Funded Research Projects and Technical Work by Prabakaran Shankar
Funded & technical work

Projects

Research and technical projects led end-to-end, from proposal and funding through execution and reporting. For business ventures, see .

Development of Multi-Layer Functional Fabric Materials for Ultraviolet and Electromagnetic Radiation Removal and Skin Protection

Principal InvestigatorNational Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)Creative Challenge Research Base ProgramJun 2020 – May 2023USD 120,000

Grant ID: NRF-2020R1I1A1A01071084

A three-year NRF-funded program to engineer multi-layer nanomaterial coatings on cotton textiles that combine UV and electromagnetic radiation filtering with a biocompatible, skin-protective microenvironment — layering ZnO nanostructures, MXene/silver nanomaterials, and functionalized gold nanoparticles onto a single fabric.

  1. 2020–2021Synthesized citrate- and PVA-capped gold nanoparticles and grew ZnO nanostructures on cotton textiles; confirmed fibroblast (L929) biocompatibility of AuNP-citrate coatings.
  2. 2021–2022Optimized uniform ZnO nanorod growth on textiles, introduced MXene as the electromagnetic-shielding layer, and characterized grafted vs. layered PVA ligand chemistry via zeta potential and DTT adsorption studies.
  3. 2022–2023Validated AuNP-citrate textiles for consistent cell proliferation across cell densities, modeled nanoparticle loading behavior via adsorption isotherms, and compiled results toward an integrated janus-layer functional textile.
  • Nanomaterials
  • Functional Textiles
  • UV Shielding
  • EM Shielding
  • Gold Nanoparticles
  • ZnO Nanostructures
  • MXene
  • Biomedical Materials