Nanoscience Research Laboratory
Department Of Materials Science And Engineering
National Institute Of Technology Calicut
Total Number of Publications : 90
84.Anjana Chanthanapally, Anagha Yatheendran, N. Sandhyarani, Isomorphous Cobalt Coordination Frameworks: Enhancing Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction through Coordinated Solvent Variations,Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 23, 9886–9895
83. Anagha Yatheendran, Koushik Kumar N, Ashna George, N. Sandhyarani, Optimizing Activity and Stability in AgCl‐CuO Electrocatalysts: Insights from Different Morphologies for Enhanced ORR Performance, ChemCatChem, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400989
82. Aruna Vijayan, Teena Thomas, N. Sandhyarani Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity through Bimetallic Phosphide Integration in ReS2/Re2O7 Heterostructure, Chemistry Select, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202404084
81. Anagha Yatheendran, Aswathy M.N., Jeethu S Babu, Rahul Rajan, N. Sandhyarani Synergistic effect of Ag-doped Mn3O4 and AgCl composite as a regenerable and high-performance catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024,https://doi.org /10.1039/D4TA03285C
80. Aruna Vijayan, N. Sandhyarani, Efficient and Sustainable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance of ReO3-incorporated Cu2Te Catalysts, Energy Advances, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4YA00023D
73. Haritha Kuttoth, Teena Thomas, Resmi V. Nair and N. Sandhyarani, Label-free detection of endotoxin and gram-negative bacteria from water using copper (I) oxide anchored reduced graphene oxide,Analytica Chimica Acta,2023,1237, 340597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2022.340597
72. Anagha Yatheendran and N.Sandhyarani, A non-corrosive bifunctional electrocatalyst based on titanate sheet for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions,International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.10.160
71. Anish Reghu Nath, Kiran Kumar Garlapati, Anagha Yatheendran, and N. Sandhyarani, Asymmetrical Supercapacitor Fabricated Using Sodium Nickel Phosphate and Transition Metal-Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite as Electrodes, Energy Fuels 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c02089
70. Resmi V Nair, Teena Thomas, Haritha Kuttoth, Akash Karthikeyan, Baiju G Nair, and N. Sandhyarani, Cu2+-mediated aggregation of gold nanoparticles as an optical probe for the detection of endotoxin, Langmuir, 2022, 38, 35, 10826–10835. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01436
69. Anagha Yatheendran and N Sandhyarani, CHAPTER 9, Oxygen reduction reaction in methanol fuel cells, 305-336, in Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Fundamentals, Materials, and Applications edited by Kushal Sengupta, Sudipta Chatterjee, Kingshuk Dutta, Elsevier, 2022, ISBN: 9780323885089, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-88508-9.00004-5
68. Karuvatta Nubla, Muhammed Fasil Puthiyaparambath, Raghu Chatanathodi, N. Sandhyarani, Experimental and theoretical investigation on the ORR activity of AgVO3, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 6, 2042-2050, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QM00116
67. Kiran Kumar Garlapati, Anish R. Nath, Ajith Mohan Arjun, Aruna Vijayan, N. Sandhyarani, The rational investigation of bimetallic selenides as electrode materials for hybrid supercapacitors, Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 424, 140627, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140627
66. Aruna Vijayan, N. Sandhyarani, Enhancing the catalytic activity of bulk MoS2 towards hydrogen evolution reaction by the formation of MoS2-MoO3-Re2O7 heterostructure, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 623, 819-831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.107
65. Anish R. Nath, Bharath Madhu, Ajay Mohan, N. Sandhyarani, Enhancing the stability of electrochemical asymmetric supercapacitor by incorporating thiophene-pyrrole copolymer with nickel sulfide/nickel hydroxide composite, Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 46C, 103833.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.10383
79. Anagha Yatheendran, Rahul Rajan, and N.Sandhyarani,Synergistic Effect of Oxygen Vacancy-Rich SnO2 and AgCl in the Augmentation of Sustained Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Langmuir 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01311
78. Teena Thomas, H Kuttoth, RV Nair, N Sandhyarani, Electrochemical Approach for the Synthesis of Ultrasmall Cu13 Clusters and Their Application in the Detection of Endotoxin, Langmuir 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00872
