Amit Nain

About

Amit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), India. Before joining IIT-M, he was a DST INSPIRE faculty in the Department of Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Amit obtained a doctorate in nanoscience and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology. His group at IIT-M is interested in developing self-powered and programmable soft materials for complex tissue engineering and soft robotics. To learn more about our group, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/nanobiomaterials/home

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore DST INSPIRE Faculty
  2022 - Present
• National Applied Research Laboratories Project Assistant Engineer
  2021 - 2022
• National Taiwan University Postdoctoral Fellow
  2021 - 2021

Education

• Academia Sinica PhD
  2017 - 2021
• Vellore Institute of Technology University B.S.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (33)

• Shape-Programmable Chitosan Films as Soft Microrobots toward the Development of Chemo-Mechanical Sensors
  Langmuir 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c01375
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• Emerging 4D Fabrication of Tubular Structures and Clinical Challenges: Critical Perspective
  ACS Materials Au 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00101
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• Flexible and Robust Piezoelectric Chitosan Films with Enhanced Bioactivity
  Biomacromolecules 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01464
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• Progress in the development of piezoelectric biomaterials for tissue remodeling
  Biomaterials 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122528
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• Single-Step Low-Temperature Synthesis of Carbon Dots for Advanced Multiparametric Bioimaging Probe Applications
  ACS Applied Bio Materials 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00148
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• 4D printed nanoengineered super bioactive hydrogel scaffold with programmable deformation for potential bifurcated vascular channel construction
  2024 DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-f0d4h
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• Augmenting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps with Carbonized Polymer Dots: A Potential Treatment for Bacterial Sepsis
  Small 2024 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307210
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• 4D hydrogels: fabrication strategies, stimulation mechanisms, and biomedical applications
  Biomaterials Science 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02044D
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• A 4D printed nanoengineered super bioactive hydrogel scaffold with programmable deformation for potential bifurcated vascular channel construction
  Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00498A
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• 3D-Printed Materials for Wastewater Treatment
  JACS Au 2023 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00409
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