“In situ synthesis and surface functionalization of gold nanoparticles with curcumin and their antioxidant properties: an experimental and density functional theory investigation”, Dheeraj K Singh, Ramya Jagannathan, Puneet Khandelwal, Priya Mary Abraham, Pankaj Poddar*, Nanoscale 2013, 5, 1882-1893; DOI:10.1039/c2nr33776b
“Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopic Evidences of Curcumin in Aqueous Medium: A Mechanistic Study of Its Solubility and Stability”, Ramya Jagannathan, Priya Mary Abraham, Pankaj Poddar*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012, 116, 14533–14540; DOI:10.1021/jp3050516
“Challenges associated with metal chelation therapy in Alzheimer's disease”, Muralidhar L Hegde, P Bharathi, Anitha Suram, Chitra Venugopal, Ramya Jagannathan, Pankaj Poddar, Pullabhatla Srinivas, Kumar Sambamurti, Kosagisharaf Jagannatha Rao, Janez Scancar, Luigi Messori, Luigi Zecca, Paolo Zatta, Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2009, 17, 457–468, DOI:10.3233/JAD-2009-1068
“In Situ Observation of Antibiotic Mediated Concurrent Growth of Two Distinct Homogeneous Populations of Gold Nanoparticles in Solution Phase, R. Jagannathan, A. S. Parmar, S. Adyanthaya, A. Prabhune, M. Muschol, P. Poddar*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 3478 (2009), DOI:10.1021/jp808205y
“Mechanistic Study of Surface Functionalization of Enzyme Lysozyme Synthesized Ag and Au Nanoparticles Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”, Raja Das, Ramya Jagannathan, Chandrashekhar Sharan, Umesh Kumar, Pankaj Poddar*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 21493–21500, (2009), DOI:10.1021/jp905806t
“Cephalexin-Mediated Synthesis of Quasi-Spherical and Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles and Their in Situ Capping by the Antibiotic”, Ramya Jagannathan, Pankaj Poddar*, Asmita Prabhune, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 6933, (2007), DOI:10.1021/jp067645r
Umesh Kumar (Joined as DBT-JRF)
Previous qualification: M. Sc. Biotechnology from M. S. University, Baroda (2005)
Thesis title: "Biosynthesis of metal/metal-oxide nanoparticles and measurement of their physical, biophysical properties"
"Extracellular bacterial synthesis of protein functionalized ferromagnetic Co3O4 nanocrystals and imaging of self-organization of bacterial cells under stress after exposure to metal ions". Chemistry of Materials 2008, 20, 1484–1491. Umesh Kumar., Ashvini S., Arti S. H., Oksana K., Walter Schwarzacher., Archana Pundle* and Pankaj Poddar*.
Real-time nanomechanical and topographical mapping on live bacterial cells Brevibacterium casei under stress due to their exposure to Co2+ ions during microbial synthesis of Co3O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2009, 113, 7927– 7933. Umesh Kumar., K. Vivekanand and Pankaj Poddar*.
Human blood vessel–derived endothelial progenitors for endothelialization of small diameter vascular prosthesis. PLoS ONE, 2009, 11 e7718. Amaresh K. Ranjan., Umesh Kumar., Ashutosh A. Hardikar., Pankaj Poddar., Prabha D. Nair and Anandwardhan A. Hardikar*.
Mechanistic study of surface functionalization of enzyme lysozyme synthesized Ag and Au nanoparticles using surface enhanced raman spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 21493–21500. Raja D., Ramya J., Chandrashekhar S., Umesh Kumar., and Pankaj Poddar*.
Green approach towards size controlled synthesis of biocompatible antibacterial metal nanoparticles in aqueous phase using lysozyme. Current Nanoscience, 2012, Vol-8, No-1. Umesh Kumar., Amaresh K. Ranjan, Chandrashekhar S., Anandwardhan A. Hardikar., Archana Pundle* and Pankaj Poddar*.
