Office: 5 C 18 Phone: (+49.711.689.) 1530 Lab: 7 C 11 / 2 Phone: 1734 Email: b.kannan [at] fkf.mpg.de Group: Nanoscale Diagnostics Current occupation: Head, BMBF Junior Research Group

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) in Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, May 1998.
• MS: Master of Science in Electrical Communication Engineering and Dipl. Ing.,University of Kassel, Germany, October 2001.
• Ph.D: Nanostructure Physics Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2005.
  

Professional Experience

Patents

4. V. Pachauri, A. Ahmad, K. Balasubramanian, K. Kern

An Autosynthesizer for the controlled synthesis of nano- and sub-nanostructures

International Patent: WO/2010/076008 (2010)

3. A. Ahmad, K. Balasubramanian, K. Kern

A Method, An Apparatus, Chemical Kits and a Program for analyzing the distribution of different types of nanostructures and / or sub-nanostructures in a sample

International Patent: WO/2010/000277 (2010)

2. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard and K. Kern

Method of fabricating carbon nanotube field-effect transistors through controlled electrochemical modification

US Patent: US7091096 (2006)

1. K. Balasubramanian, S. Bhagavathula and S. Katragadda

Detection of road conditions using a beam from an external satellite system (GPS, DBS)

International Patent, Nos.: WO0147759, US6922636, DE19962949, EP1244582 (2003)

Publications

41. K. Balasubramanian

Label-free indicator-free nucleic acid biosensors using carbon nanotubes

submitted (2011)

doi:

40. T. Kurkina, K. Balasubramanian

Towards in vitro molecular diagnostics using nanostructures

submitted (2011)

doi:

39. A. Sagar, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, K. Kern, R. Sordan

Polymer-electrolyte gated graphene transistors for analog and digital phase detection

Appl. Phys. Lett. (2011)

doi:10.1063/1.3615247

38. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard

Chemie des Graphens

Chemie in unserer Zeit (2011)

doi:10.1002/ciuz.201100550

37. T. Kurkina, A. Vlandas, A. Ahmad, K. Kern, K. Balasubramanian

Label-free detection of few copies of DNA using carbon nanotube impedance biosensors

Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. (2011)

doi:10.1002/anie.201006806

36. K. Balasubramanian

Challenges in the use of 1D nanostructures for on-chip biosensing and diagnostics

Biosens. Bioelectron. (2010)

doi:10.1016/j.bios.2010.07.041

35. V. Pachauri, K. Kern, K. Balasubramanian

Template-free self-assembly of hierarchical ZnO structures from nanoscale building blocks

Chem. Phys. Lett. (2010)

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2010.08.078

34. A. Vlandas, T. Kurkina, A. Ahmad, K. Kern, K. Balasubramanian

Enzyme-free sugar sensing in microfluidic channels with an affinity based single-wall carbon nanotube sensor

Anal. Chem. (2010)

doi:10.1021/ac1007656

33. A. Sagar, K. Kern, K. Balasubramanian

Marker-free on-the-fly fabrication of graphene devices – towards automated wafer scale production

Nanotechnology (2010)

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/21/1/015303

32. A. Sagar, E.J.H. Lee, M. Burghard, K. Balasubramanian, and K. kern

Effect of stacking order on the electric field-induced carrier modulation in graphene bilayers

Nano Letters (2009)

doi:10.1021/nl9012002

31. A. Ahmad, T. Kurkina, K. Kern, and K. Balasubramanian

Applications of the static quenching of rhodamine B by carbon nanotubes

ChemPhysChem (2009)

doi:10.1002/cphc.200900246

30. V. Pachauri, A. Vlandas, K. Kern and K. Balasubramanian

Site specific high performance liquid-gated ZnO nanowire transistors using a self-assembly approach

Small (2009)

doi:10.1002/smll.200900876

29. K. Balasubramanian, E.J.H. Lee, R.T. Weitz, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Chap. 26 Carbon Nanotube Transistors Chemical Functionalisation and Device Characterisation

Physical and Chemical Aspects of Organic Electronics (ed.) Ch. Woell (Wiley-VCH:2009)

28. A. Ahmad, K. Kern, and K. Balasubramanian

Selective enhancement of carbon nanotube photoluminescence by resonant energy transfer

ChemPhysChem (2009)

doi:10.1002/cphc.200800796

27. R. Sordan, A. Miranda, F. Traversi, D. Colombo, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, M. Masserini, L. Miglio, K. Kern, and K. Balasubramanian

Vertical arrays of nanofluidic channels fabricated without nanolithography

Lab Chip (2009)

doi:10.1039/b819520j

26. E.J.H. Lee, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Spatially-resolved potential distribution in carbon nanotube crossed junction devices

