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From Texas Tech.

2025

(39) Asma Harun,# Nathaniel Bendele,# Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Isabella Vasquez,# Jonathan Djuanda,# Robert Posey, Gordon Christopher, Ulrich Bickel, Viktor Gruev, Joshua Tropp, Paul Egan, Indrajit Srivastava*. “3D Tumor-Mimicking Phantom Models for Evaluating Near-Infrared I/II Nanoparticles in Fluorescence-Guided Surgical Interventions ”. (2025) [Biorxiv] [Minor Revision]

(38) Isabella Vasquez,+,# Ruiyang Xue,+ Indrajit Srivastava*. “Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanotags: Design Strategies, Biomedical Applications, and Integration of Machine Learning”. WIRE Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology. (2025) [Invited] [Minor Revision]

(37) Li Lin, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Ramon Alvarez-Puebla, Matt Trau, Jing Wang, Laura Fabris, Shikuang Yang, Jian-Feng Li, Jixiang Fang, Xinyuan Bi, Zhou Chen, Guokun Liu, Shuping Xu, Yikai Xu, Chunchun Li, Liangbao Yang, Jinqing Huang, Limei Tian, Indrajit Srivastava, Xiang Wang, Li Cui, Randy Carney, Sebastian Schlücker, Pavel Matousek, Wei Xie, Ming Li, Yitao Long, Xiao Xia Han, Aiguo Shen, Jiming Hu, Juergen Popp, Bin Ren, Shuming Nie, Bin Zhao, Xing Yi Ling*, Jian Ye*. “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances and Future Challenges”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (2025) [Invited] doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c17502.

2024

(36) Nathaniel Bendele, +,# Ken Kitamura, +,# Isabella Vasquez,# Asma Harun,# McKenzie Carroll,# Indrajit Srivastava*. “Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence Amplification via Albumin Complexation of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Surgical Navigation in Ex Vivo Porcine Models”. Advanced Functional Materials, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202407753 [Biorxiv] (2024) [Selected as frontispiece cover] [Press release by Texas Tech Now] [Frontispiece Cover]

(35) Bahareh Rezaei,+ Asma Harun,+# Xian Wu,+ Poornima Lyer,+ Stefano Ciannella,+ 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 ”. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024), https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202401213.

(34) Nikita Gill, Indrajit Srivastava,* Joshua Tropp.* “Rational Design of NIR-II Emitting Conjugated Polymer Derived Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Cancer Interventions ”. Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024), doi:10.1002/adhm.202401297_am.

(33) 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)

Before joining Texas Tech.

2023

(32) 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)

(31) 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.

(30) 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.

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

(28) 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)

(27) 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)

2022

(26) 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.

2021

(25) 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 Materials & Interfaces (2021).

(24) 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).

(23) 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 Materials & Interfaces (2021)

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

2020

(21) 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 Communications (2020) [Press release]

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

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

(18) 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]

(17) 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 Materials & Interfaces (2020)

2019

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

(15) 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)

(14) 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)

(13) 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”, Advanced Functional Materials (2019)

(12) 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)

2018

(11) 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 Chemistry (2018)

(10) 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 Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018)

(9) 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]

(8) 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”, Advanced Biology (2018)

(7) 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)

(6) 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)

2017

(5) 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)

(4) S. K. Misra,+ I. Srivastava,+ I. Tripathi, E.Daza, F.Ostadhossein, D.Pan*.“Macromolecularly Caged Carbon Nanoparticles for Intracellular Trafficking via Switchable Photoluminescence”, Journal of American Chemical Society (2017) [Press release]

(3) 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]

2013-2015

(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”. Chemical Communications (2015)

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

Research Publications