Welcome to
Theoretical and Computational Molecular Chemistry Group
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
PI: Dr. Hemant Kumar Kashyap


Research Interest


    • Solid-electrolyte Interphase (SEI): Mechanism of Formation and Composition
    • Intercalation-deintercalation of Electrolyte Species in Nanoscale Confinement
    • Li-ion based Battery Electrolytes
    • Solvent-in-salt Electrolytes (SiSE)
    • Water-in-salt Electrolytes (WiSE)
    • WiS-IL Hybrid Electrolytes (WSHE)
    • Na-ion based Battery Electrolytes
    • Microstructures of DESs
    • Impact of Hydration on the Microstructure of DESs
    • DESs as Capturing Agents for Flue/Anthropogenic Gases
    • Structure and Dynamics of Hydrophobic DESs
    • Role of DESs and their Hydration on the Structural Changes and Stability of Proteins
    • Application of HDESs in Extraction Process
    • Bulk/interfacial/confinement structural studies of traditional ILs
    • Bulk and Interfacial Structure of Bio-ILs
    • Effect of Small Molecules/Ionic Liquids on Biomimmetic Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Membranes
    • Antibacterial Activity of Solvents/Polymers/Nanosheets
    • Ion Transport through Transmembrane Proteins (Ion-channel)
    • Interaction of Plasma membrane with Bacterial membranes
    • Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Development/refinement of force-fields
    • Wetting-Dewetting Behavior, Capillary Evaporation
    • Charge Transport and X-ray/Neutron Scattering Structure