Publications

Ketan Dighe,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Pranay Saha, Nivetha Gunaseelan, Dipanjan Pan. Cooperative effect of complementary antisense oligonucleotides and CRISPR effectors for universal DNA-based pathogen assay using nano-enabled colorimetry. Materials Today 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2024.09.017 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) - (IF: 21.1)

Nivetha Gunaseelan,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Pranay Saha, Teresa Aditya, Mahdieh Moghiseh, Kevin Jonker, Steven Gieseg, Anthony Butler, Fadia Kamal, Dipanjan Pan. Targeted K‐Edge Nanoprobes From Praseodymium and Hafnium for Ratiometric Tracking of Dual Biomarkers using Spectral Photon Counting CT. Advanced Science 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408408 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) - (IF: 14.3)

Sourav Sarkar, Parikshit Moitra, Wei Duan, Santanu Bhattacharya. A Multifunctional Aptamer Decorated Lipid Nanoparticles for the Delivery of EpCAM-targeted CRISPR/Cas9 Plasmid for Efficacious In Vivo Tumor Regression. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202402259 - (IF: 10.0)

Hamideh R. Alanagh, Parinaz Fathi, Hailey J. Knox, Parikshit Moitra, Jefferson Chan and Dipanjan Pan. Exploring Biliverdin’s Molecular Interactions with Cu- and Fe-Based MOFs: A Unified In Vitro Study with Photoacoustic Analysis. Langmuir 2024, 40, 18407-18417. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03584 - (IF: 3.7)

Sourav Sarkar, Parikshit Moitra, Sayan Bera, Santanu Bhattacharya. Antisense Oligonucleotide Embedded Context Responsive Nanoparticles Derived from Synthetic Ionizable Lipids for lncRNA Targeted Therapy of Breast Cancer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16, 45871-45887. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c04893 - (IF: 8.3)

Manas Barai, Emili Manna, Habiba Sultana, Manas K Mandal, Tuhin Manna, Anuttam Patra, Biplab Roy, Vasantha Gowda, Chien-Hsiang Chang, Alexander V Akentiev, Alexey G Bikov, Boris A Noskov, Parikshit Moitra, Chandradipa Ghosh, Shin-ichi Yusa, Santanu Bhattacharya, Amiya Kumar Panda. Physicochemical Studies on Amino Acid Based Metallosurfactants in Combination with Phospholipid. Chemistry- An Asian Journal 2024, e202400284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202400284 - (IF: 3.5)

Teresa Aditya,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Maha Alafeef, David Skrodzki, Dipanjan Pan. Chiral Induction in 2D Borophene Nanoplatelets through Stereoselective Boron-Sulfur Conjugation. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 11921-11932. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c01792 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) - (IF: 17.1)

Parikshit Moitra, David Skrodzki, Matthew Molinaro, Nivetha Gunaseelan, Dinabandhu Sar, Teresa Aditya, Dipendra Dahal, Priyanka Ray, Dipanjan Pan. Context-Responsive Nanoparticle Derived from Synthetic Zwitterionic Ionizable Phospholipids in Targeted CRISPR/Cas9 Therapy for Basal-like Breast Cancer. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 9199-9220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c01400 - (IF: 17.1)

David Skrodzki, Matthew Molinaro, Richard Brown, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan. Synthesis and Bioapplication of Emerging Nanomaterials of Hafnium. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 1289–1324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c08917 - (IF: 17.1)

Sourav Sarkar, Parikshit Moitra and Santanu Bhattacharya. Structure-Activity Relationship of Drug Conjugated Polymeric Materials against Uropathogenic Bacteria Colonization under In Vitro and In Vivo Settings. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024, 12, 187-201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TB01841E - (IF: 7.0)

Moumita Moitra, Maha Alafeef, Arjun Narasimhan, Vikram Kakaria, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan. Diagnosis of COVID-19 with simultaneous accurate prediction of cardiac abnormalities from chest computed tomographic images. Plos One, 2023, 18, e0290494. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290494 - (IF: 3.7)

