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Prathna Thanjavur Chandrasekaran

Researcher

Biography

Prathna TC is an EU COFUND Post Doctoral Researcher in Water Treatment Technology at the Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Technology. She currently specializes on the application of nanotechnology for household level water treatment. Her main research areas of interest are fabrication of nanoparticles/thin films for water treatment and sensing, biofunctionalization of nanoparticles and nano-toxicology.

Publications

On Nano-biosynthesis

  1. Prathna T.C., AM. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2014. Sunlight Irradiation induced green synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles using Citrus limon extract. PNAS India B 84(1), 65-70
  2. Prathna T.C., AM. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2013. Process Development for functionalization of cotton with silver nanoparticles synthesized by bio-based approaches. Curr Nanosci 9, 479-488
  3. Rajeshwari A., T.C. Prathna, J. Balajee, N. Chandrasekaran, A.B. Mandal, A. Mukherjee. 2013. Computational approach for particle size measurement of silver nanoparticle from electron microscopic image. Int J Pharm Pharmaceut Sci 5, 619-623.
  4. Prathna T.C., A.M. Raichur, N.Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2011. Biomimetic synthesis of silver nanoparticles by Citrus limon (lemon) aqueous extract and theoretical prediction of particle size. Colloids Surf B 82(1), 152-159
  5. Prathna T.C., A.M. Raichur, N.Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2011. Kinetic evolution studies of silver nanoparticles in a bio based green synthesis approach. Colloids Surf A 377(1-3), 212-216
  6. Tripathy, A., Raichur, A.M., Chandrasekaran, N., Prathna, T.C., Mukherjee, A. 2010. Process variables in biomimetic synthesis of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves. J.  Nanopart Res 12, 237-246

On nano-sensors

  1. IE. Paul, A. Rajeshwari, Prathna T.C., A. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2015. Colorimetric detection of melamine based on the size effect of AuNPs. RSC Anal Methods 7(4), 1453-1462
  2. A. Ravindran, E. Varasi, Prathna T.C., A. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2012. Selective colorimetric detection of nanomolar Cr[VI] in aqueous solutions using unmodified silver nanoparticles. Sensors Actuat B. Vol 166-167, 365-371

On nano-toxicity/environmental fate

  1. V. Iswarya, M. Bhuvaneshwari, S. Iyer, G. Chaudhuri, Prathna T. C., G. M. Bhalerao, A. M. Raichur, S. Chakravarty, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2015. Combined toxicity of two crystalline phases (anatase and rutile) of Titania nanoparticles towards freshwater microalgae: Chlorella sp. Aquat Toxicol 161, 154-169 
  2. J. Kumari, D. Kumar, A. Mathur, A. Naseer, R.R. Kumar, Prathna T.C., G. Chauduri, M. Pulimi, A. M. Raichur, S. Babu, N. Chandrasekaran, R Nagarajan, A. Mukherjee. 2014. Cytotoxicity of TiO2 nanoparticles towards freshwater sediment microorganisms at low exposure concentrations. Environ Res 135, 333-345 
  3. S. Pakrashi, N. Jain, S. Dalai, Jerobin J., Prathna T. C., AM. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2014. In vivo genotoxicity assessment of titanium dioxide nanoparticles by Allium cepa root tip assay at high exposure concentrations. PLoS ONE. 9(2), 1-12
  4. S. Pakrashi, S. Dalai, Prathna T.C., S. Trivedi, R. Myneni, AM. Raichur, N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2013. Cytotoxicity of aluminium oxide nanoparticles towards fresh water algal isolate at low exposure concentrations. Aquat Toxicol 132-133, 34-45
  5. A. Ravindran, Prathna T.C., N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2012. BSA mediated decrease in Ag nanoparticle phytotoxicity: root elongation and seed germination assay. Toxicol Environ Chem 94(1), 91-98.
  6. Prathna T.C., N. Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2011. Studies on aggregation behavior of silver nanoparticles in aqueous matrices: effect of surface functionalization and matrix composition. Colloids Surf A 390, 216-224 

Invited Book Chapters/Reviews

  1. Prathna T.C., A.M. Raichur, N.Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2015. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Technological concepts and applications in Nanotechnology Novel Perspectives and Prospects. Mc Graw Hill ISBN 978-93-392-2182-9, 525-528
  2. Prathna T.C., A.M. Raichur, N.Chandrasekaran, A. Mukherjee. 2014. Recent Developments on Biosynthesis of Noble metal nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and potential applications. Rev Adv Sci Eng Vol 3(3), 239-249
  3. A. Mukherjee, Prathna T.C., Raichur A.M., Kumari M, N. Chandrasekaran. 2014. Studies on bio-fabrication of ZnO nanoparticles with magnetic properties using Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaf extract in Handbook of Functional Nanomaterials. Nova Science Publishers Vol. 1 ISBN 978-1-62948-365-8, 19-36
  4. A. Mukherjee., I.M. Sadiq, Prathna T.C., N.Chandrasekaran. 2011. Antimicrobial activity of aluminium oxide nanoparticles for potential clinical applications in Science against microbial pathogens: communicating current research and technological advances. Formatex Research Centre Vol. 1 ISBN (13) : 978-84-939843-1-1, 245-251
  5. Prathna T.C., L. Mathew, N. Chandrasekaran, A.M. Raichur, A. Mukherjee. 2010. Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Science, Technology & Applicability in Biomimetics, Learning from Nature. Intechweb.org ISBN 978-953-307-025-4, 1-20 

Publications in conference proceedings

  1. Prathna T.C., Raichur A.M., Chandrasekaran N., Mukherjee A. 2013. Heat mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Citrus limon (lemon) extract. Asian J Chem 25, S305-S307