77. N Karuvatta, AV Sadasivan, A Sidharthan, N Sandhyarani, Augmented and sustained oxygen reduction reaction activity of NiCo2O4 by the incorporation of Ag, New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, Advance Article, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ00772C
76. Nubla K, Sandhyarani N. Highly efficient and durable Y(OH)3/rGO/Pt ternary hybrid electrocatalyst for the methanol oxidation reaction, Materials Research Bulletin, 2023, 165,112304, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2023.112304
75. Aruna Vijayan, Lakshmi V Nair, N. Sandhyarani, Gold cluster incorporated Rhenium disulfide: An efficient catalyst towards electrochemical and photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction, Electrochimica Acta, 2023, 446, 142073 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142073
74. Subham Kaurav, Aruna Vijayan, N Sandhyarani, Hydrothermally modified ZnO-NiSe heterostructure as promising photoelectrocatalyst in hydrogen evolution reaction, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, 76, 316-324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.11.307
64. Anish R Nath and N Sandhyarani, CHAPTER 5, Graphene analogues and their heterostructures for ultrafast lithium and sodium-ion battery, in 2D Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, edited by Suresh C. Pillai and Priyanka Ganguly, IOP Publishing Ltd 2021, Online ISBN: 978-0-7503-3319-1 , Print ISBN: 978-0-7503-3317-7
63. Aruna Vijayan and Sandhyarani, N. Chapter 1 "Synthesis and Characterization of Photocatalytic Materials". Photocatalysis,edited by Suresh C. Pillai and Vignesh Kumaravel, De Gruyter, 2021, pp. 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110668483-001
62.Ajith Mohan Arjun, N. Sandhyarani, A 3D printed low volume hybrid enzyme fuel cell for low power applications Applied Surface Science, 2021,555,149720
61.Biyas Posha, Asha N., N. Sandhyarani, Carbon nitride quantum dots tethered CNT for electrochemical detection of dopamine and uric acid, New. J. Chem.,2021,45, 6263-6272
60 Biyas Posha, Haritha K., N. Sandhyarani, Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polycations and Polyanions for the Sensitive Detection of Endotoxin Langmuir, 2021,37, 257–265
59.Anish R. Nath, N. Sandhyarani, SILAR deposited nickel sulphide-nickel hydroxide nanocomposite for high performance asymmetric supercapacitor, Electrochimica Acta. 2020,356,136844
58.Biyas Posha, N. Sandhyarani, Highly sensitive endotoxin detection using gold nanoparticle loaded layered molybdenum disulfide - poly acrylic acid nanocomposite, Analyst, 2020
57. Ag nanoparticles anchored Ag2WO4 nanorods: An efficient methanol tolerant and durable Pt free electro-catalyst toward oxygen reduction reaction, K. Nubla and N.Sandhyarani, 340,2020,135942
56. Enhanced electro-catalytic activity of palladium nanocoral structures with platinum incorporation, Thulasi Radhakrishnan, Krishnadas Narayanan Nampoothiri,N,Sandhyarani,340,2020,135840
55. Pt-Ag nanostructured 3D architectures: A tunable catalyst for methanol oxidation reaction,Thulasi Radhakrishnan and N. Sandhyarani, 298, 2019, 835-843
54. A hybrid hydrogel separated biofuel cell with a novel enzymatic anode and glucose tolerant cathode, Ajith Mohan Arjun, Madhusudhanan Vimal, Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019
53. 1-Pyrene carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube-gold nanoparticle nanocomposite for electrochemical sensing of dopamine and uric acid, Biyas Posha, Haritha Kuttoth and Sandhyarani N, Microchimica Acta, 2019,186:672
52. Robin Augustine, Anwarul Hasan, Noorunnisa Khanam Patan, Yogesh B Dalvi, Ruby Varghese, Aloy Antony, Raghunath Narayanan Unni, Sandhyarani N, and Ala-Eddin Moustafa, Cerium oxide Nanoparticle Incorporated Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Membranes for Diabetic Wound Healing Applications, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/ acsbiomaterials.8b01352
51. Amorphous Rhenium Disulfide Nanosheets: A Methanol-Tolerant Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Thulasi Radhakrishnan, Aparna M P, Raghu Chatanathodi, and Sandhyarani N, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019
50. Robin Augustine, Yogesh B Dalvi, VK Yadu Nath, Ruby Varghese, Varun Raghuveeran, Anwarul Hasan, Sabu Thomas, Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, Yttrium oxide nanoparticle loaded scaffolds with enhanced cell adhesion and vascularization for tissue engineering applications, Materials Science and Engineering C, 2019, 103, 109801
49. Nanosheets of nickel, cobalt and manganese triple hydroxides/oxyhydroxides as efficient electrode materials for asymmetrical supercapacitors, Anish Reghu Nath, Aswathi Jayachandran and Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, Dalton Transactions, 2019
48. T Radhakrishnan and N. Sandhyarani,Pt-Ag nanostructured 3D architectures: A tunable catalyst for methanol oxidation reaction, Electrochemica acta, 2019, 1, 835-843.
