Research Focus

We take bioresources as inspiration to design and synthesize our functional nanomaterials (carbon nanomaterials, fluorescent nanomaterials, metallic nanomaterials, polymeric nanomaterials, nanoemulsions etc.) and biomaterials (nanocellulose, lignin nanotubes etc.).  We are a group of interdisciplinary people and focussed towards;

(a) Development of anti-amyloidogenic and fibril destabilization nanomaterials and their mechanism studies to combat neurodegeneration

(b) Anti-bacterial/anti-biofilm nanomaterials and their mechanism studies to combat antibiotic resistance

(c) Nanozymes as Point of Care (PoC) diagnostics for responsive biomedical applications, biosensing and immunoassay

(d) Nanomaterial-Protein/Cell interactions and their implications in determining the efficacy of nanomedicine

(e)  Nanotechnological interventions to enhance the bioavailability of bioactive

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Achievements / Awards

JRF (2005) and SRF (2007) from CSIR

GATE (2005, AIR 129)

BHU Post Graduate Entrance Test (2003, AIR 4)

Major Publications

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Selected Publications (last five years)

 Enviorn. Sci. Nano 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D2EN00899H [Follow]

Int. J. Biol. Macromolec. 2023, 233, 123466. [Follow]

Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2022, 193, 238–252. [Follow]

Nanoscale 2022, 14, 11635-11654. [Follow] 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 337 - 349. [Follow]

Int. J. Biol. Macromolec. 2021, 193, 1009 – 1020. [Follow]

Enviorn. Sci. Nano 2021, 8, 1713 – 1728. [Follow]

Biomacromolecules 2021, 22, 2419 - 2435. [Follow]

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 15040 - 15052. [Follow]

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 18, 4007 – 4018. [Follow]

J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Tec. 2021, 61, 102243. [Follow]

J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Tec. 2020, 59, 101884. [Follow]

NanoImpact 2020, 19, 100232. [Follow]

ACS Omega 2019, 4, 14805-14819. [Follow]

Int. J. Biol. Macromolec. 2019, 138, 156-167. [Follow]

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2019, 5, 1987-2000. [Follow]

J. Biomed Mater Res Part B. 2019, 107B, 2433–2449. [Follow]

J. Food Process Eng. 2018, 41, e12888. [Follow]

Int. J. Biol. Macromolec.2017, 104, 748-757. [Follow]

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 1425-1435. [Follow]

Books Authored/Edited

(2) Nanosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Pathogenic Bacteria; Acharya, A. and Singhal, N. K., Eds.; SPRINGER NATURE: Singapore, 2023; p. 1-179. (DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1218-6; Print ISBN: 978-981-99-1217-9; Online ISBN: 978-981-99-1218-6) [Follow]

(1) Nanomaterial - Based Biomedical Applications in Molecular Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapy; Acharya, A., Ed.; SPRINGER NATURE: Singapore, 2020; p. 1-203. (DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4280-0; Print ISBN: 978-981-15-4279-4; Online ISBN: 978-981-15-4280-0) [Follow]

Book chapters - 16

Patents

 Acharya, A., Guliani, A., Pooja, Verma, M., Kumari, A. “Antibacterial nanoemulsions and method of preparation thereof”. Patent Application No. – 202011037604 (0087NF2020/IN; Filed date: 01-09-2020).

 Acharya, A., Kumari, A., Guliani, A., Kumar, S. “A curcumin loaded stabilized polymeric nanoparticles with increased solubility and photo-stability and a green process for the synthesis thereof”. Patent Application No. – 201811032671 (0066NF2018/IN; Filed date: 31-08-2018) & 17/272062 (0066NF2018/US; Filed date: 26-02-2021).

 Acharya, A. “A novel hybrid nanocomposite material for Optical/MRI bimodal molecular imaging, and a process for the preparation thereof”. Patent No. 375092 (Grant date: 23-08-2021).

 Rao, C. P., Acharya, A. “A nanoparticle method of detecting the presence of bisulfite ion (HSO₃^-) in a sample using a conjugate of calix[4]arene”. Patent No. 281307 (Grant date: 14-03-2017).

Research Group

Ph.D. Scholars 

Mr. Syed M. S. Abidi (DBT SRF; August 2017)

Mr. Ashish K. Shukla (CSIR-GATE SRF; August 2017)

Ms. Chandni Sharma (CSIR-GATE SRF; August 2017)

Ms. Mohini Verma (DST INSPIRE SRF; August 2018)

Mr. Aqib I. Dar (PA-II; August 2019)

Ms. Shiwani Randhawa (UGC JRF; August 2020)

Mr. Trilok Chand Saini (CSIR-JRF; August 2021)

Mr. Manik Bathla (DBT-JRF; January 2022)

Visiting Ph.D. Scholar

Ammu V. V. V. Ravi Kiran (DBT-JRF, February 2022) 

Ph.D. Alumni

Dr. Anika (August 2015 - October 2020)

Dr. Shanka Walia (August 2015 - August 2019)

Dr. Rubbel Singla (August 2013 - August 2018)

Ms. Mamta Kumari (AICTE NDF, Visiting Ph.D. Scholar, October 2020 - December 2021)