Areas of Research:

• Physical chemistry,
• Sensor,
• Photophysics,
• Artificial intelligence

Awards and Honours

2013: Dr. P. V. Nair Gold Medal for highest percentage of marks in M. Sc. Chemistry University of Kerala

2013: Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment Research Fellowship

2015: Government of India- DST/INSPIRE Research Fellowship

2016: Best Paper Award, International Conference on Advanced Materials (SCICON’ 16)

2018: Best Oral Presentation, National Seminar on Frontline approaches in Materials Science and Computational Chemistry (MATCOM-2018)

2019: Top Downloaded Paper Award, ChemistrySelect, Wiley

2021: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Chemistry.

Publications (As of March 3, 2026)

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Representative Journal Publications (Selected 10)

(1) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Madanan Anju, S.; Lekha, G. M.; Aparna, R. S.; George, S.

Luminescent Carbon Dots versus Quantum Dots and Gold Nanoclusters as Sensors. Nanoscale Horiz. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NH00107A. [Featured at Nanoscale Horizons 2024 most popular article collection].

(2) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Aparna, R. S.; Anjana, R. R.; Madanan Anju, S.; George, S.

Erlotinib Conjugated Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanodots for Targeted Fluorescence Imaging of Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5 (29), 9269–9276. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202002095.

(3) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Aparna, R. S.; Anjana, R. R.; Vijila, N. S.; Jayakrishna, J.;

George, S. Amplified Luminescence Quenching Effect Upon Binding of Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanodots to Transition Metal Ions. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2020, 19, 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9PP00420C.

(4) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Aparna, R. S.; Anjana, R. R.; Nebu, J.; Anju, S. M.; George, S. Solvent Effects: A Signature of J- and H-Aggregate of Carbon Nanodots in Polar Solvents. J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123 (34), 7420–7429. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04568.

(5) Devi, J. S. A.; Aparna, R. S.; Aswathy, B.; Nebu, J.; Aswathy, A. O.; George, S.

Understanding the Citric Acid-Urea Co-Directed Microwave Assisted Synthesis and Ferric Ion Modulation of Fluorescent Nitrogen Doped Carbon Dots: A Turn On Assay for Ascorbic Acid. ChemistrySelect 2019, 4 (3), 816–824. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201803726. [Top Downloaded Paper Award 2018-2019]

(6) Aparna, R. S.; Anjali Devi, J. S.; Anjana, R. R.; Nebu, J.; George, S. Reversible Fluorescence Modulation of BSA Stabilised Copper Nanoclusters for the Selective Detection of Protamine and Heparin. Analyst 2019, 144 (5), 1799–1808. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8AN01703D.

(7) Nebu, J.; Anjali Devi, J. S.; Aparna, R. S.; Abha, K.; Sony, G. Erlotinib

Conjugated Gold Nanocluster Enveloped Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles–A Targeted Probe for Imaging Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Sens. Actuators, B 2018, 257, 1035–1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.11.017.

(8) Anjana, R. R.; Anjali Devi, J. S.; Jayasree, M.; Aparna, R. S.; Aswathy, B.; Praveen, G. L.; Lekha, G. M.; Sony, G. S,N-Doped Carbon Dots as a Fluorescent Probe for Bilirubin. Microchim. Acta 2018, 185 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2574-8.

(9) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Anulekshmi, A. H.; Salini, S.; Aparna, R. S.; George, S.

Boronic Acid Functionalized Nitrogen Doped Carbon Dots for Fluorescent Turn-on Detection of Dopamine. Microchim. Acta 2017, 184 (10), 4081–4090.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2433-7.

(10) Anjali Devi, J. S.; Salini, S.; Anulekshmi, A. H.; Praveen, G. L.; Sony, G. Fe (III) Ion Modulated l-DOPA Protected Gold Nanocluster Probe for Fluorescence Turn on Sensing of Ascorbic Acid. Sens. Actuators, B 2017, 246, 943–951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.151.