Ketan Dighe,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Nivetha Gunaseelan, Maha Alafeef, Tor Jensen, Carla Rafferty, Dipanjan Pan. Highly Specific Single-Stranded Oligonucleotides and Functional Nanoprobes for Clinical Determination of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infections. Advanced Science, 2023, 10, 2304009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304009 (Selected as inside front cover of the Journal issue) (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 15.1)

Santosh K. Misra, Mao Ye, Parikshit Moitra, Ketan Dighe, Abhinav Sharma, Enrique A. Daza, Aaron S. Schwartz-Duval, Fatemeh Ostadhossein and Dipanjan Pan. Synthesis of an enediyne carbon-allotrope surface for photo-thermal degradation of DNA. Chemical Communications, 2023, 59, 13434-13437. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC03353H (Selected as outside front cover of the Journal issue) - (IF: 4.9)

Indrajit Srivastava, Parikshit Moitra, Kurtis M Brent, Kevin Wang, Subhendu Pandit, Esra Altun and Dipanjan Pan. Biodegradable and switchable near-infrared fluorescent probes for hypoxia detection. Nanomedicine, 2023, 18, 1061-1073. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2023-0095 - (IF: 5.5)

Kiruphagaran Thangaraju, Saini Setua, Christina Lisk, Delaney Swindle, Daniel Stephenson, Monika Dzieciatkowska, Derek R. Lamb, Parikshit Moitra, David Pak, Kathryn Hassell, Gemlyn George, Rachelle Nuss, Pavel Davizon-Castillo, Kurt R. Stenmark, Angelo D’Alessandro, David C. Irwin, and Paul W. Buehler. Extracellular Vesicle Size Reveals Cargo Specific to Coagulation and Inflammation in Pediatric and Adult Sickle Cell Disease. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2023, 29, 10760296231186144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10760296231186144 – (IF: 2.9)

Fatemeh Ostadhossein, Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, Dinabandhu Sar, Shannon D’Souza, Lily F Benig, Michael Nelappana, Xuedong Huang, Julio Soares, Kai Zhang, Dipanjan Pan. Ensemble and single-particle level fluorescent fine-tuning of carbon dots via positional changes of amines toward “supervised” oral microbiome sensing. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2023, 28, 082807. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.8.082807 – (IF: 3.5)

Umesh,ǂ Sourav Sarkar,ǂ Sayan Bera, Parikshit Moitra, Santanu Bhattacharya. A self-healable and injectable hydrogel for pH-responsive doxorubicin drug delivery in vitro and in vivo for colon cancer treatment. Materials Today Chemistry, 2023, 30, 101554. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101554 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 7.613)

Parikshit Moitra, Maria Iftesum, David Skrodzki, Priyanka Paul, Elnaz Sheikh, Jennifer Lynn Gray, Ketan Dighe, Zach Sheffield, Manas Ranjan Gartia and Dipanjan Pan. Nucleotide Driven Molecular Sensing of Monkeypox Virus Through Hierarchical Self-assembly of Two-dimensional Hafnium Sulfide Nanoplatelets and Gold Nanospheres. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2212569. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202212569 (Article appeared as Hot Topic: Gold; Monkeypox Collection February 2023) – (IF: 19.924)

Maha Alafeef, David Skrodzki, Parikshit Moitra, Nivetha Gunaseelan, Dipanjan Pan. Binding-Induced Folding of DNA Oligonucleotides Targeted to the Nucleocapsid Gene Enables Electrochemical Sensing of SARS-CoV-2. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2023, 6, 1133–1145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00984 – (IF: 3.25)

Xiangyu Zhang, Santosh Kumar Misra, Parikshit Moitra, Xiuli Zhang, Se-Jin Jeong, Jeremiah Stitham, Astrid Rodriguez Velez, Arick Park, Yu-Sheng Yeh, William E Gillanders, Daping Fan, Abhinav Diwan, Jaehyung Cho, Slava Epelman, Irfan Lodhi, Dipanjan Pan, Babak Razani, Use of Acidic Nanoparticles to Rescue Macrophage Lysosomal Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis. Autophagy, 2023, 19, 886-903. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2022.2108252 – (IF: 16.142)

Meghan M Watt,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Zach Sheffield,ǂ Fatemah Ostadhossein, Elizabeth Maxwell, Dipanjan Pan, A narrative review on the role of carbon nanoparticles in oncology. WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2023, 15, e1845. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wnan.1845 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 9.423)

