Nanomaterials that glow, kill and swim.
Dr. Amaresh Kumar Sahoo's group at IIIT Allahabad builds luminescent metal nanoclusters that image a cancer cell while treating it, carbon and metal nanoparticles that break antibiotic-resistant biofilms, and waste-derived bots that swim through polluted water.
Illustration — nanoparticles crossing a cell membrane
What the lab works on
Four threads, all of them about matter small enough to act inside a living system — or inside a drain.
The group sits in the Department of Applied Sciences and works across synthesis, microscopy, microbiology and computation — much of the in-silico work runs alongside the wet lab rather than after it.
Who is in the lab
A post-doctoral fellow and three research scholars, mentored by Dr. Sahoo.
Selected publications
The five most recent journal articles. The full record — including patents, chapters and conference papers — is searchable.
Get in touch
Enquiries about doctoral positions, collaboration or the lab's facilities are welcome.
Office
CC-III, Room No. 5116Department of Applied Sciences
Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad
Devghat, Jhalwa, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211012
India