Patents
A. A. Argun, M. Rana, B. M. Dweik, N. I. Khan, A. Weber, K. S. Burch, N. Kumar, M. Geiwitz, Method and system for detecting one or more drugs and/or drug metabolites in wastewater, U.S. Patent Application No. US 17/887,347, August 12, 2022.
K. S. Burch, N. Kumar, M. Geiwitz, M. Catalano, Methods of Fabricating A Multianalyte Detection Device And Devices Thereof, U.S. Patent Application No. 18/575,477, June 28, 2022. International Patent Application No. PCT/US22/73201, June 22, 2022.
K. S. Burch, T. van Opijnen, J. Gao, N. Kumar, W. Wang, J. C. Ortiz-Marquez, and M. Gray, “Rapid Detection and Identification of Bacteria with Graphene Field Effect Transistors and Peptide Probes” U.S. Patent Application No. 17/090,982, November 6, 2020, Pub. No. US 2021/0140919 A1. Date Granted: June 11th, 2024
S. Panda, N. Kumar, and D. Bhatt “An IGZO based dual gate ion sensitive field effect transistor” Indian Patent Application, 201911024882, July 5, 2019.
Date Granted: March 1st, 2024
S. Panda and N. Kumar, “Development of a-IGZO based dual gate ISFET using Al2O3 as top gate/ sensing dielectric” Indian Patent Application, 201911005381, February 22, 2019. Date Granted: May 6th, 2024
Publications
1. M. Geiwitz, O. R. Page, T. Marello, N. Kumar, S. Hummel, V. Belosevich, Q. Ma, T. van Opijnen, B. Batten, M. M. Meyer, K. S. Burch, “Graphene Multiplexed Sensor for Point-of-Need Viral Wastewater-Based Epidemiology” ACS Applied Bio Materials 7 (7), 4622-4632, (2024). (I.F.=4.6)
2. N. Kumar, M. Rana, M. Geiwitz, N. I. Khan, M. Catalano, J. C. Ortiz-Marquez, H. Kitadai, A. Weber, B. Dweik, X. Ling, T. van Opijnen, A. Argun, K. S. Burch, “Rapid, multianalyte detection of opioid metabolites in wastewater” ACS Nano 16, 3704−3714, (2022). (I.F.=18.027)
3. H. Gao, J. Cao, T. Li, W. Luo, M. Gray, N. Kumar, K. S. Burch, X. Ling, “Phase Controllable Synthesis of Ultrathin Molybdenum Nitrides Crystals via Atomic Substitution of MoS2" Chemistry of Materials, 34, 1, 351–357, (2022). (I.F.=10.508)
4. Y. Wang, J, Balgley, E. Gerber, M. Gray, N. Kumar, X. Lu, J-Q Yan, A. Fereidouni, R. Basnet, S. J. Yun, D. Suri, K. Hikari, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, X. Ling, J. Moodera, Y. H. Lee, H. 0. H. Churchi, J. Hu, L. Yang, E-A. Kim, D. G. Mandrus, E. A. Henriksen, K. S. Burch, Modulation Doping via a 2D Atomic Crystalline Acceptor. Nano Letters, 20, 12, 8446–8452, (2020). (I.F.=12.262)
5. N. Kumar, M. Gray, J. C. Ortiz-Marquez, A. Weber, C. R. Desmond, A. Argun, T. van Opijnen, and K. S. Burch, Detection of a multi-disease biomarker in Saliva with Graphene Field Effect Transistors, Medical Devices & Sensors, 3, 6, e10121 (2020). (I.F.= NA)
6. N. Kumar, W. Wang, J. C. Ortiz-Marquez, M. Catalano, M. Gray, N. Biglari, K. Hikari, X. Ling, J. Gao, T. van Opijnen, and K. S. Burch, Dielectrophoresis assisted rapid, selective and single cell detection of antibiotic resistant bacteria with G-FETs, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 156, 112123, (2020). (I.F.=12.545)
7. N. Kumar, D. Bhatt, M. Sutradhar, and S. Panda, Interface mechanisms involved in a-IGZO based dual gate ion sensitive field effect transistor using Al2O3 as the top gate dielectric, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 119, 105239, (2020). (I.F.=4.644)
8. M. Gray, N. Kumar, R. O’Connor, M. Hoek, E. Sheridan, M. C. Doyle, M. L. Romanelli, G. B. Osterhoudt, Y. Wang, V. Plisson, S. Lei, R. Zhong, B. Rachmilowitz, H. Zhao, H. Kitadai, S. Shepard, L. M. Schoop, G. D. Gu, I. Zeljkovic, X. Ling, and K.S. Burch, Cleanroom-In-A-Glovebox, Review of Scientific Instruments, 91, 073909 (2020). (I.F.=1.843)
9. M. J. Gray, J. Freudenstein, S. Y. F Zhao, R. OConnor, S. Jenkins, N. Kumar, M. Hoek, A. Kopec, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, R. Zhong, G.D. Gu, and K. S. Burch, Evidence for helical hinge zero modes in an Fe-based superconductor, Nano Letters, 19, 8, 4890-4896, (2019). (I.F.= 12.262)
