Dr. Abtab is interested in the development of solid adsorbents (Metal Organic Frameworks, with characteristics of high surface area) that selectively adsorb CO₂ at partial pressures applicable to carbon capture and separation (CCS).

• Tetranuclear hetero-metal [CoII2LnIII2] (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, La) complexes involving carboxylato bridge in a rare µ4-η2:η2 mode: synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties
  S.M.T. Abtab, M.C. Majee, M. Maity, J. Titiš, R. Boča  and M. Chaudhury
  Inorg. Chem.  53, 1295-1306, (2014)
• Homo- and hetero-metal complexes of oxido-metal Ions with a triangular [V(V)O-MO-V(V)O] [M = V(IV) and Re(V)] Core: reporting mixed-oxidation oxido-vanadium(V/IV/V) compounds with valence trapped structures
  K. Bhattacharya, M. Maity, S.M.T. Abtab, M.C. Majee and M. Chaudhury
  Inorg. Chem. 52, 9597−9605, (2013)
  
• Tetranuclear homo- (ZnII4 and CdII4) and hetero-metal (ZnII2TbIII2 and CdII2TbIII2) complexes with a pair of carboxylate ligands in a rare η2:η2:μ4-bridging mode: syntheses, structures and emission properties
  S.M.T. Abtab, A. Audhya, N. Kundu, S.K. Samanta, P.S. Sardar, R.J. Bucher, S. Ghosh and M. Chaudhury
  Dalton Trans. 42, 1848–1861, (2013)
  
• Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a family of tetranuclear hydroxido-bridged NiII2LnIII2 (Ln = La, Gd, Tb and Dy) complexes: display of slow magnetic relaxation by the Zinc(II)-dysprosium(III) analogue
  S.M.T. Abtab, M. Maity, K. Bhattacharya, E.C. Sañudo and M. Chaudhury
  Inorg. Chem. 51, 10211−10221, (2012)
• Triple-stranded helicates of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) involving a new Redox-active multiring nitrogenous heterocyclic ligand: synthesis, structure, and electrochemical and photophysical properties
  N. Kundu, S.M.T. Abtab, S. Kundu, A. Endo, S.J. Teat, and M. Chaudhury
  Inorg. Chem. 51, 2652−2661, (2012)
• Single crystal-to-single crystal irreversible transformation from a discrete vanadium(V)-alcoholate to an aldehydic-vanadium(IV) oligomer
  P.B. Chatterjee, A. Audhya, S. Bhattacharya, S.M.T. Abtab, K. Bhattacharya and M. Chaudhury
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 15842–15845, (2010)

• 2006-2012, Ph.D. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India
• 2004-2006, M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), The University of Burdwan, India
• 2001-2004, B.Sc. (Chemistry), The University of Burdwan, India
  

• 2014-Present : Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2013-2014 : Postdoctoral fellow, NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• Selected as Research Associate (CSIR) under the subject code CHEM-22, 2013
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) All India Rank -47, 2006
• National Eligibility Test (NET) December, 2005, Qualified CSIR, 2005

Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center (AMPM)
Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)