Previous appointments:

Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (June 2026-Present)

Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India (June 2026-July 2026)

Research Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (February 2024-May 2026)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (October 2021-February 2024)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom (May 2019-September 2021)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (February 2018-July 201

Research interests:

Synthetic chemistry, optoelectronics, Molecular Electronics, Functional materials

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Contact:

Address: Chemical Sciences
Unified Academic Campus
Bose Institute
EN-80, Sector V
Bidhan Nagar
Kolkata - 700 091, India
E-Mail: amit.sil[at]jcbose.ac.in
Phone: +91-33-25693299

Research:

 Our research focuses on the design and synthesis of functional molecular systems with tailored optical, electronic, and responsive properties. We aim to investigate how molecular structure, electronic communication, and intermolecular interactions govern function, and use these structure–property relationships to develop molecules and materials for emerging applications.

Our work integrates molecular design, synthesis, characterization, and structure-property relationships, with device studies and interdisciplinary collaborations where appropriate. By connecting fundamental molecular chemistry with functional applications, we aim to develop new molecular systems that bridge chemistry, electronics, photonics, and biological science.


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Publications:

Full list can be found here: [Google Scholar]

35.

R Tom Abram#, Lewis Hamilton#, Amit Sil#*, James Burrows, Simon Higgins, Hatef Sadeghi, Richard Nichols, Sara Sangtarash*, Andrea Vezzoli*  Ethynyl Substituents as Rheostatic Triggers in Single-Molecule Junctions, Small (2026) Just Accepted

34.

L. Hamilton#, J. Jang# , A. Sil#*, P. He, A. H. S. Daaoub, Y. Choi, S. Sangtarash, A. Vezzoli, H Yoon*, H. Sadeghi.* Scaling Diradicaloid Thermoelectricity, Nano Lett. (2026) Just Accepted

33.

R Listo#; J M. F. Morris#; A, Sil; X. Qiao; R. T. Abram; C. Huo; J. S. Ward; W. Schwarzacher; P. Malcovati; M. Vacca; M. Graziano; G. Turvani; R. J. Nichols; A. Vezzoli* Probing Solvent Dynamics at the Single-Molecule Limit, Nano Lett. (2026) Just Accepted

32.

J. M. F. Morris#, J. Potter#, E. Gorenskaia, R. T. Abram, M. Naher, C. E. Spano, R. Listo, E. L. Dixon, A. Sil, E. Rousset, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, P. J. Low* & A. Vezzoli* Charge transport through linear carbon atomic chains, Nat. Chem. 18, 1574–1581 (2026). 

31.

Liu, C.; Sil, A,; Hou, L,; Vezzoli, A*. Chemical and Electrochemical Control of Open-Shell States in Single-Molecule Electronics, 2025 IEEE 25th International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO) 81–85 (IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 2025). [Link]

30.

Ghosh, U.; Sil, A.; Patra, S. K.*  Highly selective Cu2+ coordination triggered multi- stimuli responsive LMW metallogel of functionalized terpyridyl ligands exhibiting catalytic property. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 14687-14700. [Link]

29.

Sil, A.; Puttock, E. V.; Williams, J. A. G.* Luminescent dinuclear platinum(II) complexes featuring rigidly linked Pt(N'CNO) units: N' = isoquinoline versus pyridine, Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2025, 587, 122823. Just accepted. [Link]

28.

Sil, A.; Dolai, S.; Pal, C.; Patra, S. K.* Unveiling versatile properties of a N, N′-bis (biphenyl) amino tailored stilbene-terpyridyl conjugate and its multifunctional role in fluorescence sensing. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, Just accepted. [Link]

27.

Salthouse, R.; Sil, A.; Pander, P.; Dias, F. B.; Williams, J. A. G.* Molecular Rectangles Featuring Two Parallel NCN-Coordinated Platinum Units: Enhancing Near-Infrared Emission Through Excimer Formation, Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 0, e202500834. [Link]

26.

Gatto, M. F.; Sangtarash, S.; Jago, D.; Barrett, E.; Sil, A.; Higgins, S.; Robertson, C.; Nichols, R.; Sadeghi, H.; Vezzoli, A.* Metal ion independent conductance through bis-chelated metal complex molecular wires based on a bis(diphenylphosphino)aniline derivative. Dalton Transactions 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5DT00292C. [Link]

25.

Sil, A.;ƚ Spano, C. E.;ƚ Chelli, Y.;ƚ Higgins, S. J.; Sangtarash, S.; Piccinini, G.; Graziano, M.; Nichols, R. J.; Sadeghi, H*.; Vezzoli*, A. Single‐Molecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding. Angew Chem Int Ed 2024, e202418062. (ƚ equal Contribution) [Link]

24.

