Patents and Publications

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PATENTS

Roberts, M. E.; Emmett, R.; Podila, R.; Karakaya, M.; Rao, A. M.; Polymer-nanocarbon composites, method for making composites, and their application in energy storage devices, US Patent# 61/846209 2013.

Mallineni, S.; Behlow, H.; Rao, A. M.; Podila, R.; Self-powered wireless sensor. US Patent# 62/587,717 2021.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Prosanta Pal and Ramakrishna Podila, 2025, Is the viral genome quantum mechanical? PRX Life (under review). https://www.authorea.com/users/526202/articles/1284055-is-the-viral-genome-quantum-mechanical

Shinto M Francis, Hugo Sanabria, and Ramakrishna Podila, 2025, Unraveling Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Graphene–Quantum Dot Hybrids for High-Sensitivity Biosensing, Biosensors (ACCEPTED) https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202503.2065.

Sajib Mohonta, Nawraj Sapkota, and Ramakrishna Podila, 2025, Experimental investigation of quantum capacitance and redox density of states in sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathodes, Advanced Science (ACCEPTED). https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.22541/au.174077494.48256195

Malaki, M., Jiang, X., Wang, H., Podila, R., Zhang, H., Samorì, P. and Varma, R.S., 2023. MXenes: from past to future perspectives. Chemical Engineering Journal, 463, p.142351. Impact factor: 16.7 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.14235

Sapkota, N., Chiluwal, S., Parajuli, P., Rowland, A. and Podila, R., 2023. Insights into the pseudocapacitive behavior of sulfurized polymer electrodes for Li–S batteries. Advanced Science, 10(15), p.2206901. Impact factor: 15.1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202206901

Chiluwal, Shailendra, Apparao M. Rao, and Ramakrishna Podila. “Strategies for improving rechargeable lithium-ion batteries: From active materials to CO2 emissions.” Nanotechnology Reviews 10, no. 1 (2021): 1993-2026. Impact factor: 7.84 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1515/ntrev-2021-0114

Liu, Fengjiao, Shailendra Chiluwal, Anthony S. Childress, Christopher Etteh, Kymani Miller, Marlena Washington, Apparao M. Rao, and Ramakrishna Podila. “Graphene Foam Current Collector for High-Areal-Capacity Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.” ACS Applied Nano Materials4, no. 1 (2021): 53-60. Impact factor: 5.35 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02073

Sreeramoju, Mahendra K., John P. Selegue, Ramakrishna Podila, and Apparao M. Rao. “Surface functional group investigation of oxidized, nanodiamond-derived carbon nano-onions.” Materials Today Communications 26 (2021): 101966. Impact factor: 3.38 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101966

Chiluwal, S., Sapkota, N., Rao, A. M., & Podila, R. (2020). Three-dimensional Si anodes with fast diffusion, high capacity, high-rate capability, and long cycle life. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(31), 34763-34770. Impact factor: 8.75 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c05888

Gregory, W. E., Sharma, B., Hu, L., Raghavendra, A., Podila, R., Interfacial Charge Transfer with Graphene Inhibits Amyloid Fibrillation. Biointerphases 15, 031010 (2020) Impact factor: 2.3 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000019

Sharma, B., Parajuli, P., & Podila, R. (2020). Rapid detection of urokinase plasminogen activator using flexible paper-based graphene-gold platform. Biointerphases, 15(1), 011004. Impact factor: 2.3 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5128889

Persaud, I., Raghavendra, A. J., Alsaleh, N. B., Roede, J. R., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. (2020). The Role of Defect-Induced Electronic States in the Cellular Toxicity of ZnO Nanoparticles. Nanotoxicology 14 (2), 145-161 Impact factor: 91 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2019.1668067

Sharma, B., Hu, L., Raghavendra, A., Gregory, W., & Podila, R. (2019). Silver Nanodiscs for Enhanced Fluorescence Emission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(49), 29811-29817. Impact factor: 4.3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b04642

Childress, A., Parajuli, P., Eyley, S., Thielemans, W., Podila, R., & Rao, A. M. (2019). Effect of nitrogen doping in the few layer graphene cathode of an aluminum ion battery. Chemical Physics Letters, 733, 136669. Impact factor: 1.86 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2019.136669

