LABORATORY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND DEVICES
Group Head: Dr. SWAPNA S NAIR
Well established researcher in the field of nanomaterials and devices, possess 12 years of teaching experience in Physics/materials science/nanotechnology and related disciplines. Currently PI to a core research grant (CRG – INR 8 million) from DST, Govt. of India and have received funding in total of INR 30 million for various centrally funded projects including the FIST funding for the department. Hold a patent for the fabrication of a novel optical limiter device with tunable linear transmission (315834, IPO, India (process & product)). Have published 61 research articles in internationally reputed journals (i-10 index 34, Total citations 1766, Last five year Avg IF = 3.96).
Group members:Malavika R K, Muhammad Javad P, Ajai Krishnan U, Bineesha C
Our group works primarily on nanomaterials for biological applications, such as bio-sensors, bio-mimics, bio-implants, nano-drugs, and vectors for nano-drug delivery. The applications are realised by working on wearable/implantable electronics. We focus on energy harvesting materials, multiferroics and magnetism etc in addition to the above mentioned core areas. Our recent work on “the development of a paper printed colorimetric sensor based on Cu-curcumin nanoparticles for evolving point-of-care clinical diagnosis of sodium” has been recognised as a good contribution towards the medical diagnosis field. The work was featured in nature highlights. Besides, the group has published works on nano-cellular thermometer, sensors for cellular pH, hypoxia, biomolecules like glutathione, amino acids etc. Calorimetric, optical sensors , electrochemical sensors ,TFT & diode based point of care diagnostics and sensors etc. are the major theme of research.
RECENT PAPERS
[1] Chandran, Neeli & Janardhanan, Prajit & Bayal, Manikanta & Pilankatta, Rajendra & Nair, Swapna. (2023). Development of PEGylated Cu nanoclusters: A nontoxic, multifunctional colloidal system for bioimaging and peroxide sensing. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1867. 130372. 10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130372.
[2] Bayal, Manikanta & Naseef, P. & Chandran, Neeli & Nair, Swapna. (2022). Photocatalytic degradation study of three different organic dyes using co-metal substituted ZnS and metal-ZnS composite nanoparticles. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2464. 020001. 10.1063/5.0083498.
[3] Chandran, Neeli & Janardhanan, Prajit & Bayal, Manikanta & Pilankatta, Rajendra & Nair, Swapna. (2022). Development of a paper printed colorimetric sensor based on Cu-Curcumin nanoparticles for evolving point-of-care clinical diagnosis of sodium. Scientific Reports. 12. 6247. 10.1038/s41598-022-09852-z.