The SDG Research Group at the Centre for Applied Nanosciences, Manipal Institute of Applied Physics focuses on solving scientific and technological challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our research integrates nanoscience, photonics, soft matter physics, microfluidics, surface engineering, and bioinspired materials to create scalable, sustainable solutions for health, environment, and advanced manufacturing.
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Our Research Areas
Bioinspired Surfaces and Functional Coatings
Optical printing and light-assisted manipulation techniques
Nanosensors and Biomedical Devices
Photonics, Bio-photonics and Environmental Spectroscopy
Questions that We Address
1) How can optical forces and optically generated heat be used forcan photonics tools trapping and manipulating particles?
2) How can optical forces from coherent and non-coherent light sources be used to print the nanoscale structural features?
3) How can micro- and nanoscale engineered surfaces be used to create platforms for photonics and biomedical applications?
4) How photonics tools can be used to unravel the challenges of the environment?
Recent Research Publications
Continuous bubble-free laser printing of plasmonic nanostructures enabling annealing-free ohmic conduction and multifunctional trapping/spectroscopy studies (2025 Nanoscale Advances)
White-light-driven plasmonic nanoparticle printing for opto-thermal manipulation and SERS application (2025 Nanoscale)
White light-assisted projection printing of submicron plasmonic nanostructures for advanced nanofabrication (2025 Materials Horizons)
Plasmonic wearable adhesive patch for a SERS-based sweat sensor (2025 RSC Advances)
Microfluidic contact lens: fabrication approaches and applications (2025 Microsystems and Nano Engineering)
Optical spectroscopic probing of the interaction of graphene oxide-Au composite and Rhodamine 6G (2025 Journal of Molecular Structure)
Substrate viscosity-dependent droplet behavior on slippery surface (2025 Colloids and Surfaces A)
Plasmonic Slippery Surface for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Protein Adsorption Inhibition (2025 ACS Analytical Chemistry)
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