RESEARCH
Chiral Nanomaterials for Bioapplication and as Light Emitting Materials
The advancements in the design and synthesis of nanoscale materials have opened up avenues toward new concepts in design of novel chiroptical nanomaterials that can find potential applications in the areas of optics, catalysis and biosensing. The major objective of the the research group will be to
design and synthesis of organic, inorganic and hybrid chiral nanomaterials for enhanced performance.
understand the basic mechanism of chirality at the nanoscale.
find suitable applications in the field of optoelectronics, as security tags as well as in biodetection and therapy.
Single Particle Spectroscopy
The major drawback with investigations in the bulk is that it provides an average of the properties of materials in the system.
Large optical cross sections in metal particles enable the investigations at the single-particle level providing direct structure-property correlation.
Objectives of the project will be to investigate enantioselective and catalytic reactions on the metal particle surface at the single particle level.
Chiral Luminescence Spectroscopy
CPL measures the differential emission of left and right circularly polarized light.
The advantages of CPL is such that it can replace non polarized or linearly polarized light emitting materials for better efficiency and performance.
The objective is to develop CPL active systems based on organic molecules and lanthanide complexes that can be used as active materials in security applications as well as in chiral light emitting materials.
Chiral Nanostructures for Biodetection and Therapy
Tools allowing early diagnostics are pivotal in the improved therapeutics of various diseases.
The project will focus on the diagonosis and therapy of various tumors as well as neurodegenerative disorders.
Molecular drugs as well as nanoparticles can be employed for better efficiency.
Hybrid Nanomaterials as Multifunctional Probes
The design and synthesis of compact nanoprobes that can function as multimodal biomaterials is a major challenge in diagnostics and therapeutics.
The project involves the synthesis of functionalized nanomaterials and the investigations on their cellular uptake.
The nanomaterials can find applications in biomedical field such as contrast agents, intracellular nano-heaters, magnetic transducers and for drug/gene delivery.