VIKAS

About

Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, POLIMI. I have received a Young Researcher grant from Fondazione Cariplo as a Principal Investigator. My research activities are based on the project “Optical fiber-based sensing platform for monitoring heavy metals pollution in water”.

Employment

• Politecnico di Milano Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  2022 - Present

Education

• Central University of Haryana M.Sc.
  2015 - 2017
• University of Delhi B.Sc. (H)
  2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

• Optical fiber-based sensing platform for monitoring heavy metals pollution in water Fondazione Cariplo
  2024 - 2027
• INSPIRE Fellow Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
  2018 - 2021
• INSPIRE Scholar Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
  2013 - 2017

Publications (21)

• Trimesic acid-functionalized copper oxide nanoparticles for fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance detection of PFOA and PFOS
  Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11051-026-06798-5
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• Overview of Optical Fiber Biosensors for the Detection of Cancer Biomarkers in the Past Decade
  Vikas Vikas, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Rajneesh Kumar Verma

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  • Paola Saccomandi
  ACS Omega 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6c00722
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• Design of a dual-channel fiber optic SPR sensor for the simultaneous measurement of Hg2+ and Pb2+ ions
  Optical and Quantum Electronics 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11082-025-08666-3
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• Porosity-driven systematic modulations of surface plasmons in nanostructured metallic MoO2 films
  Manish Kumar, Vikas Vikas, Krushna R. Mavani
  Applied Surface Science 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.165775
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• Nanoparticles-enhanced fiber optic plasmonic sensor for trace-level detection of mercury (Hg2+) ions
  Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100759
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• Measurement Platform Based on Fiber Optic SPR Sensor Using Exploding-Wire Generated Copper Nanoparticles for Ceftriaxone Detection
  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2025 DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3547523
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• Fiber Optic SPR Sensor Modified with Copper Oxide Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Dopamine
  IEEE Sensors Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2023.3343600
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• Graphene-antimonene coated tapered fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor for the detection of Hg2+ heavy metal ions
  2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Living Environment (MetroLivEnv) 2023 DOI: 10.1109/metrolivenv56897.2023.10164047
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• U-shaped fiber optic lossy mode resonance sensor for the detection of antibiotics
  2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Living Environment (MetroLivEnv) 2023 DOI: 10.1109/metrolivenv56897.2023.10164044
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• Antimonene-Coated Uniform-Waist Tapered Fiber Optic Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for the Detection of Cancerous Cells: Design and Optimization
  ACS Omega 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06037
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• Design Considerations of an ITO-Coated U-Shaped Fiber Optic LMR Biosensor for the Detection of Antibiotic Ciprofloxacin
  Biosensors 2023 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030362
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• Optical fiber SPR sensor for the detection of fluoride contamination in drinking water
  Journal of Optics 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12596-021-00803-x
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• Recent Advances in Lossy Mode Resonance-Based Fiber Optic Sensors: A Review
  Vikas Vikas, Satyendra Kumar Mishra, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra +2 more
  Micromachines 2022 DOI: 10.3390/mi13111921
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• High figure of merit fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor with topological insulator (BSTS)
  Optical and Quantum Electronics 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s11082-021-03435-4
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• On the application of few layer Ti3C2 MXene on fiber optic SPR sensor for performance enhancement
  European Physical Journal D 2021 DOI: 10.1140/EPJD/S10053-020-00020-4
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• Detection of adulteration in pure honey utilizing Ag-Graphene Oxide coated fiber optic SPR probes
  Vikas Vikas, M. Yadav, Pradip Kumar

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  • Rajneesh Kumar Verma
  Food Chemistry 2020 DOI: 10.1016/J.FOODCHEM.2020.127346
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• Lossy mode resonance-based uniform core tapered fiber optic sensor for sensitivity enhancement
  Communications in Theoretical Physics 2020 DOI: 10.1088/1572-9494/aba240
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• Urea detection using bio-synthesized gold nanoparticles: an SPR/LSPR based sensing approach realized on optical fiber
  Vikas Vikas, Shruti Gupta, Kiran Kumar Tejavath +1 more
  Optical and Quantum Electronics 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s11082-020-02405-6
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• Performance study of surface plasmon resonance and lossy mode resonance based fiber optic sensors utilizing silver and indium oxide layers: An experimental investigation
  Optics & Laser Technology 2018 DOI: 10.1016/J.OPTLASTEC.2018.11.041
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• Design considerations of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based tapered fiber optic bio-sensing probe with graphene-MoS2 over layers
  Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 2018 DOI: 10.1016/J.IJLEO.2018.11.081
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