Scientist
| MSc | 2009, The American College, Madurai |
| PhD | 2015, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune |
| E Mail | +91 135 2525 795 |
| Telephone No. | +91-135-2525781/782 |
| Cell No. | +91 9952342446 |
Research Interest
- Design and synthesis of conjugated polymers
- Conjugated polymers for chemo-sensing, bio-sensing and drug delivery applications
- Sensor device development
- Polymer self-assembly
- Synthesis of value added polymers from cheap resources
Work Experience
| Scientist | CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | PIFI-Postdoctoral fellowship awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (2017-2018) |
Awards and Honours
- CSIR-NET-SRF: SRF awarded by CSIR – 2011
- CSIR-NET-JRF: JRF awarded by CSIR – 2009
Patents
- Water soluble polyfluorene functionalized with glucuronic acid useful in bilirubin sensing
S. K. Asha, T. Senthilkumar
US Patent US9915669, date-March 2018 - Easy filter-and-separate method using polymer for enantio-selective separation
S. K. Asha, T. Senthilkumar
US Patent Application No. US20180066102A1
Selected Publications
- Conjugated Polymer Nanogel Binding Anticancer Drug through Hydrogen Bonds for Sustainable Drug Delivery
ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 12, 6012-6020 - Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles Appending Photo-Responsive Units for Controlled Drug Delivery, Release and Imaging
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 13114-13119 - Conjugated Polymers for Photodynamic Therapy
Wiley-VCH publications, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-527-34273-0 - Orientation effect induced selective chelation of Fe2+ to a glutamic acid appended conjugated polymer for sensing and live cell imaging
J. Mater. Chem. B 2016, 4, 299-308 - An Easy ‘Filter-and-Separate’ Method for Enantioselective Separation and Chiral Sensing of Substrates Using a Biomimetic Homochiral Polymer
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 8931-8934
Google Scholar Link / Complete List of Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-1DzVswAAAAJ
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Senthilkumar_T2?ev=hdr_xprf