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भारतीय विज्ञान शिक्षा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान कोलकाता

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA

... towards excellence in science

An Autonomous Institution, Under the Ministry of Education, Government of India

Amitava Das

Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: amitava [at] iiserkol.ac.in

All Publications:

  1. Kandoth, N.; Chaudhary, S; Gupta, S.; Raksha, K.; Chatterjee, A.; Gupta, S.; Karuthedath, S.; Castro, C. De; Laquai, F.; Pramanik, S. K.; Bhattacharya, S.; Mallick, Amirul I. and Das, Amitava. 2023."Multimodal Biofilm Inactivation Using a Photocatalytic Bismuth Perovskite-TiO2-Ru(II)polypyridyl-based Multisite Heterojunctions." ACS Nano, 17, 10393
  2. Sarkar, P.; Sarkar, T.; Singh, H.; Sutariya, B.; Ray, S.; Das, Amitava; Pramanik, Sumit K. and Karan, S.. 2023."Microporous poly(triaminoguanidinium-amide) nanofilms with sub-nm precision for ultra-low molecular weight cut-off in nanofiltration." J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 14390
  3. Raksha, Kumari; Kandoth, N.; Gupta, S.; Gupta, S.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2023."Modulating Resonance Energy Transfer with Supramolecular Control in Layered Hybrid Perovskite and Chromium Photosensitizer Assembly ." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 25148
  4. Das, Amitava and Ghosh, Hirendra Nath. 2023."Implications of strongly coupled catecholate-based anchoring functionality of a sensitizer dye molecule toward photoinduced electron transfer dynamics." Advances in Inorganic Chemistry , 81, 305-344
  5. Kumar, D.; Singhal, C.; Yadav, M.; Joshi, P.; Patra, P.; Tanwar, S.; Das, Amitava; Pramanik, S. K. and Chaudhuri, S.. 2023."Colistin potentiation in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by a non-cytotoxic guanidine derivative of silver." Front. Microbiol., 13, 1006604
  6. Dey, A.; Ghorai, N; Das, Amitava and Ghosh, Hirendra Nath. 2023."Effects of hydrogen bonding on intramolecular/intermolecular proton-coupled electron transfer using a Ruthenium-anthraquinone dyad in ultrafast time domain." Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry , 441, 114709
  7. Dey, A.; Yadav, M.; Kumbart, D.; Samal, S.; Debpura, T; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2022."A Combination Therapy Strategy for Treating Antibiotic Resistant Biofilm Infection Using Guanidinium Derivative and Nanoparticulate Ag(0) Derived Hybrid Gel Conjugate." Chem. Sciences, 13, , 10103
  8. S., Pasha S.; Banerjee, A.; Sreedharan, S.; Singh, H.; Kandoth, N.; Vallis, K. A.; Pal, S.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2022."An Ultrasensitive Reagent for Ratiometric Detection and Detoxification of iAsIII in Water and Mitochondria." Inorg. Chem., 61, 13115
  9. Tiwari, K.; Modak, S.; Sarkar, P.; Pramanik, S. K.; Das, Amitava and Karan, S.. 2022."Interfacial synthesis of large-area ultrathin polyimine nanofilms as molecular separation membrane." iScience, 25, 104027
  10. Chaudhary, P.; Biswas, S.; Tayde, D; Chatterjee, A.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Das, Amitava; Swarnakar, S. and Pramanik, S. K.. 2022."Graphene Quantum Dots Alleviate ROS-Mediated Gastric Damage." iScience, 25, 104062
  11. Pramanik, S. K.; Tiwari, R.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Das, Amitava and Thomas, James A.. 2022."Nanoparticles for super-resolution microscopy: intracellular delivery and molecular targeting." Chem. Soc. Rev., 51, 9882-9916
  12. Tiwari, R.; Shinde, P. S.; Sreedharan, S.; Dey, A. K.; Vallis, K. A.; Mhaske, S. B.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2021."Photoactivable Prodrug for Simultaneous Release of Mertansine, and CO along with a BODIPY Derivative as a Luminescent Marker in Mitochondria: A Proof of Concept for NIR Image-Guided Cancer Therapy." Chem. Sci. , 12, 2667-2673
  13. Das, Amitava; Ramlal, V. R.; Sarkar, S.; Kundu, S.; Mandal, A. K. and Das, Amitava. 2021."Self-assembled cationic organic nanosheets: role of positional isomers in a guanidium-core for efficient lithium-ion conduction." Chemical Sciences, 12, 13878
  14. Kandoth, Noufal; Barman, S.; Chatterjee, A.; Sarkar, S.; Dey, A. K.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2021."Photoactive lanthanide-based upconversion nanoclusters for antimicrobial applications." Adv. Funct. Mater, 31, 2104480
  15. Tiwari, R.; Banerjee, S.; Tayde, D.; Saha, K. D.; Ethirajan, A.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2021."Redox-Responsive Nanocapsules for the Spatiotemporal Release of Miltefosine in Lysosome: Protection against Leishmania." Bioconjugate Chemistry, 32, 245–253