Imran Uddin
Previous qualification: M. Sc. Biotechnology from Goa University
1. Surface chemistry and growth mechanism of highly oriented, single crystalline TiO2 nanorods on transparent conducting oxide coated glass substrates. Subha Sadhu, Adhish Jaiswal, Suguna Adyanthaya and Pankaj Poddar, RSC Adv., 2013,3, 1933-1940
2. Static and dynamic magnetic properties and interplay of Dy3+, Gd3+ and Mn3+spins in orthorhombic DyMnO3 and GdMnO3 nanoparticles, Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal and Pankaj Poddar, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys, 2012, 46, 045301
3. Novel green bio-milling technique for the synthesis of BaTiO3 nanoparticle using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Imran Uddin, Adhish Jaiswal and Pankaj Poddar, Int. J. Innov. Biol. Res. 2:1 (2013) 1-5
4. Optical and structural properties of CTAB templated mesoporous ZnO. Adhish Jaiswal, Imran Uddin, Kumari Pinki, Biswajit Chowdhury, Pankaj Poddar , Journal of nano engineering and nanomanufacturing, 3, 1-5, 2013.
5. Magnetic and dielectric properties and Raman spectroscopy of GdCrO3 nanoparticles, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, K. Vivekanand, Tuhin Maity, Priya Mary Abraham, Suguna Adyanthaya, and Pankaj Poddar Journal of Applied Physics 2010, 107, 013912 .
6. Synthesis and optical studies of GdCrO3 nanoparticles. Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar, Journal of Nanopartical Research, 2010,13,1019 .
7. Effect of Reduced Particle Size on the Magnetic Properties of Chemically Synthesized BiFeO3 Nanocrystals .Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, K. Vivekanand, Priya Mary Abraham, Suguna Adyanthaya, and Pankaj Poddar Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 2108-2115.
8. Temperature-Dependent Raman and Dielectric Spectroscopy of BiFeO3 Nanoparticles: Signatures of Spin-Phonon and Magnetoelectric Coupling. Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, K. Vivekanand, Suguna Adyanthaya, and Pankaj Poddar Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 12432-12439.
9. Surface Effects on Morin Transition, Exchange Bias and Enchanced Spin Reorientation in Chemically Synthesized DyFeO3 nanoparticles. Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2011, 115, 2954–2960.
10. Origin of Magnetic Anomalies below the Neel Temperature in Nanocrystalline LuMnO3.Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal, Suguna Adyanthaya, and Pankaj Poddar Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 12104-12109.
11. Grain growth related effect on spin and phonon behavior in TbMnO3 nanoparticles, Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 109, 064309 .
12. Dielectric and spin relaxation behaviour in DyFeO3 nanocrystals, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, Pankaj Poddar Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 110, 124301
Raja Das (Ph D awarded in 2014)
Previous qualification: M. Sc. Nanosciencefrom Tezpur Central University, Assam (xxxx)
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Current location: Postdoctoral fellow (With Prof Hariharan Srikanth, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl, USA)
Publications during PhD
1. “Exchange spring mechanism induced enhancement in the magnetic properties of Fe3Se4:Fe3O4 nanocomposites”, Mousumi Sen Biswas, Raja Das, and Pankaj Poddar (Cummunicated 2014).
2. “In vitro DNA and HSA binding, pBR322 plasmid cleavage, molecular modeling study of novel Cu(I)–Schiff base complex: Validation of a specific chemotherapeutic agent for human cervical tumor cell line (SiHa)”, Sartaj Tabassum, Musheer Ahmad, Raja Das, Mohd. Afzal, Ruchi Singh, Mehvash Zaki, Pankaj Poddar, Parimal K. Bharadwaj (Cummunicated 2014).
3. “Effect of external magnetic field on Er+3 spin ordering below Néel transition in hexagonal ErMnO3”, Raja Das, and Pankaj Poddar (Cummunicated 2014).
4. “Surface disordered rutile TiO2-graphene quantum dots (TiO2-GQDs) hybrid: A new multifunctional material with superior photocatalytic properties”, Anupam Biswas, Raja Das, and Pankaj Poddar (Cummunicated 2014).
