Professional Brief
Academic Details
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.,) Department of Polymer Science, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Bio-surfactant and bio-polymers templated fluorescent noble metal nanoclusters and nanoparticles for bioimaging and sensing applications.
Post Graduation (P.G.,) M.Sc. Polymer ScienceDepartment of Polymer Science : University of Madras
Synthesis and characterization of bile acid basedpolymers andencapsulation of noble metal nanoparticles
Under Graduation(U.G.,) B.Sc. ChemistryC. Kandaswamy Naidu College for Men,University of Madras, Chennai
Synthesis and characterization of bile acid basedpolymers andencapsulation of noble metal nanoparticles
Professional Experience
PSG Institue of Advanced Studies
Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral fellowship Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai
“Mucoadhesive Thiomers Templated Fluorescent Metal
Nanoclusters for Drug Delivery and Imaging Applications.”
National Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
“Mucoadhesive Thiomers Templated Fluorescent Metal
Nanoclusters for Drug Delivery and Imaging Applications.”
National Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
“Synthesis of biocompatible fluorescent protein
nanoparticles conjugated metal nanoclusters as ratiometric fluorescent bio-sensors.”
Assistant Professor, C. Kandaswamy Naidu College for Men, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Guest Lecturer, C. Kandaswamy Naidu College for Men, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Awards/ Fellowships
Direct-Senior Research Fellowship – (Apr 2013 – Mar 2015) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, Government of India.
Senior Research Fellowship – (Sept 2012 – Mar 2013) Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India
Junior Research Fellowship – (Sept 2010 – Aug 2012) Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India
Book Chapter
“Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy of EpoxyComposites. In the Epoxy Composites: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications”
MohamedismailFathimaRigana, Tharakan Simi Anne, SadhasivamBalaji,Shanmugam Chandirasekar, and Muthusamy Sarojadevi. Editors: :JyotishkumarParameswaranpillai, HarikrishnanPulikkalparambil, Sanjay M. Rangappa, SuchartSiengchin
Wiley Interscience 2021; Chapter 7, pp 178-215.
Sponsored Research Projects
| S. No | Title of the project | Role | Funding agency and year of sanction | Budget Lakhs | Duration and status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Designing of New Multi-emission Nano-hybrids for Ratiometric Sensing of Environmentally Important Bio-chemical Substances./td> |
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB),DST, Government of India. | Mar 2017 – Feb 2019 Completed | ||
| 2 | Designing of Mucoadhesive Thiomers Templated Fluorescent Metal Nanoclusters for Drug Delivery and Imaging Applications. | University Grant Commission, UGC, Government of India. | Mar 2019 – Mar 2022,Completed |
Publications
“Facile Synthesis of Bile Salt Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles and It’s Use in Colorimetric Detection of DNA”.
S. Chandirasekar, G. Dharanivasan,J. Kasthuri, K. Kathiravan,and N. Rajendiran
J. Phys. Chem. 2011, 115, 15266–15273. I.F:4.177
“Sodium Cholate Templated Blue Light Emitting Ag Subnanoclusters: In Vivo Toxicity and Imaging in Zebrafish Embryos”
S. Chandirasekar, C. Chandrasekaran, T. Muthukumarasamyvel, G. Sudhandiran and N. Rajendiran.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces,2015, 7, 1422−1430 I.F: 10.383
“Biosurfactant Templated Quantum Sized Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters for In Vivo Bioimaging in Zebrafish Embryos”.
S. Chandirasekar, C. Chandrasekaran, T. Muthukumarasamyvel, G. Sudhandiran and N. Rajendiran.
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2016, 143, 472–480. I.F:5.999
“Hierarchical Self-assembly of Bile acid-Derived DicationicAmphiphiles and Their Toxicity Assessment on Microbial and Mammalian Systems”.
Muthukumarasamyvel, R. Baskar, S. Chandirasekar, , K. Umamaheswari, and N. Rajendiran
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 25111−25126I.F:10.383
“A Gold Nanocluster-based Fluorescent Probe for Simultaneous pHand Temperature Sensing and ItsApplication to Cellular Imaging and Logic Gates” Y.T. Wu,
S. Chandirasekar, W.B. Tseng, M.M.Hiseh andW.L. Tseng
Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 11210–11216. I.F:8.307
“Oligonucleotide-Based Fluorescent Probe for Sensing of Cyclic Diadenylate Monophosphate in Bacteria and Diadenosine Polyphosphates in Human Tear”
J. H. Lin, W.B. Tseng, K. C. Lin, C. Y. Lee, S. Chandirasekar, , W.L. Tseng, and M. M. Hsieh
ACS Sens, 2016, 1, 1132−1139.I.F:9.618
“Boosting catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles for 4-nitrophenolreduction: Modification of metal naoparticles withpoly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)”
