37. Amrita Paul, Rakesh Mengji, Manoranjan Bera, Mamata Ojha, Avijit Jana* and Pradeep N.D. Singh*, Mitochondria-localized In Situ Generation of Rhodamine Photocage with Fluorescence Turn-On Enabling Cancer Cell-Specific Drug Delivery Triggered by Green Light, Chem. Comm. 2020, doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03524F.
36. Amrita Chaudhuri, Rakesh Mengji, Yarra Venkatesh, Avijit Jana,* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Improved Tumor-specific Therapeutic Strategy by Spatio-temporal in situ Formation of Cu(II)-complex, Leading to Prompt Cell Apoptosis via Photoactivation of the Prodrug, Chem. Comm. 2020, 56, 4559-4562.
35. Rakesh Mengji, Chiranjit Acharya, Venugopal Vangala, Avijit Jana,* A Lysosome Specific Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe for the in vitro Cancer Cell Detection and Non-Invasive in vivo Imaging, Chem. Comm. 2019, 55, 14182-14185.
34. Sk Asraf Ali, Sanjay Bhaumik, Akash Jana, Susanta Kumar Manna, Mohammed Ikbal, Arabinda Mandal, Anirban Bera, Avijit Jana,* and Shubhankar Samanta,* NaN3/NH4Cl-Promoted Aza-Cyclization: A Convenient Route for Bio-Active Diverse Isoindolinone Derivatives, Chem. Select. 2018, 3, 11950–11956.
33. Sandipan Biswas, Rakesh Mengji, Shrabani Barman, Venugopal Vangala, Avijit Jana* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* ‘AIE + ESIPT’ Assisted Photorelease: Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles for Dual Anticancer Drug Delivery with Real-Time Monitoring Ability, Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 168-171.
32. Amrita Paul, Rakesh Mengji, Olive Abraham Chandy, Surajit Nandi, Manoranjan Bera, Avijit Jana,* Anakuthil Anoop* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* ESIPT-Induced Fluorescent o-Hydroxycinnamate: Self-Monitoring Phototrigger for Prompt Image-Guided Uncaging of Alcohols, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 8544-8552.
31. Moumita Gangopadhyay, Rakesh Mengji, Amrita Paul, Venkatesh Yarra, Vangala Venugopal, Avijit Jana* and Pradeep N.D. Singh,* Redox-responsive Xanthene-coumarin-chlorambucil-based FRET-guided theranostics for “activatable” combination therapy with real-time monitoring, Chem. Comm. 2017,53, 9109-9112.
30. Swarup Kumar Maji,* Avijit Jana, Two-dimensional nanohybrid (RGS@AuNPs) as an effective catalyst for reduction of 4-nitrophenol and photo-degradation of methylene blue dye, New J. Chem. 2017,41, 3326-3332.
29. Suresh Kumar Mondal, Arabinda Mandal, Susanta Kumar Manna, Sk Asraf Ali, Maidul Hossain* Vangala Venugopal, Avijit Jana* Shubhankar Samanta,* Intramolecular macrolactonization, photophysical and biological studies of new class of polycyclic pyrrole derivatives, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 2411-2421.
28. S. Karthik, Avijit Jana, M. Selvakumar, Yarra Venkatesh, Amrita Paul, Sk. Sheriff Shah and N. D. Pradeep Singh*, Coumarin polycaprolactone polymeric nanoparticles: light and tumor microenvironment activated cocktail drug delivery, J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5, 1734-1741.
27. Moumita Gangopadhyay, Avijit Jana, Y. Rajesh, Manoranjan Bera, Sandipan Biswas, Nilanjana Chowdhury, Yanli Zhao,* Mahitosh Mandal and N. D. Pradeep Singh*, Organic Nanoparticle based Fluorescent Chemosensor for Selective Switching ON and OFF of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), Chem. Select. 2016, 1, 6523-6531.
26. Yarra Venkatesh, Y. Rajesh, S. Karthik, Chetan A. C., Mahitosh Mandal, Avijit Jana,* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Photocaging of Single and Dual (similar or different) Carboxylic and Amino Acids by Acetyl Carbazole and its Application as Dual Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy, J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 11168-11175.
25. Yarra Venkatesh, S. Karthik, Y. Rajesh, Mahitosh Mandal, Avijit Jana,* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Three Arm, Biotin-tagged Carbazole-Dicyanovinyl-Chlorambucil Conjugate: Simultaneous Tumor Targeting, Sensing and Photoresponsive Anticancer Drug Delivery, Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 3482-3486.