Persaud, I., Shannahan, J. H., Raghavendra, A. J., Alsaleh, N. B., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. (2019). Biocorona formation contributes to silver nanoparticle induced endoplasmic reticulum stress. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 170, 77-86. Impact factor: 57 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.11.107

Alsaleh, N. B., Minarchick, V. C., Mendoza, R. P., Sharma, B., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. (2019). Silver nanoparticle immunomodulatory potential in absence of direct cytotoxicity in RAW 264.7 macrophages and MPRO 2.1 neutrophils. Journal of immunotoxicology, 16(1), 63-73. Impact factor: 8 Q2 DOI: 10.1080/1547691X.2019.1588928

Sharma, B., Chiluwal, S., & Podila, R. (2019). Analyte-induced disruption of luminescence quenching (AIDLuQ) for femtomolar detection of biomarkers. Nanoscale, 11(29), 14010-14015. Impact factor: 97 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR04308J

Ventrapragada, L. K., Creager, S. E., Rao, A. M., & Podila, R. (2019). Carbon Nanotubes Coated Paper as Current Collectors for Secondary Li-ion Batteries. Nanotechnology Reviews, 8(1), 18-23. Impact factor: 75 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1515/ntrev-2019-0002

Rastogi, P. K., Sahoo, K. R., Thakur, P., Sharma, R., Bawari, S., Podila, R., & Narayanan, T. N. (2019). Graphene–hBN non-van der Waals vertical heterostructures for four-electron oxygen reduction reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(7), 3942-3953. Impact factor: 56 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP06155F

Liu, F., P. Parajuli, R. Rao, P. C. Wei, A. Karunarathne, S. Bhattacharya, Podila et al. “Phonon anharmonicity in single-crystalline SnSe.” Physical Review B98, no. 22 (2018): 224309. Impact factor: 3.73 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.224309

Dehkordi, A.M., Bhattacharya, S., Darroudi, T., Karakaya, M., Kucera, C., Ballato, J., Adebisi, R., Gladden, J.R., Podila, R., Rao, A.M. and Alshareef, H.N., 2018. Optimizing thermal conduction in bulk polycrystalline SrTiO 3− δ ceramics via oxygen non-stoichiometry. MRS Communications, 8(4), pp.1470-1476. Impact factor: 95 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.220

Raghavendra, A. J.#, Gregory, W. E.#, Slonecki, T. J., Dong, Y., Persaud, I., Brown, J. M., Bruce, T.,& Podila, R. (2018). Three-photon imaging using defect-induced photoluminescence in biocompatible ZnO nanoparticles. International journal of nanomedicine, 13, 4283. Impact factor: 4.38 Q1 https://doi.org/2147/IJN.S165201

Fan, L., Chen, S., Zhu, J., Ma, R., Li, S., Podila, R., … & Xu, Z. (2018). Simultaneous Suppression of the Dendrite Formation and Shuttle Effect in a Lithium–Sulfur Battery by Bilateral Solid Electrolyte Interface. Advanced Science, 1700934. Impact factor: 44 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700934

Li, G., Kushnir, K., Dong, Y.#, Chertopalov, S., Rao, A. M., Mochalin, V., Podila, R & Titova, L. (2018). Equilibrium and non-equilibrium free carrier dynamics in two-dimensional Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes: THz spectroscopy study. 2D Materials. Impact factor: 7.04 Q1  1088/2053-1583/aacb9e

Mallineni, S. S. K.#, Behlow, H., Podila, R. & Rao, A. M. (2018). A low-cost approach for measuring electrical load currents in triboelectric nanogenerators. Nanotechnology Reviews, 7(2), 149-156. Impact factor: 1.9 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1515/ntrev-2017-0178

Ventrapragada, L. K., Zhu, J., Creager, S. E., Rao, A. M., & Podila, R.* (2018). A Versatile Carbon Nanotube-Based Scalable Approach for Improving Interfaces in Li-Ion Battery Electrodes. ACS Omega, 3(4), 4502-4508. Impact factor: 4.1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00027

Dong, Y., Chertopalov, S., Maleski, K.,Anasori, B., Hu, L., Bhattacharya, S., Rao, A. M., Gogotsi, Y., Mochalin, V. N., Podila, R. (2017) Saturable absorption in 2D Ti3C2 MXene thin films for passive photonic diodes. Advanced Materials (accepted). IF:7 Q1  https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201705714

