Welcome to Smart Materials Lab at the Department of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Calicut. We focus on developing photosensitive nanomaterials for applications in stimuli-induced assemblies, light-emitting gadgets, bioimaging, sensing, and therapeutics. Some of our broad areas of interest include atomically precise gold and silver nanoclusters, gold nanoparticles, up-conversion nanoparticles, anisotropic nanosystems, perovskite quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes. We do various experiments to synthesize and analyze the functionally modified nanoprobes to understand their intriguing properties.
Recent Publications
Light-Emitting Atomically Precise Nanocluster-Based Flexible QR Codes for Anti Counterfeiting. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 10583.
Rival, J.; Mymoona, P.; Vinod, R.; Vinu Mohan, A. M.; Shibu, E. S.*
Self-Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures and Applications. Small 2021, 2005718
Rival, J.; Mymoona, P.; Lakshmi, K. M.; Nonappa; Pradeep, T.; Shibu, E. S.*
Light-Triggered Reversible Supracolloidal Self-Assembly of Precision Gold Nanoclusters. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 14569.
Rival, J.; Nonappa; Shibu, E. S.*
News and Highlights
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22-03-2021: Our recent work has been highlighted in nanowerk.
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09-03-2021: Rival has won the Best Poster award in “National Science Day competitions” held at CSIR-CECRI. Hearty Congratulations to Rival !!!
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26-02-2021: Mymoona has successfully completed her SRF up-gradation. Congratulations to Mymoona !!!
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01-02-2021: Hearty Congratulations !!! Rival, Mymoona, and the team for the new publication in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
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12-11-2020: Hearty Congratulations !!! Rival, Mymoona, Lakshmi and the team for the new publication in Small.
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04-03-2020: Rival's manuscript got accepted in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. Congratulations to Rival !!!