Areas of Research:

• Synthesis and crystallisation of metal complex through metal-driven self-assembly
• Multistep organic synthesis
• Crystal engineering

Research Experience:

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

PhD Student (2010-2017)

• Synthesis of Pd(II) based discrete molecular architectures
•  Design of multidentate ligands appended with imidazole and pyridine
•  Crystallisation via metal-driven self-assembly

National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST),

Thiruvananthapuram Research Project Fellow (2009-2010)

• Synthesis of complex organic molecules
• Study of photophysical properties

Publications

1. Double-Stranded Binuclear Helicates and Helicity Modulation Mili C. Naranthatta, Sreenivasulu Bandi, Rajamony Jagan, and Dillip K. Chand Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 6722-6728
2. Role of peripheral phenanthroline groups in the self-assembly of self-assembled molecular triangles Mili C. Naranthatta, V Ramkumar,and Dillip Kumar Chand J. Chem. Sci. 2015, 127, 273-280
3. Self-assembly of self-assembled molecular triangles Mili C. Naranthatta, V Ramkumar,and Dillip Kumar Chand J. Chem. Sci. 2014, 126, 1493-1499
4. Consequence of Presence and Absence of π-Clouds at Strategic Locations of Designed Binuclear Pd(II) Complexes on Packing: Self-Assembly of Self-Assembly by Intermolecular Locking and Packing Mili C. Naranthatta, Deepika Das, Debakanta Tripathy, Himansu S. Sahoo, Venkatachalam Ramkumar,and Dillip K. ChandCryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 6012-6022