Research in our group is focussed on the synthesis of functionalized nanostructured materials and their nanocomposites through indigenously developed, novel and simple solution phase processing techniques i.e., through “bottom-up” approach.
Nanostructured materials, by virtue of their boundary surface-determined properties, bring about novel properties (e.g., extraordinary mechanical, electric, magnetic etc.) compared to their bulk counterparts. The challenge is to use chemistry to manipulate the particulate dimensions/ morphologies of a material to accomplish the desired nanostructure or to modify / functionalize their surface through appropriate manoeuvring of the chemical composition and the processing parameters. The motivation is to study the structure/property correlations of the nanostructures for exploiting their technological benefits in the field of – catalysis, sensors, pigments, ferroelectric/ magnetic device fabrication, separation technology, biomedical applications etc. The systems of interest include: Magnetic oxides (spinel ferrites, orthoferrites, iron garnets); Structural and other mixed oxide materials (e.g., chromites, aluminates, zirconates, vanadates, molybdates, tungstates); Double & complex ferroelectric oxides with perovskite/ layered type perovskite / tetragonal tungsten bronze structures; Curved nanostructures of layered MoS2 and WS2 etc.
Our recent research-ventures, carried out in collaboration with the School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur has been on the development of biocompatible nanostructures/ nanocomposites for (a) fabrication of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery for the treatment of cancer (both, in-vivo and in vitro studies) using surface functionalized magnetic nanoparticles, fluorescent carbon dots, hollow / mesoporous inorganic nanostructures; (b) spectroscopic detection of toxins (such as, hydrogen peroxide and heavy metals) using carbon-based nanocomposites; and (c) development of florescent probes for biomedical applications.
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Fabrication and Characterization of Polyvinyl alcohol/Metal (Ca, Mg, Ti) Doped Zirconium Phosphate Nanocomposite Films for Scaffold-guided Tissue Engineering Application Kalita H., Pal P. , Dhara S. , Pathak A. By Materials Science & Engineering:C (Mater. for Bio. Appl.) 71 363-371 (2016)
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Inhibition of fibrillation of Human Serum Albumin through interaction with Chitosan-based Biocompatible Silver Nanoparticles Sen S., Konar S. , Das B. , Pathak A. , Dhara S. , Dasgupta S. , Dasgupta S. By RSC Advances 6 43104-43115 (2016)
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Preparation of Hollow TiO2 Nanospheres for Biomedical Applications, Himani Kalita and Amita Pathak Kalita H., Pathak A. By Green Chemistry & Technology Letters 2 68-73 (2016)
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Shape-dependent catalytic activity of CuO nanostructures Konar S., Pavvada N. , Tantubay S. , Mahto M. K., Pathak A. By Journal of Catalysis 336 11-22 (2016)
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Sonochemically synthesized biocompatible zirconium phosphate nanoparticles for pH sensitive drug delivery application Kalita H., Kumar B. P., Konar S. , Tantubay S. , Mahto M. K., Mandal M. , Pathak A. By Materials Science and Engg:C (Mater. for Bio. Appl.) 60 84-91 (2016)
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Fluorescent chiral carbon dots and one-pot synthesis of the same Mahanty A. (., Konar S. , Samanta D. By - (2019)
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Ph. D. Students
Angana Bhattacharya
Area of Research: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials and Study of their Properties
Dipanjan Samanta
Area of Research: Novel Nanostructures and their Biological Applications
Imran Mondal
Area of Research: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials and Study of their Various Applications
Kinshuk Malik
Area of Research: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials and Study of their Various Applications
Manisha Shaw
Area of Research: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials and Study of their Various Applications
Md Abdus Salam Shaik
Area of Research: Preparation of Nanostructured Materials and Study of their Various Applications
Rajarshi Basu
Area of Research: Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Study of their Applications
Rosy Rahman
Area of Research: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