Qiao, X.;ƚ Sil, A.;ƚ Sangtarash, S.;ƚ Smith, S. M.; Wu, C.; Robertson, C. M.; Nichols, R. J.; Higgins, S. J.; Sadeghi, H*.; Vezzoli, A.* Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shift as a Probe for Single‐Molecule Charge Transport. Angew Chem Int Ed 2024, 63 (19), e202402413. (ƚ equal Contribution) [Link]

23.

Sil, A.;ƚ Hamilton, L.;ƚ Morris, J. M. F.; Daaoub, A. H. S.; Burrows, J. H. H.; Robertson, C. M.; Luzyanin, K.; Higgins, S. J.; Sadeghi, H.; Nichols, R. J.; Sangtarash, S.*; Vezzoli, A.* Zero-Bias Anti-Ohmic Behaviour in Diradicaloid Molecular Wires. Angew Chem Int Ed 2024, 63 (44), e202410304. (ƚ equal Contribution)  [Link]

22.

Sil, A.;ƚ Alsaqer, M.;ƚ Spano, C. E.; Larbi, A.; Higgins, S. J.; Robertson, C. M.; Graziano, M.; Sangtarash, S.; Nichols, R. J.; Sadeghi, H.*; Vezzoli, A.* Mechanical Manipulation of Quantum Interference in Single‐Molecule Junctions. Small 2024, 20, 2308865. (ƚ equal Contribution)  [Link]

21.

Salthouse, R. J.; Sil, A.; Gildea, L. F.; Yufit, D. S.; Williams, J. A. G.* Platinum(II) Complexes of Nonsymmetrical NCN -Coordinating Ligands: Unimolecular and Excimeric Luminescence Properties and Comparison with Symmetrical Analogues. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62 (31), 12356–12371. [Link]

20.

Pander, P.*; Zaytsev, A. V.; Sil, A.; Baryshnikov, G. V.; Siddique, F.; Williams, J. G.*; Dias, F. B.*; Kozhevnikov, V. N.* Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in a Deep Red Dinuclear Iridium (Iii) Complex: A Hidden Mechanism for Short Luminescence Lifetimes. Chemical Science 2023, 14 (47), 13934–13943. [Link]

19.

Pander, P.*; Walden, M. T.; Salthouse, R. J.; Sil, A.; Yufit, D. S.; Dias, F. B.*; Williams, J. G.* Rigidly Linked Dinuclear Platinum (Ii) Complexes Showing Intense, Excimer-like, near-Infrared Luminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2023, 11 (43), 15335–15346. [Link]

18.

Sil, A.; Roy, S. S.; Mishra, V. K.; Islam, S. N.; Mishra, S.; Patra, S. K.* Modulation of Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Properties in Ru(II)‐Terpyridyl End‐Capped Homobimetallic Organometallic Complexes by Varying π‐Conjugated Organic Spacers. ChemistrySelect 2022, 7 (14), e202200152. [Link]

17.

Sil, A.; Ghosh, U.; Dolai, S.; Manna, S.; Maity, A.; Patra, S. K.* Design and Synthesis of a Push–Pull Arylene–Vinylene Terpyridyl Conjugate: Multifunctional Behaviors Exhibited by a Single Molecule. Materials Advances 2022, 3 (13), 5497–5509. [Link]

16.

Pander, P.*; Zaytsev, A. V.; Sil, A.; Williams, J. G.; Kozhevnikov, V. N.*; Dias, F. B.* Enhancement of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Properties by Substitution of Ancillary Halogen in a Multiple Resonance-like Diplatinum (II) Complex. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2022, 10 (12), 4851–4860. [Link]

15.

Pander, P.*; Sil, A.; Salthouse, R. J.; Harris, C. W.; Walden, M. T.; Yufit, D. S.; Williams, J. G.*; Dias, F. B.* Excimer or Aggregate? Near Infrared Electro-and Photoluminescence from Multimolecular Excited States of N^ C^ N-Coordinated Platinum (II) Complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2022, 10 (40), 15084–15095. [Link]

14.

Pander, P.*; Zaytsev, A. V.; Sil, A.; Williams, J. G.; Lanoe, P.-H.; Kozhevnikov, V. N.*; Dias, F. B.* The Role of Dinuclearity in Promoting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) in Cyclometallated, N^ C^ N-Coordinated Platinum (Ii) Complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2021, 9 (32), 10276–10287. [Link]

13.

