Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR)

University of Madras, India

Energy materials (2D materials and carbon-based materials viz. Graphene, MXenes, CNTs, Porous carbons and functional electrode materials), design and fabrication of electrodes for dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells; Transparent photovoltaics for device and surface integration; Printed and Flexible devices for energy conversion and storage; Electrodes for supercapacitors - Morphological studies of supercapacitor electrodes and study of electrochemical redox reactions at the interface of electrodes and electrolytes; Engineering of inter-layer spaces in 2D materials to improve the ion accessibility; Tuning the structure and porosity of electrode materials; Flexible and printable supercapacitors for wearable devices such as sensors and energy conversion; Wearable self-powered biosensors; Electrode materials for H2 production and CO2 reduction. A.Nirmala Grace is in the Editorial board of journals including Scientific Reports, A Nature Journal (IF – 4.379), Materials Today (IF – 31.041), Solar Energy (IF – 5.742), IET Nanobiotechnology (1.847), ACS Applied Nanomaterials (5.097), IOP Nanotechnology (3.874) and Frontiers in Catalysis
Her research work is available at https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IfZdq2YAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

NIT Tiruchirappalli, India

Flexible electronics - Supercapacitors, Solar energy harvesting & Bio-molecular sensing; Nanophotonics - Optical antennas & Metamaterials; Antennas; Photonic band-gap structures, Terahertz Technology; Nano-communication.

IIT Bombay, India

Surface and interfacial physicochemical properties of nanostructured materials. Development of engineered magnetic nanomaterials for biomedicine (magnetic hyperthermia, thermo-chemotherapy, magnetic resonance imaging, and targeted drug delivery). Flexible sensors and energy storage devices utilizing quantum dots, metaloxides, and 2D nanomaterials.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

Quantum Transport in Semiconductors, Modelling Nanoscale Devices, In-elastic Tunneling Spectroscopy, Quantum Bio-mimetic Sensors.

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production, Semiconductor nanomaterials for solar energy conversion, Perovskite solar cells, Indoor and outdoor photovoltaics, Flexible Energy and Electronic devices.

IIT Madras, India

Wearable piezoresistance and piezocapacitance pressure/tactile sensors for biomedical applications; Flexible projected capacitive touch sensors for display applications; Colloidal magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

VIT, Vellore, India

Functional and Hybrid Nanomaterials for energy and environment; Self-powered biosensors - Printed and Flexible sensors for Healthcare, design of electrodes and electrode materials for sensing of biologically and industrially relevant analytes; Nano-enabled Bioremediation; Photocatalysis, Nanocoatings for Industrial applications.

Anna University, Chennai, India

Highly stable nanomaterials – Synthesis and Characterization for health care applications, Designing of Low–cost Flexible Biosensors for disease diagnostics, Nanotheranostics and targeted drug delivery applications.

VIT, Vellore, India

Engineered Nanomaterials and 2D materials- Synthesis for Plasmonics, Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices; Design and fabrication of Printed & Flexible solar cells, Mechanical aspects of the Electrodes; Preparation and characterization of functional ink for printed flexible devices.

National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

Dual-stage upconversion luminescent materials and quantum dots for anti-counterfeiting, Materials for opto-electronic applications, Photon energy storage thermoluminescent materials for dark vision display applications, Optical spectroscopy.