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Dr. Vijayakumar Shanmugam

Associate Professor (Scientist-E)

We work in the following areas: Food microbiology/fortification: Fabrication of nano-paper/device for food processing/preservation/ protection. Food/agri sensing: Designing sensors with nanoparticles for optical/electrical language decoding. Smart nutrient/biocontrol application: Nano-engineering of intelligent material to feed plants in targeted fashion.

Contact Information :

  • Food/agri sensing

  • Smart plant nutrient/biocontrol application

  • Food microbiology/fortification

  • Nano-hives for Plant Stimuli Controlled Targeted Iron Fertilizer Application

    Carbon nanomaterial and mesoporous silica were used for the smart preservative and targeted agro chemicals application. The fertilizer coating acts as a gate, which close the pores in the presence of carbonate ions to keep the iron in phyto-available forms, whereas open the pores in the presence of the uptake proton signal from the roots.

  • Ecofriendly Fruit Switches: Graphene Oxide-Based Wrapper for Programmed Fruit Preservative Delivery to Extend Shelf Life

    The synthesized graphene oxide wrapper shows efficient preservative release with the stimuli of the overripe fruit juice and improves the fruit shelf life.

  • Upconversion Nanodevice-Assisted Healthy Molecular Photocorrection of Mushroom

    Upconversion nanoparticles with the property to convert deep-penetrating near-infrared radiation to UV radiation have been cast into a disk to use sunlight and emit UV radiation for vitamin D conversion.

  • Nano-maze Lure: Pheromone Sandwich in Graphene Oxide Interlayers for Sustainable Targeted Pest Control

    Pests are the major challenge in crop protection, in this pesticide usage often leads to irreparable environmental damage. Pheromone is an ecofriendly approach for insect control, but it is expensive and have very short life.Here, we have developed a "pheromone-graphene oxide" composite that can extend the life of pheromone in proportion to the extension in the diffusion path. Thus, the composite shows significantly more insect trapped than the commercially available septa platform.

  • Phone Camera Nano-biosensor Using Highly Sensitive Transparent Reusable Upconversion Paper

    Upconversion nanoparticles with the excitation in the NIR range and the emission in the visible range, which have overlap with the absorbance of the lycopene have been used for the lycopene detection. Thus caused colour change in the upconversion paper is proportional to the lycopene concentration, which is precisely quantified with the phone camera.

  • Nanocatalytic Interface to Decode the Phytovolatile Language for Latent Crop Diagnosis in Future Farms

    Plant encounters myriad of stresses during their life cycle that cause release of volatiles. Early detection of these volatiles is of utmost importance to prevent crop loss. Here, an attempt of SnO2-based chemoresistive sensor has been made which will be able to sense selectively the volatiles with multiple oxidation sites i.e. ionone (4 oxidation sites), a signature molecule released by plants under biotic stress, at minimum concentration.

  • Eco-Friendly Urea Nanosack: Jute Grafted Silica Nanoring Woven Fertilizer to Control Urea Release and Enhance Crop Productivity

    A sustainable fertilizer coating using jute grafted silica for urea release control has been developed using egg white as the binder, which forms an irreversible hydrophobic β-sheet on gentle heating and substitutes earlier petrochemical coatings. Hence, for the first time here, jute grafted silica nanoring has been used, where the nanojute acts as a strong buckle for the egg white β-sheet fastener and serve as the sack for holding urea.

Current Group Members

  • SUKHVEER KAUR

    SUKHVEER KAUR

    Email: sukhveer.ph24221@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH24221

  • DEEPA SINGH

    DEEPA SINGH

    Email: deepa.ph23240@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH23240

  • RAMAN KUMAR

    RAMAN KUMAR

    Email: raman.ph23236@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH23236

  • MR. NAVJOT SINGH

    MR. NAVJOT SINGH

    Email: navjot.ph22239@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH22239

  • MR. ABHIJITH T.S

    MR. ABHIJITH T.S

    Email: abhijit.ph22216@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH22216

  • MS. ANKITA DADHICH

    MS. ANKITA DADHICH

    Email: ankita.ph21254@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21254

  • MS. NEERAJ

    MS. NEERAJ

    Email: neeraj.ph21216@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21216

  • MS. KANCHAN SWAMI

    MS. KANCHAN SWAMI

    Email: kanchan.ph20263@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20263

  • MS. SARITA

    MS. SARITA

    Email: sarita.ph20219@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20219

  • MS. PARUL SHARMA

    MS. PARUL SHARMA

    Email: parul.ph20218@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20218

  • MR. PREM KUMAR

    MR. PREM KUMAR

    Email: prem.ph20220@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20220

  • MS. MAHIMA CHANDEL

    MS. MAHIMA CHANDEL

    Email: mahima.ph19230@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH19230

