Selvapalam Research Group

Welcome to Kalasalingam University

Associate Professor

Center for Supramolecular chemistry

International Research Center and Department of Chemistry, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil 626126, Tamil Nadu State, India

Email: s22elva@gmail.com and n.selvapalam@klu.ac.in

Education

1998-1990 M.Sc.Ed., Mysore University, Mysore, India

1992-1997 Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, India

2016-present Associate Professor, Kalsalingam University,

2004 - 2016 Assistant Professor, Kalasalingam University

2001 - 2014 Research Professor, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea

2000 - 2001 Postdoctor Fellow, KAIST, Daejon, South Korea

1999 - 2000 Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1997-1998 Biophysicist, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai

Award

May 2015 Distinguished Researcher Award, Venus International Foundation, India

Research Interests

Organic Synthesis

Ion-Selective electrode Applications

Cucurbiturils and Cyclodextrins Synthesis and Applications

Cucurbituril based sensors

Protein/Enzymes Isolation and Applications

Key Publications

1. R. Prakash, G. Usha, P. Lakshminarayanan and N. Selvapalam*, “Facile Detection of Cucurbit[7]uril by Rhodamine B-decorated Nanoparticles”, Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 1300.

2. High Affinity Host-Guest FRET Pair for Single-Vesicle Content-Mixing Assay: Observation of Flickering Fusion, B. Gong, B. K. Choi, J. Y. Kim, D. Shetty, Y. H. Ko, N. Selvapalam, N. K. Lee, K. Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8908 (Impact factor: 12.11)

3. Reversible Morphological Transformation between Polymer Nanocapsules and Thin Films through Dynamic Covalent Self-Assembly, J. Kim, K. Baek, D. Shetty, N. Selvapalam, G. Yun, N. H. Kim, Y. H. Ko, K. M. Park, I. Hwang, K. Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2693 (Impact factor: 11.26)

4. 3D tissue engineered supramolecular hydrogels for controlled chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells, H. Jung, J. S. Park, J. Yeom, N. Selvapalam, K. M. Park, K. Oh, J. A. Yang, K. H. Park, S. K. Hahn, K. Kim, Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15, 707 (Impact factor:5.7)

5. Supramolecular Velcro for Reversible Underwater Adhesion, Y. Ahn, Y. Jang, N. Selvapalam, G. Yun, K. Kim, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3140 (Impact factor: 11.26)

6. Supramolecular fishing for plasma membrane proteins using an ultrastable synthetic host–guest binding pair, D. -W. Lee, K. M. Park, M. Banerjee, S. H. Ha, T. Lee, K. Suh, S. Paul, H. Jung, J. Kim, N. Selvapalam, S. H. Ryu, K. Kim, Nature Chemistry, 2011, 3, 154 (Impact factor: 25.3)

7. Sequence recognition and self-sorting of a dipeptide by cucurbit[6]uril and cucurbit[7]uril, M. V. Rekharsky, H. Yamamura, Y. H. Ko, N. Selvapalam, K. Kim, Y. Inoue, Chem. Commun., 2008, 19, 2236 (Impact factor: 6.8)

8. Noncovalent Immobilization of Proteins on a Solid Surface by Cucurbit[7]uril- Ferrocenemethylammonium Pair, a Potential Replacement of Biotin-Avidin Pair, I. Hwang, K. Baek, M. Jung, Y. Kim, K. M. Park, D. -W. Lee, N. Selvapalam, and K. Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 4170 (Impact factor: 12.11)

9. Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications, K Kim, N. Selvapalam, Y. H. Ko, K. M. Park, D. Kim and J. Kim, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2007, 36, 267 (Impact factor: 33.3)

10. Complexation of Ferrocene derivatives by the Cucurbit[7]uril Host: A Comparative Study of the Cucurbituril and Cyclodextrin Host Families, W. S. Jeon, K. Moon, S. H. Park, H. Chun, Y. H. Ko, J. Y. Lee, E. S. Lee, S. Samal, N. Selvapalam, M. V. Rekharsky, V. Sindelar, D. Sobransingh, Y. Inoue, A. E. Kaifer and K. Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 12984 (Impact factor: 12.11)

11. Cucurbituril Homologues and Derivatives: New Opportunities in Supramolecular Chemistry, J. W. Lee, S. Samal, N. Selvapalam, H-J. Kim, K. Kim, Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 621(Impact factor: 22.3)

Key Patents

1. Bonding of fresh and hardened concrete with Glycoluril-formaldehyde ad-mixed cement paste, N. Selvapalam, S.K.M. Pothinathan, M. Shanmuga Sundaram and M. Muthu Kannan, 3636/CHE/2015 (16/07/ 2015/ Indian patent pending for approval)

2. Composition for odor removal and fragrance emission comprising complexes of Cucurbituril and fragrance, K. Kim, Y. H. Ko, S. H. Lee, N. Selvapalam and D-W. Lee, PCT/KR2013/010435 (22/05/ 2014/ International patent pending for approval)

3. The method of separating and purifying cellular components using non-covalent bond between a cucurbituril derivative and a guest compound and an apparatus using the same D-W. Lee, S. H. Ryu, S. Ho; S. H. Ha, H. Jung; M. Banerjee; N. Selvapalam; K. Kim, and K-M . Park. (US 12/988,254 , USA)

4. Solid substrate bonded with cucurbituril derivatives and biochip using the same, K. Kim, J-K. Kang, W. S. Jeon, D. H. Oh, S. Y. Jon, N. Selvapalam, KR2003-0045523 and PCT/KR2004/001652, (2003/ Approved International Patent)

Research Team members:

Ph.D Research Scholars:

• R. Prakash
• G. Usha
• K. Karpagalakshmi
• S. Ramalakshmi
• Armstrong (Jointly with Prof. Sivasubramanian, Mech Engg)

M. Sc Students:

• Ms. Arthy

Former M.Sc. Students:

• Subbulakshmi
• Vaitheki (Jointly with Dr. Karthikeyan, Chem Dept.)
• Sathishkannan

Instruments:

1. Agela Flash Chromatography

2. Ocean Optics UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

3. Powder X-ray Diffractometer

4. Scanning Electron Microscope

5. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

6. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer

7. MV/pH meter

8. Dissolved Oxygen meter

9. Microwave Oven

10. Rotary Evaporator

11. DNA Horizontal Electrophorosis