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Sri Sivakumar

Chevron Corporation Chair Professor

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    srisiva[AT]iitk.ac.in

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    +91-512-259-7697 (Office)
    +91-512-259-7895 (Lab)

  • Office & Lab

    NL-II-204B (Office)
    NL-II-204 (Lab)

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Research Interest

  • Lanthanide based nanodevices
  • Multifunctional nanomaterials for drug delivery and bio-imaging
  • Novel nanocatalyst
  • Nanomaterials for solar H2 generation
  • Photonic materials

Education

  • B.Sc., Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, 1993
  • B.Sc. (Tech), University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 1997
  • M.Sc. (Tech), University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2001
  • Ph.D., University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2006
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNST), The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2006-2008

Research Overview

Our research focuses on the development of various nanomaterials for various applications in particular drug delivery, bioimaging, solar H2 generation, catalytic reactions, and solid state lightings. We also investigate growth and stabilization mechanism which will useful to design the material with multifunctional properties. Our ultimate goals are:

1. To make targeted multifunctional nanomaterials for optical/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents as well as drug delivery vehicles.
2. To make lanthanide based nanodevices by using its opto-magnetical properties
3. To select and design new nanomaterials for solar H2 generation.
4. To make new novel catalysts

Awards

  • Prof. CNR Award for outstanding research contribution (2014)
  • Class of 1979 Research Fellowship, IIT Kanpur (2013-2016)

Patents

  • Sri Sivakumar, A. Kumar, H. Sami, "PA generic approach to prepare nanoparticles-loaded polymer capsules for biomedical applications/Nanoparticles loaded polymer capsules, process for Synthesis and application thereof" US Patent, Indian Patent pending.
  • van Veggel F. C. J. M., Sudarsan V., Sri Sivakumar, "Production of light from sol-gel thin films made with lanthanide-doped nanoparticles and preparation thereof" US Patent, International publication number, WO 2006/113998.
  • van Veggel F. C. J. M., Sri Sivakumar, Diamente, P. D., "Silica coated Ln3+-doped nanoparticles as biolabels" US patent pending.

