At UT Austin

  1. DNA-Barcoded Plasmonic Nanostructures for Activity-Based Protease Sensing (link)
    Subrata Pandit, Mark Duchow, Wilson Chao, Anna Capasso, and Devleena Samanta
    Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 63, e202310964.
    Featured in Angewandte Chemie Press Release
    UT CNS News | Science Daily | Phys.org | EurekAlert! | Lifetechnology.com | ChemistryViews.com

  2. Next-Generation Nanopore Sensors Based on Conductive Pulse Sensing for Enhanced Detection of Nanoparticles (link)
    Samuel Confederat, Seungheon Lee, Der Vang, Dimitrios Soulias, Fabio Marcuccio, Timotheus I. Peace, Martin Andrew Edwards, Pietro Strobbia, Devleena Samanta, Christoph Wälti, and Paolo Actis
    Small, 2023, 20, 2305186.
    Inside Front Cover

  3. Enhancing CRISPR/Cas Systems with Nanotechnology (link)
    Rupali Chowdhry, Steven Z. Lu, Seungheon Lee, Shivudu Godhulayyagari, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, and Devleena Samanta
    Trends in Biotechnology, 2023, 41, 1549-1564.

  4. Proximity-Driven DNA Nanosensors (link)
    Sara R. Nixon, Imon Kanta Phukan, Brian J. Armijo, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, and Devleena Samanta
    ECS Sensors Plus, 2023, 2, 030601.
  5. Engineering Protein-Based Therapeutics Through Structural and Chemical Design (link)
    Sasha B. Ebrahimi and Devleena Samanta
    Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2411.

  6. DNA-Mediated Control of Protein Function in Semi-Synthetic Systems (link)
    Dylan M. Snider, Subrata Pandit, Mackenzie Coffin, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, and Devleena Samanta
    ChemBioChem, 2022, 23, e202200464.
    Featured in ChemBioTalents 2022/23 | Designated as a very important paper

  7. Signal Transduction Strategies for Analyte Detection using DNA‐Based Nanostructures (link)
    Seungheon Lee, Shivudu Godhulayyagari, Shadler T. Nguyen, Jasmine K. Lu, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, and Devleena Samanta
    Angewandte Chemie, 2022, 134, e202202211.

  8. Before UT Austin

  9. Spatially-Encoding Hydrogels with DNA to Control Cell Signaling (link)
    Namrata Ramani, C. Adrian Figg, Alex J. Anderson, Peter H. Winegar, EunBi Oh, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Devleena Samanta, Chad A. Mirkin
    Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2301086.

  10. Cellular Delivery of Large Functional Proteins and Protein-Nucleic Acid Constructs via Localized Electroporation (link)
    Nibir Pathak, Cesar A. Patino, Namrata Ramani, Prithvijit Mukherjee, Devleena Samanta, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Chad A. Mirkin, and Horacio D. Espinosa
    Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 3653–3660.
    Featured in Northwestern Engineering News

  11. Enhancing CRISPR-Cas-Mediated Detection of Nucleic Acid and Non-nucleic Acid Targets Using Enzyme-Labeled Reporters (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* Namrata Ramani,* and Chad A. Mirkin
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 16310–16315.
  12. * equal contribution

  13. Monolayer Plasmonic Nanoframes as Large-Area, Broadband Metasurface Absorbers (link)
    Yuanwei Li, Ibrahim Tanriover, Wenjie Zhou, Wisnu Hadibrata, Sina Abedini Dereshgi, Devleena Samanta, Koray Aydin, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Small, 2022, 18, 2201171.

  14. Programmable Matter: The Nanoparticle Atom and DNA Bond (link)
    Devleena Samanta, Wenjie Zhou, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Sarah H. Petrosko, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2107875.
    Featured in Advanced Materials Hall of Fame

  15. Protein Transfection via Spherical Nucleic Acids (link)
    Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* Devleena Samanta,* Caroline D. Kusmierz, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Nature Protocols, 2022, 17, 327–357
    * equal contribution

  16. Programming Fluorogenic DNA Probes for Rapid Detection of Steroids (link)
    Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* Devleena Samanta,* Benjamin E.Partridge, Caroline D. Kusmierz, Ho Fung Cheng, Arabela A. Grigorescu, Jorge L. Chávez, Peter A. Mirau, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 60, 15260-15265.
    * equal contribution
    Featured as Hot Paper

  17. Corner-, Edge-, and Facet-Controlled Growth of Nanocrystals (link)
    Yuanwei Li, Haixin Lin, Wenjie Zhou, Lin Sun, Devleena Samanta, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Science Advances, 2021, 7, eabf1410.

  18. Device-Quality, Reconfigurable Metamaterials from Shape-Directed Nanocrystal Assembly (link)
    Wenjie Zhou, Zizhuo Liu, Ziyin N Huang, Haixin Lin, Devleena Samanta, Qing-Yuan Lin, Koray Aydin, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020, 117, 21052-21057.