J. G. You, S. Chandirasekar, , Y. W.Liub, C. J.Yub,W. L. Tseng.
Journal of Hazardous Materials,2017,324, 420–427. I.F:14.224
“Bioactive Bile Salt-Capped Silver Nanoparticles Activity against Destructive Plant Pathogenic Fungi through In Vitro System”
M. T. Raja, S. Chandirasekar, G. Dharanivasan, D. Nallusamy, K. Kathiravan.
RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 71174–71182. I.F:4.036
“Label Free Fluorometric Characterization of DNA Interaction with Cholate Capped Gold Nanoparticles Using EthidiumBromide as a Fluorescent Probe”.
G. Dharanivasan, D. M. I. Jesse,S. Chandirasekar, N. Rajendiran, and K. Kathiravan.
J. Fluorescence,2014, 24, 1397-1406. I.F:2.525
“Antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles and their toxicity assessment”
K. Umamaheswari, R. Baskar, K. Chandru, N. Rajendiran, S. Chandirasekar.
BMC Infectious Diseases,,2014, 14(Suppl 3):P64.I.F: 3.090
“Green Synthesis of Sodium Cholate Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles: An Effective Colorimetric Sensor for Hg2+ and Pb2+ Ions”.
VanithaMarimuthu, S. Chandirasekar., NagappanRajendiran
ChemistrySelect,2018, 3, 3918-3924. I.F: 2.307
“ZwitterionicBiosurfactant Encapsulated Shape Controlled AgNPs: An Assessment of Shape effect on Catalytic Properties”.
VanithaMarimuthu, S. Chandirasekar., JayapalanKasthuri,NagappanRajendiran
ChemistrySelect,2018, 3, 7129-7136.I.F: 2.307
“Synthesis of Gold nanoclusters‐Loaded Lysozyme Nanoparticlesfor label‐free Ratiometric Fluorescent pH Sensing: Applications toEnzyme‐Substrate System and Cellular Imaging”
S. Chandirasekar, Jyun‐Guo You, J‐H Xue, Wei‐Lung Tseng
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 3876-3883.I.F: 7.571
“Synthesis of N-Acetylcysteine Conjugated Cholic Acid Stabilized Gold and Silver Nanoparticles: Evaluation of Their Catalytic Activity and Toxicity Assessment”.
N. Ezhumalai, M. Nanthagopal, S. Chandirasekar, M. Elumalai, M. Narayanasamy, G. Singaravelu, N. Rajendiran,
ChemistrySelect 2021, 6, 5474-5487.I.F: 2.307
“N-Cholyl D-Penicilamine Micelles Templated Red Light-Emitting Silver Nanoclusters: Fluorometric Sensor for S2- Ions and Bioimaging Application Using Zebrafish model”
Elumalai, Manikandan, S. Chandirasekar, Vimalraj, Selvaraj; Ezhumalai , Nishanthi ; Kasthuri , Jayaplan ; Rajendiran, Nagappan,
Langmuir 2022, 38, 24, 7580–7592.I.F: 4.331
Conference
“Synthesis of Bile Salt Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles and It’s Use In Colorimetric Detection of DNA”
S.Chandirasekar,G. Dharanivasan, J. Kasthuri, K. Kathiravan, and N. Rajendiran.
International Conference for Vistas in Chemistry (ICVC-2011) | October 11-13, 2011, | organized by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam
“Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed Surfactants Stabilized Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles”
S. Chandirasekar,N. Rajendiran
15th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry | March 2-5, 2014 | , organized by Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Chandigarh, Punjab
“Synthesis of Water Soluble Highly Luminescent Silver Nanocluster”
S. Chandirasekar,N. Rajendiran
P.Radhakrishnan, A.Sukhananazerin and D.Jayaseelan
International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014) March 2-5, 2014| organized by Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Chandigarh, Punjab
“Gold Nanoparticle Based Colorimetric Sensing of Cr(III) Ions in Aqueous Solution”
S. Chandirasekar,N. Rajendiran
International Conference on Advances in New materials (ICAN-2014) | June 20-21, 2014 | organized by Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras.
