LIST OF JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Robin Augustine and Anwarul Hasan, Emerging applications of biocompatible phytosynthesized metal/metal oxide nanoparticles in healthcare. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2020): 101516, Impact Factor: 2.606.
- Robin Augustine, Alap Ali Zahid, Anwarul Hasan, Mian Wang, and Thomas J. Webster, CTGF Loaded Electrospun Dual Porous Core-shell Membrane for Diabetic Wound Healing, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14 (2019): 8573–8588, Impact Factor: 4.471.
- Syed Raza ur Rehman, Robin Augustine, Alap Ali Zahid, Rashid Ahmed, Muhammad Tariq, Anwarul Hasan, Reduced Graphene Oxide Incorporated GelMA Hydrogel Promotes Angiogenesis For Wound Healing Applications, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2019, 14, 9603-9617, Impact Factor: 4.471.
- Robin Augustine, Anwarul Hasan, Noorunnisa Khanam Patan, Yogesh B Dalvi, Ruby Varghese, Aloy Antony, Raghunath Narayanan Unni, Sandhyarani N, Ala-Eddin Moustafa, Cerium oxide Nanoparticle Incorporated Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Membranes for Diabetic Wound Healing Applications, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2020, 6, 58-70. Impact Factor: 4.411.
- Robin Augustine, Yogesh B. Dalvi, Yadu Nath V. K, Ruby Varghese, Varun Raghuveeran, Anwarul Hasan, Sabu Thomas, Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, Yttrium oxide nanoparticle loaded scaffolds with enhanced cell adhesion and vascularization for tissue engineering applications, Materials Science & Engineering C, 2019,103, 109801. Impact Factor: 4.959.
- Robin Augustine, Anwarul Hasan, Noorunnisa Khanam Patan, Anitha Augustine, Yogesh B Dalvi, Ruby Varghese, Raghunath Narayanan Unni, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa, Sabu Thomas, Titanium nanorods loaded PCL meshes with enhanced blood vessel formation and cell migration for wound dressing applications, Macromolecular Bioscience, 2019, 1900058, Impact Factor: 3.392.
- Zahid Alap Ali, Rashid Ahmed, Syed Raza ur Rehman, Robin Augustine, Muhammad Tariq, and Anwarul Hasan. Nitric oxide releasing chitosan-poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel promotes angiogenesis in chick embryo model. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2019, 136, 901-910. Impact Factor: 4.784.
- Anitha Augustine, Robin Augustine*, Anwarul Hasan, Varun Raghuveeran, Didier Rouxel, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Development of titanium dioxide nanowire incorporated poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2019, 30, 96,Impact Factor: 2.467.
- Khadija M. Zadeh, Adriaan S. Luyt, Lubna Zarif, Robin Augustine, Anwarul Hasan, Massimo Messori, Mohammad K. Hassan, Huseyin Yalcin, Electrospun polylactic acid/date palm polyphenol extract nanofibres for tissue engineering applications, Emergent Materials, 2019,2, 141-151.
- Robin Augustine, Alhussain H, Hasan A, Badie Ahmed M, C. Yalcin H, Al Moustafa A-E. A novel in ovo model to study cancer metastasis using chicken embryos and GFP expressing cancer cells. Bosn J of Basic Med Sci, 2020;20(1):140-148 . Impact Factor: 458.
- Robin Augustine, Parvathy Prasad, and Israa Magdi Nassef Khalaf. Therapeutic angiogenesis: From conventional approaches to recent nanotechnology-based interventions. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2019, 97, 994-1008. Impact Factor: 4.959.
- Joseph B, Augustine R, Kalarikkal N, Thomas S, Seantier B, Grohens Y. Recent advances in electrospun polycaprolactone based scaffolds for wound healing and skin bioengineering applications. Materials Today Communications. 2019, 19, 319-35. Impact Factor: 1.859.
