Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Year 2026

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  S. Kalhor, Srabani Kar, R. Singh, K. Delfanazari. Topological Photonic Devices and Circuits at Terahertz Frequencies. Laser & Photonics Reviews, e03162, 2026. IF 10
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  A. S. Shinde, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Photoporation reimagined: microfluidic paradigm for precision and safe intracellular delivery of large cargos. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 30 (3), 22, 2026. IF 2.6
• 38
  N. Balasubramaniam, R. Balakrishnan, A. K. Bera, M. Nagai, R. Subbarayan, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Titanium Nitride Nanomaterials — A New Horizon for Light-activated human Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Cancer Cell Therapy. Advanced Therapeutics 9 (2), e00272, 2026. IF 2.6
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  A. Prasad, D. Dominic, M. Nagai, Srabani Kar, Tuhin Subhra Santra. Advanced Photoporation: Micro-Nanostructures for Size-Specific Highly Efficient Biomolecular Delivery. Small, e11843, 22 (16), 2026. IF 12.1
• 36
  D. Dominic, R. Ojha, M. Nagai, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Immobilized, micro-patterned graphene nanoflake devices for high-throughput, uniform intracellular biomolecular delivery. Materials Advances 7, 2279-2299, 2026. IF 4.7

Year 2025

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  Srabani Kar*, K. Delfanazari, Y. C. Wen. State-of-the-Art Emerging Materials under a Terahertz Emission Spotlight. ACS Materials Letters 8 (1), 16-34, 2025. IF 9.9 *Corresponding Author
• 34
  A. S. Shinde, A. K. Patel, N. R. Mahapatra, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Enhanced Intracellular Delivery via a Titanium-Coated TiO₂ Microstructure Device: Leveraging an Infrared Laser for Optimal Efficiency. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (5), 7291-7306, 2025. IF 8.5
• 33
  A. Prasad, R. Jayaganthan, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Microfluidic synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles for highly efficient intracellular delivery in stem cells and cancer cells. Lab on a Chip 25 (20), 5350-5366, 2025. IF 5.4

Year 2024

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  A. S. Shinde, P. Shinde, M. Nagai, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Infrared Light Activated Highly Efficient Cell Therapy Using Flower-Shaped Microstructure Device. Advanced Therapeutics 7 (11), 2400046, 2024. IF 2.6
• 31
  H. H. Padma, K. Illath, D. Dominic, H.-Y. Chang, M. Nagai, R. Ojha, Srabani Kar, Tuhin Subhra Santra. Ultra-low intensity light pulses for large cargo delivery into hard-to-transfect cells using an rGO mixed PDMS microtip device. Lab on a Chip 24, 3880-3897, 2024. IF 7.517
• 30
  K. Illath, Srabani Kar, A. Shinde, R. Ojha, D. R. Iyer, N. R. Mahapatra, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Microfluidic device-fabricated spiky nano-burflower shape gold nanomaterials facilitate large biomolecule delivery into cells using infrared light pulses. Lab on a Chip 23, 4783-4803, 2024. IF 7.517

Year 2023

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  Gayathri R, Srabani Kar, Moeto Nagai, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Tuhin Subhra Santra. Massively parallel high-throughput single-cell patterning and large biomolecular delivery in mammalian cells using light pulses. Small 19, 2303053, 2023. IF 13.3
• 28
  A. Shinde, P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, K. Illath, S. Dey, N. R. Mahapatra, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Metallic micro-ring device for highly efficient large cargo delivery in mammalian cells using infrared light pulses. Lab on a Chip 23 (9), 2175-2192, 2023. IF 7.517
• 27
  A. Shinde, K. Illath, U. Kasiviswanathan, S. Nagabooshanam, P. Gupta, K. Dey, P. Chakrabarty, M. Nagai, S. Rao, Srabani Kar*, T. S. Santra. Recent advances of biosensor-integrated organ-on-a-chip technologies for diagnostics and therapeutics. Analytical Chemistry 95, 3121-3146, 2023. IF 8.008 *Corresponding Author
• 26
  P. Gupta, S. Waghmare, Srabani Kar, K. Illath, S. Rao, T. S. Santra. Functionally gradient three-dimensional graphene foam-based polymeric scaffolds for multilayered tissue regeneration. RSC Advances 13, 1245-1255, 2023. IF 4.036

