Ongoing Projects
Biosensor development
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Hormone biosensor based on affinity binding of an allosteric transcription factor to DNA and analyte captured using electrochemical techniques. The gold standard for hormone sensing is antibody based approach but they are expensive to manufacture, lack reproducibility, and require a secondary assay to detect binding event. An electrochemical transduction method offers higher sensitivity, greater specificity and lower cost. A label free sensing mechanism using square wave voltammetry is used for the detection of binding event.
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Enzymatic nicotine and lactate sensor based on chronoamperometry. Mimicking the standard enzymatic glucose sensor to build other enzymatic sensors, and optimizing to attain higher sensitivity and specificity.
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Room temperature ionic liquids for energy storage applications
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Replacing traditional electrolytes in energy storage devices with room temperature ionic liquids helps offers superior performance due to its higher conductivity and reduced viscosity. Traditional electrolytes tend to be volatile restricting its use at elevated temperatures. This work focuses on synthesizing non-flammable, non-volatile ionic liquids for safe and efficient energy storage
