RESEARCH
​Our research focuses on fundamental and applied/engineering aspects of Electrochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biosensors, Nano-biotechnology, and Energy Conversion, with particular emphasis on the development of “Point of Care/Wearable Sensor Devices - Towards Biomedical, Environmental, Agriculture, Quality control and Security Applications”.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Biosensors (Aptasensors, Immunosensors, Enzymatic sensors)
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Wearable Sensors (Microneedle, Textile, Glove, Tattoo, Catheter, on-body sensors)
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Electro-analytical Chemistry
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Biomimetic Recognition Elements (MIP: Molecular Imprinted Polymers, MOF: Metal-Organic Frameworks)
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Chemical Sensors (Hybrid Nanostructured Materials, Metal Nanoparticles, Polymer Nanocomposites, etc.)
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Micro/Nanofabrication
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Ion Selective Electrodes (ISEs), Potentiometric Sensors
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Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Energy Conversion (HER, OER)
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Agriculture, Food, Security, Forensic, Environmental, and Biomedical sensing applications
The group research mainly focuses on five research wings:
(i) Rapid on-site detection of toxins (e.g., Organophosphates, Nerve agents, Mycotoxins, explosives, forensic drugs, illicit drugs, etc.) in agricultural fields/food products/ Drug trafficking-spots with the support of biomimetic synthetic recognition elements (MOF: Metal-organic Frameworks, MIP: Molecular Imprinted polymers).
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 43, 18261-18271
(ii) Early detection/continuous monitoring of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of various chronic diseases drugs (e.g., Cancer, Diabetic, Parkinson, etc.) with wearable bio-sensing technologies (e.g., Microneedle, Tattoo, Mouthguard, Toothbrush sensors, etc.).
ACS Sens. 2019, 4, 8, 2196-2204
(iii) Detection of environmental toxic chemicals (e.g., Heavy metal ions, Volatile organic compounds, Inorganic ions, etc.) with the aid of hybrid metal nanocomposites, biomimetic recognition elements, and ion-selective membranes.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 182 (2021) 113172
(iv) Rapid screening of various viral infectious diseases (e.g., Dengue, H1N1, COVID19, etc.) with disposable biosensing (e.g., Immuno, Enzyme, Aptamers, etc.) systems.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 180 (2021) 113112
(v) Enzymatic biofuel cells - create electrical energy from biofuels (i.e., glucose, fructose, lactose, ethanol, pyruvate, and lactate) with the utilization of biologically renewable catalysts (e.g., Glucose oxidase, cellobiose dehydrogenase, Laccase, bilirubin oxidase, etc.)
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 23, 12903-12993
