Dr. Devesh Chandra Binwal

Experimental materials chemistry

Dr. Devesh Chandra Binwal

Experimental Materials Chemist | Halide Perovskites | Crystal Growth | Magnetism | TMDs/HER

I completed my PhD in the New Chemistry Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, India, working on structure-property relationships in bulk solid-state materials. My research is driven by a central question: why do crystalline materials behave the way they do, and how can structure be used to tune their optical, magnetic, and catalytic properties? I study Mo(III)-based halide double perovskites, dimensionality-controlled hybrid and inorganic perovskites, single-crystal growth and SCXRD, low-temperature magnetic transitions, and layered materials including transition metal dichalcogenides. I also work on MoS2-based systems for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), relevant to hydrogen production.

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Research focus

Structure-driven design of functional materials

My work connects synthesis, single-crystal structures, and physical properties so that composition and dimensionality become useful design variables rather than only descriptive features.

Magnetic halide perovskites

Mo(III)-based halide double perovskites used as clean S = 3/2 platforms for studying exchange pathways and dimensionality effects.

Single-crystal growth and SCXRD

Solution growth, structure solution, and refinement of low-dimensional halide materials with attention to composition, symmetry, and bond geometry.

Magnetism and phase transitions

Low-temperature magnetic ordering, antiferromagnetic exchange, and structure-property correlations in open-shell inorganic frameworks.

TMDs and hydrogen evolution

MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, Mo2C, and related nanocomposites for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic HER.