5.“Modification of crystal anisotropy and enhancement of magnetic moment of Co-doped SnO2 thin films annealed under magnetic field”, Sagrario-Melina SM Loya-Mancilla, Pankaj P Podar, Raja R Das, Hilda-Esperanza HE Esparza-Ponce, Ivan-Levi IL Templeton-Olivares, Oscar-Omar OO Solis-Canto, Carlos-Elias CE Ornelas-Gutierrez, Francisco F Espinosa-Magaña and Sion-Federico SF Olive-Mendez, (Cummunicated 2014).
6. "Complete Conversion of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes to Graphene Quantum Dots: A Scalable Aqueous-phase Synthesis”, Anupam Biswas, Raja Das, Samir R. Shaikh, and Pankaj Poddar*, (Cummunicated 2014).
7. "Inter-Chain Relay of Antiferromagnetic Ordering in 1D Co(II) Coordination Polymers via π–π Weak Interactions", Musheer Ahmad, Raja Das, Jerzy Mrozinski, Alina Bienko, Pankaj Poddar, and Parimal K. Bharadwaj(CrystEngComm, 2014,16, 8523-8530, DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01010H).
8. “Self-assembled Vertically Aligned Gold Nanorod Superlattices for Ultra-high Sensitive Detection of Molecules”, Amey Apte, Prashant Bhaskar, Raja Das, Smita Chaturvedi, Pankaj Poddar and Sulabha Kulkarni (Accepted, Nano Research 2014).
9. “Large magnetocaloric effect, moment and coercivity enhancement after coating silver on Ni nanoparticles", S. Srinath, Pankaj Poddar, Raja Das, D Sidhaye, B. L. V. Prasad, James Gass and Hariharan Srikanth, (Chemphyschem. Vol 15, 1619-1623 (2014) doi: 10.1002/cphc.201300886.).
10. “Colossal increase in energy product of Fe3Se4 by Fe-site doping”, Mousumi Sen Bishwas, Raja Das, and Pankaj Poddar, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp411956q |J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 4016−4022.
11.“Observation of exchange bias below incommensurate antiferromagnetic (ICAFM) to canted A-type antiferromagnetic (cAAFM) transition in nanocrystalline orthorhombic EuMnO3”, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar*, DOI: 10.1039/C3RA45435E, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 10614-10618.
12."Ligand- free one-step synthesis of {001} faceted semiconducting BiOCl single crystals and their photocatalytic activity", Anupam Biswas, Raja Das, Chandan Dey, Rahul Banerjee, Pankaj Poddar*,DOI: 10.1021/cg4014366, Cryst. Growth Des., 2014, 14 (1), pp 236–239.
13. “Ionic control on the morphology of ytterbium manganese oxide nanorods and nanoplates in a surfactant-free synthesis and their magnetic properties”, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar*, (J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (24), pp 13268–13275, DOI: 10.1021/jp503591f).
14. “Static and dynamic magnetic properties and effects of surface chemistry on the morphology and crystallinity of DyCrO3 nanoplatelets”, Preeti Gupta, Richa Bhargava, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar*, DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43088J, RSC Adv., 2013,3, 26427-26432.
15.“Static and Dynamic Magnetic Properties and Interplay of Dy3+, Gd3+ and Mn3+ spins in Orthorhombic DyMnO3 and GdMnO3 nanoparticles”, Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal,Pankaj Poddar*, doi:10.1088/0022-3727/46/4/045301, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46, 045301(2013).
16. “Bistable Dynamic Coordination Polymer Showing Reversible Structural and Functional Transformations”, Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar and Sujit K. Ghosh, Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51, 8317.
17.“Observation of Enhanced Dielectric Coupling and Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Chemically Synthesized BiFeO3@SiO2 Core-Shell Particles”, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, Pankaj Poddar and Sulabha K. Kulkarni, J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 19503.
18.“Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Organic Hybrid Materials of Co(II) Using Flexible and Rigid Nitrogen Based Ditopic Ligands as Spacers”, Musheer Ahmad, Manish K. Sharma, Raja Das,Pankaj Poddar* and Parimal K. Bharadwaj*, Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 1571−1578.