Mallineni, S. S. K., Dong, Y., Behlow, H., Rao, A. M., & Podila, R. (2017). A wireless triboelectric nanogenerator. Advanced Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702736 IMPACT FACTOR:7 Q1

Dong, Y., Mallineni, S. S. K., Maleski, K., Behlow, H., Mochalin, V. N., Rao, A. M., Gogotsi, T., & Podila, R. (2017). Metallic MXenes: A new family of materials for flexible triboelectric nanogenerators. Nano Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.11.044 IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1

Childress, A. S., Parajuli, P., Zhu, J., Podila, R., & Rao, A. M. (2017). A Raman spectroscopic study of graphene cathodes in high-performance aluminum ion batteries. Nano Energy, 39, 69-76. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.06.038

Raghavendra, A. J., Alsaleh, N., Brown, J. M., & Podila, R. (2017). Charge-transfer interactions induce surface dependent conformational changes in apolipoprotein biocorona. Biointerphases, 12(2), 02D402. IMPACT FACTOR:9 Q2  10.1116/1.4977064

Mallineni, S. S. K., Behlow, H., Dong, Y., Bhattacharya, S., Rao, A. M., & Podila, R. (2017). Facile and robust triboelectric nanogenerators assembled using off-the-shelf materials. Nano Energy, 35, 263-270. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.03.043

Gong, D., Wang, B., Zhu, J., Podila, R., Rao, A. M., Yu, X., … & Lu, B. (2017). An Iodine Quantum Dots Based Rechargeable Sodium–Iodine Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(3). IMPACT FACTOR: 7 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201601885

Mallineni, S. S. K., Boukhvalov, D. W., Zhidkov, I. S., Kukharenko, A. I., Slesarev, A. I., Zatsepin, A. F., … & Podila, , (2017). Influence of dopants on the impermeability of graphene. Nanoscale, 9(18), 6145-6150. IMPACT FACTOR: 7.76 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR00949F

Johnson, M. M., Mendoza, R., Raghavendra, A. J., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Contribution of engineered nanomaterials physicochemical properties to mast cell degranulation. Scientific Reports, 7. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43570

Wei, P. C., Bhattacharya, S., He, J., Neeleshwar, S., Podila, R., Chen, Y. Y., & Rao, A. M. (2016). The intrinsic thermal conductivity of SnSe. Nature, 539, E1. IMPACT FACTOR: 1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19832

Zhu, J., Childress, A. S., Karakaya, M., Dandeliya, S., Srivastava, A., Lin, Y., … & Podila, R. Defect‐Engineered Graphene for High‐Energy‐and High‐Power‐Density Supercapacitor Devices. Advanced Materials 33, 7185 2016. IMPACT FACTOR:8 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201602028

Mallineni, S. S. K., Shannahan, J., Raghavendra, A. J., Rao, A. M., Brown, J. M., & Podila, R. Biomolecular interactions and biological responses of emerging two-dimensional materials and aromatic amino acid complexes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 16604, 2016. IMPACT FACTOR: 5 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b04571

Mulpur, P., Yadavilli, S., Rao, A. M., Kamisetti, V., & Podila, R. MoS2/WS2/BN-Silver Thin-Film Hybrid Architectures Displaying Enhanced Fluorescence via Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission for Sensing Applications. ACS Sensors 2016 1, 6, 826-833 IF: 8.3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5b00297

Shannahan, J. H., Fritz, K. S., Raghavendra, A. J., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. Disease-Induced Disparities in Formation of the Nanoparticle-Biocorona and the Toxicological Consequences. Toxicological Sciences 2016 IMPACT FACTOR: 4.08 Q1 10.1093/toxsci/kfw097

Arcila-Velez, M. R., Emmett, R. K., Karakaya, M., Podila, R., Díaz-Orellana, K. P., Rao, A. M., & Roberts, M. E. A facile and scalable approach to fabricating free-standing polymer—Carbon nanotube composite electrodes. Synthetic Metals 2016, 215, 35-40. IMPACT FACTOR: 82 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2016.02.005

Dong, Y., Saini, D., Echegoyen, L. A., & Podila, R. Passive optical switches based on endohedral fullerenes. Optical Materials 2016, 53, 14-18. IMPACT FACTOR: 02 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.01.002

