Brief Profile
Possess more than 22 years of research experience in the field of nanomaterials and devices. Also possess 12 years of teaching experience in Physics/materials science/nanotechnology or related disciplines. Received ~ 169 Cr. INR worth projects (PI in 3 projects and Co PI in 4 projects) while working abroad and received funding of ~ Rs. 3 Cr. Worth (including dept. project FIST) funds after joining CUK. Hold patent for fabrication of a novel optical limiter device with tuneable linear transmission (315834, IPO, India (process & product)). Published 61 research articles in internationally reputed journals (i-10 index 29, Total citations 1654, Last five year Avg IF = 3.96). Published 4 books (including one Springer Nature & Elsevier) and 11 book chapters.
1. FCT-Bolsas international post doctoral grant 2007 for carrying out independent Post doctoral research ( 6 Year Contract)
2. FCT-POPH-EC Bolsas International Post doctoral grant, 2011, for carrying out independent post doctoral research
3. DST Travel Grant for presenting work in the prestigious conference NANOTEC 2014, held in Washington DC
4. Investigator in Multi million Euro worth (~INR 120 Cr. ) European strategic project “No LEAD in microelectronics”
5. Delivered more than 10 Plenary/Invited lectures including one keynote address (San Francisco, USA, 2021, Delivered Online) in conferences in Europe/USA
6. Delivered more than 25 plenary/invited lectures in international conferences inside India
7. Hold patent for fabrication of a novel optical limiter device with tunable linear transmission (315834, IPO, India (process & product))
8. Published 61 research articles in internationally reputed journals (i-10 index 29, Total citations 1654, Last five year Avg IF = 3.96)
9. Published 4 books (including one Springer Nature & Elsevier) and 11 book chapters
10. GATE 2000, CSIR UGC -2000 & 2001
11. Outstanding Student of the Decade award, from MGMGHSS Nayathode, Cochin
12. Gold Medal and certificate of Merit, for B.Sc. Physics (Sree Sankara College, Kalady)
13. Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit for Pre-Degree(12th) ( Sree Sankara College Kalady)
14. Gold Medal and Merit Certificate for securing the record highest marks for the SSLC (10th) from MGMGHSS Nayathode.
15. Eureka Shasthrakerala Vijnanotsav State level 2nd prize (Awarded the Best project)
Extracurricular activities : received several prizes and recognitions in Music and dance (Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, light music etc.)
Had several stage performance in music and dance
Recent and Major Publications
- Manikanta Bayal, P Ahammed Ali Naseef, Neeli Chandran, Swapna S Nair,"Photocatalytic degradation study of three different organic dyes using co-metal substituted ZnS and metal-ZnS composite nanoparticles",AIP Conference Proceedings,2464,020001
- Neeli Chandran, Prajit Janardhanan, Manikanta Bayal, Rajendra Pilankatta, Swapna S Nair,"Development of a paper printed colorimetric sensor based on Cu-Curcumin nanoparticles for evolving point-of-care clinical diagnosis of sodium",Scientific reports,12, 1-15
- MG Praveena, S Thoufeeq, B Manikanta, MT Rahul, RN Bhowmik, Swapna S Nair, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, EM Mohammed, MS Kala, MR Anantharaman,"A magnetoelectric nanocomposite based on two dimensional Cr2O3 and CoFe2O4",Solid State Communications,354,114865
- Krishna Rani Sahoo, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Bawari, S Vivek, Pankaj Kumar Rastogi, Swapna S Nair, Stephan L Grage, Tharangattu N Narayanan,"Room-temperature ferromagnetic wide bandgap semiconducting fluorinated Graphene-hBN vertical heterostructures",Materials Today Physics,21,100547
- Susha Naranthatta, Prajit Janardhanan, Rajendra Pilankatta, Swapna S Nair,"Green Synthesis of Engineered CdS Nanoparticles with Reduced Cytotoxicity for Enhanced Bioimaging Application",ACS omega,6,8646-8655
- N Susha, Ajith S Kumar, S Vivek, Swapna S Nair,"Defect induced magnetism in green synthesized Cadmium Sulfide nanoparticles for spintronics applications",Materials Science and Engineering: B,265,265
- Neeli Chandran, Manikanta Bayal, Rajendra Pilankatta, Swapna S Nair,"2D layer stacked metallic Cu-serine triangular pyramids and their surface plasmon resonance properties",Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures,127,114509