- Robin Augustine, Anwarul Hasan, VK Yadu Nath, Jince Thomas, Anitha Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa, and Sabu Thomas. Electrospun polyvinyl alcohol membranes incorporated with green synthesized silver nanoparticles for wound dressing applications. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 2018, 29(11), 163. Impact Factor: 2.467.
- Ahmed, Rashid, Muhammad Tariq, Imran Ali, Rehana Asghar, P. Noorunnisa Khanam, Robin Augustine, and Anwarul Hasan. Novel electrospun chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/zinc oxide nanofibrous mats with antibacterial and antioxidant properties for diabetic wound healing. International journal of biological macromolecules, 2018, 120, 385-393. Impact Factor: 4.784.
- Robin Augustine, Pan Dan, Inbar Schlachet, Didier Rouxel, Patrick Menu, Alejandro Sosnik, Chitosan ascorbate hydrogel improves water uptake capacity and cell adhesion of electrospun poly(epsilon-caprolactone) membranes, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2019, 529, 420-426. Impact Factor: 4.213.
- Robin Augustine, Yogesh B. Dalvi, Pan Dan, Nebu George, Debora Helle, Ruby Varghese, Sabu Thomas, Patrick Menu, Neelakandapillai Sandhyarani, Nanoceria Can Act as the Cues for Angiogenesis in Tissue-Engineering Scaffolds: Toward Next-Generation in Situ Tissue Engineering, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2018, 4(12), 4338-4353. Impact Factor: 4.411.
- Robin Augustine, Dana Levin Ashkenazi, Roni Sverdlov Arzi, Vita Zlobin, Rona Shofti, Alejandro Sosnik, Nanoparticle-in-Microparticle Oral Drug Delivery System of a Clinically Relevant Darunavir/Ritonavir Antiretroviral Combination, Acta Biomaterialia, 2018, 74(1), 344-359. Impact Factor: 6.38.
- Robin Augustine, Skin bioprinting: a novel approach for creating artificial skin from synthetic and natural building blocks. Progress in biomaterials,2 (2018): 77-92.
- Robin Augustine, Susheel Kumar Nethi, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Chittaranjan Patra, Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds embedded with europium hydroxide nanorods (EHNs) with enhanced vascularization and cell proliferation for tissue engineering applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017, 5(24), 4660-4672. Impact Factor: 5.047.
- Robin Augustine, Pan Dan, Alejandro Sosnik, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Nguyen Tran, Brice Vincent, Sabu Thomas, Patrick Menu, Didier Rouxel, Electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)/zinc oxide nanocomposite tissue engineering scaffolds with enhanced cell adhesion and blood vessel formation, Nano Research, 2017, 10(10), 3358–3376. Impact Factor: 8.515.
- Robin Augustine, Ansuja Mathew, Alejandro Sosnik, Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Versatile Therapeutic Agents Modulating Cell Signaling Pathways: Linking Nanotechnology with Molecular Medicine, Applied Materials Today, 2017, 7, 91-103, Impact Factor: 013.
- Alejandro Sosnik, Robin Augustine, Challenges in oral drug delivery of antiretrovirals and the innovative strategies to overcome them. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016, 103: 105–120. Impact Factor: 15.519.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Microbial barrier property and blood compatibility studies of electrospun poly-ƹ-caprolactone/zinc oxide nanocomposite scaffolds, Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology, 2017, 10(2): 226-236.
- Robin Augustine, Frederic Sarry, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Laurent Badie, Didier Rouxel, Electrospun poly (vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)/ZnO Nanocomposite Surface Acoustic Wave device with Reduced Insertion Loss, Nano Micro Letters, 2016, 8(3), 282–290. Impact Factor: 9.043.
- Robin Augustine, Edwin Anto Dominic, Indu Reju, Balarama Kaimal, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas. Investigation on angiogenesis and its mechanism using zinc oxide nanoparticles-loaded electrospun tissue engineering scaffolds. RSC Advances, 2014, 4(93), 51528 – 51536. Impact Factor: 3.049.