Stephen C Rogers, Parikshit Moitra, Mary Brummet, Zohreh Safari, Qihong Wang, Joy Okhuevbie, Nancy Anabaraonye, Osheiza Y Abdulmalik, Martin K Safo, Nicole Glynn-Cunningham, Jennie Y Law, Maria R Baer, Dipanjan Pan, Allan Doctor. Compound Nanoparticle 5HMF-Prodrug Formulations for Optimized Anti-Sickling Therapy. Blood, 2022, 140, Supplement 1, 5380-5381. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-168781 – (IF: 25.476)

Parinaz Fathi, Ayman Roslend, Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, Ketan Dighe, Mandy B. Esch, Dipanjan Pan. In Situ Surface-Directed Assembly of 2D Metal Nanoplatelets for Drug-Free Treatment of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2022, 11, 2270113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202102567 (Selected as inside front cover of the Journal issue) - (IF: 11.092)

Eloghosa Ikponmwoba, Okezzi Ukorigho, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan, Manas Ranjan Gartia and Opeoluwa Owoyele. A Machine Learning Framework for Detecting COVID-19 Infection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Biosensors, 2022, 12, 589. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12080589 – (IF: 5.743)

Subhajit Bhunia,ǂ Pranay Saha,ǂ Parikshit Moitra, Matthew A. Addicoat, Santanu Bhattacharya. Efficacious and sustained release of an anticancer drug mitoxantrone from new covalent organic frameworks using protein corona. Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 7920-7932. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC00260D (ǂContributed equally to this work) – (IF: 9.969)

Dinabandhu Sar,ǂ Fatemeh Ostadhossein,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Maha Alafeef, Dipanjan Pan. Small Molecule NIR-II Dyes for Switchable Photoluminescence via Host-Guest Complexation and Supramolecular Assembly with Carbon Dots. Advanced Science, 2022, 9, 2202414. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202202414 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) (Selected as frontpiece of the Journal and This article also appears in: Hot Topic: Carbon, Graphite, and Graphene) – (IF: 17.521)

Parikshit Moitra, Ardalan Chaichi, Syed Mohammad Abid Hasan, Ketan Dighe, Maha Alafeef, Alisha Prasad, Manas Ranjan Gartia, Dipanjan Pan. Probing the mutation independent interaction of DNA probes with SARS-CoV-2 variants through a combination of surface-enhanced Raman scattering and machine learning. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022, 208, 114200. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2022.114200 – (IF: 12.545)

Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe and Dipanjan Pan. Single-gene diagnostic assay for rapid subclassification of basal like breast cancer with mRNA targeted antisense oligonucleotide capped molecular probe. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022, 207, 114178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2022.114178 – (IF: 12.545)

Zach Sheffield, Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, Priyanka Ray and Dipanjan Pan. N-gene-complementary antisense-oligonucleotide directed molecular aggregation of dual-colour carbon dots, leading to efficient fluorometric sensing of SARS-COV-2 RNA. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 5112-5120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR07169F – (IF: 8.307)

Fatemah Ostadhossein,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Nivetha Gunaseelan, Michael Nelappana, Chiara Lowe, Mahdieh Moghiseh, Anthony Butler, Niels de Ruiter, Harish Mandalika, Indu Tripathi, Santosh K. Misra and Dipanjan Pan. Hitchhiking probiotic vectors to deliver ultra-small hafnia nanoparticles for ‘Color’ gastrointestinal tract photon counting X-ray imaging. Nanoscale Horizons, 2022, 7, 533-542. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NH00626F (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) (Selected as inside back cover page of the Journal, Volume 7, Issue 5, 2022) – (IF: 11.684)

Pranay Saha, Parikshit Moitra, Urmimala Bhattacharjee, Santanu Bhattacharya. Bimodal Turn-on Fluorescent Probe for Photophysical and Electrochemical Detection of Human Serum Albumin in Clinical Samples. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2101874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101874 – (IF: 6.389)

Pranay Saha, Parikshit Moitra, Urmimala Bhattacharjee, Santanu Bhattacharya. Selective pathological and intracellular detection of human serum albumin by photophysical and electrochemical techniques using a FRET-based molecular probe. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022, 203, 114007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2022.114007 – (IF: 12.545)

