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	'''Swadhin Kumar Mandal''' (Bengali: স্বাধীন কুমার মন্ডল ~~born 1973~~) is an Bengali Indian organometallic chemist and a professor at the department of chemical sciences of the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]]. Mandal, an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow]], is known for his studies in the fields of catalysis, new drug development and material chemistry. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to chemical sciences in 2018.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 \|title=View Bhatnagar Awardees \|date=2017 \|publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize \|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn\|group=note\|Long link - please select award year to see details}}
			'''Swadhin Kumar Mandal''' (Bengali: স্বাধীন কুমার মন্ডল) is a Bengali Indian organometallic chemist and a professor at the department of chemical sciences of the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]]. Mandal, an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow]], is known for his studies in the fields of catalysis, new drug development and material chemistry. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to chemical sciences in 2018.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 \|title=View Bhatnagar Awardees \|date=2017 \|publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize \|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn\|group=note\|Long link - please select award year to see details}}. In 2020, he was awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award [https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-research-award (https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-research-award])by Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation, Germany in recognition of his outstanding research accomplishments. In 2022, he was awarded the Erna and Jakob Michael visiting professorship at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. In 2021, he was elected as a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc) and in 2024, he was elected as a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA).

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	[[File:Kalyani University.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Kalyani University]]		[[File:Kalyani University.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Kalyani University]]
	Swadhin Kumar Mandal, born on 15 August 1973 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated with honors in chemistry from the [[University of Kalyani]] in 1993 and followed it up with a master's degree from the same university in 1996.<ref name="Profile on IISER Pune">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/CVSMWeb.pdf \|title=Profile on IISER Pune \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=IISER Pune \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> Subsequently, he enrolled for doctoral studies at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] under the guidance of		Swadhin Kumar Mandal, born on 15 August 1973 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated with honors in chemistry from the [[University of Kalyani]] in 1993 and followed it up with a master's degree from the same university in 1996.<ref name="Profile on IISER Pune">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/CVSMWeb.pdf \|title=Profile on IISER Pune \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=IISER Pune \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> Subsequently, he enrolled for doctoral studies at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] under the guidance of
	Setharampattu Seshaiyer Krishnamurthy and after securing a PhD in 2002, he moved to the US to do the post-doctoral studies, under Robert C. Haddon of the [[University of California at Riverside]] (2002–2006);<ref name="Haddon Research Group: Group">{{Cite web \|url=https://haddon.ucr.edu/group.html \|title=Haddon Research Group: Group \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=haddon.ucr.edu \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> later, he worked at the laboratory of [[Herbert W. Roesky]] of the [[University of Göttingen]] (2006–2007), holding an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]].<ref name="Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal">{{Cite web \|url=https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=750555 \|title=Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=academictree.org \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> During his stay in the US. he also worked at Carbon Solutions, Inc. California, and on his return to India, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]] (IISER Kolkata) where he holds the position of a professor.<ref name="Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)">{{Cite web \|url=http://www3.iiserkol.ac.in/people/faculty/dcs/swadhin-mandal \|title=Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS) \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=IISER Pune \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> At IISER, he heads a laboratory, ''Swadhin K. Mandal's Sensitive Lab''<ref name="SENSITIVE LAB">{{Cite web \|url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/ \|title=SENSITIVE LAB \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=SENSITIVE LAB \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> where he hosts several researchers.<ref name="Members">{{Cite web \|url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/members.html \|title=Members \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=SENSITIVE LAB \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/members.htm \|title=Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=www.iiserkol.ac.in \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>		Setharampattu Seshaiyer Krishnamurthy and after securing a PhD in 2002, he moved to the US to do the post-doctoral studies, under Robert C. Haddon of the [[University of California at Riverside]] (2002–2006);<ref name="Haddon Research Group: Group">{{Cite web \|url=https://haddon.ucr.edu/group.html \|title=Haddon Research Group: Group \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=haddon.ucr.edu \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> later, he worked at the laboratory of [[Herbert W. Roesky]] of the [[University of Göttingen]] (2006–2007), holding an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]].<ref name="Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal">{{Cite web \|url=https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=750555 \|title=Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=academictree.org \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> During his stay in the US. he also worked at Carbon Solutions, Inc. California, and on his return to India, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]] (IISER Kolkata) where he holds the position of a professor.<ref name="Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)">{{Cite web \|url=http://www3.iiserkol.ac.in/people/faculty/dcs/swadhin-mandal \|title=Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS) \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=IISER Pune \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> At IISER, he heads a laboratory, ''Swadhin K. Mandal's Sensitive Lab''<ref name="SENSITIVE LAB">{{Cite web \|url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/ \|title=SENSITIVE LAB \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=SENSITIVE LAB \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> where he hosts several doctoral and post-doctoral researchers.<ref name="Members">{{Cite web \|url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/members.html \|title=Members \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=SENSITIVE LAB \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/members.htm \|title=Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=www.iiserkol.ac.in \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>