  19. Protein Spherical Nucleic Acids for Live-Cell Chemical Analysis (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* Caroline D. Kusmierz, Ho Fung Cheng, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 13350–13355.
  20. * equal contribution

  21. DNA-Based Nanostructures for Live-Cell Analysis (link)
    Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Devleena Samanta, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 26, 11343–11356.
    Featured in JACS Spotlights

  22. Nucleic-Acid Structures as Intracellular Probes for Live Cells (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* and Chad A. Mirkin
    Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1901743.
    * equal contribution

  23. Multivalent Cation-Induced Actuation of Colloidal Superlattices (link)
    Devleena Samanta, Aysenur Iscen, Christine R. Laramy, Sasha B. Ebrahimi, Katherine E. Bujold, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 19973-19977.
    Journal cover

  24. Forced Intercalation (FIT)-Aptamers (link)
    Sasha B. Ebrahimi,* Devleena Samanta,* Ho Fung Cheng, Levy I. Nathan, and Chad A. Mirkin
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 13744-13748.
    * equal contribution

  25. Micron-sized Water Droplets Induce Spontaneous Reduction (link)
    Jae Kyoo Lee, Devleena Samanta, Hong Gil Nam, and Richard N. Zare
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 10585-10589.

  26. Spontaneous Formation of Gold Nanostructures in Aqueous Microdroplets (link)
    Jae Kyoo Lee, Devleena Samanta, Hong Gil Nam, and Richard N. Zare
    Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 1562.
    Top 50 most read Nature Communications articles in chemistry and materials science in 2018
    Stanford News | Science Daily | Phys.org | EurekAlert! | Futurity

  27. Ultra-low Voltage Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Niloufar Hosseini-Nassab,* Aidan D. McCarty, and Richard N. Zare
    Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 9773-9779.

    * equal contribution

  28. On-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Rohan Mehrotra,* Katy Margulis,* and Richard N. Zare
    Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16429-16436.
    * equal contribution
    Invited by Atlas of Science to write a layman's summary

  29. Electrically Controlled Release of Insulin using Polypyrrole Nanoparticles (link)
    Niloufar Hosseini-Nassab,* Devleena Samanta,* Yassan Abdolazimi, Justin P. Annes, and Richard N. Zare
    Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 143-149.
    * equal contribution
    2017 Nanoscale HOT Article Collection
    Invited by Atlas of Science to write a layman's summary

  30. Electroresponsive Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery on Demand (link)
    Devleena Samanta,* Niloufar Hosseini-Nassab,* and Richard N. Zare
    Nanoscale, 2016, 17, 9310-9317.

    * equal contribution

  31. An Ultrasonically Powered Implantable Device for Targeted Drug Delivery (link)
    Jayant Charthad, Spyridon Baltsavias, Devleena Samanta, Ting Chia Chang, Marcus J. Weber, Niloufar Hosseini-Nassab, Richard N. Zare, and Amin Arbabian
    IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2016.

  32. Polypyrrole Nanoparticles for Tunable, pH-Sensitive and Sustained Drug Release (link)
    Devleena Samanta, Jana L. Meiser, and Richard N. Zare
    Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 9497-9504.

  33. Prediction of Superhalogen-Stabilized Noble Gas Compounds (link)
    Devleena Samanta
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014, 5, 3151-3156.

  34. Potential of ZrO Clusters as Replacement Pd Catalyst (link)
    Swayamprabha Behera, Nicholas King, Devleena Samanta, and Puru Jena
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014, 141, 034301.

  35. Receptor-Ligand Interaction at 5-HT3 Serotonin Receptors: A Cluster Approach. (link)
    Bijan K. Rao, Devleena Samanta, Shawn Joshi, Kinjal Basu, Sheryl D. Baldwin, Amrita Jha, Malgorzata Dukat, Richard A. Glennon, and Puru Jena
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, 118, 8471-8476.

  36. Synthesis, Characterization, and Atomistic Modeling of Stabilized Highly Pyrophoric Al(BH4)3 via the Formation of the Hypersalt K[Al(BH4)4] (link)
    Douglas A. Knight, Ragaiy Zidan, Robert Lascola, Rana Mohtadi, Chen Ling, PremKumar Sivasubramanian, James A. Kaduk, Son-Jong Hwang, Devleena Samanta, and Puru Jena
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, 19905-19915.

  37. Nitrate Superhalogens as Building Blocks of Hypersalts (link)
    Swayamprabha Behera, Devleena Samanta, and Puru Jena
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013, 117, 5428-5434.

  38. Zinc in the +III Oxidation State. (link)
    Devleena Samanta and Puru Jena
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 8400-8403.
    VCU News | Phys.org

  39. Unique Spectroscopic Signature of Nearly Degenerate Isomers of Au(CN)3 Anion (link)
    Devleena Samanta, Miao Miao Wu, and Puru Jena
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011, 2, 3027-3031.

  40. Au(CN)n Complexes: Superhalogens with Pseudohalogens as Building blocks (link)
    Devleena Samanta, Miao Miao Wu, and Puru Jena
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 8918-8925.

  41. Borane Derivatives: A New Class of Super‐ and Hyperhalogens (link)
    Biswarup Pathak, Devleena Samanta, Rajeev Ahuja, and Puru Jena
    ChemPhysChem, 2011, 12, 2422-2427.