Maha Alafeef,ǂ Ketan Dighe,ǂ Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan. Monitoring the Viral Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Still Waterbodies Using Lanthanide-Doped Carbon Nanoparticle Based Sensor Array. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 245-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06066 (ǂContributed equally to this work) – (IF: 9.224)

Ketan Dighe,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Maha Alafeef,ǂ Nivetha Gunaseelan, Dipanjan Pan. A rapid RNA extraction-free lateral flow assay for molecular point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 augmented by chemical probes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022, 200, 113900. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113900 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 12.545)

Priyanka Ray,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Dipanjan Pan. Emerging theranostic applications of carbon dots and its variants. View, 2022, 3, 20200089. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20200089 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) (Selected as inside front cover page of the Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2022) – (IF: 8.6)

Indrajit Srivastava, Parikshit Moitra, Muhammad Fayyaz, Subhendu Pandit, Taylor L. Kampert, Parinaz Fathi, Hamideh Rezvani Alanagh, Ketan Dighe, Maha Alafeef, Katherine Vuong, Musarrat Jabeen, Shuming Nie, Joseph Irudayaraj, and Dipanjan Pan. Rational Design of Surface-State Controlled Multicolor Cross-Linked Carbon Dots with Distinct Photoluminescence and Cellular Uptake Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 59747–59760. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c19995 – (IF: 10.383)

Aaron S Schwartz-Duval, Rachele Wen, Indrajit Srivastava, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan. A Simplistic Single-Step Method for Preparing Biomimetic Nanoparticles from Endogenous Biomaterials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 46464–46477. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c17302 – (IF: 10.383)

Indrajit Srivastava, Parikshit Moitra, Dinabandhu Sar, Kevin Wang, Maha Alafeef, John W Scott, Dipanjan Pan. Luminescence Switching in Polymerically Confined Carbon Nanoparticles Triggered by UV-light. Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 16288-16295. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR02786G – (IF: 8.307)

Manas Barai, Emili Manna, Habiba Sultana, Manas Kumar Mandal, Kartik Chandra Guchhait, Tuhin Manna, Anuttam Patra, Chien-Hsiang Chang, Parikshit Moitra, Chandradipa Ghosh, Anna-Carin Larsson, Santanu Bhattacharya, Amiya Kumar Panda. Micro-structural investigations on oppositely charged mixed surfactant gels with potential dermal applications. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 15527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94777-2 – (IF: 5.516)

Parinaz Fathi, Parikshit Moitra, Madeleine M. McDonald, Mandy Brigitte Esch, Dipanjan Pan. Near-infrared emitting dual-stimuli-responsive carbon dots from endogenous bile pigments. Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 13487-13496. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR01295A – (IF: 8.307)

Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, Ketan Dighe, Dipanjan Pan. Hyperspectral Mapping for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Nanomolecular Probes with Yoctomole Sensitivity. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 13742-13758. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c05226 – (IF: 18.027)

Fatemeh Ostadhossein, Parikshit Moitra, Esra Altun,ǂ Debapriya Dutta,ǂ Dinabandhu Sar, Indu Tripathi, Shih-Hsuan Hsiao, Valeriya Kravchuk, Shuming Nie, Dipanjan Pan. Function-adaptive clustered nanoparticles reverse Streptococcus mutans dental biofilm and maintain microbiota balance. Communications Biology (Nature Publishing Group), 2021, 4, 846. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02372-y (ǂContributed equally to this work) – (IF: 6.268)

Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Maha Alafeef,ǂ Ketan Dighe,ǂ Priyanka Ray,ǂ James Chang, Aaron Thole, Benjamin Punshon-Smith, Michael Tolosa, Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Xudong Ge, Douglas D. Frey, Dipanjan Pan, Govind Rao. Rapid and low-cost sampling for detection of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in dehumidifier condensate. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 2021, 118, 3029-3036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27812 (ǂContributed equally to this work) (one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in an issue between 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021) – (IF: 4.395)

Maha Alafeef,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Ketan Dighe,ǂ Dipanjan Pan. RNA-extraction-free nano-amplified colorimetric test for point-of-care clinical diagnosis of COVID-19. Nature Protocols, 2021, 16, 3141-3162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00546-w (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 13.491)