Pander, P.; Daniels, R.; Zaytsev, A. V.; Horn, A.; Sil, A.; Penfold, T. J.; Williams, J. G.*; Kozhevnikov, V. N.*; Dias, F. B.* Exceptionally Fast Radiative Decay of a Dinuclear Platinum Complex through Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence. Chemical Science 2021, 12 (17), 6172–6180. [Link]

12.

Puttock, E. V.; Sil, A.; Yufit, D. S.; Williams, J. G.* Mono and Dinuclear Iridium (III) Complexes Featuring Bis-Tridentate Coordination and Schiff-Base Bridging Ligands: The Beneficial Effect of a Second Metal Ion on Luminescence. Dalton Transactions 2020, 49 (30), 10463–10476. [Link]

11.

Sil, A.; Ghosh, U.; Mishra, V. K.; Mishra, S.; Patra, S. K.* Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemical, and Spectroscopic Properties of Hetero-Bimetallic Ru(II)/Fe(II)-Alkynyl Organometallic Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58 (2), 1155–1166. [Link]

10.

Maity, A.; Sil, A.; Patra, S. K.* Ruthenium(II) Complexes of 4′‐(Aryl)‐2,2′:6′,2′′‐terpyridyl Ligands as Simple Catalysts for the Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018, 2018 (36), 4063–4073. [Link]

9.

Sil, A.; Islam, S. N.; Patra, S. K.* Terpyridyl Appended Poly (Metaphenylene-Alt-Fluorene) π-Conjugated Fluorescent Polymers: Highly Selective and Sensitive Turn off Probes for the Detection of Cu2+. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 254, 618–628. [Link]

8.

Sil, A.; Chowdhury, S. R.; Mishra, S.; Patra, S. K.* Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of Ru (II) Complexes of Arylene–Vinylene Terpyridyl Conjugates. Dalton Transactions 2018, 47 (29), 9877–9888. [Link]

7.

Roy, S. S.; Sil, A.; Giri, D.; Chowdhury, S. R.; Mishra, S.; Patra, S. K.* Diruthenium (II)-Capped Oligothienylethynyl Bridged Highly Soluble Organometallic Wires Exhibiting Long-Range Electronic Coupling. Dalton Transactions 2018, 47, 14304–14317. [Link]

6.

Maity, A.; Sil, A.; Nad, S.; Patra, S. K.* A Highly Selective, Sensitive and Reusable BODIPY Based ‘OFF/ON’fluorescence Chemosensor for the Detection of Hg2+ Ions. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 255, 299–308. [Link]

5.

Sil, A.; Giri, D.; Patra, S. K.* Arylene–Vinylene Terpyridine Conjugates: Highly Sensitive, Reusable and Simple Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of Nitroaromatics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2017, 5 (42), 11100–11110. [Link]

4.

Maity, A.; Sarkar, A.; Sil, A.; BN, S. B.; Patra, S. K.* Synthesis, Photophysical and Concentration-Dependent Tunable Lasing Behavior of 2, 6-Diacetylenyl-Functionalized BODIPY Dyes. New Journal of Chemistry 2017, 41 (6), 2296–2308. [Link]

3.

Islam, S. N.; Sil, A.; Patra, S. K.* Achieving Yellow Emission by Varying the Donor/Acceptor Units in Rod-Shaped Fluorenyl-Alkynyl Based π-Conjugated Oligomers and Their Binuclear Gold (I) Alkynyl Complexes. Dalton Transactions 2017, 46, 5918–5929. [Link]

2.

Sil, A.; Maity, A.; Giri, D.; Patra, S. K.* A Phenylene–Vinylene Terpyridine Conjugate Fluorescent Probe for Distinguishing Cd2+ from Zn2+ with High Sensitivity and Selectivity. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2016, 226, 403–411. [Link]

1.

Sinha, A. K.; Sil, A.; Sasmal, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T.* Synthesis of Active Tin: An Efficient Reagent for Allylation Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds. New Journal of Chemistry 2015, 39 (3), 1685–1690. (From Master’s Thesis) [Link]

 

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Recognition:

  • Honorary Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, UK, 2026-2029
  • Best Proposed Collaboration Award, RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Symposium, UK Link , 2025
  • ERC Research Coordinator, University of Liverpool, UK, 2024–2026
  • EPSRC Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Liverpool, UK, 2021–2024
  • EPSRC Postdoctoral Researcher, Durham University, UK, 2019–2021
  • CSIR–UGC NET (JRF/SRF) in Chemical sciences, Government of India, 2013
  • West Bengal SET in Chemistry, 2012
  • GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) conducted by IITs and IISc Bangalore. , 2012
  • IIT-JAM (Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.) conducted by IIT Madras. , 2010
  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, IIT Kharagpur and Govt of India, 2007-2012

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