Curiosity driven “Multidisciplinary researcher at nanoscale” working actively in the following fields: 

On-Demand 3D Nano/Micro Additive Manufacturing of Architected Functional Materials

-- 3D printing, Photonics, Sensors, Actuators

Bio-Inspired Intelligent Sensors

-- (Brain-inspired, Bio-mimetic) designs, Healthcare, Environmental monitoring, Agri-food safety

Wafer Scalable Plasmonic Architectures

-- Dewetting, Wafer Scale Uniformity, Plasmonics, NPoMs, SERS, Quantum emitter enhancement, Sensors 

For more details of my research interests and current research activities, please go through the other sections of the website. 

Selected Research Highlights

• Featured article in Nanoscale Horizons 10th anniversary regional spotlight collection - Self assembly of low density dimer nanoparticles 

• Featured Image and Editor's featured highlights in Nature Communications for 3D printing of multi-materials (plasmonics, photonics, printed electronics)

• Featured Research highlights in Nature Electronics for 3D printing of metal nanostructures

• Fabrication of a true single bottom faceted NPOM nanocavity and rest being smoother surface 

• Fabrication of ultrathin, ultrasmooth (5 nm – 30 nm) thin metallic films (ex. Ag, Ge) without the use of wetting layer or co-deposition for Metamaterials (Published in Optica)

• First 3D printing of plasmonic architectures with nano-gap arrangement and its optical properties 

• First 3D printing of multi-metallic nanoarchitectures under 100 nm resolution for photonic applications 

• Development of smart biosensor to analyze freshness condition of Peach fruit (Agriculture) 

• Development of K9-inspired smart biosensor to detect air pollutants in indoors (Environment) 

• Development of highly selective and sensitive multiarray biosensor to detect Lung cancer (Healthcare) 

• Optimization and selective design engineering of surface-coated protein/peptide for application-specific biosensors 

• Integrated simulation design/co-optimization: efficient optimization of nanostructures (plasmonic biosensor)

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