+ denotes co-first author; # denotes undergraduate/graduate mentee; * denotes corresponding author

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From Texas Tech.

(7) Nathaniel Bendele,# Jonathan Djuanda,# Isabella Vasquez,# Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Robert Posey, Ulrich Bickel, Joshua Tropp, Paul Egan, Indrajit Srivastava.* “Design and Development of 3D Tumor-Mimicking Phantom Models for Advancing Near-Infrared I/II Fluorescence Imaging for Surgical Navigation”. In Preparation. (2024)

(6) Nathaniel Bendele,+# Isabella Vasquez,+# Jonathan Djuanda,+# Indrajit Srivastava.* “Rational Design and Development of Semiconducting Polymer-Based Afterglow Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications”. In Preparation. (2024)

(5) Isabella Vasquez,# Indrajit Srivastava.* “Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanotags: Design Strategies, Biomedical Applications, and Integration of Machine Learning”. In Preparation. (2024)

(4) Nathaniel Bendele,,# Ken Kitamura,,# Isabella Vasquez, Asma Harun, Indrajit Srivastava*. “Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence Amplification via Albumin Complexation of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Surgical Navigation in Ex Vivo Porcine Models”. In Review. [Biorxiv] (2024)

(3) Nikita Gill, Indrajit Srivastava,* Joshua Tropp.* “Rational Design of Near-Infrared II Emitting Conjugated Polymer Derived Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Cancer Interventions ”. In Review (2024)

(2) Bahareh Rezaei,+ Stefano Ciannella,+ Asma Harun,+#, Xian Wu, Poornima Lyer, Shahriar Mostufa, Ioannis H. Karampelas, Jeffrey Chalmers, Indrajit Srivastava,* Jenifer Gómez-Pastora,*, Kai Wu.*  “Effect of Polymeric and Cell Membrane Coatings on Theranostic Applications of Nanoparticles: A Review ”. Minor Revision, Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024)

(1) I. Srivastava,* R. Xue, H.-K. Huang, Z. Wang, J. Jones,# I. Vasquez,# S. Pandit,# L. Lin, K. Flatt, V. Gruev, Y.-S. Chen,* S. Nie.* “Biomimetic Membrane Protected Plasmonic Nanostructures as Dual-Modality Contrast Agents for Correlated SERS and Photoacoustic Detection of Hidden Tumor Lesions”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024)

From Postdoc. at UIUC

(4) C. Chen, Z. Wang, J. Wu, Z. Deng, T. Zhang, Z. Zhu, Y. Jin, B. Lew, I. Srivastava, Z. Liang, S. Nie,* V. Gruev*. “Bioinspired, Vertically Stacked, and Perovskite-Nanocrystal Enhanced CMOS Imaging Sensors for Resolving UV Spectral Signatures''. Science Advances (2023)

(3) I. Srivastava,* B. Lew, Y. Wang, S. Blair, M. B. George, B. S. Hajek, S. Bangru, S. Pandit,# Z. Wang,# J. Ludwig, K. Flatt, M. Gruebele, S. Nie,* V. Gruev*. ”Cell-Membrane Coated Nanoparticles for Tumor Delineation and Qualitative Estimation of Cancer Biomarkers at Single Wavelength Excitation in Murine and Phantom Models''. ACS Nano (2023)

This work was highlighted by the Illinois News Bureau and Illinois Public Media.

(2) M. B. George,+, B. Lew,+, S. Blair, Z. Zhu, Z. Liang, I. Srivastava, A. Chang, H. Choi, K. Kim, S. Nie, S. Singhal, V. Gruev*. “Bioinspired Color-Near Infrared Endoscopic Imaging System for Molecular Guided Cancer Surgery''. Journal of Biomedical Optics (2023)

This work was highlighted on the Cancer Center at Illinois website.

(1) I. Srivastava, R. Xue,# J. Jones,# H. Rhee,# K. Flatt, V. Gruev,* S. Nie*. “Biomimetic Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Nanoparticles with Improved Dispersibility, Signal Brightness, and Tumor Targeting Functions''. ACS Nano (2022)

This work was highlighted on the Cancer Center at Illinois website.