35.T.K. Rahul, N. Sandhyarani, Nitrogen-fluorine co-doped titania inverse opals for enhanced solar light driven photocatalysis, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18259-18270
34.Reny Thankam Thomas, N. Sandhyarani, Template free synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride/titania mesoflowers, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 72683-72690
33.Abdul Rasheed P and N. Sandhyarani A highly sensitive DNA sensor for attomolar detection of BRCA1 gene: Signal amplification with gold nanoparticle clusters, Analyst, 2015, 140, 2713-2718
32.Abdul Rasheed P and N. Sandhyarani, Attomolar detection of BRCA1 gene based on gold nanoparticle assisted signal amplification, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2015, 65, 333-340
37.Abdul Rasheed P,Thulasi Radhakrishnan,P K Shihabudeen, Sandhyarani, Reduced graphene oxide-yttria nanocomposite-modified electrode for enhancing the sensitivity of electrochemical genosensor, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2016, 83,361-367
36.Abdul Rasheed P and N. Sandhyarani, Quartz crystal microbalance genoensor for sequence specific detection of attomolar DNA targets, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2016, 905, 134-139
42. T.K. Rahul , N. Sandhyarani, In Situ Gold‐Loaded Fluorinated Titania Inverse Opal Photocatalysts for Enhanced Solar‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Production, ChemNanoMat, 2017, 3, 503 –510
41. P. Abdul Rasheed, Thulasi Radhakrishnan Sindhu R.Nambiar, Reny Thankam Thomas, N.Sandhyarani, Graphitic carbon nitride as immobilization platform for ssDNA in a genosensor, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 250,162-168
40. Abdul Rasheed P, N. Sandhyarani, Carbon nanostructures as immobilization platform for DNA: A review on current progress in electrochemical DNA sensors, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2017, 97, 226-237
39. Abdul Rasheed P, N. Sandhyarani, Electrochemical DNA sensors based on the use of gold nanoparticles: a review on recent developments, Microchimica Acta, 2017, 184, 981–1000
38. Thulasi Radhakrishnan,N.Sandhyarani, Three Dimensional assembly of electrocatalytic platinum nanostructures on reduced graphene oxide- An electrochemical approach for high perfomance catalyst for methanol oxidation, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42,10, 7014-7022
46. R. Augustine, Y.B. Dalvi, P. Dan, N. George, D. Helle, R. Varghese, S.Thomas, P. Menu, and N. Sandhyarani, Nanoceria Can Act as the Cues for Angiogenesis in Tissue-Engineering Scaffolds: Toward Next-Generation in Situ Tissue Engineering, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2018
45. T.K. Rahul , N. Sandhyarani, Plasmonic and Photonic Effects on Hydrogen Evolution over Chemically Modified Titania Inverse Opals, ChemNanoMat, 2018, 4, 642 – 648
44. T.K. Rahul, Minu Mohan, N. Sandhyarani, Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Evolution over In Situ Gold–Platinum Bimetallic Nanoparticle-Loaded Ti 3+ Self-Doped Titania Photocatalysts, ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 2018, 6 (3), 3049–3059
43. B. Posha N. Sandhyarani, Gold atomic cluster mediated electrochemical aptasensor for the detection of lipopolysaccharide, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2018, 101, 199-205
17.Abdul Rasheed P, N Sandhyarani, A novel sandwich type electrochemical sensor for the detection of brca1 gene using cyclic bisureas/gold nanoparticle composite, 26th Kerala Science Congress, Wayanad-2014, BEST PAPER AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES.
