Faculty Profile

Dr Dipen Debnath

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801733542585
  • Email: dipen@sust.edu

Education

  • PhD, Dept. of Materials Science Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
  • MSc, Dept. of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • BSc (Honours), Dept. of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Nanochemistry
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Natural Product Chemistry

Previous Research Project

  • 1. • Principal Investigator, Project Code: PS/2017/09 from SUST Research Centre, Sylhet, for the year 2017-2018.
  • 2. • Co-investigator, Project Code: PS/2016/03 from SUST Research Centre, Sylhet, for the year 2016-2017.
  • 3. • Member, Sub-Project Management Team, UGC-HEQEP Project, CP-3665 from July 2014 to September 2016.
  • 4. • Deputy Manager, Sub-Project Management Team, UGC-HEQEP Project, CPSF-3665 from April 2017 to September 2018.

Journal Publications

  • 1. Mustari Rahman and Dipen Debnath*, Enhancement of the Bioavailability of Benzaldehyde-1,3,4-Thiadiazoline as Anticancer Agent by Water Solubilizing through Supramolecular Complexation using -Cyclodextrin as Host, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society, 2022, 34(1), 23.
  • 2. Dipen Debnath, Yeonju Lee, and Kurt E. Geckeler, Biocompatible Polymers as a Tool for the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Size Tuning and in vitro Cytotoxicity Studies, Polymer International, 2017, 66, 512.
  • 3. Okhil K. Nag, Kazi M. Ani-Ul-Haque, Dipen Debnath, Rockshana Begum, Muhammad Younus, Nazia Chawdhury, Gabriel Kociok- Khn, and Paul R. Raithby, Synthesis and optical properties of biphenylene ethynylene co-polymers and their model compounds, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2015, 1273, 365.
  • 4. M. Jalilur Rahman, Rehana Pervin, Rahidul Hasan, and Dipen Debnath, IronIII Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halides: Synthesis of Terphenyl and Biphenyl Derivatives, Journal of Scientific Research, 2013, 51, 127.
  • 5. Sung H. Kim, Dipen Debnath, Woosuk Lee, and Kurt E. Geckeler, Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Tool: Aqueous Dispersion of Nanodiamonds by Wrapping in the Solid State, Polymer International, 2012, 61, 1228.
  • 6. Kurt E. Geckeler, Dipen Debnath, Chorong Kim, and Sung H. Kim, “Solid State Synthesis Method of Silver Nanoparticles, and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Thereby”, Korean Patent No.: 10-1117177, Registration Date: 09.02.2012. International Patent Application No. (WIPO): PCT/KR2010/007887, Publication No.: WO2011/059215, Publication Date: 19.05.2011.
  • 7. M. Ismail Hossain, Dipen Debnath, Muhammad Younus, M. Abdul Bari, and M. A. Jalil Miah, Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaryleneethynylenes and Their Corresponding Platinum-Linked Polymers, Journal of Scientific Research, 2011, 33, 587.
  • 8. Sung H. Kim, Dipen Debnath, and Kurt E. Geckeler, Nano-Pumpkins and a Sunscreen Agent: The Inclusion Complex of Cucurbituril and Tinosorb S, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2011, 23, 337.
  • 9. Dipen Debnath, Chorong Kim, Sung H. Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler, Solid-State Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles at Room Temperature: Polyvinyl pyrrolidone as a Tool, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2010, 31, 549.
  • 10. Sung H. Kim, Kurt E. Geckeler, Dipen Debnath, and Woo S. Lee, “A Method for the Synthesis of Size-Tuned Gold Nanoparticles”, Korean Patent No.: 010-0969479, Registration Date: 02.07.2010.
  • 11. Dipen Debnath, Sung H. Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler, The First Solid-Phase Route to Fabricate and Size-Tune Gold Nanoparticles at Room Temperature, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 8810.
  • 12. Kurt E. Geckeler, Sung H. Kim, and Dipen Debnath, “A Method for the Synthesis of Water Dispersible UV-Protector through Supramolecular Complexation”, Korean Patent No.: 010-0922990, Registration Date: 14.10.2009.
  • 13. Ramkrishna Saha, Md Abdul Qaium, Dipen Debnath, Muhammad Younus, Nazia Chawdhury, Nasim Sultana, Gabriele Kociok-Khn, Li-Ling Ooi, Paul R Raithby, Masashi Kijima, A New Series of Luminescent Phosphine Stabilised Platinum Ethynyl Complexes, Dalton Transactions, 2005, 2760.
  • 14. Md. Rabiul Islam, M. S. A. Khan, Dipen Debnath, M. M. R. Khan, Synthesis of Some Aldehyde-2-Thiadiazoline Heterocycles, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society, 2003, 162, 124.,

