Ep. 67 - Conversation with Pramod Pillai: Material Chemistry to Nanoscale Alchemy

Pramod is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at IISER Pune - https://www.pramodpillai.com/members Pramod explores various aspects of chemistry from physical and material chemistry to photochemistry and photophysics and prepares and studies a variety of nanomaterials from light-matter interaction and catalysis viewpoints. How did he develop chemical intuition, and what has been his intellectual journey? We discuss this and many more aspects in this episode. Listen as we humanize science. References: Dr. P. Pillai Group. Accessed August 8, 2024. https://www.pramodpillai.com/members. “Pramod Pillai - IISER Pune.” Accessed August 8, 2024. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/chemistry/people/faculty/regular-faculty/pramod-pillai/314. Demirörs, Ahmet F., Pramod P. Pillai, Bartlomiej Kowalczyk, and Bartosz A. Grzybowski. 2013. “Colloidal Assembly Directed by Virtual Magnetic Moulds.” Nature 503 (7474): 99–103. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12591. Kashyap, Radha Krishna, and Pramod P. Pillai. 2024. “Plasmonic Nanoparticles Boost Solar-to-Electricity Generation at Ambient Conditions.” Nano Letters 24 (18): 5585–92. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00925. Pramod, Padmanabhan, and K. George Thomas. 2008. “Plasmon Coupling in Dimers of Au Nanorods.” Advanced Materials 20 (22): 4300–4305. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200703057. Whitesides, George M., and Bartosz Grzybowski. 2002. “Self-Assembly at All Scales.” Science 295 (5564): 2418–21. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1070821.