	Mandal focuses his research on designing dual catalyst for [[hydroamination]] and has published a number of articles.{{Refn\|group=note\|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}}<ref name="S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations">{{Cite web \|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mqfkB_4AAAAJ&hl=en \|title=S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=scholar.google.com \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 85 of them.<ref name="S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/12990008_Swadhin_K_Mandal \|title=S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=ResearchGate \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2018.{{citation needed\|date=December 2019}}		Mandal focuses his research on designing dual catalyst for [[hydroamination]] and has published a number of articles.{{Refn\|group=note\|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}}<ref name="S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations">{{Cite web \|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mqfkB_4AAAAJ&hl=en \|title=S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=scholar.google.com \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 85 of them.<ref name="S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/12990008_Swadhin_K_Mandal \|title=S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune \|date=2018-12-22 \|website=ResearchGate \|language=en \|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2018.{{citation needed\|date=December 2019}}

	== Selected bibliography ==		== Selected bibliography ==
	* {{Cite journal \|~~last~~=Mandal \|~~first~~=Swadhin K. \|last2=Datta \|first2=Ayan \|last3=Govindarajan \|first3=R. \|last4=Vijaykumar \|first4=Gonela \|last5=Vardhanapu \|first5=Pavan K. \|last6=Hota \|first6=Pradip Kumar \|last7=Bhattacharjee \|first7=Rameswar \|last8=Sau \|first8=Samaresh Chandra \|date=2018-11-30 \|title=Transforming atmospheric CO2 into alternative fuels: a metal-free approach under ambient conditions \|journal=Chemical Science \|volume=10 \|issue=6 \|pages=1879–1884 \|language=en \|doi=10.1039/C8SC03581D \|pmid=30842857 \|issn=2041-6539\|pmc=6371756 }}		* {{Cite journal \|last1=Mandal \|first1=Swadhin K. \|last2=Datta \|first2=Ayan \|last3=Govindarajan \|first3=R. \|last4=Vijaykumar \|first4=Gonela \|last5=Vardhanapu \|first5=Pavan K. \|last6=Hota \|first6=Pradip Kumar \|last7=Bhattacharjee \|first7=Rameswar \|last8=Sau \|first8=Samaresh Chandra \|date=2018-11-30 \|title=Transforming atmospheric CO2 into alternative fuels: a metal-free approach under ambient conditions \|journal=Chemical Science \|volume=10 \|issue=6 \|pages=1879–1884 \|language=en \|doi=10.1039/C8SC03581D \|pmid=30842857 \|issn=2041-6539\|pmc=6371756 }}
	* {{Cite journal \|~~last~~=P \|~~first~~=Sreejyothi \|last2=Sau \|first2=Samaresh Chandra \|last3=Vardhanapu \|first3=Pavan K. \|last4=Mandal \|first4=Swadhin K. \|date=2018-08-17 \|title=Halo-Bridged Abnormal NHC Palladium(II) Dimer for Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reactions of Heteroarenes \|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry \|volume=83 \|issue=16 \|pages=9403–9411 \|doi=10.1021/acs.joc.8b01053 \|pmid=30015486 \|issn=0022-3263}}		* {{Cite journal \|last1=P \|first1=Sreejyothi \|last2=Sau \|first2=Samaresh Chandra \|last3=Vardhanapu \|first3=Pavan K. \|last4=Mandal \|first4=Swadhin K. \|date=2018-08-17 \|title=Halo-Bridged Abnormal NHC Palladium(II) Dimer for Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reactions of Heteroarenes \|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry \|volume=83 \|issue=16 \|pages=9403–9411 \|doi=10.1021/acs.joc.8b01053 \|pmid=30015486 \|s2cid=51637722 \|issn=0022-3263}}
	* {{Cite journal \|~~last~~=Bhunia \|~~first~~=Mrinal \|last2=Vijaykumar \|first2=Gonela \|last3=Adhikari \|first3=Debashis \|last4=Mandal \|first4=Swadhin K. \|date=2017-12-04 \|title=Highly Active Carbene Potassium Complexes for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone \|journal=Inorganic Chemistry \|volume=56 \|issue=23 \|pages=14459–14466 \|doi=10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01892 \|pmid=29144126 \|issn=0020-1669}}		* {{Cite journal \|last1=Bhunia \|first1=Mrinal \|last2=Vijaykumar \|first2=Gonela \|last3=Adhikari \|first3=Debashis \|last4=Mandal \|first4=Swadhin K. \|date=2017-12-04 \|title=Highly Active Carbene Potassium Complexes for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone \|journal=Inorganic Chemistry \|volume=56 \|issue=23 \|pages=14459–14466 \|doi=10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01892 \|pmid=29144126 \|issn=0020-1669}}
	* {{Cite journal \|~~last~~=Sau \|~~first~~=Samaresh Chandra \|last2=Bhattacharjee \|first2=Rameswar \|last3=Vardhanapu \|first3=Pavan K. \|last4=Vijaykumar \|first4=Gonela \|last5=Datta \|first5=Ayan \|last6=Mandal \|first6=Swadhin K. \|date=2016 \|title=Metal-Free Reduction of CO2 to Methoxyborane under Ambient Conditions through Borondiformate Formation \|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition \|language=en \|volume=55 \|issue=48 \|pages=15147–15151 \|doi=10.1002/anie.201609040 \|pmid=27860175 \|issn=1521-3773}}		* {{Cite journal \|last1=Sau \|first1=Samaresh Chandra \|last2=Bhattacharjee \|first2=Rameswar \|last3=Vardhanapu \|first3=Pavan K. \|last4=Vijaykumar \|first4=Gonela \|last5=Datta \|first5=Ayan \|last6=Mandal \|first6=Swadhin K. \|date=2016 \|title=Metal-Free Reduction of CO2 to Methoxyborane under Ambient Conditions through Borondiformate Formation \|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition \|language=en \|volume=55 \|issue=48 \|pages=15147–15151 \|doi=10.1002/anie.201609040 \|pmid=27860175 \|issn=1521-3773}}
	* {{Cite journal \|~~last~~=Pariyar \|~~first~~=Anand \|last2=Vijaykumar \|first2=Gonela \|last3=Bhunia \|first3=Mrinal \|last4=Dey \|first4=Suman Kr. \|last5=Singh \|first5=Santosh K. \|last6=Kurungot \|first6=Sreekumar \|last7=Mandal \|first7=Swadhin K. \|date=2015-05-13 \|title=Switching Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Phenalenyl: Toward Designing Electroactive Materials \|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society \|volume=137 \|issue=18 \|pages=5955–5960 \|doi=10.1021/jacs.5b00272 \|pmid=25933051 \|issn=0002-7863}}		* {{Cite journal \|last1=Pariyar \|first1=Anand \|last2=Vijaykumar \|first2=Gonela \|last3=Bhunia \|first3=Mrinal \|last4=Dey \|first4=Suman Kr. \|last5=Singh \|first5=Santosh K. \|last6=Kurungot \|first6=Sreekumar \|last7=Mandal \|first7=Swadhin K. \|date=2015-05-13 \|title=Switching Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Phenalenyl: Toward Designing Electroactive Materials \|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society \|volume=137 \|issue=18 \|pages=5955–5960 \|doi=10.1021/jacs.5b00272 \|pmid=25933051 \|bibcode=2015JAChS.137.5955P \|issn=0002-7863}}