Year 2022

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  L. Chen, S. Adeyemo, H. A. Fonseka, H. Liu, Srabani Kar, H. Yang, A. Velichko, D. Mowbray, Z. Cheng, A. Sanchez, H. Joyce, Y. Zhang. Long-Term Stability and Optoelectronic Performance Enhancement of InAsP Nanowires with an Ultra-Thin InP Passivation Layer. Nano Letters 22, 8, 3433-3439, 2022. IF 12.262
• 24
  Srabani Kar*, J. Lake, S. O. Adeyemo, T. S. Santra, H. J. Joyce. The Physics of Terahertz Negative Photoconductivity in Low-Dimensional Materials. Materials Today Physics 23, 100631, 2022. IF 11.021 *Corresponding Author
• 23
  Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Editorial: Micro/nano optical devices for biosensing and cellular analysis. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10, 2022. IF 6.064 (Editorial)
• 22
  R. Gayathri, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, P. S. Mahapatra, T. S. Santra. Single-cell patterning: a new frontier in bioengineering. Materials Today Chemistry 26, 101021, 2022. IF 7.613
• 21
  P. Gupta, A. Shinde, K. Illath, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, T. S. Santra. Microfluidic platforms for single neuron analysis. Materials Today Bio 13, 100222, 2022. IF 10.761
• 20
  P. Chakrabarty, P. Gupta, K. Illath, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, T. S. Santra. Microfluidic mechanoporation for cellular delivery and analysis. Materials Today Bio 13, 100193, 2022. IF 10.761

Year 2021

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  M. K P, Srabani Kar, A. Kumar, V. S. M. Dharmaraj, R. Narayanan, A. K. Sood. Dirac Surface Plasmons in Photoexcited Bismuth Telluride Nanowires: Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy. Nanoscale 13, 8283-8292, 2021. IF 8.307
• 18
  K. Illath, Srabani Kar, P. Gupta, A. Shinde, S. Wankhar, F.-G. Tseng, K.-T. Lime, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. A review on microfluidic nanomaterials: from synthesis to biomedical applications. Biomaterials 121247, 2021. IF 12.479
• 17
  L. Mohan*, Srabani Kar*, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Electrochemical fabrication of TiO₂ microflower for intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation. Materials Chemistry and Physics 267, 124604, 2021. IF 4.778 *Equal Contribution
• 16
  P. Gupta, Srabani Kar, A. Kumar, F.-G. Tseng, S. Pradhan, P. S. Mahapatra, T. S. Santra. Pulsed laser-assisted high-throughput intracellular delivery in hanging drop based three-dimensional cancer spheroids. Analyst 146, 4756-4766, 2021. IF 5.227 (Front Cover Art Selection)
• 15
  L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, M. I.-Teshima, P. Bera, S. Roy, T. S. Santra, T. Shibata, M. Nagai. Can titanium oxide nanotubes facilitate intracellular delivery by laser-assisted photoporation? Applied Surface Science 148815, 2021. IF 7.392
• 14
  L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, P. S. Mahapatra, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Fabrication of TiO₂ microspikes for highly efficient intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation. RSC Advances 11, 9336-9348, 2021. IF 4.036

Year 2020

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  C. Ciccarelli, H. Joyce, J. Robinson, F. N. Kholid, D. Hamara, Srabani Kar, K.-R. Jeon. Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy. Scientific Video Protocols 1, 1-4, 2020.
• 12
  T. S. Santra*, Srabani Kar*, T.-C. Chen, C.-W. Chen, J. Borana, M.-C. Lee, F.-G. Tseng. Near infrared nanosecond pulse laser activated highly efficient intracellular delivery mediated by nano-corrugated mushroom shape gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles. Nanoscale 12, 12057-12067, 2020. IF 8.307 *Equal Contribution
• 11
  T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, H.-Y. Chang, F.-G. Tseng. Nano-Localized single-cell nano-electroporation. Lab on a Chip 20, 4194-4204, 2020. IF 7.517
• 10
  P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, L. Mohan, H.-Y. Chang, F.-G. Tseng, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Infrared Pulse Laser Activated Highly Efficient Intracellular Delivery Using Titanium Micro-Dish Device. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 6, 5645-5652, 2020. IF 5.395
• 9
  L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, B. Nandhini, S. Sundar, D. Kumar, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Formation of Nanostructures on Magnesium alloy by Anodization for Potential Biomedical Applications. Materials Today Communications 25, 101403, 2020. IF 3.662