10. D. Bhatt, N. Kumar, and S. Panda, Stacked top gate dielectrics in dual gate ion sensitive field effect transistors: role of interfaces, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 1, 8, 1465-1473, (2019) (I.F.= 4.494)
11. N. Kumar, S. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, Investigation of mechanisms involved in the field effect based label free detection of prostate cancer biomarkers, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164, 9, B409-B416, (2017). (I.F.=4.386)
12. N. Kumar, M. Sutradhar, J. Kumar and S. Panda, Role of deposition and annealing of the top gate dielectric in a-IGZO TFT-based dual-gate ion-sensitive field-effect transistors, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 32, 3, 035013, (2017). (I.F.=2.048)
13. N. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, Back channel electrolyte gated a-IGZO dual gate thin film transistor for enhancement of pH sensitivity over Nernst limit, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 37, 4, 500-503, (2016). (I.F.=4.816)
14. N. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, Enhanced pH sensitivity over the Nernst limit of electrolyte gated a-IGZO thin film transistor using branched polyethylenimine, RSC Advances, 6, 13, 10810-10815, (2016). (I.F.=4.036)
15. S. Kumar*, N. Kumar*, and S. Panda, Signal amplification in field effect based sandwich enzyme linked immunosensing by tuned buffer concentration with ionic strength adjuster, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 179, 1, 168–178, (2016). (I.F.=3.094)
*Equal Contribution
16. N. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, Low temperature annealed amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) as a pH sensitive layer for applications in field effect based sensors, AIP Advances, 5, 6, 067123, (2015). (I.F.=1.697)
17. N. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, Sensitivity enhancement mechanisms in textured dielectric based electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) sensors, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 4, 3, N18-N23, (2015). (I.F.=2.483)
18. S. Dastidar, A. Agarwal, N. Kumar, V. Bal, and S. Panda, Sensitivity enhancement of electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor sensors using mesotextured and nanotextured dielectric surfaces, IEEE Sensors Journal, 15, 4, 2039-2045, (2015). (I.F.=4.325)
Conference Proceedings:
O. T. Gul, K. M. Pugliese, Y. Choi, A. J. Rajapakse, C. J. Lau, N. Kumar, K. N. Gabriel, D. Marushchak, T. J. Olsen, D. Pan, G. A. Weiss, and P. G. Collins, “Bioelectronics at the single molecule level” 2018 IEEE IEDM, December 1-5, San Francisco, CA, USA, IEEE Conference Proceeding, IEDM18-676-678, (2018).
N. Kumar, S. Senapati, S. Kumar, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, “Functionalized vertically aligned ZnO nanorods for application in electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor based pH and label-free immuno-sensors” IJEGMBE, December 22-25, Kyutech, Japan, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 704, 012013, (2016).
N. Kumar, A. P. Tiwari, J. Kumar, and S. Panda, “Effect of post deposition annealing temperature of e-Beam evaporated Ta2O5 films on sensitivities of electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor devices” 2nd ISPTS, March 7-10, Pune, India, IEEE Conference Proceeding, 214-218, (2015).
C. Mukherjee, V. K. Dixit, K. Rajiv, N. Kumar, S. Kumar, T.K. Sharma, T. Ganguly, S. Pal, S. M. Oak, and J.K. Mittal “Optical and electrical properties of e-beam deposited SiO2 films for application in diode laser” IX International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, December 14-17, IIT Delhi, India, Photonics, (2008).
Book Chapter:
S. Sonkusale, N. Kumar, Materials and Processing for Flexible Bioelectronics, “Flexible Bioelectronics with Power Autonomous Sensing and Data Analytics”, Springer Nature, pp 1–25, 2022