- S Vivek, Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, Swapna S Nair,"Exchange bias in BiFeO3 and Bi0. 9La0. 1FeO3 nanoparticles",Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,54,125301
- MG Praveena, Ajith S Kumar, MS Kala, RN Bhowmik, Swapna S Nair, Senoy Thomas, MR Anantharaman,"Interface assisted strain-induced magnetoelectric coupling in core-shell nanostructures of CoFe2O4@ ZnO",Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,513,167252
- MK Rajesh, KS Muralikrishna, Swapna S Nair, Kumar B Krishna, TM Subrahmanya, KP Sonu, K Subaharan, H Sweta, Prasad TS Keshava, Chandran Neeli, Indrani Karunasagar, KB Hebbar, Anitha Karun,"Facile coconut inflorescence sap mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its diverse antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties",Materials Science and Engineering: C,111,110834
- Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, S Vivek, MR Anantharaman, K Venkata Saravanan, Swapna S Nair,"Giant voltage generating microcantilevers based on Ba0. 85Ca0. 15Zr0. 1Ti0. 9O3 and Co76Fe14Ni4Si5B for next-generation energy harvesters",Scripta Materialia,180,11-15
- SS Nair, SK Sathanandam, EM Harvey, SK Chilakala, L Apalodimas, R Philip,"COMPARISON OF LOW CARDIAC OUTPUT SYNDROME AFTER TRANSCATHETER PDA CLOSURE AND SURGICAL PDA LIGATION IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS",JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE,68,703-703
- Ranjeet Dungdung, Manikanta Bayal, Lathika Valliyott, Unnikrishnan Unniyampurath, Swapna S Nair, Rajendra Pilankatta,"A slow, efficient and safe nanoplatform of tailored ZnS QD-mycophenolic acid conjugates for in vitro drug delivery against dengue virus 2 genome replication",Nanoscale Advances,2,5777-5789
- PA Francis Xavier, Swapna S Nair, MR Anantharaman,"Effect of nickel doping on structural and magneto-optical properties of Fe3O4 ferrofluids",Materials Today: Proceedings,25,218-223
- Manikanta Bayal, Prajit Janardhanan, Emmanuel Tom, Neeli Chandran, S Devadathan, D Ranjeet, Unnikrishnan Unniyampurath, Rajendra Pilankatta, Swapna S Nair,"Cytotoxicity of nanoparticles - Are the size and shape only matters? or the media parameters too?: a study on band engineered ZnS nanoparticles and calculations based on equivolume stress model",Nanotoxicology,13,1005-1020
- Nygil Thomas, VD Sudheesh, Harish Kumar Choudhary, Balaram Sahoo, Swapna S Nair, N Lakshmi, Varkey Sebastian,"Magnetic Properties of MFeCrO 4 (M= Co/Ni) Prepared by Solution Combustion Method",Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,32,2973-2979
- S Vivek, P Geetha, Venkata Saravanan, Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, K Sudheendran, MR Anantharaman, SS Nair,"Magnetoelectric coupling in strained strontium titanate and Metglas based magnetoelectric trilayer",Journal of Alloys and Compounds,789,1056-1061
- CS Chitra Lekha, Ajith S Kumar, S Vivek, K Venkata Saravanan, MR Anantharaman, KP Surendran, K Nandakumar, Swapna S Nair,"Room temperature magnetoelectric properties of lead-free alkaline niobate based particulate composites",Ceramics International,45,8115-8122
- Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, S Vivek, K Nandakumar, MR Anantharaman, Swapna S Nair,"Effect of CoFe 2 O 4 weight fraction on multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties of (1− x) Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Zr 0.1 Ti 0.9 O 3− x CoFe 2 O 4 particulate composites",Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,30,8239-8248
- Li Jian, Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, S Vivek, Isabel Salvado, Andrei L Kholkin, Swapna S Nair,"Strong sub-resonance magnetoelectric coupling in PZT-NiFe2O4-PZT thin film composite",Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects,18,100272
- Nygil Thomas, Thooneri Shimna, PV Jithin, VD Sudheesh, Harish Kumar Choudhary, Balaram Sahoo, Swapna S Nair, N Lakshmi, Varkey Sebastian,"Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of alpha and beta phases of lithium ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by solution combustion method",Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,462,136-143
- Rahul Mundiyaniyil Thankachan, B Raneesh, Anshida Mayeen, S Karthika, S Vivek, Swapna S Nair, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal,"Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling effect in CuFe2O4-BaTiO3 core-shell and nanocomposites",Journal of Alloys and Compounds,731,288-296