Parikshit Moitra, Santosh K. Misra, Krishan Kumar, Paturu Kondaiah, Phuong Tran, Wei Duan, Santanu Bhattacharya. Cancer Stem Cell-Targeted Gene Delivery Mediated by Aptamer-Decorated pH-Sensitive Nanoliposomes. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2021, 7, 2508-2519. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00110 – (IF: 5.395)

Parikshit Moitra, Maha Alafeef, Ketan Dighe, Zach Sheffield, Dipendra Dahal, Dipanjan Pan. Synthesis and characterisation of N-gene targeted NIR-II fluorescent probe for selective localisation of SARS-CoV-2. Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 6229-6232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC01410B (Selected as front cover page of the Journal, Issue 51, 2021) – (IF: 6.065)

Parinaz Fathi, Ayman Roslend, Kritika Mehta, Parikshit Moitra, Kai Zhang, Dipanjan Pan. UV-Trained and Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Biliverdin and Biliverdin Nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 4785-4798. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR08485A – (IF: 8.307)

Parikshit Moitra, Deepa Bhagat, Vinayak B. Kamble, Arun M. Umarji, Rudra Pratap, Santanu Bhattacharya. First Example of Engineered β-Cyclodextrinylated MEMS Devices for Volatile Pheromone Sensing of Olive Fruit Pests. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021, 173, 112728. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112728 – (IF: 12.545)

Maha Alafeef,ǂ Ketan Dighe,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Dipanjan Pan. Rapid, Ultrasensitive and Quantitative Detection of SARS-CoV-2 using Antisense Oligonucleotides Directed Electrochemical Biosensor Chip. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 17028-17045. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06392 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 18.027) Cited more than 350 times.

Santosh K. Misra, Parikshit Moitra, Paturu Kondaiah, Santanu Bhattacharya. Breaking the Barrier of Polynucleotide Size, Type and Topology in SMAD-2 Antisense Therapy using a Cationic Cholesterol Dimer with Flexible Spacer. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2020, 3, 7712-7721. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00924 – (IF: 4.9)

Aaron S. Schwartz-Duval, Christian J. Konopka, Parikshit Moitra, Enrique A. Daza, Indrajit Srivastava, Elyse V. Johnson, Taylor L. Kampert, Stanley Fayn, Anand Haran, Lawrence W. Dobrucki, and Dipanjan Pan. Intratumoral Generation of Photothermal Gold Nanoparticles through a Vectorized Biomineralization of Ionic Gold, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 4530. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17595-6 – (IF: 17.69)

Jayita Pradhan, Parikshit Moitra, Umesh, Bidisa Das, Pramita Mondal, Gundam Sandeep Kumar, Uttam Kumar Ghorai, Somobrata Acharya, Santanu Bhattacharya. Encapsulation of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals by a Tripodal Amine Markedly Improves Photoluminescence and Stability Concomitantly via Anion Defect Elimination, Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 7159–7171. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00385 – (IF: 10.508)

Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Maha Alafeef,ǂ Ketan Dighe, Mattew B. Frieman, Dipanjan Pan. Selective Naked-Eye Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Mediated by N Gene Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotide Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 7617–7627. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03822 (Featured in many news articles including University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine news highlights; The article is also highlighted in the Editorial: Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93, 8379−8380) (ǂContributed equally to this work) – (IF: 18.027) Cited more than 600 times.

Maha Alafeef, Parikshit Moitra, Dipanjan Pan. Nano-enabled sensing approaches for pathogenic bacterial detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020, 165, 112276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112276 – (IF: 12.545)

KDM Rao, Mozakkar Hossain, Aniket Roy, Anudeepa Ghosh, Gundam Sandeep Kumar, Parikshit Moitra, Tapas Kamilya, Somobrata Acharya, Santanu Bhattacharya. Transparent, flexible MAPbI3 perovskite microwire arrays passivated with ultra-hydrophobic supramolecular self-assembly for stable and high-performance photodetectors, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 11986-11996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR01394C – (IF: 8.307)