Year 2019

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  Srabani Kar, A. K. Sood. Ultrafast terahertz photo response of single and double-walled carbon nanotubes: Optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. Carbon 144, 731-736, 2019. IF 11.307

Year 2018

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  Srabani Kar, V. L. Nguyen, D. Mohapatra, Y. H. Lee, A. K. Sood. Ultrafast spectral photo-response of bilayer graphene: Optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. ACS Nano 12, 1785-1792, 2018. IF 18.027
• 6
  Srabani Kar, D. R. Mohapatra, A. K. Sood. Tunable terahertz photoconductivity of Hydrogen functionalized graphene using optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. Nanoscale 10, 14321-14330, 2018. IF 8.307
• 5
  Srabani Kar, M. Loganathan, K. Dey, P. Shinde, H.-Y. Chang, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Single-cell electroporation: current trends, applications and future prospects. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 28, 123002, 2018. IF 2.141

Year 2015

• 4
  Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, A. K. Sood. Probing photo-excited carriers in a few layer MoS₂ laminate by time resolved optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. ACS Nano 9, 12004-12010, 2015. IF 18.027

Year 2014

• 3
  Srabani Kar, S. Jayanthi, E. Freysz, A. K. Sood. Time resolved terahertz spectroscopy of low frequency electronic resonances and optical pump-induced terahertz photoconductivity in reduced graphene oxide membrane. Carbon 80, 762-770, 2014. IF 11.307
• 2
  Srabani Kar, D. R. Mohapatra, E. Freysz, A. K. Sood. Tuning photoinduced terahertz conductivity in monolayer graphene: optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy. Physical Review B 90, 165420, 2014. IF 4.904
• 1
  T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, J. Borana, P. C. Wang, F. G. Tseng. Nanolocalized single-cell-membrane nanoelectroporation: for higher efficiency with high cell viability. IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine 8, 30-34, 2014. IF 0.538

