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Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

Assistant Professor (Scientist-D)

We work in the following area:
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 :

Research Interest

  • Food microbiology/fortification

  • Smart plant nutrient/biocontrol application

  • Food/agri sensing

Research Highlights

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 closes the pores in the presence of carbonate ions to keeps the iron in phyto-available forms, whereas open the pores in the presence of the uptake proton signal from the roots.

PhD Students

  • MS. Ankita Dadhich

    Email: ankita.ph21254@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21254

    Working Since Jan, 2022

  • MS. NEERAJ

    Email: neeraj.ph21216@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21216

    Working Since Aug, 2021

  • MS. KANCHAN SWAMI

    Email: kanchan.ph20263@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20263

    Working Since Jan, 2021

  • MS. SARITA

    Email: sarita.ph20219@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20219

    Working Since Aug, 2020

  • MS. PARUL SHARMA

    Email: parul.ph20218@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20218

    Working Since Aug, 2020

  • MR. PREM KUMAR

    Email: prem.ph20220@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20220

    Working Since Aug, 2020

  • Ms. Mahima Chandel

    Email: mahima.ph19230@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH19230

    Working Since Jan, 2020

  • Ms. Bandana Kumari Sahu

    Email: bandana.ph18223@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH18223

    Working Since Jan, 2019

  • Ms.Kamaljit Kaur

    Email: kamal.ph17225@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH17225

    Working Since Jan, 2018

Research Associates

  • Dr. P. Muthukumaran

    Email: muthukumaran.ra202111@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: RA-01-202111

    Working Since Mar, 2021

PhD Students

  • Mr. Pulkit

    Email: pulkit.ph14215@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH14215

  • Mr. Sandeep

    Email: sandeep.ph14224@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH14224


  1. Nano-maze Lure : Pheromone Sandwich in Graphene Oxide Interlayers for Sustainable Targeted Pest Control: K. Kaur,S. Sharma,R. Gupta,V.K.T. Munikrishnappa,M. Chandel,M. Ahamed,N.K. Singhal,N. Bakthavatsalam,M. Gorantla,E. Muthusamy,K. Subaharan,Vijayakumar S.*, (2021) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, . DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09118

  2. 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) Nanotechnology, 32: 475704. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac1bdc

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

  4. Triple-Smart Eco-Friendly Chili Anthracnose Control Agro-Nanocarrier: 1. S. Sharma,B. Singh,P. Bindra,P. Panneerselvam,N. Dwivedi,A. Senapati,A. Adholeya,Vijayakumar S.*, (2021) ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13: 9143–9155. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18797

  5. Upconversion Nanodevice-Assisted Healthy Molecular Photocorrection: K. Kaur, P. Bindra, S. Mondal, W.-P. Li, S. Sharma, B.K. Sahu, B.S. Naidu, C.-S. Yeh, U.K. Gautam,Vijayakumar S.*, (2020) ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 7: 291–298. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01244

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

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

  8. 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) ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10: 18478–18488.. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02048

  9. Anti-drift nano-stickers made of graphene oxide for targeted pesticide delivery and crop pest control: Sharma S.,Singh S.,Ganguli A. K.,Vijayakumar S.*, (2017) Carbon, 115: 781-790.. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.075

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

  11. 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) ACS Applied materials and interfaces, 6: 4382-93.. DOI: 10.1021/am5000905

  12. 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) Chem. Commun, 49: 1609-1611.. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37671K # Equally contributed first author

  13. 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) Nanoscale, 5: 3863-3871.. DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00100H

  14. 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) ACS Nano, 7: 5330-5342. DOI: 10.1021/nn401187c

  15. 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) Electrochimica Acta, 82: 103-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.03.029

  16. Nanogold Loaded Sharp Edged Carbon Bullets as Gene Carrier for Plant Genetic Engineering: Vijayakumar S.,Abhilash O.U.,Khan B.M.,Prasad B.L.V., (2010) Advanced Functional Materials, 20: 2416- 2423. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200901883

  17. Intracellular biogenic silver nanoparticles for the generation of carbon supported antiviral and sustained bactericidal agents: Vijayakumar S.,Prasad B.L.V., (2009) Langmuir, 25: 11741–11747. DOI: 10.1021/la901024p

  1. Our journey with carbon nanoparticles for targeted agriculture: B. Kumari,K. Kaur,M. Chandel,Vijayakumar S.*, (2021) Invited Chapter by MASU, .

  2. Composting technology and organic waste utilization in agriculture: Natarajan S, Udayasoorian C., Kavitha, (2006) Dept. of Environmental Science, .

  1. Nanoparticle composite for delivery of fertilizer. Patent filed201811001751: P.S. Vijayakumar,M. Singh,A.K. Ganguli,Pulkit, (2018) .

  2. DNA loaded supported gold nanoparticles, process for the preparation and use thereof US 8759054 B2 Grant PCT number PCT/IN2010/000513supported gold nanoparticles, process for the preparat: Prasad B. L. V., Abhilash O.U., Khan B. M., (2012) .

Fundings

  • Development of novel theranostic nanoplatforms for image guided combination therapy for liver cancers (As Co-PI) 3 years, DST Nanomission
    Funding Amount: -
    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar
  • Smart packing system with the nanocomposite to improve the shelf life of perishable vegetable 2 years, DRDO
    Funding Amount: -
    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar
  • Fabrication of low cost real time sensor for early crop pest monitoring and management. 3 years, SERB
    Funding Amount: -
    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar
  • Design of controlled and targeted agricultural pesticide delivery nano-carrier with copper- graphene oxide composite 3 years, DST nano mission
    Funding Amount: -
    PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar Co-PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

  • 2006

    Ph.D.

    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

  • 2003

    M.Sc.

    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

  • 2001

    B.Sc.Agriculture

    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.

  • National Science council Post Doc Fellow:National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (January 2010 to January 2014 )

  • Department of Bio-Technology - Post Doc Fellow:National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (January 2007 to January 2009 )

Awards & Honours

  • 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 


Professional Recognitions

  • Environmental Protection Movement (Life member)

  • The Horticultural Society of India (Life member)

  • Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (Life member)

  • American Chemical Society (Annual member)

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