Our research group mainly focuses on the controlled synthesis of several functional nanoparticles/nanoclusters such as metal oxides, carbon nanomaterials, transition metal chalogenides, and polymers, as well as their use as building blocks to develop new nanostructured materials with controlled nanoscale features and unique properties. These nanomaterials are also being evaluated to explore their potential applications in renewable energy technologies (solar/fuel cells and hydrogen production), separation, sensing, bacterial detection and environmental remediation.