- Madan Lal, Mamta Shandilya, Ajith S Kumar, Radheshyam Rai, Swapna S Nair, Ratnakar Palai,"Study of structural and magnetoelectric properties of 1− x (Ba 0.96 Ca 0.04 TiO 3)–x (ZnFe 2 O 4) ceramic composites",Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,29,80-85
- Madan Lal, Mamta Shandilya, Ajith S Kumar, Radheshyam Rai, Swapna S Nair, Ratnakar Palai,"Study of structural and magnetoelectric properties of 1− x (BaCaTiO)-x (ZnFeO) ceramic composites.",Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,29
- N Susha, K Nandakumar, Swapna S Nair,"Enhanced photoconductivity in CdS/betanin composite nanostructures",RSC advances,8, 11330-11337
- Blessy Babukutty, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Swapna S Nair,"[PDF] from iop.org
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Studies on structural, optical and magnetic properties of cobalt substituted magnetite fluids (CoxFe1− xFe2O4)",Materials Research Express,4,035906
- PG Prabhash, VS Haritha, Swapna S Nair, Rajendra Pilankatta,"Localized surface plasmon resonance based highly sensitive room temperature pH sensor for detection and quantification of ammonia",Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,240,580-585
- Swapna Nair, Ramachandran Unnikrishnan Nair,"Wound and surface temperatures in vivo in torsional and longitudinal modalities of ultrasound in coaxial microincisional cataract surgery",Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, NZ),11,249
- CS Chitra Lekha, Ajith S Kumar, S Vivek, MR Anantharaman, K Venkata Saravanan, Swapna S Nair,"Strain induced giant magnetoelectric coupling in KNN/Metglas/KNN sandwich multilayers",Applied Physics Letters,110,012901
- CS Chitra Lekha, Ajith S Kumar, S Vivek, UP Mohammed Rasi, K Venkata Saravanan, K Nandakumar, Swapna S Nair,"High voltage generation from lead-free magnetoelectric coaxial nanotube arrays and their applications in nano energy harvesters",Nanotechnology,28,055402
- N Susha, Rejo Joseph Mathew, Swapna S Nair,"Tuning of optical and magnetic properties of nanostructured CdS thin films via nickel doping",Journal of Materials Science,51,10526-10533
- Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, S Vivek, Venkata Saravanan, K Nandakumar, Swapna S Nair,"Multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties of Ba0. 85Ca0. 15Zr0. 1Ti0. 9O3–CoFe2O4 core–shell nanocomposite",Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,418
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- S Vivek, SK Ajith, CS Chitralekha, Swapna S Nair,"Magnetic and dielectric studies of Li-Cu co-doped ZnO nanoparticles",AIP Conference Proceedings,1728,020466
- PG Prabhash, Swapna S Nair,"Synthesis of copper quantum dots by chemical reduction method and tailoring of its band gap",Aip Advances,6
055003
- Ajith S Kumar, CS Chitra Lekha, S Vivek, Venkata Saravanan, K Nandakumar, Swapna S Nair,"Multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties",jmmm,1,0651
- Fasalurahman Parakkal, Blessy Babukutty, Basiluddeen Azad Vettiyadan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Swapna S Nair,"Experimental investigation of optical and magneto-optical effects of chemically synthesized cobalt nanocolloids",Materials Research Express,3,045020
- N Susha, PB Aravind, MR Anantharaman, Swapna S Nair Publication date 2015/6/24,"Tailoring growth conditions for efficient tuning of band edge of CdS nanoparticles",AIP Conference Proceedings,1665,050128
- CS Chitralekha, Mohammed Rasi, PB Aravind, MR Anantharaman, Swapna S Nair,"Synthesis of coaxial CoFe2O4 - K0.5Na0.5NbO3 nanotubes by sol-gel technique using inexpensive templates",AIP Conference Proceedings,1665,140048
- Swapna S Nair, Rajesh R Pharande, Anilkumar S Bannalikar, Alka P Mukne,"In vitro antimycobacterial activity of acetone extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra",Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research,3, 80 - 86
- CS Chitralekha, Mohammed Rasi, Swapna S Nair, PB Aravind, MR Anantharaman,"Synthesis of coaxial CoFe {sub 2} O {sub 4}-K {sub 0.5} Na {sub 0.5} NbO {sub 3} nanotubes by sol-gel technique using inexpensive templates",AIP Conference Proceedings,1665
- Blessy Babukutty, Fasalurahman Parakkal, GM Bhalero, PB Aravind, Swapna S Nair,"Structural, morphological and optical properties of chromium oxide nanoparticles",AIP Conference Proceedings,1665,050148
- Swapna S Nair, Geetha Pookat, Venkata Saravanan, MR Anantharaman,"Lead free heterogeneous multilayers with giant magneto electric coupling for microelectronics/microelectromechanical systems applications",Journal of Applied Physics,114,064309