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'''Swadhin Kumar Mandal''' (Bengali: স্বাধীন কুমার মন্ডল born 1973) is an Bengali Indian organometallic chemist and a professor at the department of chemical sciences of the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]]. Mandal, an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow]], is known for his studies in the fields of catalysis, new drug development and material chemistry. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to chemical sciences in 2018.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:Kalyani University.jpg|thumb|left|Kalyani University]]
Swadhin Kumar Mandal, born on 15 August 1973 in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated with honors in chemistry from the [[University of Kalyani]] in 1993 and followed it up with a master's degree from the same university in 1996.<ref name="Profile on IISER Pune">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/CVSMWeb.pdf |title=Profile on IISER Pune |date=2018-12-22 |website=IISER Pune |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> Subsequently, he enrolled for doctoral studies at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] under the guidance of
Setharampattu Seshaiyer Krishnamurthy and after securing a PhD in 2002, he moved to the US to do the post-doctoral studies, under Robert C. Haddon of the [[University of California at Riverside]] (2002–2006);<ref name="Haddon Research Group: Group">{{Cite web |url=https://haddon.ucr.edu/group.html |title=Haddon Research Group: Group |date=2018-12-22 |website=haddon.ucr.edu |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> later, he worked at the laboratory of [[Herbert W. Roesky]] of the [[University of Göttingen]] (2006–2007), holding an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]].<ref name="Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal">{{Cite web |url=https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=750555 |title=Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal |date=2018-12-22 |website=academictree.org |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> During his stay in the US. he also worked at Carbon Solutions, Inc. California, and on his return to India, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]] (IISER Kolkata) where he holds the position of a professor.<ref name="Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)">{{Cite web |url=http://www3.iiserkol.ac.in/people/faculty/dcs/swadhin-mandal |title=Swadhin Mandal Professor Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS) |date=2018-12-22 |website=IISER Pune |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> At IISER, he heads a laboratory, ''Swadhin K. Mandal's Sensitive Lab''<ref name="SENSITIVE LAB">{{Cite web |url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/ |title=SENSITIVE LAB |date=2018-12-22 |website=SENSITIVE LAB |language=en |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> where he hosts several researchers.<ref name="Members">{{Cite web |url=http://swadhin-mandal.weebly.com/members.html |title=Members |date=2018-12-22 |website=SENSITIVE LAB |language=en |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref name="Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~swadhin.mandal/members.htm |title=Dr. Swadhin Mandal's group |date=2018-12-22 |website=www.iiserkol.ac.in |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref>