Alumni

  • MS. BANDANA KUMARI SAHU

    MS. BANDANA KUMARI SAHU

    Reg. No.: PH18223

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Jan 2019 - Feb 2024

  • DR. P. MUTHUKUMARAN

    DR. P. MUTHUKUMARAN

    Reg. No.: RA-01-202111

    Designation: Post Docs/RA

    Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

  • DR. KAMALJIT KAUR

    DR. KAMALJIT KAUR

    Reg. No.: PH17225

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2023

  • DR. PULKIT

    DR. PULKIT

    Reg. No.: PH14215

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2021

  • DR. SANDEEP

    DR. SANDEEP

    Reg. No.: PH14224

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2020

  • 1.

    Symbiotic orchestra: Tripartite ecology building by scalable microfluidics nano-fibre for sustainable cultivation , Bandana Kumari Sahu, Kamaljit Kaur, Debasis Mitra, Vibhav Katoch, Prem Kumar, Navjot Singh, Deepa Singh, Rita Choudhary, Amaresh Kumar Nayak, Bhanu Prakash, Periyasamy Panneerselvam, VijayaKumar Shanmugam , Chemical Engineering Journal , 2024 , 496 , 154089 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154089

  • 2.

    Soil-mimetic eco-friendly fertilizer gates: nanoclay-reinforced binary carbohydrates for improving crop efficiency , Bandana Kumari Sahu, Kanchan Swami, Neelesh Kapoor, Ankit Agrawal, Sarita Kataria, Parul Sharma, Priya Kundu, Hema Thangavel, Anusree Vattakkuniyil, Om Prakash Chaurasia and Vijayakumar Shanmugam , Environmental Science: Nano , 2024 , 11 , 3006 - 3018 , https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EN00682D

  • 3.

    Handheld Crop Pest Sensor Using Binary Catalyst-Loaded Nano SnO2 Particles for Oxidative Signal Amplification , Prem Kumar, Mahima Chandel, Sarita Kataria, Kanchan Swami, Kamaljit Kaur, Bandana Kumari Sahu, Ankita Dadhich, Rajashri R.Urkude, Kesavan Subaharan, Nikhil Koratkar, and Vijayakumar Shanmugam , ACS Sensors , 2024 , 9 , 81 - 91 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.3c01669

  • 4.

    Irrigation-friendly sensor to manage drought in crops through carbon-based signature volatile sensing. , Kataria S.,Chandel M., Kumar P., Palanisami M., Moun N., Kanagarajan S., Vijayakumar S.* , (2024) , 134975 , Sensors and actuators B: Chemical , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.134975

  • 5.

    Targeted nutrient application to tomato plant with MOF/Zeolite composite wrapped with stimuli-responsive biopolymer: , Bindra P., Sharma S., Sahu B.K., Bagdwal H., Vijayakumar S.*, Singh M. , (2023) , 34: 105264 , Materials Today Communications , 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.105264

  • 6.

    Starch wall of urea: Facile starch modification to residue-free stable urea coating for sustained release and crop productivity , Swami K., Sahu B.K., Nagargade M., Kaur K., Pathak A.D., Shukla S.K., Stobdan T., Vijayakumar S.* , (2023) , 121042 , Carbohydrate Polymer , 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121042

  • 7.

    Promise of nano-carbon to the next generation sustainable agriculture: , Chandel M., Kaur K., Sahu B.K., Sharma S., Panneerselvam R., Vijayakumar S.* , (2022) , 188: 461-481 , Carbon , 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.11.060

  • 8.

    Eco-Friendly Urea Nanosack: Jute Grafted Silica Nanoring Woven Fertilizer to Control Urea Release and Enhance Crop Productivity: , Sahu B.K., Nagargade M., Chandel M., Kaur K., Swami K., Kumar P., Palanisami M., Pathak A.D., Shukla S.K., Vijayakumar S.* , (2022) , 10: 13357-13366 , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering , 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03372

  • 9.

    Excellent enzymeless anti-oxidant sensor for fruit juice and wine using nano gold/metal selenide urchins decorated 2D-composite: , Palanisami, M., Kaur, K., Sahu, B.K., Kataria, S., Chandel, M., Sharma, A., Elumalai S., Ramaraj R., Vijayakumar S.* , Microchemical Journal , (2022) , 183: 108078 , Microchemical Journal , 10.1016/j.microc.2022.108078

  • 10.

