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Prof. V Jayalakshmi

PhD (Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore)

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

Room No: 422   +91-870-2462583
jayalakshmiv@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Biosensing using liquid crystal - based microsensors 

 Electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications 

 Gas sensors 

 Generation and detection of light 

 Microfluidics 

 Nanoparticles with various shapes 

 Photoswitching 

 Soft actuators 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations Laboratory(PH2103)
  • Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations(PH2101)
  • Engineering Physics(PH1161)
  • Mechanics, Waves, and Oscillations(PH3101)
  • Physics for Civil Engineers(PH131)
  • Solid State Physics Laboratory(PH4155)
  • Solid State Physics Laboratory(PH16012)
  • Solid State Physics(PH4153)
  • Solid State Physics(PH16006)
  • Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations Laboratory(PHI102)
  • Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations(PHB101)
  • Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations(PHI101)
  • Advanced Physics Laboratory(PHI351)
  • Physics for Chemical Engineering(PH185)
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics(PH4152)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-5259-6286
  • ISI Researcher ID: GLT-3825-2022
  • SCOPUS ID: 6602904890
  • Google Scholar ID: IK8gnG4AAAAJ


  • Label-free detection of Aβ-42: a liquid crystal droplet approach for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, By Saumya Ranjan Pradhan, Ramadevi Suguru Pathinti, Ramesh Kandimalla, Krishnakanth Chithari, and Jayalakshmi Vallamkondu, RSC, RSC Advances, vol.14, pp., 2024
  • ZnO nanoparticles dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal based smart window for energy saving application, By RS Pathinti AK Tatipamula and J Vallamkondu, elsevier, Journal of Alloys and Compounds , vol.963, pp.171198, 2023
  • Optical detection of bovine serum albumin using charged cholesteric liquid crystal droplets functionalized with surfactant , By SR Pradhan, B Gollapelli, RS Pathinti, R Kandimalla, J Vallamkondu , elsevier, Journal of Molecular Liquids , vol.386, pp.122447, 2023
  • Energy saving, transparency changing thermochromism in dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals for smart windows, By RS Pathinti, B Gollapelli, SR Pradhan, J Vallamkondu , elsevier, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry , vol.444, pp. 114981, 2023
  • Carbon quantum dots doped cholesteric liquid crystal films and microdroplets for anti-counterfeiting, By B Gollapelli, R Suguru Pathinti, J Vallamkondu , ACS, ACS Applied Nano Materials , vol.5 (8), pp.11912-11922, 2022
  • Detection of bile acids using optical biosensors based on cholesteric liquid crystal droplets, By B Gollapelli, AK Tatipamula, S Dewanjee, RS Pathinti, J Vallamkondu , RSC, Journal of Materials Chemistry C , vol.9 (39), pp.13991-14002, 2021
  • SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology and assessment of coronaviruses in CNS diseases with a focus on therapeutic targets, By J Vallamkondu, A John, WY Wani, SP Ramadevi, KK Jella, PH Reddy, , elsevier, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease , vol.1866 (10), pp. 165889, 2020
  • Bio-derived chlorophyll dye doped cholesteric liquid crystal films and microdroplets for advanced anti-counterfeiting security labels, By B Gollapelli, SRR Ganji, AK Tatipamula, J Vallamkondu , elsevier, Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol.363, pp.119952, 2022
  • Enhanced ethanol gas detection using TiO2 nanorods dispersed in cholesteric liquid crystal: Synthesis, characterization, and sensing performance, By Ramadevi Suguru Pathinti a b, Sunil Gavaskar Dasari c, Buchaiah Gollapelli a b, Sreedevi Gogula d, Ramana Reddy M.V. c, Jayalakshmi Vallamkondu , elsevier, Journal of Alloys and Compounds , vol.994, pp.174731, 2024

Hybrid Tetrapod Nanomaterials Based Sustainable Optoelectronic Technologies

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SPARC
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4200000
  • Status Ongoing

Design and Development of cost-effective Label-free detection of Alzheimer’s biomarkers using liquid crystals

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DBT
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3740000
  • Status Completed

Microfluidic Methods for the Synthesis of Monodisperse Nematic and Chiral nematic Emulsions for the Application in Display and Fiber Optic Technology

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-ECR
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5200000
  • Status Completed


C Krishnakanth

  • Area of Research: 2D materials and Liquid Crystals

P. Tyagaiah

  • Area of Research: Carbonized polymer dots

SANTHOSH KUMAR RANGA

  • Area of Research: SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY

Soumya Ranjan Pradhan

  • Area of Research: Biosensors

S P Ramadevi

  • Area of Research: ZnO doped LCs for smart windows and Sensors
  • Purchase Committee (Continuing from September, 2023)
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from July, 2023)