The Colloidal Nanostructures and Nanomaterials Group: Research highlights

Multiferroic materials at nanoscale

BiFeO₃ nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (5), pp 2108–2115   J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (29), pp 12432–12439   

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (36), pp 19503–19511

Rare earth chromites (GdCrO₃)

J. Appl. Phys. 107, 013912 (2010)

Rare earth manganites (DyMnO₃, GdMnO₃, LuMnO₃, TbMnO₃)

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (28), pp 12104–12109    J. Appl. Phys. 109, 064309 (2011)   

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (2013) 045301

Rare earth ferrites (DyFeO₃)

J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 2954–2960          J. Appl. Phys. 110, 124301 (2011)

Metal-organic-framework: From nanoparticles formation to study of spin-spin interactions

Metal and metal oxide nanoparticle synthesis from metal organic frameworks (MOFs): finding the border of metal and metal oxides

Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 591

Spin-spin interactions in Cu-based double chain MOF: A static and dynamic magnetic property study

 Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11008–11010

Highly crystalline, 1D-TiO₂ nanorods on FTO: Electron transport, nucleation-growth studies for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances, 2013, 3,1933    RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article

Phosphor nanocrystals: Chemical/biological sensors based on down/upconversion

Drug conjugated plasmonic nanostructures

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116 (50), pp 14533–14540    Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 1882

J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 6933-6938   J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113 (9), 3478-3486

From quantum clusters to plasmonic metal nanostructure: A tale of controlled assembly of atoms

Mechanistic Study of Surface Functionalization of Lysozyme Synthesized Ag and Au Nanoparticles Using SERS

J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 21493–21500

Microbial synthesis of nanomaterials

1. Bottom-up synthesis

J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2006, 128, 11958-11963    Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 1484–1491 

J Nanoscience and Nanotech, Volume 8, August 2008 , pp. 3909-3913

2. Top-down microbial synthesis: Biomilling- a novel concept developed in our lab

J. Mater. Chem., 2007,17, 3910-3914

Atomic force microscopy on soft matter

Real-Time Nanomechanical and Topographical Mapping on Live Bacterial CellssBreWibacterium casei under Stress Due to Their Exposure to Co²⁺ Ions during Microbial Synthesis of Co₃O₄ Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113 (22), pp 7927–7933

Piezoresponse force microscopy on ZnO nanorods/SU-8 nanocomposite thin films

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 104102 (2012)

An image gallary from atomic force microscopy lab