“Cholic acid functionalized star poly(Ԑ-Caprolactone) encapsulated anisotropic gold nanoparticles”
T. Muthukumarasamyvel, S. Chandirasekar N. Rajendiran
International Conference in Asia, organized by International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS-ICA 2013) | December 16-20, 2013 | Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
2011
2011
“Synthesis of Cholic Acid Functionalized Star Polyglycolide Encapsulated Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles”
T. Muthukumarasamyvel, S. Chandirasekar and N. Rajendiran, Manoj Gupta
International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014) | March 2-5, 2014 | organized by Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Chandigarh, Punjab.
“Synthesis of Silver and Gold nanoparticles: A Green Chemical Approach”
T. Muthukumarasamyvel,S. Chandirasekar and N. Rajendiran
International Conference on Advances in New materials (ICAN-2014) | June 20-21, 2014 | organized by Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras
“Synthesis of Cholic acid functionalized star poly(Ԑ-Caprolactone) templated gold nanoparticles and their catalytic activity in 4-nitrophenol reduction”
M. Vanitha, S. Chandirasekar , T. Muthukumarasamyvel and N. Rajendiran
International Conference on Advances in New materials (ICAN-2014) | June 20-21, 2014 | organized by Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras
“Biosurfactant Templated Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters for Fluorometric Detection of Hg2+ Ion”
M.Vanitha, S. Chandirasekar and N. Rajendiran.
National Conference on Recent Advances in Nanoscience and Technology | Nov 29-30, 2017 | organized by The Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University
“Synthesis of Mucoadhesive Polymer Encapsulated Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters”
S. Chandirasekar , N. Rajendiran and M. Sarojadevi.
International Conference on Advances in Chemistry with specific reference to Catalysis, Sensors, Drug Delivery and Energy Materials (ICACSEM-2020)y | Jan 9-10, 2020, | organized by Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Madras
Conference/Workshops Participated
“National Conference on Non-Conventional Techniques in Synthesis”
S.Chandirasekar
organized by Department of Chemistry | February 23rd, 2007 | Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
“National Conference on Novel Polymeric Materials”
S. Chandirasekar
organized by Stella Maris College in collaboration with Central Leather Research Institute | January 20-21, 2009 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
“Workshop on Polymeric Technology Training Course”
S. Chandirasekar
organized by Department of Chemistry| March 23-27, 2010 | Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
“National Workshop on Preparation and Characterization of Nanomaterials (NWPCN-2011)” ”
S. Chandirasekar
organized by National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | March 14-16, 2011 | University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
“Young Scientist Training Workshop on Fundamentals and Advances in Biomaterials Science and Bio-Engineering (BIOMAT-12)”
S. Chandirasekar
organized by Indian Institute of Science | on December 6-8, 2012 | Bangalore, India.
2011
2011
“Workshop on Solar Energy materials”
S. Chandirasekar
organized by Royal Society of Chemistry and University of Madras | September 10, 2014 | , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
“ACS on Campus”
S. Chandirasekar
University of Madras | February 10, 2015 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
“One Day Workshop on “Polymeric Materials for Industrial Applications””
S. Chandirasekar
organized by Department of Polymer Science, University of Madras, | March24, 2022 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Industrial Training
- Undergone one month Inplant training at Anabond Private Limited, Chennai,Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
- Undergone one weekInplanttraining in Processing & Testing of Plastic at CIPET, Chennai,Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Area of Expertise
- Synthesis of bile salts templated fluorescent noble metal nanoclusters.
- Size and shape controllable synthesis of bile salts capped noble metal nanoparticles.
- Synthesis of bile acid based bio-compatible polymers
- Bile acid based polymers templated noble metal nanoparticles synthesis
- Bio-imaging studies using fluorescent metal nanoclusters
- DNA sensing and heavy metal ions sensing applications using mamomaterials
- Synthesis of metal nanoparticles/nanoclusters based heterogeneous catalysts
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Participated in “Chennai Science Festival-2009” held from February 19-20, 2009, organized by Science City at Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Participated in “Chennai Science Festival-2012” held from January 27-30, 2012, organized by Science City in association with Anna University at Anna Gem Science Park School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Participated in “Chennai Science Festival-2012” held from 29th January–February 1st, 2012, organized by Science City at Anna Gem Science Park School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Participated in “Campus Cleaning Campaign” organized by the NSS PG UNIT, University of Madras, Chennai, during December 2010.
- 5. Participated in Seven days Special Camping Programme on the theme “Healthy Youth for Healthy India” organized by the NSS PG UNIT, University of Madras, at Kotturpuram, Chennai,during January 21-27.
