Muthusankar Eswaran

Dr. Muthusankar Eswaran is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electronic Systems and Automation, at Digital University Kerala (Former IIITM-Kerala), India. Prior to joining DUK, he was with the Department of Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden as a Post-Doctoral Researcher. He also worked as Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu in the Central Instrument Facility (CIF). He received B.E. and M.Tech. from Anna University Chennai, and Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering with a specialization in Nanoelectronic sensor devices for healthcare diagnostics applications from the National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India, respectively. His area of expertise includes flexible, wearable nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, advanced nanomaterials/composites-based FET and electrochemical sensors/biosensors, and Energy storage & conversion devices (supercapacitors and fuel cells). His current research focuses on the fabrication of fully integrated self-powered nanoelectronic sensor devices for highly sensitive healthcare diagnostics, and environmental monitoring.

ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-5817

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=gxa-OQcAAAAJ&hl=en

Web of Science Researcher ID:  L-1228-2019

• Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India.
• M.Tech. in Nanotechnology from Anna University Chennai, India.

• B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University Chennai, India.

• Assistant Professor in the School of Electronic Systems and Automation, Digital University Kerala (Former IIITM-Kerala), from June 2023
• Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden from Nov 2021 to June 2023.
• Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu in the Central Instrument Facility (CIF) from Sep 2020 to Nov 2021.
• Research Intern at the Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan from Nov 2018 to Mar 2019.
• Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India from April 2018 to Nov 2018.
• Junior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India from Mar 2016 to Mar 2018.
• Teaching Fellow at the Department of Nanotechnology, Anna University Regional Campus Coimbatore, India from Feb 2014 to Jan 2016.

• Flexible/wearable nanoelectronic devices
• Advanced materials/composites-based FET/electrochemical sensors/biosensors
• Fully integrated Self-powered nanoelectronic sensor devices for highly sensitive healthcare diagnostics
• Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
• Energy Storage and Conversion devices (Supercapacitors and Fuel cells)
• Multidisciplinary applications based on Nanotechnology

Journals: (Selected Publication)

1. Muthusankar Eswaran, Bavatharani Chokkiah, Ivan Mijakovic, et al., A road map towards field-effect transistor biosensor technology for early-stage cancer detection, Small Methods, Wiley Publications, 6(10), 2200809, 2022.
2. Muthusankar Eswaran, Pei-Chien Tsai, Ming-Tsang Wu, et al., Novel Nano-engineered Environmental Sensor based on Poly(melamine)/Graphitic-Carbon Nitride Nanohybrid Material for Sensitive and Simultaneous Monitoring of Toxic Heavy Metals, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier, 126267 (2021).
3. Muthusankar Eswaran, Shadi Rahimi, Santosh Pandit, Bavatharani Chokkiah, and Ivan Mijakovic. “A flexible multifunctional electrode based on conducting PANI/Pd composite for non-enzymatic glucose sensor and direct alcohol fuel cell applications.” Fuel 345 (2023): 128182.
4. Muthusankar Eswaran and D.Ragupathy “Electrochemically sandwiched Poly(diphenylamine)/ Phosphotungstic acid/ Graphene nanohybrid as highly sensitive and selective Urea biosensor” Synthetic Metals, Elsevier, 254,134-140 (2019). ISSN: 0379-6779.
5. Muthusankar Eswaran, and D.Ragupathy, “Supercapacitive retention of electrochemically active phosphotungstic acid supported poly(diphenylamine)/MnO₂ hybrid electrode” Materials Letters, Elsevier, 241, 144-147 (2019).
6. Muthusankar Eswaran*, Sathiskumar S, Bavatharani Chokkiah, Ragupathy D, Bharathkumar S and VinothKumar P, “A green and economical approach to derive nanostructured hydroxyapatite from Garra mullya fish scale waste for biocompatible energy storage applications” Materials Letters, Elsevier, 130341 (2021) *Corresponding author.
7. Muthusankar Eswaran, Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur, Zeid Abdullah Alothman, Ragupathy Dhanusuraman, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, “Improved cyclic retention and high-performance supercapacitive behavior of poly(diphenylamine-co-aniline)/phosphotungstic acid nanohybrid electrode” Journal of Energy Research, Wiley Online Library, 2020.
8. Muthusankar Eswaran, D. Ragupathy, Pei Chien Tsai, and P.Vinothkumar, “One-Step Preparation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride/ Polyaniline/Palladium Nanoparticles based Nanohybrid Composite Modified Electrode for Efficient Methanol Electro-Oxidation” Fuel, Elsevier, 251,91-97 (2019). ISSN: 0016-2361.
9. Muthusankar Eswaran, D.Ragupathy, et al.,“ Fabrication of amperometric sensor for glucose detection based on phosphotungstic acid–assisted PDPA/ZnO nanohybrid composite” Ionics, Springer 26, 6341–6349 (2020).
10. Muthusankar Eswaran and D.Ragupathy, “Graphene/Poly (aniline-co-  diphenylamine) nanohybrid for ultrasensitive electrochemical glucose sensor” Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, Elsevier, 20 (2019) 100390.

Selected Book Chapters:

1. Bavatharani Chokkiah, Muthusankar Eswaran, and D Ragupathy Conducting Polymers: Chemistries, Properties and Biomedical Applications: Biodegradable electronic devices, Taylor & Francis CRC press, 257-271, 2022. DOI:10.1201/9781003205418-18.

Professional services (Reviewer)

ACS Applied Nano Materials

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Journal of Hazardous Materials

IET Micro & Nano Letters

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

MDPI Journals: Sensors, Biosensors, Nanomaterials, Batteries, Micromachines, and Molecules

Applied Nanoscience

Environmental Research

Editor/Guest Editor

Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X) – Biosensors

International Collaborations

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

North Carolina State University, US.

Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.