Adv. Mater. (2009)

25. E.J.H. Lee, K. Balasubramanian, R.T. Weitz, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Contact and edge effects in graphene devices

Nature Nanotechnology (2008)

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.172

24. R.S. Sundaram, C. Gómez-Navarro, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Electrochemical modification of graphene

Advanced Materials (2008)

doi: 10.1002/adma.200800198

23. K. Balasubramanian and M. Burghard

Electrochemically functionalized carbon nanotubes for device applications

J. Mater. Chem. 18, 3071 (2008)

doi:10.1039/b718262g

22. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Effect of the electronic structure of carbon nanotubes on the selectivity of electrochemical functionalization

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 2256 (2008)

doi: 10.1039/b7182626f

21. K. Balasubramanian, E.J.H. Lee, R.T. Weitz, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Carbon nanotube transistors - chemical functionalization and device characterization

phys. stat. solid. (a) 205, 633 (2008)

doi: 10.1002/pssa.200723410

20. M. Scolari, A. Mews, N. Fu, A. Myalitsin, T. Assmus, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Surface enhanced Raman scattering of carbon nanotubes by individual fluorescent gold particles

J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 391 (2008)

19. E.J.H. Lee, K. Balasubramanian, J. Dorfmüller, R. Vogelgesang, N. Fu, A. Mews, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Electronic Band Structure Mapping of Nanotube Transistors by Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy

Small 3, 2038 (2008)

18. M. Burghard, A. Maroto, K. Balasubramanian, T. Assmus, A. Forment-Aliaga, E.J.H. Lee, R.T. Weitz, M. Scolari, N. Fu, A. Mews and K. Kern

Electrochemically modified single-walled carbon nanotubes

phys. stat. solid. (b) 244, 4021 (2007)

17. T. Aßmus, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, K. Kern, M. Scolari, N. Fu, A. Myalitsin, and A. Mews

Polarized Raman spectra of gold particle - decorated individual carbon nanotubes

Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 173109 (2007)

16. A. Maroto, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Functionalized Metallic Carbon Nanotube Devices for pH Sensing

Chem. Phys. Chem. 8, 220 (2007)

15. U. Schlecht, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Hydrogen sensors based on electrochemically modified carbon nanotubes

Appl. Surf. Sci. 254, 8394 (2007)

14. K. Balasubramanian and M. Burghard

Biosensors based on carbon nanotubes

Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 385, 452 (2006)

13. R. Sordan, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard and K. Kern

Exclusive-OR gate with a single carbon nanotube

Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 053119 (2006)

12. K. Balasubramanian and M. Burghard

Charge transport through carbon nanotubes interacting with light

Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21, S22 (2006)

11. K. Balasubramanian and M. Burghard

Chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes

Small 1, 180 (2005)

10. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard

Funktionalisierte Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhren

Chemie in unserer Zeit 39, 16 (2005)

9. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, K. Kern, M. Scolari, and A. Mews

Photocurrent imaging of charge transport barriers in carbon nanotube devices

Nano Lett. 5, 507 (2005)

8. R. Sordan, K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Coulomb blockade phenomena in electromigration break junctions

Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 013106 (2005)

7. K. Balasubramanian, Y. Fan, M. Burghard, K. Kern, M. Friedrich, U. Wannek, and A. Mews

Photoelectronic transport imaging of individual semiconducting carbon nanotubes

Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2400 (2004)

6. K. Balasubramanian, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Carbon Nanotubes: Electrochemical Modification

Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (April 2004) pp. 507-517

5. K. Balasubramanian, R. Sordan, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

A selective electrochemical approach to carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

Nano Letters 4 (5) 827 (2004)

4. K. Balasubramanian, M. Friedrich, C. Jiang, Y. Fan, A. Mews, M. Burghard, and K. Kern

Electrical transport and confocal Raman studies of electrochemically modified individual carbon nanotubes

Adv. Mater. 15, 1515 (2003)

3. M. Burghard, S. Kooi, U. Schlecht, K. Balasubramanian and K. Kern,

Electrochemical functionalization of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes

Structural and Electronic Properties of Molecular Nanostructures 633, 71 (2002)

2. R. Marklein, K. Mayer, R. Hannemann, T. Krylow, K. Balasubramanian, K.J. Langenberg and V. Schmitz

Linear and nonlinear inversion algorithms applied in nondestructive evaluation

Inverse Problems 18, 1733-1759 (2002)

1. R. Marklein, K. Balasubramanian, A. Qing and K.J. Langenberg

Linear and nonlinear iterative scalar inversion of multi-frequency multi-bistatic experimental electromagnetic scattering data

Inverse Problems 17, 1597-1610 (2001)