Dr Atanu Bhattacharya

Physical Chemistry

Primary goal of our physical chemistry research work is explore chemical dynamics/chemical bonding under high or ultrahigh vacuum conditions, using ultrafast spectroscopy and quantum chemical/dynamical calculations. In particular, we are exploring (a) Attochemistry: the first 10 femtoseconds after ionization of a molecule to explore attosecond dynamics of chemical bonding, (b) Femtochemistry of Nanocatalysis: The first 100 picoseconds of heterogeneous catalysis to explore the role of hot electro