• Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)/Coordination polymers (CPs) 

• Applications in gas storage, conductivity, Schottky diodes, sensing etc.

• Solid-state structural transformations

• Photoreactive coordination polymers

• Water clusters in crystal hosts

• Photoactuating smart materials

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Selected Publications

• S. Khan* and M.H. Mir,* Photomechanical properties in metal–organic crystals. Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 7555. (This article is part of the themed collection: Emerging Trends in MOFs)

• S. Khan, B. Dutta, S. Naaz, A. Choudhury, P.-A. Cazade, E. Kiely, S. Guerin,* R. Medishetty,* and M. H. Mir* Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 150 (Nature Portfolio).

• M. H. Mir,* S. Bera, S. Khan, S. Maity, C. Sinha  and  B. Dutta, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 6197.

• B. Dutta, C. Sinha and M. H. Mir,* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11049.

• B. Dutta, A. Dey, C. Sinha, P. P. Ray* and M. H. Mir* Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 8029.