Bio Nano Electronics Research Center
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science
Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

Educational Qualifications

• B.S. Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2003
• M.S. Organic Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2005
• Ph.D. (April, 2008 - )

Professional History

1. Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 2006-2008

Awards, Fellowships and Honors

1. Received Monbukagakusho fellowship, MEXT, Japan - 2008.
2. Received KSCSTE fellowship for research program, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala - 2006
3. I st Rank holder in M.G. University in B.S.
4. I st Rank holder in M.G. University in M.S.

Carbon nanotube based biosensors

Sensors continue to make significant impact in everyday life. There has been a strong demand for producing highly selective, sensitive, responsive, and cost effective sensors. As a result, research emphasis is on developing new sensing materials and technologies. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have many distinct properties that may be exploited to develop next generation of sensors. They exhibit a unique combination of excellent mechanical, electrical and electrochemical properties even in its small dimension nature, which has generated increasing interest in the application of CNTs as sensor. I would like to develop biosensors based CNTs by coupling DNA based aptamer sensors which are highly useful for the medical and health care field.

Publications

1. Carbon nanotube based sensors - A Review
   
   Current Nanoscience (to be submitted)
   
   Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
2. Carbon nanotube based bio sensors - A Review
   
   Nanoscale Research Letters (Submitted)
   
   Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
3. Nanodrug delivery to plants - A Review (to be submitted)
   
   Remya Nair, Saino Varghese, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
4. Nanodrug delivery an answer to cancer menace - A review (to be submitted)
   
   Baiju G. Nair, Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
5. Biocompatibility of surface modified PET substrate by plasma polymerized acetobromoglucose
   
   J. Biomaterials applications (Submitted)
   
   D. Sakthi Kumar, Baiju G. Nair, Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, T. Hanajiri, T. Maekawa, A.Jayakrishnan,Y. Yoshida

Seminars and Presentations

1. Carbon nanotube and sDNA based biosensors (Poster)
   
   Saino Varghese, Baiju G. Nair, Remya Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
   
   International Seminar on Bionano Science, Tokyo, Japan, 7 November 2008
2. Carbon nanotube based sensors - A review
   
   Departmental presentation (31 July 2008)