Faculty Profile

Dr. Belal Ahmed

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801714609507
  • Email: [email protected]

Biography

Dr. Belal Ahmed is acting as a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. He completed B. Sc (Honors) in Chemistry and M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, SUST in 2006 and 2008, respectively. After completing his graduation, he joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) as a Lecturer in 2009, and then he moved to the Department of Chemistry, SUST in 2011 with holding the same position. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2012. He obtained his PhD in 2020 from the Department of Chemistry at Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea, directed by Professor Kang Min Ok. His PhD thesis focused on the structure and properties of variable oxyfluoride compounds containing asymmetric basic building units of transition metal cations. After completion of his PhD, he came back to the Department of Chemistry, SUST, and received several research grants funded by national funding authorities like the SUST Research Center, the Ministry of Science and Technology. He was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2020 and 2024, respectively. As a potential young researcher, he joined the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter   (FJIRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China, as a special research assistant in 2023. There, he worked in the Professor Junhua Luo group with Professor Sangen Zhao on the design and synthesis of deep-ultraviolet (DUV) NLO and perovskite materials with excellent properties. Currently, he is involved in the research on the design and development of novel crystalline materials (inorganic-organic hybrid,  noncentrosymmetric (NCS), and perovskite materials), revealing various morphologies with potential functional properties. He is also a reviewer for Inorganic Chemistry, ACS. Dr. Belal was born in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea.
  • M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
  • B. Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Crystalline materials with noncentrosymmetric structures
  • perovskite materials
  • Functional coordination polymers
  • Organic-inorganic hybrid compounds
  • Growth of single crystals

Active Research Project

  • 1. Design and development of novel crystalline inorganic oxides, fluorophosphates. oxyfluorides, halides, iodates and inorganic-organic hybrid materials revealing various morphologies.
  • 2. Investigation of the reactivity and physical properties such as second-harmonic generation (SHG), pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, magnetism, and birefringence of noncentrosymmetric (NCS) and perovskite materials.
  • 3. Synthesis of hybrid porous crystalline materials with promising applications, such as gas storage, catalysis, luminescence, chemical separations, and sensing.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structures, and properties of novel hetero-metallic porous crystalline oxyfluoride materials. Project ID: PS/2021/1/08, SUST Research Centre grant FY 2021-2022.
  • 2. Novel porous crystalline oxyfluoride compounds consisting of transition metal cations and organic linkers: Synthesis, characterization, and properties. Gr. SL. 638 Phy’s, Ministry of Science and Technology grant 2021-2022.
  • 3. Non-linear optical (NLO) materials of transition metal oxyfluorides containing chiral organic ligands: Synthesis, crystal structures, characterization, and properties. Project ID: PS/2022/1/06, SUST Research Centre grant FY 2022-2023.
  • 4. Novel porous crystalline oxyfluoride compounds consisting of transition metal cations and organic linkers: Synthesis, characterization, and properties. Gr. SL. 638 Phy’s, Ministry of Science and Technology grant 2021-2022
  • 5. Synthesis, crystal structures, characterization, and properties of Non-linear optical (NLO) materials of transition metal oxyfluorides containing chiral organic ligands. SRG-226680, Ministry of Science and Technology grant 2022-2023.