  16. Mariam, J.; Anila, H. A.; Gaded, V.; Ali, F.; Das, Amitava and Anand, Ruchi. 2021."Deciphering protein microenvironment by using a cysteine specific switch-ON fluorescent probe ." Org. Biomol. Chem, 19, 5161
  17. Das, Amitava and Pramanik, S. K.. 2021."Fluorescent probes for imaging of bioactive species in subcellular organelle." Chem. Commun., 57: , 12058
  18. Tiwari, Karishma. 2020."Large Area Self-Assembled Untrathin Polyamine Nanoflims Formed at the Liquid-Liquid interface Used for Molecular Separation." Advanced Materials, 32, 000
  19. Mahapatra, Tufan Singha. 2020."Two-dimensional lanthanide coordination polymer nanosheets for detection of FOX-7." Chemical Sciences, 11, 1032-1042
  20. Das, Amitava and Pramanik, Sumit Kumar. 2019."Small Molecule as Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Intracellular Enzymatic Transformations." Chemical reviews, 119, 11718
  21. Jang, D. W.. 2019."Photoinduced Reversible Bending and Guest Molecule Release of Azobenzene-Containing Polydiacetylene Nanotubes." Scientific Reports, 9, 000
  22. Pramanik, Sumit Kumar. 2019."Stimuli-Responsive Nanocapsules for the Spatiotemporal Release of 2- Melatonin: Protection against Gastric Inflammation." ACS Appl. Bio. Mater., 2, 5218-5226
  23. Ashokkumar, P.. 2019."A fluorogenic BODIPY Molecular Rotor as Apoptosis Marker." Chem. Commun, 55, 6902-6905
  24. Singh, Harwinder. 2019."Two photon excitable graphene quantum dots for structured illumination microscopy and imaging applications: lysosome specificity and tissue-dependent imaging." Chem. Commun., 55, 521-524
  25. Dey, Ananta. 2019."Hydrogen Bond Assisted Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer and Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Ultrafast Time Domain Using a Ruthenium-Anthraquinone Dyad." Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 18, 2430-2441
  26. Das, Amitava; Tamima, Umme; Singha, Subhankar; Kim, Hye Rim; Reo, Ye Jin; Jun, Yong Woong and Ahn, Kyo Han. 2018."A benzocoumarin based two-photon fluorescent probe for ratiometric detection of bisulfite." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 277, 576-583
  27. Das, Amitava; Ali, Firoj; Aute, Sunil; A,, Anila H.; Saeed, Hiwa K,; Smythe, Carl G. and Thomas, Jim A.. 2018."Tracking HOCl concentrations across cellular organelles in real time using a super resolution microscopy probe." Chem. Commun., 54, 1849-1852
  28. Das, Amitava; Pramanik, Sumit Kumar; Sreedharan, Sreejesh; Singh, Harwinder; Khan, Mohsina; Tiwari, Karishma Tiwari; Shiras, Anjali; Symthe, Carl and Thomas, Jim A.. 2018."Mitochondria Targeting Non-Isocyanate-Based Polyurethane Nanocapsules for Enzyme-Triggered Drug Release." Bioconjugate Chemistry, 29, 3532?3543
  29. Das, Amitava; Maity, Arunava; Dey, Ananta; Si, Mrinal Kanti and Ganguly, Bishwajit. 2018."Impact of “half-crown/two carbonyl”–Ca2+ metal ion interactions of a low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) on its fiber to nanosphere morphology transformation with a gel-to-sol phase transition." Soft Matter, 14 , 5821-5831
  30. Das, Amitava; Mahapatra, Tufan S.; Dey, Ananta; Singh, Harwinder; Maity, Arunava; Pramanik, Sumit K. and Suresh, E.. 2018."White-Light-Emitting Lanthanide and Lanthanide-Iridium Doped Supramolecular Gels: Modular Luminescence and Stimuli-Responsive Behaviour." J. Mater. Chem. C, 6, 9756-9766
  31. Das, Amitava; Agarwala, Hridesg; A., Anila H.; Pradhan,, Swaraj Rashmi; HGHanguly, Bishwajit and Pramanik, Sumit Kumar. 2018."Fluorescent chemodosimeter for quantification of cystathionine-?-synthase activity in plant extracts and imaging of endogenous biothiols." Chem. Commun, 54, 9079-9082
  32. Das, Amitava; A., Anila H.; Sreedharan, Sreejesh; Ali, Firoj; Smythe, Carl G. and Thomas, Jim A.. 2018."Polysulfide-triggered fluorescent indicator suitable for super-resolution microscopy and application in imaging." Chem. Commun., 54, 3735–3738
  33. Das, Amitava; Maity, Arunava; Dey, Ananta and Gangopadhyay, Monalisa. 2018."Water induced morphological transformation of a poly(aryl ether) dendron amphiphile: helical fibers to nanorods, as light-harvesting antenna systems." Nanoscale, 10, 1464-1473


  1. Das, Amitava. 2023." Implications of strongly coupled catecholate-based anchoring functionality of a sensitizer dye molecule toward photoinduced electron transfer dynamics.", "Advances in Inorganic Chemistry". Academic Press-ELSEVIER, ISBN: 9780323957663
  2. A., Anila H.; Ali, Firoj and Das, Amitava. 2017." 8.15 - Specific Receptors and Imaging Reagents for Certain Heavy Metal Toxins", "Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II". Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128031995