- Robin Augustine, Edwin Anto Dominic, Indu Reju, Balarama Kaimal, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas. Electrospun polycaprolactone membranes incorporated with ZnO nanoparticles as skin substitutes with enhanced fibroblast proliferation and wound healing. RSC Advances, 2014, 4, (48), 24777–24785. Impact Factor: 3.049.
- Robin Augustine, Edwin Anto Dominic, Indu Reju, Balarama Kaimal, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, and Sabu Thomas. Electrospun polycaprolactone based skin substitutes: In vivo evaluation of wound healing and the mechanism of fibroblast proliferation, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 2015, 103(7), 1445-1454. Impact Factor: 2.674.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Effect of ZnO nanoparticles on the in vitro degradation of electrospun polycaprolactone membranes in simulated body fluid, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 65, no. 1 (2016): 28-37. Impact Factor: 2.263.
- Robin Augustine, Anitha Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Fabrication and characterization of biosilver nanoparticles loaded calcium pectinate nano-micro dual-porous antibacterial wound dressings, Progress in Biomaterials, 2016, 5(3-4), 223-235.
- Nandagopal S1, Robin Augustine2, Soney C George, Jayachandran V P, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas. Gentamicin loaded electrospun poly (ε-caprolactone)/TiO2 nanocomposite membranes with antibacterial property against Methicillin resistant Staphylococus aureus (MRSA). Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 2016, 55(17), 1785-1796. 1 & 2 equally contributed. Impact Factor: 1.705.
- Nina Recek, Matic Resnik, Helena Motaln, Tamara Lah-Turnšek, Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Miran Mozetic, Cell adhesion on polycaprolactone modified by plasma treatment, International Journal of Polymer Science, 2016, 7354396, DOI: 10.1155/2016/7354396. Impact Factor: 1.892.
- Robin Augustine, Abhijit Saha, V.P. Jayachandran, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Dose dependent effects of gamma irradiation on the materials properties and cell proliferation of electrospun polycaprolactone tissue engineering scaffolds, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 2015, 64(10), 526-533. Impact Factor: 2.263.
- Robin Augustine, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, An In vitro Method for the Determination of Microbial Barrier Property (MBP) of Porous Polymeric Membranes for Skin Substitute and Wound Dressing Applications, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2015, 12(1), 12 - 19. Impact Factor: 2.273.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Electrospun PCL membranes incorporated with biosynthesized silver nanoparticles as antibacterial wound dressings. Applied Nanoscience, 2016, 6(3), 337-344. Impact Factor: 3.198.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas. Clogging-Free Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone Using Acetic Acid/Acetone Mixture. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering 2016, 5(5), 518-529. Impact Factor: 1.705.
- Robin Augustine, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, In vitro degradation of electrospun polycaprolactone membranes in simulated body fluid, International Journal of the Institute of Materials Malaysia (IJIMM), 2015, 2(1), 211-220.
- Robin Augustine, Hruda Nanda Malik, Dinesh Kumar Singhal, Ayan Mukherjee, Dhruba Malakar, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Electrospun polycaprolactone/ZnO nanocomposite membranes with enhanced fibroblast proliferation and antimicrobial properties, Journal of Polymer Research , 2014, 21, 347; DOI: 10.1007/s10965-013-0347-6. Impact Factor: 1.530.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, Advancement of wound care from grafts to bioengineered smart skin substitutes, Progress in Biomaterials, 2014, 3,103–113.
- Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas, A facile and rapid method for the black pepper leaf mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and the antimicrobial study, Applied Nanoscience, 2014, 4(7), 809-818. Impact Factor: 3.198.
- Robin Augustine, K Rajarathinam, Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles and its immobilization on alginate coated sutures for the prevention of surgical wound infections and the in vitro release studies, International Journal of Nano Dimensions 2012, 2(3): 205-212.