External Affiliations

  • Member, Bangladesh Chemical Society
  • Ex. Member, Korean Chemical Society

Journal Publications

  • 1. A highly birefringent metal-free crystal assembled by cooperative non-covalent interactions, Mater. Horiz. (2024)
  • 2. Deep-Ultraviolet Bialkali–Rare Earth Metal Anhydrous Sulfate Birefringent Crystal, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS (2024)
  • 3. Air-Stable 2D van der Waals MgTeMoO6 Exhibits Strong In-plane Optical Anisotropy, Advanced Optical Materials, (2024)
  • 4. A UV solar-blind nonlinear optical crystal with confined π-conjugated groups. Inorg. Chem. Front. (2023)
  • 5. A Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Material Consisting of Two π-Conjugated Groups, ChemPlusChem (2023)
  • 6. A hybrid halide lead-free pseudo-perovskite with large birefringence, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2023)
  • 7. Cytotoxic Activity of Ruthenium-Pyridyl Triazole Complexes against Human Cancer Cell. Asian Journal of Chemistry (2022)
  • 8. Hydrothermal synthesis of a Novel Transition Metal Oxyfluoride complex containing 2-Methylimidazole: Crystal Structure, and Characterization (2022)
  • 9. Novel layered heterobimetallic fluorides with large optical band gaps. J. Solid State Chem. (2022)
  • 10. Influence of structure-directing polyhedra and heterocyclic ligands on the chain structures and O/F ordering in a series of zinc vanadium oxyfluorides, CrystEngComm (2020)
  • 11. Mixed transition metal (oxy)fluoride paramagnet chains: Synthesis, structure, and characterization, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2019)
  • 12. Variable chains found in mixed transition metal oxyfluorides with heterocyclic ligands, Crystal Growth and dessign (2019)
  • 13. A series of oxyfluoride chains containing asymmetric basic building units of both early- and late transition metal cations. Journal of Solid state Chemistry (2018)
  • 14. Variable asymmetric chains in transition metal oxyfluorides: Structure-second-harmonic-generation property relationships, Inorganic Chemistry (2018)
  • 15. Spectroscopic characterization of croconate bridging complex: Conversion of rhodizonate (C6O62-) to croconate bridging ligand in a pyridine modified large macrocyclic metal arrangements. J. Bangladesh Acad. Sci (2014)
  • 16. Antibacterial activity and DNA interaction of the Pd(bpy)(ONO2)2 coordination complex. SUST Journal of Science and Technology (2014)
  • 17. Preparation and characterization of artificial skin using chitosan and gelatin composites for potential biomedical application. Polymer Bulletin (2012)
  • 18. Physicochemical and microbial water quality of Sylhet city corporation, Bangladesh. International Journal of Natural Sciences (2012)
  • 19. Light induced kinetic studies of oxidative degradation of malachite green. Asian Journal of Chemistry. Asian Journal of Chemistry (2011)
  • 20. DNA extraction from plant sources and study of its inter-actions with metal complexes/salts. Pakistan Academy of Science (2008)

Teaching

  • Advanced Chemical Bonding (CHE 236)
  • Coordination Chemistry-II (CHE 431)
  • Bio-inorganic Chemistry (CHE 432)
  • Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CHE 531)
  • Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods (CHE 532)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Lab (CHE 530)
  • Inorganic Chemistry practical (Qualitative) (CHE 134)
  • Inorganic Chemistry practical (Quantitative) (CHE 232)
  • Chemistry of s and p block elements (CHE 234)
  • Inorganic synthetic Chemistry practical (CHE 334)
  • Organomettalic Chemistry (CHE 333)
  • Nuclear Chemistry (CHE 332)
  • General Principles of Inorganic Chemistry (II) (CHE 135)

Awards & Recognition

  • Chung-Ang University Young Scientist Scholarship (CAYSS), Republic of Korea.
  • BK21 (Brain Korea) Plus Scholarship for graduate study in Republic of Korea.
  • Research Assistant Scholarship, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea.
  • Best poster presentation award, The Korean Chemical Society.
  • Best poster presentation award, Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, The Korean Chemical Society.
  • Special Merit award for first position at undergraduate level.
  • University Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
  • “Ismail Memorial trust” scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
  • Special Research Assistant, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China.

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Synthesis, characterization, and properties of novel transition metal fluoride compounds containing organic ligands, Syeda Faiza Mahmuda, Reg.: 2017131001, Chemistry, SUST. February, 2023.
  • 2. Design and synthesis of transition metals crystalline materials containing π-conjugated organic ligands, Md. Masud Rana, Reg.: 2018131006, Chemistry, SUST, February, 2024

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