Research Interests

• Katti K, Kattumuri V, Bhaskaran S, Katti KV, Kannan R. Facile and general method for synthesis of sugar coated gold nanoparticles. Int J Green Nanotechnol. Biomedicine, 1: B53-B59  
• Shukla R, Nune SK, Chanda N, Katti K, Mekapothula S, Kulkarni RR, Welshons WV, Kannan R, Katti KV. Soybeans as a phytochemical reservoir for the production and stabilization of biocompatible gold nanoparticles. SCIENCE;Editor's Choice., 2008; 322(5899):167.(AAAS Publication)
• Afrasiabi Z, Shukla R, Chanda N, Bhaskaran S, Upendran A, Katti KV, Kannan R. Nanoscale sensor design via in situ labeling of gold nanoparticles onto protein scaffolds. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, In press 2009.
• Katti K, Chanda N, Shukla R, Zambre A, Kulkarni RR, Kannan R, Katti KV. Green nanotechnology from cumin phytochemicals: generation of biocompatible gold nanoparticles. Int J Green Nanotechnol. Biomedicine, 2009; 1: B39-B52
• Chanda N, Shukla R, Katti KV, Kannan R. Gastrin releasing protein receptor specific gold nanorods: breast and prostate tumor avid nanovectors for molecular imaging. Nano Lett., 2009; 9:1798.
• Nune SK, Chanda N, Shukla R, Katti K, Kulkarni RR, Thilakavathi S, Sieckman G, Kannan R, Katti KV. Green nanotechnology from tea: phytochemicals in tea as building blocks for production of biocompatible gold nanoparticles. J Mater Chem., 2009; 19:2912.
• Fent GM, Casteel SW, Kim DY, Kannan R, Katti K, Chanda N, Katti KV. Biodistribution of maltose and gum arabic hybrid gold nanoparticles following injection in Juvenile swine. Nanomed Nanotechnol Biol Med., 2009; ;5:128-35. (10.1016/j.nano.2009.01.007)
• Shukla R, Nune SK, Chanda N, Katti K, Mekapothula S, Kulkarni RR, Welshons WV, Kannan R, Katti KV. Soybeans as a phytochemical reservoir for the production and stabilization of biocompatible gold nanoparticles. Small., 2008; 4:1425-36.
• Shukla R, Kannan R, Hainsworth D, Katti K, Katti KV. Nanomedicine approaches for the design and development of therapeutic agents in the treatment of Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) and Age Related Macular Degeneration. PXE Awareness Newsletter., 2008; 14:6.
• Casteel SW, Fent GM, Branson K, Katti K, Kannan R, Katti KV, Nune S, Boote E, Waldrep JC, Guo J, Dhand R. Disposition of novel nanoparticle constructs in juvenile swine. The Toxicologist., 2008; 102:125.
• Guntur VP, Guo J, Waldrep JC, Nune S, Kannan R, Katti KV, Dhand R. Directing gold nanoparticles to bronchoalveolar carcinoma cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med., 2008; 177:A-219.
• Guo J, Guntur VP, Waldrep JC, Nune S, Kannan R, Katti K, Katti KV, Dhand R. Nano medicine and lung cancer: role of gold nanoparticles in targeting lung cancer cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med., 2008; 177:A-219.
• Kattumuri V, Katti K, Bhaskaran S, Boote EJ, Casteel SW, Fent, GM, Robertson DJ, Chandrasekhar M, Kannan R, Katti KV. Naturally Occurring Gum Arabic as a phyto construct for the stabilization of gold nanoparticles: in vivo pharmacokinetics and X-ray contrast imaging studies. Small., 2:333