Research Interest

• Advanced Materials:  Designing of Upconverting nanomaterials, Biosensors, Chemisensors and Stimuli activated nanodrugs, photo-active materials for waste water remediation, photocatalytic reactions, designing advanced materials for devices.

• Active and Soft Materials: Designing Active antibacterial materials, Nano-cellular reporters, PDT and Photothermal agents for cellular damage, Stabilizing thermodynamically unstable matter for its biological applications.

• Interfacial Science and Engineering: Evaluating nanomaterial interaction with biologically active matter

Selected Publications:

• Reply on "Comments on "A novel approach for determination of nucleation rates and interfacial energy of metallic magnesium nanoclusters at high temperature using non-isothermal TGA models‟ by the author Ashish Bhattacharjee", Prachi Srivastava; Shivesh Sabbarwal; Vivek Kumar Verma; Manoj Kumar, Chemical Engineering Science,2024,293, 119989. DOI:10.1016/j.ces.2024.119989  

• A novel approach for determination of nucleation rates and interfacial energy of metallic magnesium nanoclusters at high temperature using non-isothermal TGA models, Prachi Srivastava; Shivesh Sabbarwal; Vivek Kumar Verma; Manoj Kumar, Chemical Engineering Science, 2023, 265,118223. (IF 4.9)

• In-vivo Anticancer Efficacy of Self-targeted Methotrexate-loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles in Solid Tumor-bearing Rat, Rinki Verma, Varsha Rani, Manoj Kumar, International ImmunoPharmacology, 2023, 119,110147. (IF 5.7)

• Evaluation of Methotrexate Encapsulated Polymeric Nanocarrier for Breast Cancer Treatment, Rinki verma, Virendra singh, Biplob koch, Manoj Kumar, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2023, 226,113308. (IF 6.0)

• Lattice-strain induced photophysical properties of NaYF4: Yb3+, Tm3+ Upconverting Phosphors, Kedar Sahoo, Sudhir Ranjan, Manoj Kumar, Journal of Luminescence, 2022, 119249,doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.119249. (IF 3.6)

• Color removal from model dye effluent using PVA-GA hydrogel beads, Prarabdh Jain, Kedar Sahoo, Lenin Mahiya, Harsh Ojha, Harshita Trivedi, Avanish Singh Parmar, Manoj Kumar*, Journal of Environmental Management,2021, 281, 111797. (IF 9; Citations-12)

• Synthesis of Biocompatible, BSA capped Fluorescent CaCO3 Pre-Nucleation Nanoclusters for Cell Imaging Applications, Shivesh Sabbarwal, Ashutosh Kumar Dubey, Maneesha Pandey, Manoj Kumar, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020, 8, 5729 – 5744. (IF 7.6; Citations-12)

• Development of Ultrasensitive and As (III) Selective Upconverting (NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+) Platform, Suman Duhan, Kedar Sahoo, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar, Analyst, 2020, 145,6378-87. (IF 4.2)

• Green Route synthesized NaYF4: Yb3+, Tm3+ Nanophosphors and its Photophysical and Magnetic Characterization, Kedar Sahoo, Sudhir Ranjan, Md. Imteyaz Ahmad, Manoj Kumar, Journal of Luminescence,2020, 228, 117654. (IF 4.1) (free-download: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bppw53WXyqat).