The Microfluidics and NanoMaterials lab develops microfluidics based methods for fabrication of biomaterials, uses microfluidics as a tool for biological studies, and synthesizes nanocomposite materials for antimicrobial applications.
Research Areas
Microfluidics for generation of microparticles and microcapsules through chemical gelation
Microparticles and microcapsules have numerous applications in the fields of drug delivery, tissue engineering, photonics, disease diagnosis, etc. to name a few. Microfluidics offers an attractive route to generation of these entities due to the precise control it can provide over size,…
Microfluidics systems for droplet manipulation and anti-susceptibility test
The project aims to develop microfluidic droplet systems for biological research applications such as Antimicrobial susceptibility tests. It involves studying the hydrodynamics of droplet guiding and trapping using passive droplet manipulation methods and…
Water-based nanocomposite coatings containing inorganic particles have applications in electronics, antibacterial, and photocatalytic applications. This project aims to develop metal nanoparticle based latex nanocomposites for antimicrobial applications.
In another related work, we focus on the synthesis of biopolymer based nanocomposites used as nano-preservative for controlling food-borne…
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