Department: Science & Humanities

• Maneesha M, Preethi P. C, Harisankar A., TG Sreeja, VK Ratheesh Kumar, Sreevidya Thekku Veedu, Resmi Raghunandan, Engineering ZIF-67 with heteroatom-doped carbon dots for ultra-sensitive and selective detection of serum albumin in artificial body fluids, Microchemical journal (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2025.113046.
• Preethi P. C, Harisankar A, Maneesha M, Sreeja T. G, Jamelah S. Al-Otaibi, Y. Sheena Mary, Resmi Raghunandan, Sr(II) based one-dimensional coordination polymer as an effective optical sensor for the detection of nitroaromatic explosives in aqueous medium, Optical Materials 154 (2024) 115750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115750.
• A. Harisankar, P.C. Preethi, T.G. Sreeja, P. Rejani, M. Murali, R. Raghunandan, Zinc oxide functionalized MOF-5 for the adsorptive removal of Pb(II) metal ions and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye in aqueous medium, Ionics (Kiel) (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05414-7.
• Harisankar A, Maneesha M, Preethi P. C, Geethu G, Kavya M K, Midhun Murali, Resmi Raghunandan, Facile room temperature synthesis of ZIF-67 for efficient photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under sunlight irradiation, Ionics (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05601-6.
• Preethi Prasannakumaran Nair Chandrika Kumari, Harisankar Asadevi, Sreevidya Tekku Veedu, Resmi Raghunandan, Hydrogen bond mediated turn-on sensor: Ultra-sensitive and label free barium-MOF for probing malathion an organophosphate pesticide, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1286 (2023) 135542, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135542.
• Preethi P. C, Harisankar A, P.S Vindhya, V T Kavitha, Anoop S Nair, Resmi Raghunandan, Development of a Cu/ZnO@ZIF-8 nanocomposite as a pH-responsive drug delivery vehicle for the sustained release of doxorubicin in human lung cancer cell lines, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 90 (2023) 105147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105147.
• Harisankar A, Preethi P.C, Y Sheena Mary, Sreeja T G, Resmi Raghunandan, Spectral, thermal, structural and DFT studies of a new luminescent heterobimetallic MOF of lead ad sodium based on diglycolic acid ligand having unusual coordination environment for photodegradation and antibacterial applications, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1285 (2023) 135472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135472.
• Harisankar A, Preethi P C, Shahana A. Khadar, Vindhya P S, C V. Suneesh, Sreevidya T V., Resmi Raghunandan, Dual- Functional Manganese-Doped ZnO-MOF Hybrid Material with Enhanced Hydrolytic Stability: A Fluorescent Photoinduced Electron Transfer Sensor for the Ultrasensitive Detection of Acetic Acid and Chromium (VI), ACS Inorganic Chemistry (2023), 62,43,17766-17782. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02507.
• Preethi P.C, Harisankar A, Soumyamol U.S, Resmi Raghunandan, Synthesis of oxydiacetate functionalized strontium coordination polymer through gel diffusion technique: A new dual luminescent chemosensor for the detection of copper(II) ions and Cr(VI) oxyanions in aqueous medium, Polyhedron, 223 (2022) 115974, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.115974.
• Asadevi, Preethi Prasannakumaran Nair Chandrika Kumari, Rejani Padmavathy Amam, Shahana Abdul Khadar, Saranya Charivumvasath Sasi, Resmi Raghunandan, ZnO@MOF-5 as a Fluorescence “Turn-Off” Sensor for Ultrasensitive Detection as well as Probing of Copper (II) Ions, ACS Omega. 7 (2022) 13031–13041. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c00416.

• Renjini M Nair., B Bindhu, & R S Rimal Isaac; Boron nitride nanosheets dispersed biopolymer solution as an effective copper corrosion inhibitor in acidic medium. Polymer. Bulletin. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-023-04673-0, (SCI/Scopus indexed) [Impact Factor 2.870], Springer.
• Renjini M Nair, B. Bindhu, N.T. Manikandanath, R S Rimal Isaac, “An Eco- Friendly Green biopolymer blend for Copper Corrosion inhibition”, Polymer Bulletin (2021), DOI:10.1007/S00289-020-03491-y. (SCI/Scopus indexed) [Impact Factor 2.870], Springer.
• Renjini M Nair, B Bindhu, Reena V L; “A polymer blend from Gum Arabic and Sodium Alginate- preparation and characterization”, Journal of Polymer Research, 27,154, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02128-y, (SCI expanded/Scopus Indexed) [Impact Factor 3.097], Springer.
• Renjini M Nair, B. Bindhu, “An In-Depth Study on the Application of Gum Arabic: A Biopolymer”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume 8, (2019), Issue- 1C2, pp. 1120-1121 (Scopus Indexed).
• Renjini M Nair, B. Bindhu, Susmi Anna Thomas “Hydroxylation of Boron Nitride Nanosheets” (published in AIP conference proceedings) DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 18th -22t h December, 2019.
• Renjini M Nair, B Bindhu, “Functionalized Boron Nitride with Enhanced Property” (Published in AIP conference proceedings), 3r d International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics, 14t h -15t h October, Bikaner, Rajasthan, 2019.
• Renjini M Nair, Vishnu S Surendran, B Bindhu, “Efficient Mixed Solvent Strategy for Boron Nitride Exfoliation” (Published in AIP conference proceedings), Prof. Dinesh Varshney memorial National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials, 27t h -28t h December, Indore, 2018.
• Renjini M Nair, B Bindhu; “An Indepth Review on the Emerging Biopolymer: Poly Lactic Acid” (Published in Technology Letters), ICAN2018: Technology Letters Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Nanostructures. International Conference on Advanced Nanostructures, (ICAN-2018), Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, 12t h -14t h March 2018.

•  Elizabethan era, with particular attention on works of Shakespere, Elizabethan drama , culture and gender (feministic) and power in Elizabethan literature

Participating in FDP

• Participated in 5-day Online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from 10th March to 14th March 2025.
• Professional Engagement Educational Outreach: Organizing academic conferences.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

• Organised three days FDP on MENTORING MATTERS:STRATEGIES ON EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC Representation in Literature” (College Level)
  · “Calamity and the World” (National Level Seminar)
  · “Plastic: A Boon or Curse” (Government Awareness Program).
• Conducted a session on “Renaissance in Kerala” for second-year BA students as part of an extension program.
•  Participated in a regional seminar on “Music on Reading and Writing”.
•  Completed a certificate course on “Foundations of Literary Theory.
• Completed a certificate course on “Foundations of Literary Theory

• Awards for Academic and Non academic activities  .Won beauty pegeants.