@saptarshi_sci

Publications

  1. Datta, Saptarshi.; Samanta, S.; Chaudhuri, D.* “Near-Instantaneous Gelation of Crude Oil Using Naphthalene Diimide-Based Powder Gelator”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 2922–2926. DOI: 10.1039/C7TA10103A
  2. Datta, Saptarshi.; Chaudhuri, D.* “Reversible Supramolecular Polymorphism in Solution and Solid Matrix by Manipulating Sidegroup Conformation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 134, 17, e202201956. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201956
  3. Datta, Saptarshi.; Xu, J.* “Recent Advances in Molecular to Supramolecular Self-Assembled Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials for Biomedical Applications”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2023, 6,11, 4572–4585. DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00677
  4. Datta, Saptarshi.; Kabir, M. P.; Maliha, S. R.; Liu, F.; Xu, J. “Stimulus-Driven Tuning of Multi-Pathway Emission in 9-Fluorenone Derivatives: Charge Transfer Dynamics in Higher Excited Singlet and Triplet States”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2025, 8, 6, 3973–3983. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00577
  5. Thakur, K.; Datta, Saptarshi.; Blom, P. W. M.; Chaudhuri, D.; Ramanan, C. “Competitive Charge Separation Pathways in a Flexible Molecular Folda-Dimer”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128, 7, 1760–1770. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07134
  6. Jagan, R.; Datta, Saptarshi.; Xu, J. “Crystal Structure, Supramolecular Framework, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis, and Photophysical Studies of Some Acridinium/Acridine Derivatives Prepared by Mechanochemical Synthesis”, Struct. Chem. 2024, 36, 151-169 (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s11224-024-02355-9
  7. Maliha, S.M.; Datta, Saptarshi.; Badiganti, J.; Szakoswki, L. J.; Xu, J. “Study of Halogen Substitution Effects on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Overcrowded Alkene Rotor”, New J. Chem. 2025, 49, 20558-20566. DOI: 10.1039/D5NJ03468J
  8. Wang, C.; Datta, Saptarshi; Park, W.; Jang, S; Szakoswki, L. J.; Chio, C; Xu, J. “Excited-State Dynamics in Macrocyclic Dimers of Photochemical Molecular Motors”(manuscript communicated).