Krishan Kumar,ǂ Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Mohsin Bashir, Paturu Kondaiah, Santanu Bhattacharya. Natural tripeptide capped pH-sensitive gold nanoparticles for efficacious doxorubicin delivery both in vitro and in vivo, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 1067-1074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR08475D (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) – (IF: 8.307)

Mohini Kamra, Parikshit Moitra, Devasena Ponnalagu, Anjali A. Karande and Santanu Bhattacharya. New water-soluble oxyamino chitosans as biocompatible vectors for efficacious anticancer therapy via co-delivery of gene and drug, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11, 37442-37460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b09485 – (IF: 10.383)

Parikshit Moitra*. A Combinatorial Approach of Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation towards the Discovery of a Highly Selective Inhibitor for VP9 Coat Protein of Banna Virus, Bioorganic Chemistry, 2019, 86, 15-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.01.021 (as a sole and corresponding author) – (IF: 5.307)

Bidhan Chandra Patra, Sabuj Das, Arnab Ghosh, Anish Raj, Parikshit Moitra, Matthew Addicoat, Sagar Mitra, Asim Bhaumik, Santanu Bhattacharya and Anirban Pradhan. Covalent Organic Framework-based Microspheres as Anode Material for Rechargeable Sodium Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 16655-16663. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA04611E – (IF: 14.511)

Bappa Maiti, Krishan Kumar, Parikshit Moitra, Paturu Kondaiah and Santanu Bhattacharya. Reduction Responsive Nanovesicles Derived from Novel α-Tocopheryl-Lipoic Acid Conjugates for Efficacious Drug Delivery to Sensitive and Drug Resistant Cancer Cells, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2018, 29, 255-266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00497 – (IF: 6.069)

Parikshit Moitra, Krishan Kumar, Sourav Sarkar, Paturu Kondaiah, Wei Duan and Santanu Bhattacharya. New pH-responsive gemini lipid derived co-liposomes for efficacious doxorubicin delivery to drug resistant cancer cells. Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 8184-8187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC03320F – (IF: 6.065)

Parikshit Moitra, Yashonath Subramanian and Santanu Bhattacharya. Concentration Dependent Self-Assembly of TrKNGF Receptor Derived Tripeptide: New Insights from Experiment and Computer Simulations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, 121, 815-824. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10511 – (IF: 3.466)

Parikshit Moitra, Deepa Bhagat, Rudra Pratap and Santanu Bhattacharya. A novel bio-engineering approach to generate an eminent surface-functionalized template for selective detection of female sex pheromone of Helicoverpa armigera. Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 2016, 6, 37355. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37355 (Featured in Research Matters, ICAR Newsletter, SABP Newsletter and India International Science Festival 2017) – (IF: 5.516)

Santosh K. Misra, Parikshit Moitra, Paturu Kondaiah and Santanu Bhattacharya. Co-liposomes having Anisamide Tagged Lipid and Cholesteryl Tryptophan Trigger Enhanced Gene Transfection in Sigma Receptor Positive Cells. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2016, 142, 130–140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.02.044 – (IF: 5.999)

Subham Bhattacharjee, Suman K. Samanta, Parikshit Moitra, K. Pramoda, Ram Kumar, Santanu Bhattacharya and C. N. R. Rao. Nanocomposite Made of an Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)-Based Trihybrid Thixotropic Metallo(organo)gel Comprising Nanoscale Metal–Organic Particles, Carbon Nanohorns, and Silver Nanoparticles. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2015, 21, 5467-5476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201405522 – (IF: 5.02)

Parikshit Moitra,ǂ Krishan Kumar,ǂ Paturu Kondaiah and Santanu Bhattacharya. Efficacious anticancer drug delivery mediated by a pH-sensitive self-assembly of a conserved tripeptide derived from tyrosine kinase NGF receptor. Angewandte Chemie, 2014, 126, 1131-1135; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 1113-1117 (ǂContributed equally to this work as first authors) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201307247 – (IF: 16.823) Cited more than 100 times.

Santosh K. Misra, Parikshit Moitra, Bhupender S. Chhikara, Paturu Kondaiah and Santanu Bhattacharya. Loading of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Cationic Cholesterol Suspensions Significantly Improve Gene Transfection Efficiency in Serum. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 7985-7998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM15659H – (IF: 6.626)