Zhu, J., Park, H., Podila, R., Wadehra, A., Ayala, P., Oliveira, L., … & Rao, A. M. Magnetic properties of sulfur-doped graphene. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2016, 401, 70-76. IMPACT FACTOR: 6 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.10.012

Thevamaran, R., Karakaya, M., Meshot, E. R., Fischer, A., Podila, R., Rao, A. M., & Daraio, C. Anomalous impact and strain responses in helical carbon nanotube foams. RSC Advances 2015, 5(37), 29306-29311. IMPACT FACTOR:1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA03561A

Mulpur, P., Podila, R., Ramamurthy, S. S., Kamisetti, V., & Rao, A. M. C60 as an active smart spacer material on silver thin film substrates for enhanced surface plasmon coupled emission. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17(15), 10022-10027. IMPACT FACTOR:12 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP06090C

Anand, B., Karakaya, M., Prakash, G., Sai, S. S. S., Philip, R., Ayala, P., … & Podila, R. Dopant -configuration controlled carrier scattering in graphene. RSC Advances 2015, 5(73), 59556-59563. IMPACT FACTOR: 1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA05338B

Aldossari, A. A., Shannahan, J. H., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. Scavenger receptor B1 facilitates macrophage uptake of silver nanoparticles and cellular activation. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2015, 17(7), 1-14. IMPACT FACTOR:02 Q3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3116-0

Mulpur, P., Yadavilli, S., Mulpur, P., Kondiparthi, N., Sengupta, B., Rao, A. M., Podila, R.* & Kamisetti, V. Flexible Ag– C 60 nano-biosensors based on surface plasmon coupled emission for clinical and forensic applications. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 25049, 2015 IMPACT FACTOR: 12 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CP04268B

Pradhan, P., Podila, R*., Molli, M., Kaniyoor, A., Muthukumar, V. S., Sai, S. S. S, & Rao, A. M. Optical limiting and nonlinear optical properties of gold-decorated graphene nanocomposites. Optical Materials 2015, 39, 182-187. IMPACT FACTOR:02 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.023

Aldossari, A. A., Shannahan, J. H., Podila, R., & Brown, J. M. Influence of physicochemical properties of silver nanoparticles on mast cell activation and degranulation. Toxicology in Vitro 2015, 29(1), 195-203. IMPACT FACTOR:90 Q2 10.1016/j.tiv.2014.10.008

Narayanan, R., Yamada, H., Karakaya, M., Podila, R., Rao, A. M., & Bandaru, P. R. Modulation of the electrostatic and quantum capacitances of few layered graphenes through plasma processing. Nano letters 2015, 15(5), 3067-3072. IMPACT FACTOR: 7 Q1 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00055

Ratnikova, T. A., Podila, R., Rao, A. M., & Taylor, A. G. Tomato Seed Coat Permeability to Selected Carbon Nanomaterials and Enhancement of Germination and Seedling Growth. The Scientific World Journal 2015, 2015. IMPACT FACTOR:2 Q2 10.1155/2015/419215

Oliveira, L., Saini, D., Gaillard, J. B., Podila, R., Rao, A. M., & Serkiz, S. M. Directed-assembly of carbon structures in a nonpolar dielectric liquid under the influence of DC-generated electric fields. Carbon 2015, 93, 32-38. IMPACT FACTOR:19 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.05.026

Arcila-Velez, M.; Zhu, J.; Childress, A.; Karakaya, M.; Podila, R.; Rao, A. M.; and Roberts, M. E.; Roll-to-roll synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotube electrodes for electrical double layer capacitors. Nano Energy 2014, 8, 9-16. IMPACT FACTOR:3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.05.004

Kumar, V. L.; Siddhardha, R. S.; Kaniyoor, A.; Podila, R.; Molli, M.; Kumar, S. M., Rao, A. M.; and Ramamurthy, S. ; Gold Decorated Graphene by Laser Ablation for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol. Electroanalysis 2014, 7, 16. IMPACT FACTOR: 2.47 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400244