From PhD at UIUC

26. M. Alafeef, I. Srivastava, D. Pan.* “Carbon Dots: From Synthesis to Unraveling the Fluorescence Mechanism”. Small (2023).

25. P. Mukherjee,+ I. Srivastava+, A. Ghosh, H. Jang, J. Pfister, R. Bhargava*, D. Pan*. “Real-time Chemical Imaging of Carbon Dot Templated Tubulin-Polymerization”. (Submitted, Internal review manuscript available)

24. I. Srivastava, P. Moitra, K. Brent,# S. Pandit,# E. Altun, D. Pan.* “Biodegradable and Switchable Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes for Hypoxia Detection”. Nanomedicine UK (2023)

23. I. Srivastava, P. Moitra, M. Fayyaz, S. Pandit,# P. Fathi, H. Rezvani, K. Dighe, M. Alafeef, K. Vyoung,# M. Jabeen, D. Sar, S. Nie, J. Irudayaraj, D. Pan.* “Rational Design of Surface-State Controlled Multi-Color Crosslinked Carbon Dots with Distinct Photoluminescence and Cellular Uptake Properties”. ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces (2021).

22. I. Srivastava, P. Moitra, D. Sar, K. Wang,# M. Alafeef, J. Scott, D. Pan*.“Luminescence switching in polymerically confined carbon nanoparticles triggered by UV-light”, Nanoscale (2021).

21. A. S. Schwartz-Duval, R. Wen, I. Srivastava, P. Moitra, D. Pan*.”A Simplistic Single-Step Method for Preparing Biomimetic Nanoparticles from Endogenous Biomaterials”, ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces (2021)

20. H. A. Nguyen, I. Srivastava, D. Pan, M. Gruebele*.“Ultrafast Nanometric Imaging of Energy Flow Within and Between Single Carbon Dots”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2021) [Press release]

19. A. S. Schwartz-Duval, C. J. Konopka, P. Moitra, E. A. Daza, I. Srivastava, E. V. Johnson, T. L. Kampert, S.Fayn, A. Haran, L. W. Dobrucki, D. Pan*.“Intratumoral Generation of Photothermal Gold Nanoparticles through a Vectorized Biomineralization of Ionic Gold”, Nature Comm (2020) [Press release]

18. M. Alafeef, I. Srivastava, D. Pan*.“Machine-learning for Precision Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prediction of the Nanoparticles Cellular Internalization”, ACS Sens. (2020)

17. H. A. Nguyen,+ I. Srivastava+, D. Pan*, M. Gruebele*.“Unraveling the Photoluminescence Mechanism of Carbon Dots with Sub-Particle Resolution”, ACS Nano (2020)

16. I. Srivastava, M. S. Khan, K. Dighe, Z. Wang, M. Alafeef, T. Banerjee, T. Ghonge, L. M. Grove,# R. Bashir, D. Pan*.“On-chip Electrical Monitoring of Real-time Soft and Hard Protein-Corona on Carbon Nanoparticles”, Small Methods (2020) [Selected as front cover] [Press release]

15. I. Srivastava+, S. K. Misra,+S. Bangru,K. Boateng, J. A. N. T. Soares,A. S. Schwartz-Duval, A. Kalsotra, D. Pan*.“Complementary Oligonucleotide Conjugated Multi-Color Carbon Dots for Intracellular Recognition of Biological Events”, ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces (2020)

14. S.Pandit,# T.Banerjee, I. Srivastava, S. Nie,* D. Pan*.“Machine Learning-Assisted Array-Based Biomolecular Sensing Using Surface-Functionalized Carbon Dots”, ACS Sens. (2019)

13. P. Fathi, J. S. Khamo, X. Huang, I. Srivastava, M. B. Esch, K. Zhang*, D. Pan*. “Bulk-state and Single- particle Imaging are Central to Understanding Carbon Dot Photo-physics and Elucidating the Effects of Precursor Composition and Reaction Temperature”, Carbon (2019)

12. M. S. Khan,+ K. Dighe,+ Z. Wang, I. Srivastava, E. Daza, A. S. Schwartz-Duval, S. K. Misra, and D. Pan*.“Electrochemical digital Immunosensor with Enhanced Sensitivity for Detecting Human Salivary Glucocorticoid Hormone”, Analyst (2019)