Publications

  • B Mahalakshmi, S Sivakumar, NA Mala, E Manikandan, Exploring the potential of Ni-doped CuO nanoparticles as a promising electrode material for asymmetric supercapacitors, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 101589 (2025).
  • S Kanaujiya, DK Arya, P Pandey, S Singh, G Pandey, S Anjum, Resveratrol-Ampicillin Dual-Drug Loaded Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Polyvinyl Alcohol Biomimic Electrospun Nanofiber Enriched with Collagen for Efficient Burn Wound Repair, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 5397-5418 (2024).
  • P Singh, AK Maparu, M Mishra, B Rai, S Sivakumar, In vitro evaluation of decellularized floral scaffold with surface nanotopography for skin tissue engineering, Materials Today Communications, 41, 111056 (2024).
  • SK Singh, M Paul, A Singh, A Sharma, M Kumar, J Gupta, S Sivakumar, Development of MXene Composite Nanofiber-Based 3D Culture System for the Efficient Generation of MSC-Derived Functional Pancreatic β-Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16 (49), 67514-67522 (2024).
  • A Malathi, A Priyadharsan, S Ragupathy, S Sivakumar, P Vadivel, V Arun, Enhanced sun light driven photocatalytic activity of silver tungstate/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for methylene blue dye degradation, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 34 (3), 1181-1192 (2024).
  • A Malathi, A Priyadharsan, M Handayani, I Hasan, G Divya, K Sivaranjani, Boosted solar-driven photocatalysis: silver molybdate/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for methylene blue decomposition, Ionics, 30 (3), 1603-1614 (2024).
  • SK Sharma, V Chaudhary, RGS Pala, S Sivakumar, Rapid nucleation and optimal surface–ligand interaction stabilize wurtzite MnSe, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26 (31), 20837-20851 (2024).
  • S Arora, S Sivakumar, Suppression of inactive sites in NiMo@ amorphous alumina catalysts for hydrodesulfurization reaction: Effect of Ga doping , Journal of Catalysis , 434, 115501 (2024).
  • AK Maparu, P Singh, B Rai, A Sharma, S Sivakumar, PDMS nanoparticles-decorated PDMS substrate promotes adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of skin cells , Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 659, 629-638 (2024).
  • A Bajpai, PK Dwivedi, S Sivakumar, Chiral nanomaterial-based approaches for diagnosis and treatment of protein-aggregated neurodiseases: current status and future opportunities. , Journal of Materials chemistry. B , 12(8):1991-2005 (2024).
  • Shalini Arora, Sri Sivakumar, Unblocking of NiMo Active Sites for Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts: A Study Focused on Inactive NixSy Segregation , Energy & Fuels , 37, 12, 8539–8551 (2023).
  • Yogendra Nath Chouryal, Rahul Kumar Sharma, Neeraj Tomar, Neelam Yadav, Heera Lal Kewat, Ishfaq Abdullah Wani, Sandeep Nigam, Praveen Kumar Surolia, Sri Sivakumar, Pushpal Ghosh, Upconverted Nanophosphors for Increasing Efficiency in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell , ACS Applied Energy Materials , 6, 9, 4934–4941 (2023).
  • Rashmi, Md. Majid, Sri Sivakumar, Tetragonal-zircon BiVO4: a better polymorph for the formation of coherent type-II heterostructures for water splitting applications , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics: PCCP , 25, 27595-27605 (2023).
  • Auhin Kumar Maparu, Prerana Singh, Beena Rai, Ashutosh Sharma, Sri Sivakumar, A simple robust and scalable route to prepare sub-50 nm soft PDMS nanoparticles for intracellular delivery of anticancer drugs , Nanotechnology , 33, 495102 (2022).
  • Rashmi, Maurya D. Gyanprakash, Monika Gadhewal, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Sri Sivakumar, Deconvoluting Photoelectrochemical Activity in Monoclinic–Scheelite BiVO4 Facet Selected Thin Films , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 126, 38, 16477–16491 (2022).
  • Priyaranjan Kumar, Prerana Singh, Sanjoy Saren, Juhi Sayala, Sri Sivakumar, Ashis K. Patra, Quaternary Ru (ii) complexes of terpyridines, saccharin and 1, 2-azoles: effect of substituents on molecular structure, speciation, photoactivity, and photocytotoxicity , Dalton Transactions , 51, 18416-18437 (2022).
  • Suchismita Ghosh, Abdul Akhir, Deepanshi Saxena, Sneha Singh, Sri Sivakumar, Sidharth Chopra, Raja Angamuthu, Investigating the photosensitivity of koneramines for cell imaging and therapeutic applications , Dalton Transactions , 51, 15659-15668 (2022).
  • Usha Yadav, Madhu Verma, Zafar Abbas, Sri Sivakumar, Ashis K. Patra, An emissive dual-sensitized bimetallic Eu 2 III-bioprobe: design strategy, biological interactions, and nucleolus staining studies , New Journal of Chemistry , 46, 16007-16018 (2022).
  • G. P. Sharma, P. K. Gupta, S. K. Sharma, R. G. S. Pala, S. Sivakumar, Chalcogenide Dopant-Induced Lattice Expansion in Cobalt Vanadium Oxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4, 4758 (2021).
  • C. Rajalekshmi Dhanya, J. Jeyaraman, S. Sainulabdeen, M. S. Soumya, A. Abraham, S. Sivakumar, Biocompatible Multifunctional Theranostic Nanoprobe for Imaging and Chemotherapy in Solid Tumor Bearing Mice, ChemPhotoChem, 5, 106 (2021).
  • R. Singh, D. Kunzru, S. Sivakumar, Monodispersed ultrasmall NiMo metal oxide nanoclusters as hydrodesulfurization catalyst, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 185, 163 (2016).
  • J. Jeyaraman, A. Shukla, S. Sivakumar, Targeted Stealth Polymer Capsules Encapsulating Ln3+-Doped LaVO4 Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2, 1330 (2016).
  • A. Rammohan, G. Mishra, B. Mahaling, L. Tayal, A. Mukhopadhyay, S. Gambhir, A. Sharma, S. Sivakumar, PEGylated Carbon Nanocapsule: A Universal Reactor and Carrier for In Vivo Delivery of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Nanoparticles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 350 (2015).