24. Akash Jana, Susanta Kumar Manna, Suresh Kumar Mondal, Arabinda Mandal, Saikat Kumar Manna, Avijit Jana, Bidyut Kumar Senapati, Manas Jana and Shubhankar Samanta,* An Efficient Synthesis of Pyrrole and Fluorescent Isoquinoline Derivatives Using NaN3/NH4Cl Promoted Intramolecular Aza-Annulation, Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 3722-3726.
23. John Mondal,* Quang Thang Trinh, Avijit Jana, Wilson Kwok Hung Ng, Parijat Borah, Hajime Hirao* and Yanli Zhao,* Size-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles Fabricated in Porous Organic Polymers for Alkene Hydrogenation at Room Temperature, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 , 15307–15319.
22. Linyi Bai, Dongliang Chao, Pengyao Xing, Li Juan Tou, Zhen Chen, Avijit Jana, Ze Xiang Shen,* and Yanli Zhao,* Refined Sulfur Nanoparticles Immobilized in Metal-Organic Polyhedron as Stable Cathodes for Li-S Battery, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 14328–14333.
21. Avijit Jana,* Linyi Bai, Xin Li, Hans Ågren and Yanli Zhao,* Morphology Tuning of Self-Assembled Perylene Monoimide from Nanoparticles to Colloidosomes with Enhanced Excimeric NIR Emission for Bioimaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 2336-2347.
20. Linyi Bai, Avijit Jana, Hhuijun Phoebe Tham, Kim Truc Nguyen, Parijit Borah, Yanli Zhao, Remarkable vapochromic behavior of pure organic octahedron embedded in porous frameworks, Small 2016, 22, 3302–3308.
19. Linyi Bai, Youyi Xia, Avijit Jana, Chung Yen Ang, Lingzhi Zhao, Zhi Fan,* and Yanli Zhao,* Perylenetetracarboxylic-Metal Assemblies and Anisotropic Charge Transport in the Cu(II) Assembly, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 9134-9140.
18. Linyi Bai, Soo Zeng Fiona Phua, Wei Qi Lim, Avijit Jana, Zhong Luo, Huijun Phoebe Tham, Lingzhi Zhao, Qiang Gao and Yanli Zhao,* Nanoscale Covalent Organic Frameworks as Smart Carriers for Drug Delivery, Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 4128-4131.
17. Amrita Paul, Avijit Jana, S. Karthik, Manoranjan Bera, Yanli Zhao* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Photoresponsive Real Time Monitoring Silicon Quantum Dots for Regulated Delivery of Anticancer Drug, J. Mater. Chem. B 2016, 4, 521-528.
16. Avijit Jana, John Mondal, Parijat Borah, Sujan Mondal, Asim Bhaumik* and Yanli Zhao,* Ruthenium bipyridyl tethered porous organosilica: a versatile, durable and reusable heterogeneous photocatalyst, Chem. Comm. 2015, 51, 10746-10749.
This work has been highlighted in Synfacts: Synfacts 2015, 11(9), 1001.
This work has also been highlighted in ChemInform Abstract: ChemInform 2015, 46(43), October.
15. S. Karthik, Avijit Jana, Biswajit Saha, B. Krishna Kalyani, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Yanli Zhao* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Charge Reversal Photoresponsive Quinoline Tethered Mesoporous Silica for Targeted Drug Delivery, J. Mater. Chem. B 2014, 2, 7971-7977.
14. John Mondal, Kim Truc Nguyen, Avijit Jana, Karina Kurniawan, Parijat Borah, Yanli Zhao* and Asim Bhaumik,* Efficient Alkene Hydrogenation Over Magnetically Recoverable and Recyclable Fe3O4@GO Nanocatalyst Using Hydrazine Hydrate as the Hydrogen Source, Chem. Comm. 2014, 50, 12095-12097.
13. Avijit Jana, Kim Truc Nguyen, Xin Li, Pengcheng Zhu, Nguan Soon Tan, Hans Agren* and Yanli Zhao,* Perylene-Derived Single-Component Organic Nanoparticles with Tunable Emission: Efficient Anticancer Drug Carriers with Real-Time Monitoring of Drug Release, ACS Nano 2014, 8, 5939–5952.
12. Avijit Jana, Biswajit Saha, Deb Ranjan Banerjee, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Kim Truc Nguyen, Xing Ma, Qiuyu Qu, Yanli Zhao* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Photocontrolled Nuclear–Targeted Drug Delivery by Single Component Photoresponsive Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles of Acridin–9–methanol, Bioconjugate Chemistry 2013, 24, 1828–1839.
