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Publications

Patents

  1. Singh Neetu, Chandra Anil, Biocompatible graphene quantum dots for drug delivery and bioimaging applications. US patent: US 9642815 (B2), May 2017 (Granted)
  2. Singh Neetu, Chandra Anil, Biocompatible graphene quantum dots for drug delivery and bioimaging applications. European patent: EP3063091 (B1), Aug 2017 (Granted)
  3. Singh Neetu, Chandra Anil, ‘Green fluorescent carbon dots for pH sensing’. Indian patent: 342093 July 2020 (Granted)
  4. Singh Neetu, Chandra Anil, Biocompatible graphene quantum dots for drug delivery and bioimaging applications. Indian patent: 340074 July 2020 (Granted)

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Journal Articles

  1. Ramakrishnan, S. M.; Ganaie, F. A.; Govindan, V.; Mavupadi, A. M.; Nagaraj, G.; Chandra, A.; Rajashekaraiah, V.; Ravikumar, K. L. Pneumococcal Baseline IgG Antibody Levels and Immune Response to 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine among Indian Adults. Vaccine 2026, 73, 128157. (IF: 3.5) doi 
  2. Ravishankar, S.; Kalai, T.; Machina, A.; Chandra, A. Elongated Carbon Dots with Ratiometric Fluorescence for Biomedical pH Sensing. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2025. (Just Accepted). (IF: 5.5) doi 
  3. Iuele, H.; Forciniti, S.; Onesto, V.; Colella, F.; Siciliano, A. C.; Chandra, A.; Nobile, C.; Gigli, G.; del Mercato, L. L. Facile One Pot Synthesis of Hybrid Core–Shell Silica-Based Sensors for Live Imaging of Dissolved Oxygen and Hypoxia Mapping in 3D Cell Models. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024. (IF: 8.3) doi 
  4. Grasso, G.; Colella, F.; Forciniti, S.; Onesto, V.; Iuele, H.; Siciliano, A. C.; Carnevali, F.; Chandra, A.; Gigli, G.; Mercato, L. L. del. Fluorescent Nano- and Microparticles for Sensing Cellular Microenvironment: Past, Present and Future Applications. Nanoscale Adv. 2023, 5 (17), 4311–4336. (IF: 4.6) doi
  5. Onesto, V.; Forciniti, S.; Alemanno, F.; Narayanankutty, K.; Chandra, A; Prasad, S.; Azzariti, A.; Gigli, G.; Barra, A.; De Martino, A.; De Martino, D.; del Mercato, L. L. Probing Single-Cell Fermentation Fluxes and Exchange Networks via PH-Sensing Hybrid Nanofibers. ACS Nano 2023, 17 (4), 3313–3323. (IF: 18.03) (Selected for cover page) doi.
  6. Rizzo, R.; Onesto, V.; Forciniti, S.; Chandra, A; Prasad, S.; Iuele, H.; Colella, F.; Gigli, G.; del Mercato, L. L. A PH-Sensor Scaffold for Mapping Spatiotemporal Gradients in Three-Dimensional in Vitro Tumour Models. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2022, 212, 114401. (IF: 12.54) doi.
  7. Chandra, A; Prasad, S.; Alemanno, F.; De Luca, M.; Rizzo, R.; Romano, R.; Gigli, G.; Bucci, C.; Barra, A.; del Mercato, L. L. Fully Automated Computational Approach for Precisely Measuring Organelle Acidification with Optical PH Sensors. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14 (16), 18133–18149. (IF: 10.38) (Selected for cover page) doi.
  8. Serio, F.; da Cruz, A. F.; Chandra, A; Nobile, C.; Rossi, G. R.; D’Amone, E.; Gigli, G.; del Mercato, L. L.; de Oliveira, C. C. Electrospun Polyvinyl-Alcohol/Gum Arabic Nanofibers: Biomimetic Platform for in Vitro Cell Growth and Cancer Nanomedicine Delivery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2021, 188, 764–773. (IF: 8.02) doi.
  9. Chandra, A; Prasad, S.; Iuele, H.; Colella, F.; Rizzo, R.; D’Amone, E.; Gigli, G.; Mercato, L. L. del. Highly Sensitive Fluorescent PH Microsensors Based on the Ratiometric Dye Pyranine Immobilized on Silica Microparticles. Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27 (53), 13318–13324. (IF: 5.02) doi.
  10. Prasad, S.; Chandra, A; Cavo, M.; Parasido, E.; Fricke, S.; Lee, Y.; D’Amone, E.; Gigli, G.; Albanese, C.; Rodriguez, O.; del Mercato, L. L. Optical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approaches for Investigating the Tumour Microenvironment: State-of-the-Art Review and Future Trends. Nanotechnology 2020, 32 (6), 062001. (IF: 3.953) doi.
  11. Pendiuk Gonçalves, J.; Fraga da Cruz, A.; Ribeiro de Barros, H.; Santana Borges, B.; Almeida Soares de Medeiros, L. C.; Soares, M. J.; Padovan dos Santos, M.; Grassi, M. T.; Chandra, A; del Mercato, L. L.; Rodrigues Rossi, G.; da Silva Trindade, E.; Riegel-Vidotti, I. C.; Camargo de Oliveira, C. Beyond Gold Nanoparticles Cytotoxicity: Potential to Impair Metastasis Hallmarks. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 2020, 157, 221–232. (IF: 5.589) doi.
  12. Moldero, I. L.; Chandra, A; Cavo, M.; Mota, C.; Kapsokalyvas, D.; Gigli, G.; Moroni, L.; del Mercato, L. L. Probing the PH Microenvironment of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Cultures on Additive-Manufactured Scaffolds. Small 2020, 16 (34), 2002258. (IF: 15.153) (Selected for cover page) doi.
  13. Chandra, A; Singh, N. Bacterial Growth Sensing in Microgels Using PH-Dependent Fluorescence Emission. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54 (13), 1643–1646. doi.(IF: 6.065)
  14. Chandra, A; Singh, N. Cell Microenvironment PH Sensing in 3D Microgels Using Fluorescent Carbon Dots. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2017, 3 (12), 3620–3627. doi.(IF: 5.395)
  15. Chandra, A; Singh, N. Biocompatible Fluorescent Carbon Dots for Ratiometric Intracellular PH Sensing. ChemistrySelect 2017, 2 (20), 5723–5728. doi.(IF: 2.307)
  16. Iyer, A.; Chandra, A; Swaminathan, R. Hydrolytic Enzymes Conjugated to Quantum Dots Mostly Retain Whole Catalytic Activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects 2014, 1840 (9), 2935–2943. doi.(IF: 4.117)
  17. Chandra, A; Deshpande, S.; Shinde, D. B.; Pillai, V. K.; Singh, N. Mitigating the Cytotoxicity of Graphene Quantum Dots and Enhancing Their Applications in Bioimaging and Drug Delivery. ACS Macro Lett. 2014, 3 (10), 1064–1068. (IF: 7.015) doi.


Accepted Cover Pages

2023

Nanoscale Advances Cover

Fluorescent nano- and microparticles for sensing cellular microenvironment: past, present and future applications



Cover Page

Conference Papers

  1. Prasad, S.; Chandra, A.; Lonardo, E.; Parasido, E.; Albanese, C.; Mercato, L. L. Abstract 1577…
  2. Chandra, A.; Prasad, S.; Alemanno, F.; Barra, A.; Lonardo, E.; Parasido, E.; Albanese, C.; Mercato, L. L. Abstract 2967…


Book Chapters

  1. Chandra, A.; Prasad, S.; Gigli, G.; del Mercato, L. L. Chapter 6 - Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Sensing…