Thrust Areas of Research as Identified by the Department

1. Nanostructured Materials for Energy & Sensor Applications

• Materials for Electrochromic application
• Materials for Supercapacitor application
• Materials for Photovoltaic application
• Meta-materials for EMI shielding
• Materials for Electrochemical Sensors

2. Nanostructured Materials for Photocatalysis and Solar-Fuel Generation Applications

• Design and development of visible-light-driven photocatalysts
• Organic contaminants (dye molecules, Emerging pollutants) degradation
• Hydrogen generation
• Carbon dioxide reduction

3. Engineered Nanomaterials for Biology and Technology

• Precision nanoclusters for supramolecular assembly
• Inorganic perovskites for device fabrication
• Carbon nanomaterials for advanced spectroscopy and microscopy
• Photosensitive nanoprobes for switchable surface-enhanced Raman scattering
• Luminescent nanomaterials for invisible-visible security printing

4. Computational Research on Compounds for Pharmaceutical and Industrial Applications

• Virtual screening of potential candidates having various medicinal applications (antioxidant, anticancer, etc,.).
• Drug designing – 2D/3D QSAR studies
• Computational biology and nanotechnology
• Analysis of interaction of designed molecules in biological system
• Screening of potential candidates with properties like NLO, conductivity (polymers), UV sensing, Metal sensing,