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Research

Research Interests

  • Design, synthesis and applications of achiral, polar, 3-4 ringed, unsymmetrically bent-shaped liquid crystals. 

  • Nematic liquid crystal applications as passive biosensors.

 

Life Member

  • Life member of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) since 2022.

  • Student member of the International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) since 2019.

  • Life member of the Indian Biophysical Society (IBS) since 2017.

  • Life member of the Indian Liquid Crystal Society since 2016.

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Awards and Honors

  • ILCS liquid crystal artist of the month, March 2022.

  • The Dewan Jawahar Lal Nayar Memorial Prize for the year 2021, for the best poster presentation at 28th NCLC 2021.

  • RTCS-OBC Award 2021 for the best poster presentation at Indian Chemical Society Convention 2021.

 

Conferences and Workshops

  1. Oral Presentation entitled “Gold nanoparticle-mediated signal amplification of liquid crystal biosensors for dopamine” Nandi, R.; Loitongbam, L.; De, J.; Jain, V.; Pal, S. K. at the International Conference on “Smart Materials- Perspectives and Prospectives (SMPP-2023)” organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-7, India, 28 March 2023.

  2. Oral Presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Application of 2-chloro-3-Nitrobenzoic acid based three-ring bent-core molecules with a terminal halogen moiety ” Jain, V.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at 1st International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences and Sustainable Energy (RTCSSE) - 2023” organized by NIT Delhi & Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, 24 - 25 March 2023.

  3. Poster Presentation entitled “Imine-based highly polar achiral unsymmetrical four-ring bent shaped liquid crystals: Design, synthesis and characterization. ” Jain, V.; Mohiuddin, G.; Jain A.; Gupta, P. S.; Pal, S. K. at #RSCPoster Twitter Conference 2023, 28 Feb. 2023 – 1 March 2023.

  4. Poster Presentation entitled “Imine-based highly polar achiral unsymmetrical four-ring bent shaped liquid crystals: Design, synthesis and characterization. ” Jain, V.; Mohiuddin, G.; Jain A.; Gupta, P. S.; Pal, S. K. at 30th CRSI-NSC organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2 - 5 Feb. 2023.

  5. Participated in “Stadler Seminar Series: 2022 Edition” jointly organized by IISER Mohali and Anton Paar India Pvt. Ltd. On Sept. 23, 2022.

  6. Poster Presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-Ring Based Hockey-Stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property Relationship.” Jain, V.; Kaur, S.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC) 2022, Lisbon, Portugal (hybrid mode-online), 24 - 29 July 2022.

  7. Poster presentation entitled “Hydrogen Bond Assisted Anchoring Transitions in Nematic Liquid Crystals at the Aqueous Interface.” Nandi, R.; Jain, V.; Devi, M.; Gupta, T.; Pal, S. K. at International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC) 2022, Lisbon, Portugal (hybrid mode-online), 24 - 29 July 2022.

  8. Attended “Webinar European Research Council” Grants for top researchers from India, on 14th July 2022.

  9. Participated in “IP Awareness/Training program” under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission February 2, 2022, organized by Intellectual Property Office, India.

  10. Flash Poster Presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-Ring Based Hockey-Stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property Relationship.” Jain, V.; Kaur, S.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at Indian Chemical Society Convention (IIT Kharagpur & IISER Kolkata, India-Virtual mode), 21 - 24 Dec. 2021.

  11. Poster Presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-Ring Based Hockey-Stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property Relationship.” Jain, V.; Kaur, S.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at 28th NCLC (Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India-Virtual mode), 21 - 23 Dec. 2021.

  12. Flash poster presentation entitled “Hydrogen Bond Assisted Anchoring Transitions in Nematic Liquid Crystals at the Aqueous Interface.” Nandi, R.; Jain, V.; Devi, M.; Gupta, T.; Pal, S. K. at International Conference on Complex Fluids and Soft Matter 2021, organized by IIT Gandhinagar, India (Indian Society of Rheology - Virtual mode) 13 - 15 Dec. 2021.