- Alagu Sundaram P, Robin Augustine, Kannan M, Extracellular biosynthesis of iron oxide nanoparticle by Bacillus subtilis strains isolated from rhizosphere soil, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 2012, 17: 835-840. Impact Factor: 1.438.
Conference proceedings
- Augustine, R., Zahid, A.A., Wang, M., Webster, T.J. and Hasan, A., 2019, July. Growth factor releasing core-shell polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)(pp. 1066-1069). IEEE.
- ur Rehman, S.R., Augustine, R., Zahid, A.A., Ahmed, R. and Hasan, A., 2019, July. Graphene Oxide Loaded Hydrogel for Enhanced Wound Healing in Diabetic Patients. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)(pp. 3943-3946). IEEE.
- Zahid, A.A., Ahmed, R., ur Rehman, S.R., Augustine, R. and Hasan, A., 2019, July. Reactive Nitrogen Species Releasing Hydrogel for Enhanced Wound Healing. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)(pp. 3939-3942). IEEE.
BOOKS EDITED
- Advances in Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering: State of the Art and Recent Trends, Editors: Robin Augustine, Joshi K. S, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Oluwatobi Oluwafemi, Apple Academic Press, Canada.
- Diabetes Mellitus and Human Health Care: A Holistic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment, Editors: Anne George, MD, and Robin Augustine, Apple Academic Press, Canada.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Cross-linking Strategies to Develop Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications, Robin Augustine, Hashim Alnjoomi, Alap Ali Zahid, Syed Raza ur Rehman, Rashid Ahmed, Anwarul Hasan,
In: Nano Hydrogels: Physico chemical properties and recent advances in structural designing, Sabu Thomas, Jiya Jose (Editors), Volume 1". 2019, Springer-Nature.
- Role of wound dressings in the management of chronic and acute diabetic wounds, Robin Augustine, Kalarikkal, N., Thomas, S. In Diabetes Mellitus and HumanHealth Care: A Holistic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment; George, A., Augustine, R., Sebastian, M. Eds.; Apple Academic Press: Oakville, 2014; pp273-314.
- Biopolymers for Health, Food and Cosmetic applications, Robin Augustine, Rajakumari,Uroš Cvelbar, Miran Mozetič, Anne George. In: Handbook of Biopolymer-Based Materials: From Blends and Composites to Gels and Complex Networks, Sabu Thomas (Editor),Dominique Durand (Editor), Christophe Chassenieux (Editor), P. Jyotishkumar (Editor), ISBN: 978-3-527-32884-0.
- Diabetes and healthcare: an overview, Abhilash M, Robin Augustine: In Diabetes Mellitus and HumanHealth Care: A Holistic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment; George, A., Augustine, R., Sebastian, M. Eds.; Apple Academic Press: Oakville, 2014; pp1-129.
- Tissue Engineering: Principles, recent trends and the future, Ansuja P Mathew, Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikal, Sabu Thomas: In Nanomedicine and Tissue engineering- State of the art and recent trends, Apple Academic Press, Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, New Jersey, USA.
- Nanomedicine: from concept to reality, Rakhimol K.R, Robin Augustine, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal: In Nanomedicine and Tissue engineering- State of the art and recent trends, Apple Academic Press, Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, New Jersey, USA.
- Electrospun matrices for biomedical applications – Recent advances, Deepa P. Mohanan,Robin Augustine, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Radhakrishnan E.K, Sabu Thomas: In Nanomedicine and Tissue engineering- State of the art and recent trends, Apple Academic Press, Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, New Jersey, USA.
- Cutaneous wound care: Grafts to tissue engineered skin substitutes, Robin Augustine, Bhavana Venugopal, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas: In Nanomedicine and Tissue engineering- State of the art and recent trends, Apple Academic Press, Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, New Jersey, USA. 493- 520.
- Polyuronates and their application in drug delivery and cosmetics, Robin Augustine, Snigdha S, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas: InGreen Polymer and The Environment Pollution Control, Apple Academic Press, Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, New Jersey, USA. 239-267.