Sai Siddhardha, R. S.; Lakshman Kumar, V.; Kaniyoor, A.; Muthukumar, V. S.; Ramaprabhu, S.; Podila, R.; Rao, A. M.; Ramamurthy, S. S.; Synthesis and characterization of gold graphene composite with dyes as model substrates for decolorization: A surfactant free laser ablation approach. Spectroschimica Acta A, 2014 133, 365 IMPACT FACTOR:09 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2014.05.069

Saini, D.; Behlow, H.; Podila, R.; Dickel, D.; Pillai, B.; Skove, M. J.; Serkiz, S. M.; and Rao, A. M. Mechanical Resonances of Helically Coiled Carbon Nanowires. Scientific reports 2014, 4, 5542 IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05542

Anand, B.; Krishnan, S. R.; Podila, R.; Siva Sankara Sai, S.; Rao, A. M.; and Philip, R.; The role of defects in the nonlinear optical absorption behavior of carbon and ZnO nanostructures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16, 8168. IMPACT FACTOR: 12 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP55334E

Oliveira, L.; Hitchcock, D.; Behlow, H.; Podila, R.; Skove, M. J.; Serkiz, S. M.; and Rao, A. M.; Second- and third-order elastic constants of filaments of HexTow IM7 carbon fibers. Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 23, 685. IMPACT FACTOR:06 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0826-2

Edgington, A. J.; Petersen, J.; Herzing, A. A.; Podila, R.; Rao, A. M.; Klaine, S. J.; Microscopic investigation of single-wall carbon nanotube uptake by Daphnia Magna Nanotoxicology, 2014, 1, 1-9. IMPACT FACTOR: 91 Q1 10.3109/17435390.2013.847504

Moore, T.; Podila, R.; Alexis, F.; and Rao, A. M.; Systemic Administration of Polymer Coated Nano-Graphene. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2014 31, 886. IMPACT FACTOR: 47 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201300379

B.; Podila, R.; Lingam, K.; Sai, S. S. S.; Krishnan, S. R.; Philip, R.; and Rao, A. M.; Optical diode action from axially asymmetric nonlinearity in an all-carbon solid-state device. Nano Letters 2013, 13, 5771-76. IMPACT FACTOR:12.7 Q1 10.1021/nl403366d

Puneet, P.; Podila, R.; Karakaya, M.; Zhu, S.; He. J.; Tritt, T. M.; Dresselhaus, M. S.; Rao, A. M. Preferential Scattering by Interfacial Charged Defects for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Few-layered n-type Bi2Te3. Scientific Reports 2013, 3, 3212. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 10.1038/srep03212

Shannahan, J. H.; Lai, X.; Ke, P. C.; Podila, R.; Brown, J. M.; Witzmann, F. A.; Silver Nanoparticle Protein Corona Composition in Cell Culture Media. PloS One 2013, 8, e74001. IMPACT FACTOR: 80 Q1 10.1371/journal.pone.0074001

Mulpur, P.; Podila, R.; Lingam, K.; Vemula, S. K.; Ramamurthy, S, S.; Kamisetti, V.; Rao, A. M.; Amplification of Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission from Graphene–Ag Hybrid Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117, 17205-17210. IMPACT FACTOR: 53 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp406122s

Radic, S.; Geitner, N. K.; Podila, R.; Kakinen, A.; Chen, P.; Ke, P. C.; Ding, F.; Competitive binding of natural amphiphiles with graphene derivatives. Scientific Reports 2013, 3, 2273. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02273

Podila, R.; Moore, T.; Alexis, F.; Rao, A. M.; Graphene coatings for biomedical implants. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) 2013, e50276-e50276. IMPACT FACTOR: 32 Q3  10.3791/50276

Lingam, K.; Podila, R.; Qian, H.; Serkiz, S.; Rao, A. M.; Evidence for edge-state photoluminescence in graphene quantum dots. Advanced Functional Materials 2013, 23, 5062. IMPACT FACTOR: 1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201203441

Anand, B.; Podila, R.; Ayala, P.; Oliveira, L.; Philip, R.; Siva Sankara Sai, S.; Zakhidov, A. A.; Rao, A. M.; Nonlinear optical properties of boron doped single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 7271. IMPACT FACTOR:7 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR01803B

Wang, X. J.; Podila, R.; Shannahan, J. H.; Rao, A. M.; Brown, J. M., Intravenously delivered graphene nanosheets and multiwalled carbon nanotubes induce site-specific Th2 inflammatory responses via the IL-33/ST2 axis. International Journal of Nanomedicine 2013, 8, 1733-1748. IMPACT FACTOR: 3 Q1 10.2147/IJN.S44211