  13. Flash Poster Presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-Ring Based Hockey-Stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property Relationship.” Jain, V.; Kaur, S.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at International Webinar on Recent Perspectives on Liquid Crystalline Materials (RPLCM): Chemistry, Physics and Biological Applications 2021 (Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India-Virtual mode), 4 - 5 Oct. 2021.

  14. Oral presentation entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-Ring Based Hockey-Stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property Relationship.” Jain, V.; Kaur, S.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at ICRTCM 2021 (ICFAI University, Tripura, India-Virtual mode), 20 - 24 Sept. 2021.

  15. Participated in The first edition of the CRIKC Chemistry Symposium (CCS-2019) held at IISER Mohali, India, 2 – 3 November 2019.

  16. Attended a workshop on “Academic Publishing for Quality Research: How to Get Published & Avoid Pitfalls” organized by Wiley at IISER Mohali on December 7, 2019.

  17. Poster presentation entitled “Least membered Polar Bent-core Liquid Crystals” Jain, V.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at Bangalore Microscopy Course 2018 (NCBC-TIFR, Bangalore, India), 16 - 23 Sept. 2018.

  18. Poster presentation entitled “Least membered Polar Bent-core Liquid Crystals” Jain, V.; Mohiuddin, G.; Pal, S. K. at FICS 2018 (IIT Guwahati, India), 6 - 8 Dec. 2018.

  19. Participated in National Workshop on Single Crystal Analysis, 2018, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.

  20. Participated in ACS on Campus India Roadshow held in February 2018 at IISER Mohali.

  21. Poster presentation entitled “Cholesteric Liquid crystal droplet-based biosensor for the detection of DNA Hybridization” Jain, V.; Pal, S. K. at 24th NCLC 2017, IISER Mohali, India, 11 - 13 Oct. 2017.

  22. Volunteer – Accommodation, Travel, & TA/DA in charge, at 24th National Conference on Liquid Crystals (NCLC) 2017, IISER Mohali, India, 11 - 13 Oct. 2017.

  23. Participated in RSC Roadshow 2017, at IISER Mohali, India.

  24. Participated in the Indian Biophysical Society pre-symposium and conference IBS 2017 at IISER Mohali, India, 22 – 25 March 2017.

  25. Participated in the 23rd National Conference on Liquid Crystals (NCLC) 2016, organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India, 7 – 9 December 2016.

  26. Participated in the National Conference on Advanced scientific development in chemical sciences (NCASDCS) - 2014. Organized by DCRUT Murthal, Sonipat, Haryana, India on 14 March 2014.

  27. Participated in ‘vijyoshi CAMP-2011’, IISc, Bangalore, India, 26 – 28 November 2011.

 

Research Internships

  • Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat (September 2015)

  • University of Delhi (June-August 2015)

Published Papers

  1. Imine-based highly polar achiral unsymmetrical four-ring bent shaped liquid crystals: Design, synthesis and characterization, Varsha Jain, Golam Mohiuddin, Ajay Jain, Santosh Prasad Gupta, Santanu Kumar Pal, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1267, 133496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133496.

  2. Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Achiral Unsymmetrical Four-ring based Hockey-stick Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structure-Property relationship, Varsha Jain, Supreet Kaur, Golam Mohiuddin, Santanu Kumar Pal, Liquid Crystals Crystals, 2022, 49:2, 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2021.1949054. (This article is featured on the Journal Cover page of the year 2022, volume 49, issue 2)

  3. Hydrogen bond assisted anchoring transitions in nematic liquid crystals at the aqueous interface, Varsha Jain, Rajib Nandi, Manisha Devi, Tarang Gupta, Santanu Kumar Pal, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2021, 625, 126952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126952.

  4. DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF 2-CHLORO-3-NITROBENZOIC ACID BASED THREE-RING BENT-CORE MOLECULES WITH A TERMINAL HALOGEN MOIETY, Varsha Jain, Golam Mohiuddin, Santanu Kumar Pal, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127383.​

  5. Gold nanoparticle-mediated signal amplification of liquid crystal biosensors for dopamine, Rajib Nandi, Lisha Loitongbam, Joydip De, Varsha Jain, Santanu Kumar Pal, Analyst, 2019, 144, 1110-1114. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8AN02171F.

©2022 by Varsha Jain.

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