16.Reny Thankam Thomas, N Sandhyarani, In-situ synthesis of graphene/graphene oxide-tio2 nanocomposites for efficient waste water treatment, 26th Kerala Science Congress, Wayanad-2014, BEST PAPER AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
15.Parvathy.R.Chandran and N. Sandhyarani, Chitosan gold nanocomposite for pH sensitive delivery of 5-fluorouracil (Poster Presentation) International Union of Materials Research Societies – International Conference in Asia – 2013 (IUMRS-ICA-2013), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
14.Abdul Rasheed.P and N. Sandhyarani, DNA functionalized gold nanoparticle based Biosensor for femtomolar detection of specific DNA sequences (Oral Presentation) IUMRS-ICA-2013, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
13.Reny Thankam Thomas and N. Sandhyarani, Graphene titania nanocomposites for effective removal of mercury-(Oral Presentation) IUMRS-ICA-2013, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
12.Rahul.T.K and N. Sandhyarani, Fabrication of photonic crystals via self assembly of colloidal microspheres: formation, inverse structure and properties (Oral Presentation) IUMRS-ICA-2013, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
11.Reny Thankam Thomas, N. Sandhyarani, Photocatalytic titania nanostrustures, National Conference on 'Emerging Interfaces at Molecular Materials' , IIT Madras, Chennai, 2013.
10.Abdul Rasheed P., N. Sandhyarani, A sandwich DNA electrochemical biosensor for sub femto molar detection of specific DNA sequences using labelled gold nanoparticles, First Indo-canadian symposium, Mysore, Karnataka, 2013
9.Parvathy R. Chandran and N. Sandhyarani, Evaluation of size and pH sensitivity of the drug delivery system for the effective anticancer drug delivery, First Indo-Israel meeting, MG University, Kottayam, 2013 (BEST POSTER AWARD)
8.Krishnadas Narayanan Nampoothiri, N. Sandhyarani, Graphene supported metal nanoparticles as anode material for direct methanol fuel cell, First Indo-Israel meeting, Mg Univeristy, Kottayam, 2013
7.Abdul Rasheed P. and N. Sandhyarani, Synthesis of Fluorescent MgO nanoparticles for biomedical applications. Bangalore Nano, Bangalore, 2011.
6.Manjusha Mathew and N. Sandhyarani, Electrochemical glucose biosensor based on palladium nanoparticles decorated carbon nanotube. Cochin nano, Cochin, 2011.
5.Parvathy R. Chandran, Dijo Prasannan and N. Sandhyarani, Green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using root extract of Asparagus racemosus. Cochin nano, Cochin, 2011.
4.Reny Thankam Thomas and N. Sandhyarani, Size dependent and doping effect on the photocatalytic degradation of congo red using titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Cochin nano, Cochin, 2011.
3.N. Sandhyarani, Functionalized nanomaterials for chemical and biosensor development, Chennai Chemistry conference, IIT Madras, Chennai, 2011 (Invited talk)
2. Manjusha Mathew and N. Sandhyarani, Electrochemical detection of lead using chitosan-gold nanocomposite. CRSI National Symposium, Trivandrum, 2010.
1. Vaishakh Nair, N. Sandhyarani, Studies on the Photodegradation of TiO2 Incorporated Polyethylene –Film Under Visible Light and UV Radiation, International Conference on Advances in Polymer Technology, Kochi, India,2010
18.Manjusha Mathew, N. Sandhyarani, A novel electrochemical sensor surface for the detection of hydrogen peroxide using cyclic bisurea/gold nanoparticles composite. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2011, 28, 210-215
31.Parvathy R Chandran, N. Sandhyarani, An electric field responsive drug delivery system based on chitosan gold nanocomposite for site specific and controlled delivery of 5-fluorouracil. RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 44922-44929.