Puneet, P.; Podila, R.; Zhu, S.; Skove, M. J.; Tritt, T. M.; He, J.; Rao, A. M., Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance of Ball-Milled Bismuth Due to Spark-Plasma-Sintering-Induced Interface Modifications. Advanced Materials 2013, 25 (7), 1033-1037. IMPACT FACTOR:8 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201204010

Podila, R.; Moore, T.; Alexis, F.; Rao, A. M., Graphene coatings for enhanced hemo-compatibility of nitinol stents. Rsc Advances 2013, 3 (6), 1660-1665. IMPACT FACTOR: 1 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA23073A

Podila, R.; Brown, J. , Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials:  A Physicochemical Perspective.  Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology 2013, 27 (1), 50-55. IMPACT FACTOR: 2.04 Q2 10.1002/jbt.21442

Moore, T. L.; Pitzer, J. E.; Podila, R.; Wang, X. J.; Lewis, R. L.; Grimes, S. W.; Wilson, J. R.; Skjervold, E.; Brown, J. M.; Rao, A.; Alexis, F., Multifunctional Polymer-Coated Carbon Nanotubes for Safe Drug Delivery. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2013, 30 (4), 365-373. IMPACT FACTOR:47 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201200145

Kole, C.; Kole, P.; Randunu, K. M.; Choudhary, P.; Podila, R.; Ke, P. C.; Rao, A. M.; Marcus, R. K., Nanobiotechnology can boost crop production and quality: first evidence from increased plant biomass, fruit yield and phytomedicine content in bitter melon (Momordica charantia). Bmc Biotechnology 2013, 13. IMPACT FACTOR:45 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-13-37

Keskar, G. D.; Podila, R.; Zhang, L. H.; Rao, A. M.; Pfefferle, L. D., Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopy of Multiphasic Nanostructured Bi-Te Networks with Tailored Composition. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117 (18), 9446-9455. IMPACT FACTOR:5 Q1

Vidanapathirana, A. K.; Lai, X. Y.; Hilderbrand, S. C.; Pitzer, J. E.; Podila, R.; Sumner, S. J.; Fennell, T. R.; Wingard, C. J.; Witzmann, F. A.; Brown, J. M., Multi-walled carbon nanotube directed gene and protein expression in cultured human aortic endothelial cells is influenced by suspension medium. Toxicology 2012, 302 (2-3), 114-122. IMPACT FACTOR:62 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp402879h

Vedantam, P.; Tzeng, T. R. J.; Brown, A. K.; Podila, R.; Rao, A.; Staley, K., Binding of Escherichia coli to Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles. Plasmonics 2012, 7 (2), 301-308. IMPACT FACTOR:13 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-011-9307-3

Urankar, R. N.; Lust, R. M.; Mann, E.; Katwa, P.; Wang, X. J.; Podila, R.; Hilderbrand, S. C.; Harrison, B. S.; Chen, P. Y.; Ke, P. C.; Rao, A. M.; Brown, J. M.; Wingard, C. J., Expansion of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury after instillation of three forms of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2012, 9. IMPACT FACTOR:57 Q1 10.1186/1743-8977-9-38

Saini, D.; Dickel, D.; Podila, R.; Skove, M. J.; Serkiz, S.; Rao, A. M., Fundamental mechanism for electrically actuated mechanical resonances in ZnO nanowhiskers. Physical Review B 2012, 86 (20). IMPACT FACTOR:7 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.205312

Podila, R.; Vedantam, P.; Ke, P. C.; Brown, J. M.; Rao, A. M., Evidence for Charge-Transfer-Induced Conformational Changes in Carbon Nanostructure-Protein Corona. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2012, 116 (41), 22098-22103. IMPACT FACTOR:5 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3085028

Podila, R.; Chen, R.; Ke, P. C.; Brown, J. M.; Rao, A. M., Effects of surface functional groups on the formation of nanoparticle-protein corona. Applied Physics Letters 2012, 101 (26). IMPACT FACTOR:41 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772509