19.“Solid Phase Morphological Diversity of Rare Vanadium Cubane (V4O16) Based Metal Organic Framework”, Chandan Dey, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar, Rahul Banerjee , Cryst. Growth Des., 2012, 12 (1), pp 12–17.
20. “Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis from Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs): finding the border of Metal and Metal Oxides”, Raja Das, Pradip Pachfule, Rahul Banerjee, Pankaj Poddar*, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 591-599.
21. “Design and in situ synthesis of a Cu-based porous framework featuring isolated double chain magnetic character”, Chandan Dey, Raja Das, Binoy Krishna Saha, Pankaj Poddar*, Rahul Banerjee*, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 11008-11010.
22.“Dielectric and spin relaxation behaviour in DyFeO3 nanocrystals”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 124301 (2011).
23. Structural, Magnetic and Gas Adsorption Study of a series of Partially Fluorinated Metal−Organic Frameworks (F-MOFs)”, Pradip Pachfule, , Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar and Rahul Banerjee, Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 3855–3865 (2011).
24. “Effect of Particle Size and Annealing on Spin and Phonon Behavior in TbMnO3”, Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 064309 (2011).
25. “Surface Effects on Morin Transition, Exchange Bias and Enchanced Spin Reorientation in Chemically Synthesized DyFeO3 nanoparticles”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 2954–2960.
26.“Solvothermal Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Metal Organic Framework Isomers Derived from a Partially Fluorinated Link”, Pradip Pachfule, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar and Rahul Banerjee*, Crystal Growth & Design 2011, 11 (4), pp 1215–1222.
27.“Synthesis and Optical Studies of GdCrO3 Nanoparticles”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13, 1019 (2011).
28. “Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in undoped and Fe doped ZnO Nanorods: Microwave Assisted Synthesis”, Mukta V. Limaye, Shashi B. Singh, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar and Sulabha K. Kulkarni, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184, 391-400, 2011.
29.“Investigations of magnetic and dielectric properties of cupric oxide nanoparticles”, Rohini S. Bhalerao-Panajkar, Mandar M.Shirolkar, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, Pankaj Poddar, S. K. Kulkarni, Solid State Communications, 151, 55-60, (2011).
30. "Structural and Selective Gas Adsorption Studies of Polyoxometalate and Tris-(ethylenediamine) Cobalt (III) Based Ionic Crystals", Chandan Dey, Raja Das,Pradip Pachfule, Pankaj Poddar, and Rahul Banerjee, Crystal Growth & Design, 11, 139-146,2011.
31. “Structural, Magnetic and Gas Adsorption Study of a Two Dimensional tetrazole-pyrimidine based Metal Organic Framework”, Pradip Pachfule, Raja Das, Pankaj Poddar and Rahul Banerjee, Crystal Growth & Design, 10 (6), pp 2475–2478 (2010).
32. “Origin of Magnetic Anomalies below Néel Temperature in Nanocrystalline LuMnO3”, Raja Das, Adhish Jaiswal, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (28), 12104-12109 (2010).
33. “Temperature Dependent Raman & Dielectric Spectroscopy of BiFeO3 Nanoparticles: Signatures of Spin-Phonon and Magnetoelectric Coupling”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, Tuhin Maity, K. Vivekanand, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (29), 12432-12439.
34. “Effect of reduced particle size on the Temperature Dependent Raman Spectra and Magnetization of Chemically Synthesized BiFeO3 Nanocrystals”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, K. Vivekanand, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (5), pp 2108–2115 (2010).
35. “Magnetic, Dielectric Properties and Raman Spectroscopy of GdCrO3 nanoparticles”, Adhish Jaiswal, Raja Das, K. Vivekanand, Tuhin Maity, Priya Mary Abraham, Suguna Adyanthaya, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Applied Physics, 107, 013912, (2010).
36. “Mechanistic Study of Surface Functionalization of Enzyme Synthesized Ag and Au Nanoparticles using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Technique”, Raja Das, Ramya Jagannathan, Chandrashekhar Sharan, Umesh Kumar, Pankaj Poddar*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 21493–21500, (2009).
