Achievements

International Patents:
 

1. A reusable charge transfer based agrogel. Santanu Bhattacharya, Subham Bhattacharjee, Dipen Biswakarma, Deepa Bhagat. (application number PCT/IN2018/050292); 

2. Method And Device For Rapid Detection of HearNPV. Santanu Bhattacharya, Nilanjan Dey, Deepa Bhagat. (application number PCT/IN2018/050365); 

3. Optical nanosensor for early stage detection of Bactocera oleae infestation. Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra and Deepa Bhagat. (application number PCT/IN2017/050025); 

4. A Pheromone Detector. Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra and Deepa Bhagat. (application number WO 2016/059641 A1); 

5. Oligo-Guanidines composed of heterocyclic rings with hydrophobic/ lipophilic group at the N-terminal based cellular transporter for effective delivery of nonpenetrable cargos in vitro and in vivo. Surajit Sinha, J. Bhadra, S. Pattanayak and J. Kundu. (application number PCT/IN2016/000150). 

Indian Patents:

1. Solution processed freestanding tow-dimensional Ultrathin Binary PbS nanocrystals for efficient and highly stable dielectric applications, TIFAC has forwarded the application to ITAG Business Solutions Ltd. (2018); 

2. A Novel Turn-on Probe or Easy, Rapid and Accurate Quantification of Human Serum Albumin Present in Biological Fluids. Santanu Bhattacharya, Parikshit Moitra, Pranay Saha and Urmimala Bhatttacharjee. Indian Patent Applied through TIFAC (2018); 

3. IGT Conjugated Antisense Oligonucleotides for inducing exon skipping in Ducheme Muscular Dystrophy, Surajit Sinha, A Shastry. Indian Patent Applied with DART, Bangalore (2018); 

4. Inhibition of hedgehog signaling pathway by nonanolide analogues in cancer therapy. Surajit Sinha et. al. Application sent to TIFAC for processing (2018); 

5. Selective Detection of Pheromone of the Olive Fruit Fly, Bactocera oleae. Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra and Deepa Bhagat. (application number IN 2015CH03696 A 20170120); 

6. A reusable charge transfer based agrogel. Santanu Bhattacharya, Subham Bhattacharjee, Dipen Biswakarma, Deepa Bhagat. (application number 201741016464); 

7. Method And Device For Rapid Detection of HearNPV. Santanu Bhattacharya, Nilanjan Dey, Deepa Bhagat. (application number 201741019790); 

8. A kit for specific detection of SlNPV. Santanu Bhattacharya,Nilanjan Dey,Dipen Biswakarma, Deepa Bhagat. (application number 201741040904); 

9. Method for instantaneous 2-line Ferrihydrite synthesis using layered hydroxide pathway. Sugata Ray et. al. Application number E-2/10/2017/KOL (2017); 

10. MMTr-protected H-phosphonate monomers and MMTr-deprotection by organic acids are the right combination of morpholino oligonucleotides. Surajit Sinha, J. Kundu and J. Bhadra. (application number 201631037420); 

11. Nanoparticle formulation for complete inhibition of amyloid fibrillation and dissolution of amyloid fibril. Nibedita Pradhan, K. Debnath, B. K. Singh, Nikhil Ranjan Jana and Nihar R. Jana. (application number 201631028078); 

12. A Pheromone Detector. Santanu Bhattacharya, Rudra Pratap, Parikshit Moitra and Deepa Bhagat. (application number IN 2014CH05201 A 20160701); 

13. Surface functionalization for sensing of volatile organic carbonyl compounds. Santanu Bhattacharya, Parikshit Moitra and Deepa Bhagat. (application number IN 2014CH05166 A 20160701); 

14. Nanogels, methods and devices thereof, for managing Holtrichia Consanguinea. Santanu Bhattacharya, Subham Bhattacharjee and Deepa Bhagat. (application number 2016 41024309)

15. Rapid on-field detection of Spilosoms obliqua nucleopolyhedrovirus. Santanu Bhattacharya, Nilanjan Dey, Dipen Biswakarma, Deepa Bhagat and G. Shivakumar. (application number 201841046880)

  Publications:

  1. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 37355. Protocol Exchange (Nature Publishing Group) 2017, DOI: 10.1038protex.2017.057
  2. J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121, 815–824
  3. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 8184-8187
  4. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 16655-16663
  5. Bioconjugate Chem. 2018, 29, 255–266
  6. Bioorg. Chem. 2019, 86, 15-27
  7. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 37442–37460
  8. Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 1067-1074
  9. Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 11986-11996
  10. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112728
  11. Polymer, 2019, 181, 121747
  12. Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 7345-7351
  13. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 16725–16731
  14. ChemPhysChem 2020, 21, 616–624
  15. Chem Eur. J. 2020, (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202003311
  16. J. Mater Chem. C 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0TC03645E
  17. Nanoscale Horizons, 2020, 5 (4), 696-704
  18. ACS Nano, 12, 4727–4735, 2018. (This work is highlighted in Nature electronics, 1, 326 (2018) and IEEE spectrum)
  19. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 6, 20 2196-7350
  20. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 17684−17690
  21. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 50, 44126–44133
  22. Langmuir, 2019, 35, 16130-16135
  23. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2018, 118, 232-237
  24. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2019, 1, 4, 577–584
  25. Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 17, 7159–7171
  26. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, 2, 5507−5514
  27. J. Phys. Condensed Matter, 2020, 32 (16), 165802
  28. J. Magnetism and Magnetic Mater. 2019, 492, 165708
  29. Physical Review Letters 2019, 123 (1), 017201
  30. J. Physics: Condensed Matter 2019, 31 (18), 185802
  31. Phys. Rev. B 2018, 98 (1), 014431
  32. J. Physics: Condensed Matter 2018, 30 (20), 205802
  33. Phys. Rev. B 2018, 97, 064408
  34. Phys. Rev. B 2018, 97, 024406
  35. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2018, 764, 656-664
  36. Phys. Rev. B 2017, 95, 024432
  37. Phys. Rev. B 2017, 95, 075110
  38. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 9808-9821
  39. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 328-334. (Chosen for ACS Live Slides presentation).
  40. J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 4498
  41. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2020, 37, 101364
  42. Physical Review B 2017, 95, 174304
  43. Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 2017, 2, 378
  44. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2019, 6, 1900291 (Top downloaded paper of Wiley 2018-2019).
  45. Physical Review B 2020, 102, 054433
  46. Materials Research Express 2019, 6, 026103
  47. J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 3560
  48. J. Magn. Magn. Materials 2019, 486, 165265
  49. Phys. Rev. B 2019, 100, 064423
  50. Phys. Rev. B 2019, 100, 064416
  51. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 18296
  52. Physica B 2020, 581, 411837
  53. Phys. Rev. B: Rapid Comm. 2020, 101, 180406(R)
  54. Environ. Sci. Water Res. & Tech. 2020, 6, 2057
  55. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2019, 58 (17), 5552
  56. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 40, 16160–16168

  57.   .      J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (2), 652–661. 

  58.   .     ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (2), 192–20.

  59.         Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48,12382-12385.

  60.   .      Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58,1527-1540.

  61.        Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48 (42), 15942-15954.

  62.          Crystal Growth & Design, 2020, 20 (4), 2377-2389.

Awards:

1. Team led by Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya received the prestigious Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award, 2017 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi for the project entitled “A Novel Bio-engineering Approach to Generate an Eminent Surface Functionalized Template for the Selective Detection of Female Sex Pheromone of Certain Agricultural Pests”.

2. Team led by Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya received Best Poster Award in 9th Bengaluru India Nano 2017.

3. Dr. K. D. M. Rao received SRM ICONN young researcher award in the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2019) organized by Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, in association with Shizuoka University-Japan and NCTU-Taiwan, GNS-New Zealand, ACCMS, CSIR-NPL-India and IET.

Media Highlights:

1. Nanosensors For Agricultural Pest Management (March 2018 issue, Agritech sector of the “Electronic For You” magazine) 

http://ezine.efymag.com/sendezine1.asp?issue=March2018&login=prkshtmoitra@gmail.com&issueid=231

2. Scientists engineer a low-cost device to detect pests before crop infestation  

https://researchmatters.in/article/scientists-engineer-low-cost-device-detect-pests-crop-infestation

3. A Novel Bioengineering Approach for Selective Detection of Female Sex Pheromone of Agriculturally Important Insects 

(ICAR Newsletter: http://www.icar.org.in/files/ICARNewsJanuary-March2017Final(1).pdf)

4. Silicon nanowires could enable smart solar windows 

(IEEE Spectrum: https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/devices/silicon-nanowires-could-enable-smart-solar-windows)

5. Transparent and flexible photodetectors: 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-018-0096-y