Podila, R.; Chacon-Torres, J.; Spear, J. T.; Pichler, T.; Ayala, P.; Rao, A. M., Spectroscopic investigation of nitrogen doped graphene. Applied Physics Letters 2012, 101 (12). IMPACT FACTOR:41 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4752736

Podila, R.; Anand, B.; Spear, J. T.; Puneet, P.; Philip, R.; Sai, S. S. S.; Rao, A. M., Effects of disorder on the optical properties of CVD grown polycrystalline graphene. Nanoscale 2012, 4 (5), 1770-1775. IMPACT FACTOR:75 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR11206J

Lingam, K.; Reppert, J.; Dickel, D.; Podila, R.; Puneet, P.; Sheftic, E.; Kuthirummal, N.; Skove, M.; He, J.; Rao, A. M., Reexamination of infrared spectra of bi nanorods: L-T transition or extrinsic phases. Nano 2012, 7 (2). IMPACT FACTOR:26 Q3 https://doi.org/10.1142/S17932920123000

Katwa, P.; Wang, X. J.; Urankar, R. N.; Podila, R.; Hilderbrand, S. C.; Fick, R. B.; Rao, A. M.; Ke, P. C.; Wingard, C. J.; Brown, J. M., A Carbon Nanotube Toxicity Paradigm Driven by Mast Cells and the IL-33/ST2 Axis. Small 2012, 8 (18), 2904-2912. IMPACT FACTOR:31 Q1  10.1002/smll.201200873

Gangula, A.; Chelli, J.; Bukka, S.; Poonthiyil, V.; Podila, R.; Kannan, R.; Rao, A. M., Thione-gold nanoparticles interactions: Vroman-like effect, self-assembly and sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22 (43), 22866-22872. IMPACT FACTOR: 65 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM35279F

Egblewogbe, M.; Anand, B.; Podila, R.; Philip, R.; Sai, S. S. S.; Rao, A. M., Defect Induced Changes in the Linear and Non-Linear Optical Properties of ZnO Nanotetrapods. Materials Express 2012, 2 (4), 351-356. Q3 https://doi.org/10.1166/mex.2012.1089

Wingard, C. J.; Walters, D. M.; Cathey, B. L.; Hilderbrand, S. C.; Katwa, P.; Lin, S. J.; Ke, P. C.; Podila, R.; Rao, A.; Lust, R. M.; Brown, J. M., Mast cells contribute to altered vascular reactivity and ischemia-reperfusion injury following cerium oxide nanoparticle instillation. Nanotoxicology 2011, 5 (4), 531-545. IMPACT FACTOR:9 Q1 10.3109/17435390.2010.530004

Wang, X. J.; Katwa, P.; Podila, R.; Chen, P. Y.; Ke, P. C.; Rao, A. M.; Walters, D. M.; Wingard, C. J.; Brown, J. M., Multi-walled carbon nanotube instillation impairs pulmonary function in C57BL/6 mice. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2011, 8. IMPACT FACTOR:57 Q1 10.1186/1743-8977-8-24

Rao, R.; Reppert, J.; Podila, R.; Zhang, X. F.; Rao, A. M.; Talapatra, S.; Maruyama, B., Double resonance Raman study of disorder in CVD-grown single-walled carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2011, 49 (4), 1318-1325. IMPACT FACTOR:19 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.11.05

Rao, R.; Podila, R.; Tsuchikawa, R.; Katoch, J.; Tishler, D.; Rao, A. M.; Ishigami, M., Effects of Layer Stacking on the Combination Raman Modes in Graphene. Acs Nano 2011, 5 (3), 1594-1599. IMPACT FACTOR:9 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn1031017

Podila, R.; Reppert, J.; Li, N.; Loebick, C. Z.; Stuart, S. J.; Pfefferle, L. D.; Rao, A. M., Curvature-induced symmetry lowering and anomalous dispersion of the G-band in carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2011, 49 (3), 869-876. IMPACT FACTOR:19 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.033

Podila, R.; Chen, P. Y.; Reppert, J.; Rao, A. M.; Ke, P. C., Biomolecular sensing using gold nanoparticle-coated ZnO Journal of Materials Research 2011, 26 (17), 2328-2333. IMPACT FACTOR:2.03 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2011.147

