Kumar Biradha

About

Dr. Kumar Biradha is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research focuses on designing multifunctional supramolecular materials using innovative crystal engineering strategies. Specifically, his work explores cocrystals, gels, organic polymers, coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), with potential applications in electrocatalysis, molecular sensing, solid-state [2+2] photo-dimerizations and polymerizations, gas adsorption, inclusion materials, semiconductivity, luminescence, and protonconductivity.

Dr. Biradha earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Hyderabad, India, in 1997. He completed postdoctoral research at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada (1997–1998), and at Nagoya University in Japan (1998–2002). In 2006, he received the Scopus Young Scientist Award in Chemistry from Elsevier.

Dr. Biradha has held several editorial and advisory roles throughout his career. He served on the editorial board of the New Journal of Chemistry (2008–2011) and was co-editor of Acta Crystallographica Section E in 2011. From 2012 to 2021, he worked as Associate Editor of Crystal Growth & Design, an ACS publication. Additionally, he was a member of the Research Council of CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, India (2017–2020). Since 2022, he has been serving on the Editorial Advisory Board for Crystal Growth & Design. Recently, he joined as editorial member of ‘Polyhedron’ which is published by Elsevier.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Professor
  2002 - Present

Education

• University of Hyderabad Ph. D.
• University of Hyderabad M. Sc.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (232)

• High Proton Conductivity in Oxadiazole-Functionalized MOF Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Fuel Cell Electrolytes
  Energy & Fuels 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6c01595
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• Photochromism and Photoinduced Radical Activity─Symbiotic or Concurrent? A Case Study on Polymorphs of 1,4-Bis(imidazolyl)benzene Solvates
  Crystal Growth & Design 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01802
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• Superprotonic Mixed Matrix Membranes Based on Anionic MOFs Containing Dimethylammonium Cations for Sustainable Energy Devices
  Inorganic Chemistry 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c06094
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• Xerogel-Derived Bis-Imidazole Semiconductors: Chain-Length-Controlled Gelation and Polycrystalline Blue OLED Emission
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c23337
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• Photodimerization induced photomechanical behaviour in alkyldiammonium salts of trans-dichlorocinnamates: exploration of [2+2] reactions in as-synthesized salts, single crystals and organogels
  Materials Advances 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6MA00366D
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• Hexaazatriphenylene–Diaminobenzidine Covalent Organic Framework: A Promising Nitrogen Abundant Material for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
  Chemistry of Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01220
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• Transparent Thin Films via Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization of a Flexible Diene for Femtosecond-Scale Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity
  ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c01439
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• [2 + 2] Dimerization of a V-Shaped Diene in Organogel, Xerogel, and Single Crystals: Structural Insights into the Self-Assembly of Gelator Molecules in Organogels and Xerogels
  Crystal Growth & Design 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c00705
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• Volatile Aromatics Trigger Vapochromic and Vapoluminescent Responses in Cleft-Shaped 1,4-Bis(imidazolyl)benzene: Role of Charge-Transfer Interactions in Vapor-Induced Host–Guest Complexes
  ACS Applied Optical Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.5c00130
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• Superprotonic Conductivity with Ultralow Activation Energy: Integration of HOF into Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Enhanced Proton Transport
  Energy & Fuels 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c01371
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