Sensing and Biosensing with Optically Active Nanomaterials

Dr. Suban K. Sahoo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), in India. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at Punjab Technical University (PTU) in 2008, and was Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 2009, and at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, in 2019.Dr. Sahoo’s research interests include fluorescence studies of the model compounds, design and development of chemosensors, colorimetric and fluorescent sensors based on nanoparticles and quantum dots (QDs), supramolecular deep cavitand and recognition of small guest molecules, computational chemistry, molecular dynamic simulations and docking, complexation studies of the ligands with various metal ions both by potentiometric and spectrophotometric methods, and synthesis of multidentate ligands and metal complexes.

• 1. Introduction to sensing and biosensing with optically active nanomaterials2. Colorimetric sensing of metal ions and anions with Ag and Au nanoparticles3. Fluorescent metal nanoclusters: synthesis and their applications in fluorescent sensing of metal ions and anions4. Fluorescent sensing of metal ions and anions with quantum dots5. Sensing with carbon nanomaterials (Chapter-1 on sensing applications with carbon materials such as, Graphene, Nanodiamond, Fullerene, carbon onion, nanohorn)6. Sensing with carbon nanomaterials (Chapter-2 on sensing applications with carbon dots)7. Sensing with carbon nanomaterials (Chapter-3 on sensing applications with SWNT and MWNT)8. Organic nanoparticles: Synthesis and their applications in the field of fluorescent sensing9. Sensing with nano-sized optically active metal oxides