Supramolecular Coordination Complexes

Dr. Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from The American College, Madurai and he obtained his Ph.D. degree (honored with a gold medal for the best thesis) in Inorganic Chemistry working with Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukherjee from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. After a short postdoctoral stint at IISc, in 2014 he moved to Trinity College Dublin, Ireland to work with Prof. Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson as an IRC postdoctoral fellow. Since October 2018, he has been an Assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. The central theme of his group's current research interests is in the areas of supramolecular self-assembly formation of functional materials and porous polymers for their applications in biomedicine and environmental related-issues. Dr. Shanmugaraju has published 34 high-quality publications in peer-reviewed international journals and a book chapter. His publications have been cited over 1773 times to date.

1. Supramolecular coordination self-assembly 2. Supramolecular coordination complexes from metalloligands: Hydrogen bonding-based self-assemblies 3. Supramolecular coordination complexes from metalloligands: Heteronuclear complexes and coordination polymers and their applications in catalysis 4. Platinum-containing heterometallic metallacycles and metallacages 5. Self-assembly of pyrazine-based metallamacrocycles: Design, synthesis, and applications 6. Rhenium (I)-based supramolecular coordination complexes: Synthesis and functional properties 7. Photo switching self-assembled coordination macrocycles: Synthesis and functional applications 8. Photoactive finite supramolecular coordination cages for photodynamic therapy 9. Biosensing properties of supramolecular coordination complexes 10. Hierarchical molecular self-assemblies of coordination complexes 11. Biomimetic supramolecular coordination chemistry and molecular machines 12. Biomedical application of supramolecular coordination complexes 13. Rise of supramolecular nanozymes: Next-generation peroxidase enzyme-mimetic materials 14. Cavity-controlled supramolecular catalysis 15. Anion sensing applications of supramolecular coordination complexes 16. Supramolecular coordination complexes for fluorescence sensing of nitroaromatic explosives