Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials, Layer-by-Layer Assembly, Bioimaging, Drug Delivery, Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Growth Mechanism of Nanomaterials
PhD, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2006
M.Sc. (Tech), University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2001
B.Sc., Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, 1993 B.Sc. (Tech), University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 1997
A. P. Upadhyay, D. K. Behara, G. P. Sharma, A. Bajpai, N. Sharac, R. Ragan, R. G. S. Pala, S. Sivakumar, Metallic Nanoparticle-Semiconductor Heterostructures via Click Chemistry for Electro/Photocatalytic Application: A generic Strategy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (2013) 5, 9554−9562.
P. Gangwar, M. Pandey, S. Sivakumar, R. G. S. Pala, G. Parthasarathy, Increased loading of Eu3+ in monazite LaVO4 nanocrystals via pressure driven phase transitions, Cryst. Growth. Des., (2013), 13, 2344.
A. Rammohan, L. Tayal, Ashok Kumar, S. Sivakumar, Ashutosh Sharma Fabrication of polymer-modified monodisperse mesoporous carbon particles by template-based approach for drug delivery applications, RSC Advances, (2013) 3, 2008.
S. Singh, A. Tripati, C. Rastogi, S. Sivakumar, White Light from Dispersible Lanthanides-Doped LaVO4 Core-Shell Nanoparticles, RSC Advances, (2012) 2, 12231
H. Sami, A. Maparu, Ashok Kumar, S. Sivakumar, Generic delivery of a payload of nanoparticles across the cell membrane via hybrid polymer capsules for imaging applications, PLoS ONE (2012), 7(5): e36195
Technology Developed
Sharma AK, Singh JK and Verma N, Preparation of activated carbon fibers/carbon nanofibers dispersed PVA nanocomposite material for lithium ion electrolyte battery separator (US patent No: -IN-839267-01-IN-REG, Filed 2012)
Generic Monte Carlo software for molecular system
Class of 1979 Research Fellowship, by IITK