Laboratory for Sustainable Healthcare, Environment and Energy Materials
Lab Head
Prof. S. BALAKUMAR, FRSC (UK), FInstP (IOP,UK), FASCh, IEEESM (USA)
Laboratory for Sustainable Health care, Environment and Energy Materials (LSHEEM)
National Centre for Nanosciene and Nanotechnology
University of Madras
Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600 025, INDIA
Phone: 9442617848/ 044-22202749
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=iF8yRNUAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Team
New Highlights (2024)
Hearty Congratulation to Dr. K. Annamalai, who has defented his Ph.D Viva Voce Examination on 30-04-2024!!!!.
Congratulations to Yuvaraj, who has won the third prize in POSTER presentation in the ICEAM 2024 conference held at Anna university during 27-28th March 2024.
Hearty Congratulations to Ms. Elakkiya, who has received the second Prize for her Prototype demonstration in Women in STEM conference held at Anna University jointly with Agarm foundation-2024.
Hearty Congratulations to Mrs. Savithry, who has received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference held at SSN institutions, Chennai!!!!
Hearty Congratulations to Mrs. G. Radha, who has been appointed as Assistant Professor at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai!
Hearty Congratulation to Ms. Shalini for filing an Indian patent on Biogenic HaP!
Latest Publications ( 2024)
NH4+ Intercalation in Vanadium Oxide: Unraveling Orbital-Level Dynamics for High-Rate Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries, S Tharani, D Durgalakshmi, S Balakumar, AR Rajendran, 245th ECS Meeting (May 26-30, 2024)
Investigation of the composition and morphology of raw materials from the Aral Sea regionKurbanov D, Mylsamy S, Zhou B, Babayev Z, Bazarbayev R, Allaniyazov A, Balakumar S, Zeng G, Yakubov K, Karazhanov S, de gruyter, Feb 28(0), 2024. (Impact factor 2.5)
Progress in flexible supercapacitors for wearable electronics using graphene-based organic frameworks. Journal of Energy StorageShalini S, Naveen TB, Durgalakshmi D, Balakumar S, Rakkesh RA, May 10;86:111260, 2024. (Impact factor 9.4)
Devitrite (Na2Ca3Si6O16) phase dominated nanostructured 45S5 bioactive glass: exploring its structural and biological properties, K. Elakkiya, C. Ashok Raja, S. Balakumar, Biomedical materials, 19, 2024, 025039. (Impact factor 4.0).
Synergetic Advancements in Electromagnetic Interference shielding: Harnessing Fe3O4 Nanoparticles and Biomass-Derived N-Doped Carbon Layered Structure for Next Generation Nanocomposites, Theertharaman Govindasamy, Nibin Kolanjikombil Mathew, Vinaya Kumar Asapu, Venkatachalam Subramanian, Balakumar Subramanian, ACS Sustainable Resource Management, 2024.
Crucial Chemical Revelations in 45S5 Bioactive Glass via Sequential Precursor Integration Order, Vijayakumari Sugumaran, A. J. Pavithra, Bargavi Purushothaman, Balakumar Subramanian, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2024. (Impact factor 4.81).
Multifunctional bandage-bioactive glass/metal oxides/alginate composites based regenerative membrane facilitating re-epithelialization in diabetic wounds with sustained drug delivery and anti-bactericidal efficacy, P. Bargavi, S. Balakumar, S. Raghunandhakumar, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 262, 2024, 130054. (Impact factor 8.2).
Modulating the structural and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles for high performance supercapattery and EMI shielding application, Theertharaman Govindasamy, Nibin Kolanjikombil Mathew, Vinaya Kumar Asapu, Venkatachalam Subramanian, and Balakumar Subramanian, Journal of Energy storage, 2024 (Impact factor-9.4)
Systematic exploration of defect-rich 2D nanoparticle assembled 3D ZnO nanoflowers for improved photocurrent generation and photocatalytic performance, Savithri Mylsamy, Theertharaman Govindasamy, Balakumar Subramanian, Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2024. (Impact factor 7.7)
Enhancing Interplanar Spacing in V2O3/V3O7 Heterostructures to Optimize Cathode Efficiency for Zn-Ion Batteries, Tharani Selvam, Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran, Balakumar Subramanian, Ajay Rakkesh Rajendran, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 2024, 1338–1346. (Impact factor 5.7).