Book Chapters

• 4
  Ashwini Shinde*, Srabani Kar*, Moeto Nagai, Tuhin Subhra Santra. Light-Induced Cellular Delivery and Analysis, in Handbook of Single-Cell Technologies, Springer Nature. ISBN 9811089523, 2021. *Equal Contribution
• 3
  Srabani Kar, P. Shinde, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Optical manipulation of cells, in Microfluidics and Bio-MEMS: Devices and Applications, Jenny Stanford Publishing. ISBN 978-981-4800-85-3, 2020.
• 2
  K. Dey*, Srabani Kar*, P. Shinde, L. Mohan, S. K. Vajpai, T. S. Santra. Microfluidic electroporation and applications, in Microfluidics and Bio-MEMS: Devices and Applications, Jenny Stanford Publishing. ISBN 978-981-4800-85-3, 2020. *Equal Contribution
• 1
  P. Shinde, A. Kumar, K. Illath, K. Dey, L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, T. K. Barik, J. S.-Rad, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Physical Approaches for Drug Delivery: An Overview, in Delivery of Drug, Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-817776-1, 2020.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• 14
  D. Dominic, N. Balasubramaniam, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Micropatterned RGO Device for High-Throughput and Biocompatible Photoporation-Mediated Intracellular Delivery. 2026 IEEE 39th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 435-438, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS64181.2026.11419269.
• 13
  A. S. Shinde, P. Shinde, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar. Micro-Flower Structure Activated Photoporation for Large Sized Biomolecular Delivery in Cancer Cells. 2025 IEEE 38th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 1-4, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS61431.2025.10917932.
• 12
  A. Shinde, P. Shinde, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar. Delivery of Large Cargo in Mammalian Cells Enhanced By Infrared Light Pulse-Activated Micro-Ring Device. 2024 IEEE 19th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), pp. 1-4, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/NEMS60219.2024.10639888.
• 11
  K. Illath, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar. Controlled Synthesis of Branched Gold Nanoparticles By Microfluidic Device For Light-Activated Biomolecular Delivery. 2024 IEEE 19th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), pp. 1-5, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/NEMS60219.2024.10639931.
• 10
  H. J. Joyce, S. O. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, J. D. Lake, C. Uswachoke et al. Nanowires in Terahertz Photonics: Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster. IEEE 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2023), pp. 1-2, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz57677.2023.10299262.
• 9
  H. J. Joyce, S. O. Adeyemo, J. D. Lake, Srabani Kar, O. J. Burton, Y. Zhang, H. Liu, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, M. B. Johnston, J. A. Alexander-Webber. The Effects of Surfaces and Surface Passivation on the Electrical Properties of Nanowires and Other Nanostructures: Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy Studies. IEEE 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2022), pp. 1-2, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz50927.2022.9896111.
• 8
  K. Illath, Srabani Kar, S. Wankhar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, T. S. Santra. Gold-Polystyrene Core-Shell Hybrid Nanoparticles Mediated Highly Efficient Intracellular Delivery Using Light Pulses. IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2021), Gainesville, FL, USA, pp. 302-305, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/MEMS51782.2021.9375300.
• 7
  P. Shinde, K. Illath, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra. Nanosecond Pulsed Laser Activated Massively Parallel Single-cell Intracellular Delivery Using Ti Micro-Dish. 15th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2020), San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 320-324, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/NEMS50311.2020.9265624.
• 6
  Srabani Kar, S. O. Adeyemo, A. K. Sood, H. J. Joyce. Terahertz spectroscopy to unveil intraband scattering in photoexcited graphene. IRMMW-THz 2019, 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Paris, France, 2019.
• 5
  Hannah J. Joyce, Srabani Kar, S. O. Adeyemo, C. Uswachoke, S. A. Howe, N. Jian, J. L. Boland, D. A. Damry, M. B. Johnston, J. Wong-Leung, H. Hoe Tan, C. Jagadish. Towards ultrafast and highly efficient optoelectronic devices based on III–V nanowires. NANO-M&D 2019, Paestum, Italy, June 2019.
• 4
  S. O. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, Y. Zhang, H. Liu, H. J. Joyce. Enhanced performance of InAsP nanowires with ultra-thin passivation layer. IRMMW-THz 2019, 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Paris, France, 2019.
• 3
  T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, F.-G. Tseng. Nanofocused electric field for nanolocalized single cell electroporation using ITO nanoelectrode chip. µ-TAS 2019, 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 2019.
• 2
  L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, B. Nandhini, P. Gupta, P. Shinde, P. S. Mahapatra, T. S. Santra. Fabrication of TiO₂ Micro-Spikes and Micro-Flowers for Massively Parallel Intracellular Delivery. µ-TAS 2019, 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 2019.
• 1
  H. J. Joyce, C. Uswachoke, S. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, D. A. Damry, K. Peng, M. B. Johnston, J. Wong-Leung, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish. Engineering III–V Nanowires for Optoelectronics: From Visible to Terahertz. OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (AP) 2019, OSA Technical Digest, paper NoTh3B.1, 2019.

Intellectual Property & Patents

• 17
  K. Illath, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Unique design of microfluidic device for the controlled synthesis of highly monodispersed different morphology gold nanostructures. IDF 2907, dated 04.04.2024. Filed
• 16
  A. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Optoporator. Indian Patent Design No. 405385-001, dated 23.01.2024; IDF 2822. Granted 07.03.2024. Granted
• 15
  L. Krishnan, K. Illath, S. Rao, T. S. Santra. Synthesis of toxic-free spherical shape nano-bioglass using microfluidic device. Indian Patent Application No. 202441014037, dated 27.02.2024; IDF 2765. Filed
• 14
  H. Harshan, U. Kasiviswanathan, K. