Arin Bhakat
Guwahati, Assam| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships |
| Project Title: | Sustainable production of Nitric Acid from Nitrogen/Air in Water Droplets |
| Field of Study: | Chemistry |
| Home Institution: | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam |
| Host Institution: | Stanford University , Stanford, CA |
| Grant Start Month: | October 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | Twenty-four months |
Brief Bio:
Dr. Arin Bhakat is currently a project staff member (SRF-Direct) at the Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam. He earned his BSc in 2016 from Haldia Government College under Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, and completed his MSc in 2018 at Presidency University, Kolkata. In July 2024, he was awarded a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Assam.
Dr. Bhakat’s research interests are primarily in the field of crystal engineering, especially 2D crystals and moiré superlattice, design, synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of nanomaterials (QDs, metal NPs, NCs & Janus structure) and organic-inorganic molecular microcrystals for optoelectronic devices and sensors, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. He has published many research papers in various internationally reputed journals and has an Indian technology transfer patent. As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research fellow at the Stanford University, Dr. Bhakat is working with Prof. Zare and focusing on water micro-droplet assisted catalytic synthesis of nitric acid directly from nitrogen/air in the ambient conditions. He aims to explore sustainable water micro-droplet catalysis, scaling up the synthesis, and investigating reaction pathways.