Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Sciences
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Research Area
Theoretical and computational chemistry
Research Interests
Our primary interest is in the broad category of chemical bonding across the periodic table. At present in our group, we are trying to solve pertinent technological issues, such as the instability problems associated with lead iodide-based perovskites, which impede the commercialization of perovskite-based solar cells. Additionally, we engage in designing new materials that could serve as potential solar absorbers, offering a safer alternative to unstable and toxic lead iodide-based perovskites. Our research encompasses various topics, including catalysis using transition metal oxides, thermally activated delayed fluorescence, photoinduced phase transition, and self-healing, among others. We use all possible quantum chemistry tools as required, and we like to work with experimental groups for the subject of interest.
2016 - 2018 : Post-doctoral research associate
2009 - 2015 : PhD, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
2007 - 2009 : MSc Chemistry, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi (Calicut University)
2004 - 2007 : BSc Chemistry, N. S. S. College, Ottapalam (Calicut University)
Kunnumma Chelladath Krishnapriya, Ashith Thayyil, Mithu Kumari and Priyakumari Chakkingal Parambil. Bond-alternated and bond-equalized hexazine derivatives. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26:3569-3577, 2024. URL, DOI
Ashith Thayyil and Priyakumari Chakkingal Parambil. Lewis Acidity Trend of Boron and Aluminium Trihalides: If Not π Back-Bonding, What Else?**. ChemPhysChem 24(5):e202200761, 2023. URL, DOI
Priyakumari Chakkingal Parambil and Sathya S R R Perumal. On the instability of iodides of heavy main group atoms in their higher oxidation state. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25:6306-6315, 2023. URL, DOI
Priyakumari Chakkingal Parambil and Sathya S R R Perumal. Lewis Base/Acid Coordination Stabilizes Planar 6π Aromatic Si6/P6. Organometallics 39(16):2951-2955, 2020. URL, DOI
Priyakumari Chakkingal Parambil and Roald Hoffmann. Alkyl Isosteres. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140(40):12844-12852, 2018. URL, DOI
Chakkingal P Priyakumari and Eluvathingal D Jemmis. P3F92–: An All-Pseudo-π* 2π-Aromatic. Journal of the American Chemical Society 135(43):16026-16029, 2013. URL, DOI