11. Avijit Jana, Biswajit Saha, S. Karthik, Sharabani Barman, Mohammed Ikbal, Sudip Kumar Ghosh and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Fluorescent photoremovable precursor (acridin-9-ylmethyl)ester: synthesis, photophysical, photochemical and biological applications, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2013, 12, 1041-1052.
10. Avijit Jana, K. Sanjana P. Devi, Tapas K. Maiti and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Perylene–3–ylmethanol: Fluorescent organic nanoparticles as a single–component photoresponsive nanocarrier with real–time monitoring of anticancer drug release, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7656–7659.
9. Avijit Jana, Biswajit Saha, Mohammed Ikbal, Sudip Kumar Ghosh and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* 1–(Hydroxyacetyl)pyrene a new fluorescent phototrigger for cell imaging and caging of alcohols, phenol and adenosine, Photochem. Photobiol. Sc. 2012, 11, 1558–1566.
8. Avijit Jana, Mohammed Ikbal and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Perylen–3–ylmethyl Fluorescent Photoremovable Protecting Group (FPRPG) for carboxylic acids and alcohols, Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 1128–1136.
7. Mohammed Ikbal, Rakesh Banerjee, Sanghamitra Atta, Avijit Jana, Dibakar Dhara,* Anakuthil Anoop* and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Development of 1–Hydroxy–2(1H)–quinolone based photoacid generators and photoresponsive polymer surfaces, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 11968–11975.
6. Mohammed Ikbal, Avijit Jana, N.D. Pradeep Singh,* Rakesh Banerjee and Dibakar Dhara,* Photoacid generators (PAGs) based on N–acyl–N–phenylhydroxylamines for carboxylic and sulfonic acids, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 3733–3742.
This work has been highlighted in ChemInform Abstract: ChemInform 2011, 67(20), 3733-3742, September.
5. Avijit Jana, Sanghamitra Atta, Sujan K. Sarkar and N.D. Pradeep Singh,* 1–Acetylpyrene with dual functions as an environment–sensitive fluorophore and fluorescent photoremovable protecting group, Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 9798–9807.
4. Sanghamitra Atta, Avijit Jana, Rajakumar Ananthakrishnan and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* Fluorescent caged compounds of 2,4–dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4–D) photorelease technology for controlled release of 2,4–D, J. Agric. Food Chem. 2010, 58, 11844–11851.
3. Joydip Sengupta, Avijit Jana, N.D. Pradeep Singh and Chacko Jacob,* Lithographically defined site–selective growth of Fe filled multi–walled carbon nanotubes using a modified photoresist, Carbon 2010, 48, 2371–2375.
Work Presented in Conferences
1. Avijit Jana, Kim Truc Nguyen, Xin Li, Hans Agren, Yanli Zhao,* “Perylene derived single component organic nanoparticles with tunable emission: An efficient carrier for delivery of anticancer drug with real time monitoring of drug release” Inorganic and Nanomaterials Forum (1st INF), 25–26 July, 2014 held at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
2. Avijit Jana, Kim Truc Nguyen, Xin Li, Hans Agren, Yanli Zhao,* “Perylene derived single component organic nanoparticles with tunable emission: An efficient carrier for delivery of anticancer drug with real time monitoring of drug release” The 9th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (9th ISMSC), 7–11 June, 2014 held at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai.
3. Avijit Jana, Sanghamitra Atta and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* “Acridine‐9‐yl methanol performs both as an environment sensitive fluorophore and fluorescent photoremovable protecting group.” 14th National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI), 3–5th February, 2012 held at NIIST Trivandrum.
4. Avijit Jana and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* “Perylen–3–ylmethyl: Fluorescent Photoremovable Protecting group (FPRPG) for Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols.” International Symposium on Chemistry and Complexity, 6–8 December, 2011 held at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) Jadavpur, Kolkata.
5. Avijit Jana and N. D. Pradeep Singh,* “1–acetylpyrene performs both as an environment–sensitive fluorophore and fluorescent photoremovable protecting group.” National conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS–2010), 3–4 December, 2010 held at IIT Guwahati.
1. Invited lecture in the Chemistry Webinar Series I, in the Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya on " Stimuli-responsive Drug Delivery Systems (DDSs) Design, Development and Prospect" June 10, 2020.
2. Invited lecture at the CSIR-IICT Hyderabad “Photoresponsive Organic Small Molecular Systems: Design, Development and Applications” November 20, 2015.