- Monitoring and separation of food-borne pathogens using magnetic nanoparticles, Robin Augustine*, Ann Rose Abraham, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sabu Thomas: In Novel Approaches of Nanotechnology in Food Industry Volume -II. Elsevier, B.V. 271-312.
PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
- Presented a poster titled “Development of Gelatin Methacryloyl Based Blood Brain Barrier Model for Studying Brain Metastasis” in The 9thAnnual Meeting of the Middle Eastern Association for Cancer Research Cancer research from bench to clinic, 7 - 8 December 2019, Doha – Qatar.
- Presented a poster titled “Novel Curcumin Loaded Nanostructured Carboxymethyl Hybrid System of Mixed Geometry-Application in Edible Coating and Anti- Cancer Therapy” in The 9thAnnual Meeting of the Middle Eastern Association for Cancer Research Cancer research from bench to clinic, 7 - 8 December 2019, Doha – Qatar.
- Presented a poster entitled “Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle loaded Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Membranes for wound protection & healing” in QUARFE 09 during 23-24 April 2019, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
- Presented a poster entitled “Fabrication and characterization of darunavir nanoparticles for improving its therapeutic efficacy” in International Conference on Nanostructured Polymeric Materials and Polymer Nanocomposites (ICNPM 2015) during 13-15 November 2015, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
- Presented a paper (oral) entitled “Polycaprolactone based biodegradable skin substitutes with wound healing and microbial barrier properties” in International Symposium on Advanced Polymeric Materials 2014 (ISAPM 2014), organized by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM), held at Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14 and15 May 2014.
- Delivered an invited talk entitled “Tissue engineering: electrospun polymer nanocomposite membranes for skin substitute applications” in front of the faculty and students of Institut Jean-Lamour, Faculté des Sciences et technologies de Vandoeuvre, Nancy, France on 27th June 2014.
- Presented paper (oral) entitled Polymeric smart skin substitutes with enhanced wound healing and neovascularization in International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ICAPM-2013) organized by Centre for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India during November 15-17, 2013.
- Presented a poster in Bioradiance 2014 (National level seminar), organized by the Pushpagiri Research Centre, Tiruvalla, Kerala. India on 3rd May 2014.
- Presented a poster in International Conference on Membranes (ICM-2013) organized by Centre for Environment Education and Technology (CEET), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. India and Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (ACESSD), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during October 3- 6, 2013.
- Presented a poster in International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials (ICAPM-2013) organized by International Unit of Macromolecular Research, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during Octoer 11, 12 and 13, 2013.
- Presented a poster in Second International Conference on Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Application organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during 12-15, January 2012.
- Presented a paper and a poster in first International Conference on Advanced Nanocomposite for Construction Materials (ICNC-2013) organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India 12th -14th March 2013.
- Presented a paper and a poster in Third Euro-India International Conference on Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (ICNT), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during August 9, 10 and 11, 2013.
- Presented a poster in India- Israel Meeting on Materials Science and Nanoscience (IIMMN-2013) organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India during 31st January-1st February 2013.
- Presented a poster in International Conference on Design of Biomaterials (BIND 12), held at IISc, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 9-11 December 2012.
- Presented a poster in Third International Multicomponent Polymer Conference (IMPC-2012) organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India 23-25 March 2012.
- Presented a paper in International Multicomponent polymer conference organized by Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on 23-25 March 2012 at Kottayam, Kerala, India.
- Presented a paper in UGC (Govt of India) sponsored seminar on Nanotechnology: Applications of Nanomaterials in Agriculture, Food and Medicine organized by Department of Botany, B.K college for women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, Kerala, India during 25th – 26th July 2012.
- Presented a paper in the UGC sponsored national seminar on modern streams of biochemistry- 2011 organized by department of chemistry, St. Alberts college, Ernakulam in association with Spices Board, Kottayam on 20th and 22nd of September 2011.