    Nanocatalytic interface to decode the phytovolatile language for latent crop diagnosis in future farms: , Chandel M., Kumar P., Arora A., Kataria S., Dubey S.C., Djanaguiraman M., Kaur K., Sahu B.K., Abir De Sarkar, Vijayakumar S.* , (2022) , 94: 11081-11088 , Analytical Chemistry , 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02244

  • 11.

    Phone camera nano-biosensor using highly sensitive transparent reusable upconversion paper: , Kaur K., Sahu B.K., Swami K., Chandel M., Gupta A., Zhu Li-H., Youngblood J.P., Kanagarajan S., Vijayakumar S.* , (2022) , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , doi/10.1021/acsami.2c06894

  • 12.

    Nano-maze lure : Pheromone sandwich in graphene oxide interlayers for sustainable targeted pest control: , Kaur K., Sharma S., Gupta R., Munikrishnappa V.K.T., Chandel M., Ahamed M., Singhal N.K., Bakthavatsalam N., Gorantla M., Muthusamy E., Subaharan K., Vijayakumar S.* , (2021) , 13: 48349–48357 , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.1c09118

  • 13.

    Porous nanomaterials: Main vein of agricultural nanotechnology: , Sharma S., Sahu B.K., Cao L., Bindra P., Kaur K., Chandel M., Koratkar N., Huang Q., Vijayakumar S.* , (2021) , 100812 , Progress in Materials Science , 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2021.100812

  • 14.

    A systematic study to unravel the potential of using polysaccharides based organic-nanoparticles versus hybrid-nanoparticles for pesticide delivery: , R. Mahajan; A. Selim, K. M, Neethu, S. Sharma, V. Shanmugam, G. Jayamurugan,* , (2021) , 32: 475704 , Nanotechnology , 10.1088/1361-6528/ac1bdc

  • 15.

    Triple-smart eco-friendly chili anthracnose control agro-nanocarrier: , Sharma S., Singh B., Bindra P., Panneerselvam P., Dwivedi N., Senapati A., Adholeya A., Vijayakumar S.* , (2021) , 13: 9143–9155 , ACS Appl. Mater, Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.0c18797

  • 16.

    Upconversion nanodevice-assisted healthy molecular photocorrection: , Kaur K., Bindra P., Mondal S., Li W.-P., Sharma S., Sahu B.K., Naidu B.S., Yeh C.-S., Gautam U.K. , Vijayakumar S.* , (2020) , 7: 291–298 , ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng , 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01244

  • 17.

    Effect of galvanotaxic graphene oxide on chloroplast activity: Interaction quantified with Biolayer-Interferometry coupled confocal microscopy: , Sharma S., Sahu B.K., Srinivasan S., Singh M., G. Jayamurugan., Vijayakumar S.* , (2020) , 162: 147-156 , Carbon , 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.02.054

  • 18.

    Nano-hives for plant stimuli controlled targeted iron fertilizer application: , Bindra P., Kaur K., Rawat A., Abir De Sarkar, Monika Singh,Vijayakumar S.* , (2019) , 375: 121995 , Chemical Engineering Journal , 10.1016/j.cej.2019.121995

  • 19.

    Ecofriendly fruit-switches based on graphene oxide for programed fruit preservatives delivery to extend shelf life: , Sharma S., Biswal B. K., Kumari D., Bindra P., Kumar S., Stobdan T.,Vijayakumar S.* , (2018) , 10: 18478–18488 , ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.8b02048

  • 20.

    Near-infrared light-responsive nanomaterials in cancer therapeutics: , Vijayakumar S., Selvakumar S. ,Yeh C.S. , (2014) , 43: 6254-87 , Chemical Society Reviews , 10.1039/c4cs00011k (>450 Citations) (Cover page article)

  • 21.

    Oligonucleotides-Assembled Au Nanorod-Assisted Cancer Photothermal Ablation and Combination Chemotherapy with Targeted Dual-Drug Delivery of Doxorubicin and Cisplatin Prodrug: , Vijayakumar S., Chien Y.H., Cheng Y.S., Liu T.Y., Huang C.C.,Su C.H.,Chen Y.S.,Kumar U.,Hsu H.F.,Yeh C.S. , (2014) , 6: 4382-93. , ACS Applied materials and interfaces , 10.1021/am5000905

  • 22.

    Au Nanorod Design as Light-Absorber in the First and Second Biological Near-Infrared Windows for in Vivo Photothermal Therapy: , Li W.P., Vijayakumar S., Huang C.C., Huang G.D., Huang Y.K.,Chiu S.H.,Yeh C.S. , (2013) , 7: 5330-5342 , ACS Nano , 10.1021/nn401187c

  • 23.

