• Project entitled: “Ultrasound responsive mesoporous Mn@Silica nano capsules for targeted therapeutics” funded by DBT under Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellowship for the duration 2021-2026 (42.5 lakhs).

Major Areas of Interest:

• Nanobiotechnology and Biomaterials

Other Areas of Interest:

• Theranostic Nanomaterials - Synthesis and Characterization
• Interfacial Nano-bio interactions of biomaterials
• 3D dynamic scaffolds for tissue engineering
• Engineered nanocarriers for nose-to-brain transport
• Ultrasound responsive nanocarriers for cancer therapy
• Bioactive nanofibers, metal composites and polymeric nanoparticles
• Design and validation of high-performance nanofiber-based filtration media and ballistic composites

Refereed Journal Publications:

1. 1. Sunil V., Damini V., Surya S., Anki Reddy K., Gopinath P., Uday Kumar S., “In situ Ag seeded lamellar Ti3C2 nanosheets: An Electroactive interface for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Oral Carcinoma a via Salivary TNF-α Sensing.” ACS Applied Biomaterials. 2025 Jan.

2. 2. Sunil V., Vinith J., Archana M., Anki Reddy K., Uday Kumar S., “Circulating Extracellular Vesicles as Promising Biomarkers for Precession Diagnostics: A Perspective on Lung Cancer” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 2024 Dec.

3. 3. Vinith J., Sunil V., Uday Kumar S., Manoj K., “Surface-Engineered Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Immunotherapy” Cancers (Basel). 2023 May; 15(10): 2838

Book chapters:

1. 1. Sunil, V., Vinith, J., Archana, M., & Uday Kumar, S. (2025). Green nanomaterials assisted biodegradation of plastic. In M. Rani & U. Shanker (Eds.), Sustainable green nanomaterials for mitigation of microplastics and plastic additives pollution (1st ed.). Elsevier.

2. 2. Sunil, V., Vinith, J., Archana, M., & Uday Kumar, S. (2025). Fabrication strategies and surface tuning and structural modifications of MNCs. In M. Rani & U. Shanker (Eds.), Multifunctional nanostructured coatings: Biomedical, environmental, and energy applications (1st ed.,). Elsevier.