Chitosan bioactive glass scaffolds for in vivo subcutaneous implantation, toxicity assessment, and diabetic wound healing upon animal model, Manjubaashini, N., P. Bargavi, Nebu George Thomas, Nikhil Krishnan, and S. Balakumar, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ,2024: 128291. (Impact factor 8.025)
A high valence binary metal–organic framework as an electrode material for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors, Naveen, T. B., Dhinasekaran Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, and R. Ajay Rakkesh,Chemical Communications ,2024. (Impact factor 6.222)
Influence of anodization in electrophoretic deposition of strontium substituted hydroxyapatite coatings,Radha, G. and Balakumar, S., Materials Letters, p.135778, 2024. (Impact factor 3.574)
High-performance EMI shielding effectiveness of Fe3O4–3D rPC nanocomposites: a systematicoptimization in the X-band region, Theertharaman Govindasamy, Nibin Kolanjikombil Mathew, Vinaya Kumar Asapu, Vijayshankar Asokan, Venkatachalam Subramanian, and Balakumar Subramanian, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, no. 44 (2024), 30501-30515. (Impact factor 3.676)
Rapidly derived equimolar Ca: P phasic bioactive glass infused flexible gelatin multi-functional scaffolds–A promising tissue engineering, Ranganathan, Priya, Vijayakumari Sugumaran, Bargavi Purushothaman, Ajay Rakkesh Rajendran, and Balakumar Subramanian.Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2024): 106264. (Impact factor 3.9)
Evaluating the microwave absorbing performance of polymer-free thin Fe3O4–MWCNT NCs in X-band region, Govindasamy Theertharaman, Nibin Kolanjikombil Mathew, Vinaya Kumar Asapu, Venkatachalam Subramanian, and Balakumar Subramanian. Surfaces and Interfaces (2024): 103716. (Impact factor 6.2)
Lattice distortion-driven band gap engineering and enhanced electrocatalytic activity of Mn-substituted nanostructured SrTiO3 materials: A comprehensive investigation, Mylsamy, S., Karazhanov, S., & Subramanian, B. (2024).Chemosphere, 140577. (Impact factor 8.8)
Awareness Program on Nanocience and Nanotechnology In Doordarshan Podhigai TV Channel , 17th November 2021
Opportunities in Nanocience and Nanotechnology In Doordarshan Podhigai TV Channel , 20th April 2022
vivid bharathi.mp3Opportunities and Job Prospects in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology In Vividh Bharati Tamil FM 102.3, 25th June 2022
Opportunities in Nanocience and Nanotechnology In Doordarshan Podhigai TV Channel, 8th November 2022
Awards and Honors
Best Researcher Award - 2019
Senior Scientist Award, TNHE-Science City 2019
Best Researcher Award - 2018
Clinically approved dental product developed in our lab, Acknowledged in "The Hindu" newspaper on 26th Dec 2023.
Best Ph.DThesis Awards from Our Group
Lab Profile:
National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NCNSNT) is supported by MHRD Grant through UGC and also supported by grants from Government of Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006. MHRD has given a special grant of Rupees 100 Crores to establish this center in commemoration of its 150th Year celebration. Tamil Nadu Government also granted Rupees 5 crores as a seed grant for initiating the program on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the University. NCNSNT is conducting two years M.Sc. program in Nanoscience and nanotechnology. The Centre has installed highly sophisticated instruments which are essential for Nanoresearch and is fully equipped with facilities for carrying out quality research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The Mission of NCNSNT is to concentrate and develop world class research under a single roof and support the researchers who are working in the area of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The vision of the centre is "Excellence in research based on teaching and learning in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to provide skill and knowledge for independent learning". The centre stands as a shining example of creation of an advanced research facility of multidisciplinary research in a state University which will have linkages with industry and national laboratories to create cutting edge technologies.
Our lab is committed to addressing the critical issues important to our society. In many cases nanoscience and nanotechnology offer potential routes toward addressing these problems. Understanding—and in some cases controlling—the properties of nano-structured objects and materials can bring new technologies to the marketplace that help solve major challenges in sustainable energy, environmental protection, national security, and human health. We conduct research to determine how nanotechnology can help solve these important problems, but we also conduct research that helps evaluate any associated risks.
Because of advances in fundamental understanding and engineering capability, nanoscience and nanotechnology have been naturally integrated into a wide variety of the research and development efforts at the laboratory. We bring expertise in materials synthesis and characterization to bear on the opportunities in nanoscience and technology as applied to a wide range of research and technologies. By precisely manipulating atoms and molecules-the very building blocks of nature-our research could yield safe, just-in-time sources of hydrogen for a wide range of energy applications, materials that enable environmental cleanup or drug delivery, new instruments to observe chemical processes in living cells, and miniaturized sensors to detect pathogens in foods and the environment.
We believe the way we do our work is very important. We realize that collaboration and teamwork are absolutely essential. The complexity of the technical challenges we face requires this. Furthermore, we gladly seek to work as partners with other laboratories, universities, companies and others. Let us work together on this exciting journey.