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Publications from IIT Indore
"The Goal of Scientific Research is to Uncover the Actual Workings of the Natural World."
(43) Patel, C. K.; Mallik, A.; Rath, D. K.; Kumar, R.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Coalescence‐Driven Local Crowding Promotes Liquid‐to‐Solid‐Like Phase Transition in a Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Droplet Assembly"
bioRxiv 2024.10.08.617323; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.08.617323
(42) Patel, C. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Biomolecular Condensation of Trypsin Prevents Autolysis and Promotes Ca2+‐Mediated Activation of Esterase Activity"
Biomacromolecules, Just Accepted, 2024; DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00736
(41) Singh, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Photosensitizer-Free Singlet Oxygen Generation via Charge Transfer Transition involving Molecular O2 toward Highly Efficient Oxidative Coupling of Arylamines to Azoaromatics"
Chemical Science, Just Accepted, 2024; DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04115A
(40) Singh, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Photosensitizer-Free Singlet Oxygen Generation via Charge Transfer Transition involving Molecular O2 toward Highly Efficient Oxidative Coupling of Arylamines to Azoaromatics"
ChemRxiv 2024 DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-x7r91
(39) Patel, C. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Biomolecular Condensation of Trypsin Prevents Autolysis and Promotes Ca2+‐Mediated Activation of Esterase Activity"
bioRxiv 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.01.596986
(38) Singh, S.; Agarwal, V.; Sarma*, T. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Metal-Free Photocatalysis at Charged Aqueous Interface: Boosting the Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Arylamines to Azoaromatics under Ambient Conditions"
Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, 9109-9114
(37) Singh, S.; Agarwal, V.; Sarma*, T. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Metal-Free Photocatalysis at Charged Aqueous Interface: Boosting the Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Arylamines to Azoaromatics under Ambient Conditions"
ChemRxiv 2023 DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-h0k1s
(36) Patel, C. K.; Rani, C.; Kumar, R.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Macromolecular Crowding Promotes Reentrant Liquid‐Liquid Phase Separation of Human Serum Transferrin and Prevents Surface‐Induced Fibrillation"
Biomacromolecules 2023, 24, 3917-3928
(35) Patel, C. K.; Rani, C.; Kumar, R.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Macromolecular Crowding Promotes Reentrant Liquid‐Liquid Phase Separation of Human Serum Transferrin and Prevents Surface‐Induced Fibrillation"
bioRxiv 2023.06.21.545847; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.21.545847
(34) Singh, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Coacervate-Based Plexcitonic Assembly toward Peroxidase-Like Activity and Ultrasensitive Glucose Sensing"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 25524-25535
(33) Saini, B.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Biomolecular Condensates Regulate Enzymatic Activity under Crowded Milieu: Synchronization of Liquid‐Liquid Phase separation and Enzymatic Transformation"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2023, 127, 180-193
"Early Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry"
“Enzymes in a Crowded Milieu”: Alone we are unstable, inefficient and contribute little; together we are safe and efficient. Here, we discover that biomolecular condensates of enzymes in a crowded milieu can remarkably enhance their selectivity and activity.
(32) Saini, B.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Synthetic Protocell as Efficient Bioreactor: Enzymatic Superactivity and Ultrasensitive Glucose Sensing in Urine"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 53462-53474
(31) Saini, B.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Regulates Enzymatic Activity"
bioRxiv 2022.06.16.496378; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.16.496378
(30) Patel, C. K.; Singh, S.; Saini, B.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Macromolecular Crowding‐Induced Unusual Liquid‐Liquid Phase Separation of Human Serum Albumin via Soft Protein‐Protein Interactions"
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 3636-3644
(29) Singh, S.; Rao, C.; Nandi, C. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Quantum Dot‐Embedded Hybrid Photocatalytic Nanoreactors for Visible‐light Photocatalysis and Dye Degradation"
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 7427-7439
(28) Saini, B; Khamari, L.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Kinetic and Mechanistic Insight into the Surfactant-Induced Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Efficacy: Importance of Surface Restructuring"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 2130-2141
(JPC virtual special issue (VSI): Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya Festschrift)
(27) Saini#, B; Singh#, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Nanocatalysis Under Nanoconfinement: Metal‐Free Hybrid Coacervate Nanodroplet as Catalytic Nanoreactor for Efficient Redox and Photocatalytic Reactions"
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 51117-51131.
(#: Equal contribution)
(26) Saini, B; Singh, R.; Mukhopadhyay*, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Specific Loading and In Vitro Controlled Release of Ru-Based Hydrophobically Encapsulated Model Anticancer Drug Inside Nano-Assemblies toward Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery"
ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4, 2037-2051.
(25) Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Selective uptake and modulation of nanometal surface energy transfer from quantum dot to Au nanoparticle across lipid bilayer of liposomes"
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2020, 401, 112773.
(24) Saini, Bhawna; Singh, Ravi Raj; Nayak, Debasis; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Biocompatible pH-Responsive Luminescent Coacervate Nanodroplets from Carbon Dots and Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) Toward Theranostic Applications"
ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, 3, 5826-5837.
