Braja K. Mandal Professor of Chemistry
	B.S.:	University of Calcutta
	Ph.D.:	Indian Institute of Technology
	Office:	328 Life Sciences Building
	Phone:	312.567.3446       Fax:  312.567.3494
	e-mail:	mandal@iit.edu

Professional Interests

Self-assembled nano-structured electro-optical materials (phthalocyanines and porphyrins). Conducting and photoluminescent polymers. Fused heteroaromatic systems (indolizines and cyclazines). Solid polymer, gel polymer, and nonflammable electrolytes.

Representative Publications

• First Synthesis of 5[Helicene] Fused Phthalocyanines: Exceptional Solubilities and Long Q-band Absorptions (with T. Sooksimuang): J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 6, 66 (2002).
  
  
• A New Class of Aromatic Dianhydrides for Thermostable Polyimides (with C. J. Walsh): Chem. Mater., 13, 2472 (2001). Novel Polyphenylenes Containing Orthogonal Phenyl and Benzo-Crown-Ether Groups (with X. Li): J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem., A38(12), 1473 (2001). Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc(II) Meso-tetra(9-hexyl)carbazolylporphine. A Green-Emitting Hole-Transporting Material for Electroluminescent and Photoconductive Applications (with C. J. Walsh and T. Sooksimuang): J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 5, 803 (2001).
  
  
• A Novel Method for the Peripheral Modication of Phthalocyanines. Synthesis and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Absorption of b-Tetrakis(2,3,4,5,6-pentaphenylbenzene)phthalocyanine (with C. J. Walsh): Chem. Mater. 12, 287 (2000). New Class of Single-Ion Conducting Solid Polymer Electrolytes Derived from Polyphenols (with C. J. Walsh, T. Sooksimuang, H. McCarron, R. Filler, C. Castro, E. Smotkin, S. Kim, Y. Kim): Chem. Mater. 12, 6 (2000). Fluorocarbanion chemistry. Tris(4-nitro-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl) methane and companions (with R. Filler and A. E. Fiebig): J. Fluorine Chem., 102, 185 (2000).
  
  
• Heteroaryl Substituted Polythiophenes: chemical and electrochemical syntheses and characterization of poly[3-(9-tris(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether)carbazoyl-thiophene] (with C. J. Walsh and T. Sooksimuang): Macromolecules, 32, 2397 (1999). Improved Synthesis of Unsymmetrical, Heteroaromatic 1,2-Diketones and the Synthesis of Carbazole Ring Substituted Tetraaryl Cyclopentadienones (with C. J. Walsh): J. Org. Chem., 64, 6102 (1999). A Novel Approach to Incorporate Fused Heteroaromatic Chromophores into Polythiophenes (with S. J. Behroozi): Synth. Met., 107, 93 (1999).
  
  
• Novel Tetracyclones- A New Approach to Develop Electro-optical Materials (with C. J. Walsh, X. Li, H. McCarron, R. Sen, N. Begum, S. J. Behroozi and C. Castro): Macromolecules - New Frontiers, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, Vol. 1, pp. 289 (1998). Synthesis of a New Class of Polyphenylated Phthalocyanines and Metallophthalo-cyanines (with C. J. Walsh): Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 488, 265 (1998). Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymer by Directed Lithiation of Polyethersulfone (with H. E. McCarron, C. J. Walsh and R. Sen): Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 488, 807 (1998).
  
  

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