Amit Sil
Assistant Professor
Amit Sil
Assistant Professor, Chemical Sciences
PhD: IIT Kharagpur, 2018
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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Functional Molecular Materials Group Webpage
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.
Please visit
our Group Page for more details about our research, publications, and
opportunities to join the group.
Functional
Molecular Materials Group Webpage
Publications:
Full list can be found here: [Google Scholar]
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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). |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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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