Podila, R.; Anand, B.; West, J. P.; Philip, R.; Sai, S. S. S.; He, J.; Skove, M.; Hwu, S. J.; Tewari, S.; Rao, A. M., Evidence for surface states in pristine and Co-doped ZnO nanostructures: magnetization and nonlinear optical studies. Nanotechnology 2011, 22 (9). IMPACT FACTOR:44 Q1 10.1088/0957-4484/22/9/095703

Lingam, K.; Podila, R.; Loebick, C.; Chen, P.; Ke, P. C.; Powell, B.; Pfefferle, L.; Rao, A. M., Effect of bundling on the pi plasmon energy in sub-nanometer single wall carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2011, 49 (12), 3803-3807. IMPACT FACTOR:19 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.072

Huizar, I.; Malur, A.; Midgette, Y. A.; Kukoly, C.; Chen, P. Y.; Ke, P. C.; Podila, R.; Rao, A. M.; Wingard, C. J.; Dobbs, L.; Barna, B. P.; Kavuru, M. S.; Thomassen, M. J., Novel Murine Model of Chronic Granulomatous Lung Inflammation Elicited by Carbon Nanotubes. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2011, 45 (4), 858-866. IMPACT FACTOR:1 Q1 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0401OC

Gupta, N.; McMillen, C.; Singh, R.; Podila, R.; Rao, A. M.; Hawkins, T.; Foy, P.; Morris, S.; Rice, R.; Poole, K. F.; Zhu, L.; Ballato, J., Annealing of silicon optical fibers. Journal of Applied Physics 2011, 110 (9). IMPACT FACTOR: 06 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3660270

Gangula, A.; Podila, R.; Ramakrishna, M.; Karanam, L.; Janardhana, C.; Rao, A. M., Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol using Biogenic Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Derived from Breynia rhamnoides. Langmuir 2011, 27 (24), 15268-15274. IMPACT FACTOR: 83 Q1 10.1021/la2034559

Podila, R.; Queen, W.; Nath, A.; Arantes, J. T.; Schoenhalz, A. L.; Fazzio, A.; Dalpian, G. M.; He, J.; Hwu, S. J.; Skove, M. J.; Rao, A. M., Origin of FM Ordering in Pristine Micro- and Nanostructured ZnO. Nano Letters 2010, 10 (4), 1383-1386. IMPACT FACTOR: 7 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl1001444

Muthukumar, V. S.; Reppert, J.; Sandeep, C. S. S.; Krishnan, S. S. R.; Podila, R.; Kuthirummal, N.; Sai, S. S. S.; Venkataramaniah, K.; Philip, R.; Rao, A. M., Optical limiting properties of CdS nanowires. Optics Communications 2010, 283 (20), 4104-4107. IMPACT FACTOR:45 Q2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2010.06.020

Loebick, C. Z.; Podila, R.; Reppert, J.; Chudow, J.; Ren, F.; Haller, G. L.; Rao, A. M.; Pfefferle, L. D., Selective Synthesis of Subnanometer Diameter Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132 (32), 11125-11131. IMPACT FACTOR: 85 Q1 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja102011h

Gupta, N.; Alapatt, G. F.; Podila, R.; Singh, R.; Poole, K. F., Prospects of Nanostructure-Based Solar Cells for Manufacturing Future Generations of Photovoltaic Modules. International Journal of Photoenergy 2009,1,1. Q3  https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/154059

BOOK CHAPTERS AND PERSPECTIVES

  1. Raghavendra, A. J.#, Gregory, W.#, Persaud, I., Brown, J. M., & Podila, R.* Spectroscopic Insights into the Nano-Bio Interface. In Unraveling the Safety Profile of Nanoscale Particles and Materials-From Biomedical to Environmental Applications. InTech (2018)
  2. Muthukumar, V. S.; Podila, R.; Anand, B.; Sivaramakrishnan, S.; Philip, R.; Rao, A. M.; Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Dynamics of Organic and Inorganic Nanomaterials. Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, Springer-Verlag (2012).
  3. Podila, R.; Brown, J. M.; Kahru, A.; Rao, A. M.; A spectroscopic perspective of nano-bio interactions, MRS Bulletin 39 (11), 990-93 (2014).
  4. Puneet, P.; Rao, A. M.; Podila, R.; Shape-controlled carbon nanotube architectures for thermal management in aerospace applications, MRS Bulletin 40 (10), 850-855 (2015).