- Lija K Joy, V Sooraj, US Sajeev, Swapna S Nair, TN Narayanan, N Sethulakshmi, PM Ajayan, MR Anantharaman,"Large enhanced dielectric permittivity in polyaniline passivated core-shell nano magnetic iron oxide by plasma polymerization",Applied Physics Letters,104,121603
- K Sudheendran, Swapna Nair,"MICROWAVE PROPERTIES OF FERROFLUIDS",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7, 109
- N Sethulakshmi, V Sooraj, US Sajeev, Swapna S Nair, TN Narayanan, Lija K Joy, PA Joy, PM Ajayan, MR Anantharaman,"Contact potential induced enhancement of magnetization in polyaniline coated nanomagnetic iron oxides by plasma polymerization",Applied Physics Letters,103, 162414
- N Sethulakshmi, V Sooraj, US Sajeev, Swapna S Nair, TN Narayanan, Lija K Joy, PA Joy, PM Ajayan, MR Anantharaman,"Contact potential induced enhancement of magnetization in polyaniline coated nanomagnetic iron oxides by plasma polymerization",Applied Physics Letters,103, 162414
- Swapna Nair, MR Anantharaman,"FERROFLUIDS-SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7,33
- Swapna Nair, Jinto Thomas, Suchand Sandeep, MR Anantharaman, Reji Philip,"NON LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF FERROFLUIDS INVESTIGATED BY Z SCAN TECHNIQUE",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7, 55
- Swapna Nair, MR Anantharaman,"MAGNETISM: GENERAL IDEAS",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7,17
- Swapna Nair,"Industrial applications of ferrofluids",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7,99
- Swapna Nair, MR Anantharaman,"INTRODUCTION TO FERROFLUIDS",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7, 5
- SS Kulkarni, WH Teoh, AT Sia, S Nair,"Ruptured uterine artery pseudoaneurysm: an overlooked cause of late postpartum haemorrhage",Acta Anaesthesiol Belg,64,159-162
- Swapna Nair, Radheshyam Rai, K Sudheendran,"PROPOSED MULTIFERROIC/MAGNETO ELECTRIC FLUIDS: PROSPECTS, TECHNIQUES AND PROBABLE CANDIDATES",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7,141
- Swapna Nair, MR Anantharaman,"OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF FERROFLUIDS: GRAIN SIZE-THE DETERMINING FACTOR",Chaos and Complexity Letters,7,41
- Palatty Allesh Sinu, E Prasad, SWAPNA S NAIR, M NAGARAJAN,"Engineered nanomaterials-based pollution in India",Current Science,103,1138
- S Thomas, G Pookat, SS Nair, M Daniel, B Dymerska, A Liebig, SH Al-Harthi, RV Ramanujan, MR Anantharaman, J Fidler, Manfred Albrecht,"Exchange bias effect in partially oxidized amorphous Fe–Ni–B based metallic glass nanostructures",Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,24,256004
- MR Anantharaman, S Thomas, G Pookat, SS Nair, M Daniel, B Dymerska, A Liebig, SH Al-Harthi, RV Ramanujan, J Fidler, M Albrecht,"Exchange bias effect in partially oxidized amorphous Fe–Ni–B based metallic glass nanostructures",Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,24,256004
- Swapna S Nair, Vijutha Sunny, MR Anantharaman,"Tuning of magnetic parameters in cobalt–polystyrene nanocomposites by reduction cycling",Materials Research Bulletin,46,1610-1614
- Radheshyam Rai, Kavita Verma, Seema Sharma, Swapna S Nair, Manuel Almeida Valente, Andrei L Kholkin, Nikolai A Sobolev,"Structure and magnetic properties of Cd doped copper ferrite",Journal of alloys and compounds,509,7585-7590
- Radheshyam Rai, Kavita Verma, Seema Sharma, Swapna S Nair, Manuel Almeida Valente, Andrei L Kholkin, Nikolai A Sobolev,"Study of structural and ferromagnetic properties of pure and Cd doped copper ferrite",Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids,72,862-868
- Swapna S Nair, S Rajesh, VS Abraham, MR Anantharaman,"Ferrofluid thin films as optical gaussmeters proposed for field and magnetic moment sensing",Bulletin of Materials Science,34,245-249
- Swapna S Nair, Jinto Thomas, CS Suchand Sandeep, MR Anantharaman, Reji Philip,"An optical limiter based on ferrofluids",Applied Physics Letters,17,171908
- Swapna S Nair, Francis Xavier, PA Joy, SD Kulkarni, MR Anantharaman,"Enhanced shape anisotropy and magneto-optical birefringence by high energy ball milling in NixFe1− xFe2O4 ferrofluids",Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials,320,815-820
- Swapna S Nair, Francis Xavier, PA Joy, SD Kulkarni, MR Anantharaman,"Enhanced shape anisotropy and magneto-optical birefringence by high energy ball milling in Ni {sub x} Fe {sub 1-x} Fe {sub 2} O {sub 4} ferrofluids",Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,320