(23) Singh, Shivendra; Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Quantum Dot-Based Hybrid Coacervate Nanodroplets for Ultrasensitive
Detection of Hg2+"
ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, 3, 3604-3612.
(22) Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Highly Photostable and Two-Photon Active Quantum Dot-Polymer Multicolor Hybrid Coacervate Droplets"
Langmuir, 2019, 35, 11764-11773.
(21) Maiti, S.; Jadhav, R. G.; Mobin, S. M.; Mukherjee, T. K.; Das*, A. K.
"Insights into the Aggregation Behaviour of Benzoselenadiazole-Based Compound and Generation of White Light Emission"
ChemPhysChem 2019, 20, 2221-2229.
(20) Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Surfactant-Induced Self-Assembly of CdTe Quantum Dots into Multicolor Luminescent Hybrid Vesicles"
Langmuir 2019, 35, 6409-6420.
(19) Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Long-Range Resonance Coupling-Induced Surface Energy Transfer from CdTe Quantum Dot to Plasmonic Nanoparticle"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 28324-28336.
(18) Prajapati, R.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Effect of surfactant assemblies on the resonance energy transfer from 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole to silver nanoclusters"
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2018, 353, 130-137.
(17) Bhattacharya, A.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Synergistic Enhancement of Electron Accepting and Donating Ability of Non-Conjugated Polymer Nanodot in Micellar Environment"
Langmuir 2017, 33, 14718-14727.
(16) Bhattacharya, A.; Bhowmik, S.; Singh, A. K.; Kodgire, P.; Das, A. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Direct Evidence of Intrinsic Blue Fluorescence from Oligomeric Interfaces of Human Serum Albumin"
Langmuir 2017, 33, 10606-10615.
(15) Vaishnav, J. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Tuning of resonance energy transfer from 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole to ultrasmall silver nanocluster across lipid bilayer"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 27305-27312.
(14) Bhattacharya, A.; Das, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Insights into the Thermodynamics of Polymer Nanodot-Human Serum Albumin Association: A Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Approach"
Langmuir 2016, 32, 12067-12077.
(13) Prajapati, R.; Bhattacharya, A.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Resonant excitation energy transfer from carbon dots to different sized silver Nanoparticles"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 28911-28918.
(12) Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Insights into the morphology of human serum albumin and sodium dodecyl sulfate complex: A spectroscopic and microscopic approach"
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2016, 478, 29-35.
(11) Prajapati, R.; Chatterjee, S.; Kannaujiya, K. K.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Effect of compartmentalization of donor and acceptor on the ultrafast resonance energy transfer from DAPI to silver nanoclusters"
Nanoscale 2016, 8, 13006-13016.
(10) Bhattacharya, A.; Chatterjee, S.; Khorwal, V.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Luminescence turn-on/off sensing of biological iron by carbon dots in transferrin"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 5148-5158.
(9) Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Thermal luminescence quenching of amine-functionalized silicon quantum dots: a pH and wavelength-dependent study"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 24078-24085.
(8) Prajapati, R.; Chatterjee, S.; Bhattacharya, A.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Surfactant-Induced Modulation of Nanometal Surface Energy Transfer from Silicon Quantum Dots to Silver Nanoparticles"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 13325-13334.
(7) Bhattacharya, A.; Chatterjee, S.; Prajapati, R.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Size-dependent penetration of carbon dots inside the ferritin nanocages: evidence for quantum confinement effect in carbon dots"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 12833-12840.
(6) Bhattacharya, A.; Prajapati, R.; Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Concentration-Dependent Reversible Self-Oligomerization of Serum Albumins through Intermolecular β‑Sheet Formation"
Langmuir 2014, 30, 14894-14904.
(5) Chatterjee, S.; Prajapati, R.; Bhattacharya, A.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Microscopic Evidence of "Necklace and Bead"-Like Morphology of Polymer-Surfactant Complexes: A Comparative Study on PVP-SDS and PDADMAC-SDS Systems"
Langmuir 2014, 30, 9859-9865.
(4) Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Spectroscopic investigation of interaction between bovine serum albumin and amine-functionalized silicon quantum dots"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 8400-8408.
(3) Maity, I.; Mukherjee*, T. K.; Das*, A. K.
"Photophysical study of a pi-stacked beta-sheet nanofibril forming peptide bolaamphiphile hydrogel"
New J. Chem. 2014, 38, 376-385.
(2) Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Effect of Self-Association of Bovine Serum Albumin on the Stability of Surfactant-Induced Aggregates of Allylamine-Capped Silicon Quantum Dots"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 16110-16116.
(1) Chatterjee, S.; Mukherjee*, T. K.
"Size Dependent Differential Interaction of Allylamine Capped Silicon Quantum Dots with Surfactant Assemblies Studied using Photoluminescence Spectroscopy and Imaging Technique"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 10799-10808.
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