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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
50249
World Ranking
1936
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Murali Sastry is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work primarily spans several specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomaterials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The researcher's main topics of investigation focus on the synthesis and applications of nanomaterials, including the following areas:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

The recent publications authored or coauthored by Sastry include:

  • Recent Advances and a Roadmap to Wearable UV Sensor Technologies, 2020, Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Graphene and Graphene Oxide as a Support for Biomolecules in the Development of Biosensors, 2021, Nanotechnology Science and Applications
  • Photomodulated Spatially Confined Chemical Reactivity in a Single Silver Nanoprism, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Machine-Free Polymerase Chain Reaction with Triangular Gold and Silver Nanoparticles, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Size and Shape Directed Novel Green Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Using Bacterial Metabolites and Their Anticancer Effects, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequently appearing publication venues for Sastry's research work include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nanoscale
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Nanotechnology Science and Applications

Murali Sastry has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Vipul Bansal
  • Shiva Shahriari
  • Santosh Panjikar
  • Sanje Mahasivam
  • R.K. Singh Raman

The combination of materials synthesis and nanotechnology with biomedical engineering elements defines much of Sastry's research contributions, particularly focusing on practical applications such as biosensors and drug delivery platforms. Their interdisciplinary work reflects involvement in emerging technologies related to wearable sensors and nanomaterials for health and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • Rapid synthesis of Au, Ag, and bimetallic Au core-Ag shell nanoparticles using Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf broth.

    S.Shiv Shankar;Akhilesh Rai;Absar Ahmad;Murali Sastry

  • Synthesis of gold nanotriangles and silver nanoparticles using Aloe vera plant extract.

    S. Prathap Chandran;Minakshi Chaudhary;Renu Pasricha;Absar Ahmad

  • Extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using the fungus Fusarium oxysporum

    Absar Ahmad;Priyabrata Mukherjee;Satyajyoti Senapati;Deendayal Mandal

  • Biological synthesis of triangular gold nanoprisms

    S. Shiv Shankar;Akhilesh Rai;Balaprasad Ankamwar;Amit Singh

  • Biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles and their endocytotic fate inside the cellular compartment: a microscopic overview.

    Ravi Shukla;Vipul Bansal;Minakshi Chaudhary;Atanu Basu

  • Fungus-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their immobilization in the mycelial matrix: a novel biological approach to nanoparticle synthesis

    Priyabrata Mukherjee;Absar Ahmad;Deendayal Mandal;Satyajyoti Senapati

  • GERANIUM LEAF ASSISTED BIOSYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES

    S. Shiv Shankar;Absar Ahmad;Murali Sastry

  • BIOSYNTHESIS OF METAL NANOPARTICLES USING FUNGI AND ACTINOMYCETE

    Murali Sastry;Absar Ahmad;M. Islam Khan;Rajiv Kumar

  • Bioreduction of chloroaurate ions by geranium leaves and its endophytic fungus yields gold nanoparticles of different shapes

    S. Shiv Shankar;Absar Ahmad;Renu Pasricha;Murali Sastry

  • BIOREDUCTION OF AUCL4− IONS BY THE FUNGUS, VERTICILLIUM SP. AND SURFACE TRAPPING OF THE GOLD NANOPARTICLES FORMED

    Priyabrata Mukherjee;Absar Ahmad;Deendayal Mandal;Satyajyoti Senapati

  • Extracellular biosynthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles by a novel extremophilic actinomycete, thermomonospora sp

    Absar Ahmad;Satyajyoti Senapati;M. Islam Khan;Rajiv Kumar

  • Biosynthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Emblica Officinalis fruit extract, their phase transfer and transmetallation in an organic solution.

    Balaprasad Ankamwar;Chinmay Damle;Absar Ahmad;Murali Sastry

  • Nanocrystalline TiO2 studied by optical, FTIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: correlation to presence of surface states

    P.Madhu Kumar;S. Badrinarayanan;Murali Sastry

  • Intracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by a novel alkalotolerant actinomycete, Rhodococcus species

    Absar Ahmad;Satyajyoti Senapati;M Islam Khan;Rajiv Kumar

  • Extracellular Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles by the Fungus Fusarium oxysporum

    Priyabrata Mukherjee;Satyajyoti Senapati;Deendayal Mandal;Absar Ahmad

  • Controlling the Optical Properties of Lemongrass Extract Synthesized Gold Nanotriangles and Potential Application in Infrared-Absorbing Optical Coatings

    S. Shiv Shankar;Akhilesh Rai;and Absar Ahmad;Murali Sastry

  • Chitosan reduced gold nanoparticles as novel carriers for transmucosal delivery of insulin

    Devika R. Bhumkar;Hrushikesh M. Joshi;Murali Sastry;Varsha B. Pokharkar

  • PEPSIN-GOLD COLLOID CONJUGATES: PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY

    Anand Gole;Chandravanu Dash;Vidya Ramakrishnan;S. R. Sainkar

  • Enzyme mediated extracellular synthesis of CdS nanoparticles by the fungus, Fusarium oxysporum

    Absar Ahmad;Priyabrata Mukherjee;Deendayal Mandal;Satyajyoti Senapati

  • Investigation into the Interaction between Surface-Bound Alkylamines and Gold Nanoparticles

    Ashavani Kumar;Saikat Mandal;P. R. Selvakannan;Renu Pasricha

  • Gold Nanotriangles Biologically Synthesized using Tamarind Leaf Extract and Potential Application in Vapor Sensing

    Balaprasad Ankamwar;Minakshi Chaudhary;Murali Sastry

Frequent Co-Authors

Renu Pasricha
Renu Pasricha New York University Abu Dhabi
Absar Ahmad
Absar Ahmad Aligarh Muslim University
Rajiv Kumar
Rajiv Kumar Jaypee University of Information Technology
Vipul Bansal
Vipul Bansal RMIT University
Chitta Ranjan Patra
Chitta Ranjan Patra Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Raghunath V. Chaudhari
Raghunath V. Chaudhari University of Kansas
Sulabha K. Kulkarni
Sulabha K. Kulkarni Indian Institute of Science
Alok Dhawan
Alok Dhawan Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Pankaj Poddar
Pankaj Poddar Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Suresh K. Bhargava
Suresh K. Bhargava RMIT University

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