    Eccentric Inorganic-polymeric Nanoparticles Formation by Thermal Induced Cross-linked Esterification and Conversion of Eccentricity to Raspberry-like Janus: , Li W.P.#, Vijayakumar S.#, Huang C.C.#, Huang G.D., Huang Y.K., Chiua S.H. , Yeh C.S. , (2013) , 49: 1609-1611. , Chem. Commun , 10.1039/C3CC37671K # Equally contributed first author

  • 24.

    Escape from the destruction of the galvanic replacement reaction for solid->hollow->solid conversion process in one pot reaction: , Chien Y.H., Tsai M.F., Vijayakumar S., Sardar K.,Huang C.L.,Yeh C.S. , (2013) , 5: 3863-3871 , Nanoscale , 10.1039/C3NR00100H

  • 25.

    Electrochemical regulation of microbial growth on disposable screen printed carbon electrodes: , Chang J. L.,Lien C. H.,Vijayakumar S.,Hsieh P.H.,Zen J.M. , (2012) , 82: 103-108 , Electrochimica Acta , 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.03.029

  • 1.

    Nanotechnology Applications for Food Safety and Quality Monitoring: , Kumar R., Sharma A., Vijayakumar S., Prabhakar P.K. , (2022) , 1 , Elsevier

  • 2.

    Our journey with carbon nanoparticles for targeted agriculture: , Sahu B.K., Kaur K., Chandel M., Vijayakumar S.* , (2021) , Invited Chapter by MASU
  • 1. Nanoparticle Composite For Delivery Of A Fertilizer. , VijayaKumar P.S., Pulkit, Monika Singh , 2018-01-16 , Patent filed 201811001751; Patent Granted on 14 July, 2023
  • 2. Prebiotic Hydrogel Composite , VijayaKumar P.S., Bandana Kumari Sahu , 2022-05-10 , Patent filed 202211026324
  • 3. Silica Coated Fertilizer , VijayaKumar P.S., Bandana Kumari Sahu, Mona Nagargade, Shukal , Patent application serial no. 202211055432
  • 4. Nanofertilizer , VijayaKumar P.S., Kanchan Swami, Bandana Kumari Sahu , 2023-04-05 , Patent filed 202311096698
  • 5. Nanogold As Gene Carrier , Prasad B. L. V.; Vijayakumar, P.S.; Abhilash, O.U. and Khan B. M. , 2012-03-04 , US20120129223 A1

  • Department of Bio-Technology - Post Doc Fellow: National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (December 2009)

  • National Science council Post Doc Fellow: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (January 2014)

  • Reviewer in Americal Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier (Outstanding reviewer award 2018), Nature publication and Springer journals.

    Finalist in Swiss Young Researcher Idea Competition https://swisslitho.com/young-researcher-idea-competition/ 

    National Science Council, Taiwan -Post Doctoral Award 

    Department of Biotechnology, GoI - Post Doctoral Award 

    University SRF awarded for PhD (Based on Masters score)

    Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ICAR) National Eligibility Test 

    Environmental Protection Movement (Life member)

    The Horticultural Society of India (Life member)

    Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (Life member)

    American Chemical Society (Annual member)

  • Title: Design of controlled and targeted agricultural pesticide delivery nano-carrier with copper- graphene oxide composite (Completed)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 3 years

    Funding Agency: DST nano mission

  • Title: Fabrication of low cost real time sensor for early crop pest monitoring and management.(Completed))

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 3 years

    Funding Agency: SERB

  • Title: Development of novel theranostic nanoplatforms for image guided combination therapy for liver cancers (As Co-PI) (Completed)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 3 years

    Funding Agency: DST Nanomission

  • Title: Bio-degradable nanofiber encapsulated biofertilizer to enhance phosphorous and other micro nutrient uptake in rice (Ongoing)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 3 years

    Funding Agency: DBT

  • Title: Smart packing system with the nanocomposite to improve the shelf life of perishable vegetable (Completed)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 2 years

    Funding Agency: DRDO

  • Title: Nano assisted urea coating for the improvement in the Nitrogen use efficiency (Completed)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 3 Years

    Funding Agency: ICAR

  • Title: Edible coating on Apricot for the shelf life Extension through an Integrated Approach (Ongoing)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 2 Years

    Funding Agency: DRDO

  • Title: Nanourea: foliar uptake and assimilation (Ongoing)

    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

    Tenure: 2 Years

    Funding Agency: IFFCO