National Chemical Laboratory

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Chemistry beyond the Structure

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represent a new field of rapidly growing chemical research that takes direct inspiration from diverse covalent bonds existing between atoms. T...

Local Softness and Hardness Based Reactivity Descriptors for Predicting Intra- and Intermolecular Reactivity Sequences: Carbonyl Compounds

The DFT-based reactivity descriptors "local softness" and "local hardness" are used as reactivity indices to predict the reactivity sequences (both intramolecular and intermolec...

Recent Advances in Biodegradable Nanocomposites

There is growing interest in developing bio-based products and innovative process technologies that can reduce the dependence on fossil fuel and move to a sustainable materials ...

Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) in organic synthesis