30.Abdul Rasheed P and N. Sandhyarani, Graphene-DNA electrochemical sensor for the sensitive detection of BRCA1 gene, Sensors and Actuators B, 2014, 204, 777-782
29.Manjusha Mathew, N. Sandhyarani, Distance dependent sensing capabilities of enzymatic biosensor surface constructed with gold nanoparticle immobilized on self assembled monolayer modified gold electrode,Sensor Letters, 2014, 12, 1286-1294 (doi:10.1166/sl.2014.3308)
28.Manjusha Mathew, N. Sandhyarani, Sensitive detection of glucose using immobilised bi-enzyme on cyclic bisureas-gold nanoparticle conjugate, Analytical Biochemistry, 2014, 459, 31-38
27.Reny Thankam Thomas, Abdul Rasheed P, N. Sandhyarani, Synthesis of nanotitania decorated few-layer graphene for enhanced visible light driven photocatalysis, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2014 , 428, 214-221
26.Abdul Rasheed P and N. Sandhyarani, Femtomolar level detection of BRCA1 gene using gold nanoparticle labeled sandwich type DNA sensor, Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, 2014 , 117, 7-13
25.Abdul Rasheed P, N. Sandhyarani, Synthesis of Luminescent MgO Nanocrystals and Their Application in Bioimaging, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2014, 6(3), 283-289.
24.Parvathy R Chandran, Prakash A, K Rathinasamy, N. Sandhyarani, Enhanced cytotoxic effect of doxorubicin loaded multifunctional gold nanoparticle for targeted cancer drug delivery, Journal of Nanopharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, 2013, 1(3),289-300.
23.Manjusha Mathew, N. Sandhyarani, A highly sensitive electrochemical glucose sensor structuring with nickel hydroxide and enzyme glucose oxidase Electrochimica Acta , 2013, 108, 274-280.
22.Reny Thankam Thomas, N. Sandhyarani, Enhancement in the photocatalytic degradation of low density polyethylene- TiO2 nanocomposite films under solar irradiation, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 14080-14087.
21.Reny Thankam Thomas, Vaishakh Nair, N. Sandhyarani, TiO2 nanoparticle assisted solid phase photocatalytic degradation of polythene film: A mechanistic investigation, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2013, 422, 1-9
20.Manjusha Mathew, S, Sureshkumar, N. Sandhyarani, Synthesis and Characterisation of Gold-Chitosan Nanocomposite and Application of resultant Nanocomposite in Sensors Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces , 2012, 93, 143-147
19.Parvathy R Chandran, M. Naseer, M. Udupa, N. Sandhyarani, size controlled synthesis of biocom-atible gold nanoparticles and their activity in the oxidation of NADH, Nanotechnology, 2012, 22 , 015602
86. Anagha Yatheendran, Koushik Kumar N, Ashna George, N. Sandhyarani, Optimizing Activity and Stability in AgCl‐CuO Electrocatalysts: Insights from Different Morphologies for Enhanced ORR Performance, ChemCatChem, 2025, 17, e202400989 (1-10).
85. Haritha Kuttoth, Tushar Pathak, Dr. N Sandhyarani, A Point-of-Care Aptasensor for the Real-Time Detection of Sepsis Biomarker, Lagmuir, 2025, 41, 26, 16822–16831.
1. N. Sandhyarani, Tushar Pathak, Haritha K., Arun R., M.K. Ravi Varma, A Low-Cost Portable Electrochemical Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Endotoxin and Method Thereof, Application No.202241053140 A dated 16/09/2022, issued as patent No. 429867, dated 24/04/2023.
90. Anju V. S., Haritha Hareendrakrishnakumar, and Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, Electronic Structure Engineering of Bimetallic Wolframites: Synergistic Ni-Doped and Ag-Decorated Cobalt Tungstate Nanoparticles for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.6c01217
89. Haritha Hareendrakrishna Kumar, Sneha Sivadasan, Dhakshina Prakash, N Sandhyarani, The Direct Methanol Circular Fuel Cell: An Electrocatayst Design Perspective on Selective CO2 Recycling, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC02001A
88. Anagha Yatheendran, Dhakshina Prakash, Mohammed Ibrahim Shah, Maitreyo Biswas, Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, N Sandhyarani, Electronic structure modulation in Ag nanoparticle-Ag2Cu2O3 catalyst: a strategy for stable and enhanced oxygen reduction reaction, Nanoscale, 2026,18, 11890-11899, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR05315C
87. H Kuttoth, RV Nair, N Sandhyarani, MoS2 phase transition-assisted sensitive detection of cholesterol on the Copper oxide@ Molybdenum disulfide nanocomposite, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2026, 14 (14), 4415-4425 DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TB02549D