Conference

  • 1. Mohammad Mizanur R. Khan, Sanjay K. Majumdar, Dipen Debnath, and Muhammad Younus Effect of Al2O3 as a Seed on the Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline-Al2O3 Composite Crystals, 33rd Annual Conference of Bangladesh Chemical Society Bangladesh Chemical Congress, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 10-12, 2010 p 135.
  • 2. Sung Ho Kim, Yeonju Lee, Dipen Debnath, Woo S. Lee, and Kurt E. Geckeler Dispersion and Cytotoxicity Nanodiamond-Polymer Composites in Water 20th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nitrides Athens, Greece, September 06-10, 2009 P1.3.02.
  • 3. Sung Ho Kim, Dipen Debnath, and Kurt E. Geckeler Supramolecular Complexation of Cucurbituril and the Sunscreen Agent Tinosorb S The 101st National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Ilsan, Republic of Korea, April 17-18, 2008 p 522.
  • 4. Woo S. Lee, Dipen Debnath, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler Solid-State Preparation of Water-Soluble Polyaniline-Coated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes The 101st National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Ilsan, Republic of Korea, April 17-18, 2008 p 522.
  • 5. Dipen Debnath, Chorong Kim, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler Polymer-Supported Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles at Ambient Temperature Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium MAM-08, Dsseldorf, Germany, September 07-11, 2008 p 373.
  • 6. Sung Ho Kim, Dipen Debnath, Woo S. Lee, and Kurt E. Geckeler Polymer-Composites of Carbon Nanoparticles: Dispersion in Water Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium MAM-08, Dsseldorf, Germany, September 07-11, 2008 p 374.
  • 7. Dipen Debnath, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler Solid-State Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles at Ambient Temperature The 102nd National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Jeju, Republic of Korea, October 16-17, 2008 IV36P148.
  • 8. Dipen Debnath, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler A Route to Fabricate and Size Tune Gold Nanoparticles The 99th National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 19-20, 2007 p 460.
  • 9. Dipen Debnath, Chorong Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler A Novel Method for the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles The 99th National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 19-20, 2007 p 461.
  • 10. Dipen Debnath, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler Size-Conrolled Gold Nanoparticles by Solid-State Synthesis The 100th National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Dague, Republic of Korea, October 18-19, 2007 p 570.
  • 11. Sung Ho Kim, Dipen Debnath, and Kurt E. Geckeler Dispersion of Nanodiamond-Polymer Composites in Water The 100th National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Dague, Republic of Korea, October 18-19, 2007 p 574.
  • 12. Ji Yong Shin, Dipen Debnath, Woo Suk Lee, Dhriti Nepal, and Kurt E. Geckeler Synthesis of Uniformly Shaped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Joint Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering for the 21st Century, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 21-24, 2007 p 54.
  • 13. Dipen Debnath, Sung Ho Kim, and Kurt E. Geckeler Solid-State Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles at Ambient Temperature NAISTGIST Joint Symposium on Advanced Materials, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, November 22-23, 2007 p 47.

Teaching

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

Awards & Recognition

  • Vice-Chancellor award for BSc Result
  • Bangladesh Govt. Scholarship for BSc Result
  • Korean Research Foundation Scholarship for PhD

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Eleven students already graduated who worked on organic synthesis, polymer synthesis, and supramolecular chemistry
  • 2. Currently two student is working on supramolecular chemistry