Mandal focuses his research on designing dual catalyst for [[hydroamination]] and has published a number of articles.{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}}<ref name="S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mqfkB_4AAAAJ&hl=en |title=S K Mandal - Google Scholar Citations |date=2018-12-22 |website=scholar.google.com |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 85 of them.<ref name="S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/12990008_Swadhin_K_Mandal |title=S K Mandal - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune |date=2018-12-22 |website=ResearchGate |language=en |access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2018.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Mandal |first=Swadhin K. |last2=Datta |first2=Ayan |last3=Govindarajan |first3=R. |last4=Vijaykumar |first4=Gonela |last5=Vardhanapu |first5=Pavan K. |last6=Hota |first6=Pradip Kumar |last7=Bhattacharjee |first7=Rameswar |last8=Sau |first8=Samaresh Chandra |date=2018-11-30 |title=Transforming atmospheric CO2 into alternative fuels: a metal-free approach under ambient conditions |journal=Chemical Science |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=1879–1884 |language=en |doi=10.1039/C8SC03581D |pmid=30842857 |issn=2041-6539|pmc=6371756 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=P |first=Sreejyothi |last2=Sau |first2=Samaresh Chandra |last3=Vardhanapu |first3=Pavan K. |last4=Mandal |first4=Swadhin K. |date=2018-08-17 |title=Halo-Bridged Abnormal NHC Palladium(II) Dimer for Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reactions of Heteroarenes |journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry |volume=83 |issue=16 |pages=9403–9411 |doi=10.1021/acs.joc.8b01053 |pmid=30015486 |issn=0022-3263}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Bhunia |first=Mrinal |last2=Vijaykumar |first2=Gonela |last3=Adhikari |first3=Debashis |last4=Mandal |first4=Swadhin K. |date=2017-12-04 |title=Highly Active Carbene Potassium Complexes for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone |journal=Inorganic Chemistry |volume=56 |issue=23 |pages=14459–14466 |doi=10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01892 |pmid=29144126 |issn=0020-1669}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Sau |first=Samaresh Chandra |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=Rameswar |last3=Vardhanapu |first3=Pavan K. |last4=Vijaykumar |first4=Gonela |last5=Datta |first5=Ayan |last6=Mandal |first6=Swadhin K. |date=2016 |title=Metal-Free Reduction of CO2 to Methoxyborane under Ambient Conditions through Borondiformate Formation |journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |language=en |volume=55 |issue=48 |pages=15147–15151 |doi=10.1002/anie.201609040 |pmid=27860175 |issn=1521-3773}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Pariyar |first=Anand |last2=Vijaykumar |first2=Gonela |last3=Bhunia |first3=Mrinal |last4=Dey |first4=Suman Kr. |last5=Singh |first5=Santosh K. |last6=Kurungot |first6=Sreekumar |last7=Mandal |first7=Swadhin K. |date=2015-05-13 |title=Switching Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Phenalenyl: Toward Designing Electroactive Materials |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=137 |issue=18 |pages=5955–5960 |doi=10.1021/jacs.5b00272 |pmid=25933051 |issn=0002-7863}}

== See also ==
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* [[Drug development]]
* [[Catalysis]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://academictree.org/chemistry/tree.php?pid=750555 |title=Chemistry Tree - Swadhin K. Mandal Family Tree |date=2018-12-22 |website=academictree.org |access-date=2018-12-22}}

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