- Mathew George, Swapna S Nair, KA Malini, PA Joy, MR Anantharaman,"Finite size effects on the electrical properties of sol–gel synthesized CoFe2O4 powders: deviation from Maxwell–Wagner theory and evidence of surface polarization effects",Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,40,1593
- Swapna S Nair, S Rajesh, VS Abraham, MR Anantharaman, VPN Nampoori,"Magnetic field-induced cluster formation and variation of magneto-optical signals in zinc-substituted ferrofluids",Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials,305, 28 - 34
- Mathew George, Asha Mary John, Swapna S Nair, PA Joy, MR Anantharaman,"Finite size effects on the structural and magnetic properties of sol–gel synthesized NiFe2O4 powders",Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,302,190-195
- Mathew George, Swapna S Nair, Asha Mary John, PA Joy, MR Anantharaman,"Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of the sol-gel prepared Li0. 5Fe2. 5O4 fine particles",Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,39, 900
- CX Ma, S Nair, S Thomas,"Mayo Clinic; Eli Lilly & Company. Randomized phase II trial of three schedules of pemetrexed and gemcitabine as front-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer",J Clin Oncol,23,5929-37
- Swapna S Nair, Mercy Mathews, MR Anantharaman,"Evidence for blueshift by weak exciton confinement and tuning of bandgap in superparamagnetic nanocomposites",Chemical physics letters,406, 398 - 403
- Swapna S Nair, Mercy Mathews, PA Joy, SD Kulkarni, MR Anantharaman,"Effect of cobalt doping on the magnetic properties of superparamagnetic γ-Fe2O3-polystyrene nanocomposites",Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials,283, 344-352
- VS Abraham, S Swapna Nair, S Rajesh, US Sajeev, MR Anantharaman,"Magnetic field induced assembling of nanoparticles in ferrofluidic liquid thin films based on Ni x Fe 1− x Fe 2 O 4",Bulletin of Materials Science,27, 155-161
Research Projects Undertaken
A novel therapeautic strategy for nano enhanced antiviraldrug for dengue
ICMR
Nanoscale devices
DST FIST
Research/ Dept. developmental Project (PI/ Co ordinator)
Development of geometry and shape engineered 1-D magnetoelectrics for next generation wifi sensors implantable devices
DST SERB
Role of Copper handling proteins in Cisplatin Drug resistance
DBT, India
Structural electrical and magnetic properties of Niobates based lead free multiferroics
DST SERB
Novel Lead free 1-D magneto electrics based on Niobates and Metglas and optimisation of their properties for nanocantilevers and field sensor applications
DST SERB
Development of Novel lead free materials
UGC-BSR
NOLEAD in microelectronics
European Commission
Research Project / strategic project(Co-PI)
Development of novel lead-free materials for piezoelectric energy harvesting
FCT/POPH/EC
Optimal design and material synthesis of ambient vibrational energy harvester for micro/nano devices
FCT/EC/POPH (european)
Nanoscale Niobates for next generation microelectronics
European Commission/POPH
Synthesis of magneto electric multilayers for sensor applications
FCT Portugal
Books / Chapters
Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2014). Recent Patents on Materials Science, Bentham Science Publishers, U.S.A, 1874-4648Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2014). Recent Patents on Materials Science, Bentham Science Publishers, U.S.A, 1874-4656Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2011). Synthesis, characterization and application of Smart Materials, NOVA Science Publishers, USA.,, 978-3659132193Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2011). Smart Materials, NOVA Science publications, 978-1-61470-642-7Book - Co-Author, (2021). Nanomaterials for Luminescent Devices, sensors and bio-imaging Applications, Springer, 978-981-16-5367-4Book - Sole Author, (2014). Recent patents in multiferroics and magneto electrics, Bentham Science Publishers, 1874-4648Book - Sole Author, (2012). Investigations on quantum confinement in nanostructures, Lambert Academy Publishers, Germany, 978-3659132193
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Teaching & Research Guidance
- Classical mechanics
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Condensed matter Physics
Lasers and Applications:Post Graduate
- Physics/Photonics:Post Graduate
- Physics:Post Graduate