11. I. Srivastava, J. Khamo, S. Pandit,# P. Fathi, X. Huang, A. Cao,# R. Haasch, S. Nie, K. Zhang,* D. Pan*.“Influence of Electron Acceptor and Electron Donor on the Photophysical Properties of Carbon Dots: A Comparative Investigation at the Bulk-State and Single-Particle Level”, Adv. Funct. Mater. (2019)

10. I. Srivastava+, D. Sar,+ P. Mukherjee, A. S. Schwartz-Duval, Z. Huang, C. Jaramillo, A. Civantos, I. Tripathi,J. P.Allain, R. Bhargava, D. Pan*.“Enzyme-Catalyzed Biodegradation of Carbon Dots follow Sequential Oxidation in a Time Dependent Manner”, Nanoscale (2019)

9. F. Ostadhossein,+ G. Vulugundam,+ S. K. Misra,+ I. Srivastava, D. Pan*.“Chirality Inversion on the Carbon Dot Surface via Covalent Surface Conjugation of Cyclic-Amino Acid Capping Agents”, Bioconjugate Chem. (2018)

8. I. Tripathi, S. K. Misra, F. Ostadhossein, I. Srivastava, D.Pan*. “Synthesis of Chiral Carbo- Nanotweezers for Enantiospecific Recognition and DNA Duplex Winding in Cancer Cells”, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2018)

7. S. K. Misra+, I. Srivastava+, J. Khamo, V. V. Krishnamurthy, D. Sar, A. S. Schwartz-Duval, J. A. N. T. Soares, K. Zhang,* D. Pan*. “Carbon Dots with Induced Surface Oxidation Permits Imaging at Single-Particle Level for Intracellular Studies”, Nanoscale (2018) [Press release]

6. I. Srivastava, S. K. Misra, I. Tripathi, A. S.Schwartz-Duval, D. Pan*. “In Situ Time-Dependent and Progressive Oxidation of Reduced State Surface Functionalities at the Nanoscale of Carbon Nanoparticles for Polarity Driven Multiscale Near-Infrared Imaging”, Adv. Biosys (2018)

5. M. S. Khan,+ K. Dighe,+ Z. Wang, I. Srivastava, E. Daza, A. S. Schwartz-Duval, J. Ghannam, S. K. Misra, D. Pan*. “Detection of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in Human Saliva using an Ultra-Sensitive Nanocomposite of Graphene Nanoplatelets with Diblock-co-polymers and Au Electrodes”, Analyst (2018)

4. D. Sar+, I. Srivastava+, S. K. Misra, F. Ostadhossein, P. Fathi, D. Pan*. “Copper-Catalyzed Syntheses of Pyrene-Pyrazole Pharmacophores and Structure-Activity Studies for Tubulin Polymerization”, ACS Omega (2018)

3. T. L. Kampert, S. K. Misra, I. Srivastava, I. Tripathi, and D. Pan*. “Phenotypically Screened Carbon Nanoparticles for Enhanced Combinatorial Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer” Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (2017)

2. S. K. Misra,+ I. Srivastava,+ I. Tripathi, E.Daza, F.Ostadhossein, D.Pan*.“Macromolecularly Caged Carbon Nanoparticles for Intracellular Trafficking via Switchable Photoluminescence”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2017) [Press release]

1. I. Srivastava+, S. K. Misra,+ F. Ostadhossein, E. A. Daza, J. Singh#, D. Pan*. “Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanoparticles Functionally Select their Uptake in Cancer Cells of Different Stages”, Nano Research (2017) [Selected as Front Cover]

From Undergrad. Research

2. S. K. Misra, X. Wang, I. Srivastava, M. K. Imgruet, R. W. Graff, A. Ohoka, T. L. Kampert, H. Gao*, D. Pan*. “Combinatorial Therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Hyperstar Polymer-Based Nanoparticles”. Chem. Comm. (2015)

1. B. Kartick, I. Srivastava, S. K. Srivastava*. “Green Synthesis of Graphene”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2013)

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