Dr. Suranjan Shil

We are addressing several important scientific challenges: (1) Organic diradicals exhibit fascinating magnetic properties; however, their relatively weak magnetic exchange interactions often limit their practical applications. We aim to understand the fundamental origins of their magnetic behaviour and establish design principles for developing diradicals with stronger magnetic exchange interactions and desirable spintronic properties. (2) Calculating molecular relaxation and dephasing times is computationally demanding. We are therefore developing simple, reliable, and computationally efficient methods for estimating these properties in organic diradicals, particularly in the context of their potential use as molecular qubits. (3) Various organic molecules have been detected in the interstellar medium. We investigate their possible formation pathways and evaluate their detectability under different interstellar conditions. Ultimately, this research may contribute to a better understanding of the chemical processes associated with the origins of life.