51²è¹Ý

• Assistant Professor, 51²è¹Ý, 2020-present

Research Interests

Now accepting PhD students! Contact Prof. Das: aninditad@mail.smu.edu

• Materials and Nanoscience
• Energy and Environment
• Drug Delivery

Synthetic Nanoscience at Atomic Precision: Building Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy and Drug Delivery

Selected Publications

1) Girard, M.*; Wang, S.*; Du, J. S.*; Das, A.*; Huang, Z.; Dravid, V.P.; Lee, B.; Mirkin, C. A.; Olvera de la Cruz, M. Particle Analogs of Electrons in Colloidal Crystals. Science 2019, 364, 1174 (* Equal author contribution)

2) Chevrier, D. M.; Raich, L.; Rovira, C.; Das, A.; Luo, Z.; Yao, Q.; Chatt, A.; Xie, J.; Jin, R.; Akola, J.; Zhang, P. Molecular-Scale Ligand Effects in Small Gold–Thiolate Nanoclusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15430. 

3) Du, B.; Jiang, X.; Das, A.; Zhou, Q.; Yu, M.; Jin, R.; Zheng, J. Glomerular Barrier Behaves as an Atomically Precise Bandpass Filter in a Sub-Nanometre Regime. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2017, 12, 1096.

4) Li, Q.; Das, A.; Wang, S.; Chen, Y.; Jin, R. Highly Efficient Three-Component Coupling Reaction Catalyzed by Atomically Precise Ligand-Protected Au38(SC2H4Ph)24 Nanoclusters. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 14298.

5) Das, A.; Liu, C.; Zeng, C.; Li, G.; Li, T.; Rosi, N. L.; Jin, R. Cyclopentanethiolato-Protected Au36(SC5H9)24 Nanocluster: Crystal Structure and Implications for the Steric and Electronic Effects of Ligand. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2014, 118, 8264.

6) Das, A.; Li, G.; Li, T.; Nobusada, K.; Zeng, C.; Rosi, N. L.; Jin, R. Crystal Structure and Electronic Properties of a Thiolate-Protected Au24 Nanocluster. Nanoscale 2014, 6, 6458.

7) Das, A.; Li, T.; Nobusada, K.; Zeng, C.; Rosi, N. L.; Jin, R. Non-Superatomic [Au23(SR)16]- Nanocluster Featuring Bipyramidal Au15 Kernel and Trimeric Au3(SR)4 Motif. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18264.

8) Das, A.; Li, T.; Nobusada, K.; Zeng, Q.; Rosi, N. L.; Jin, R. Total Structure and Optical Properties of a Phosphine/Thiolate-Protected Au24 Nanocluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20286.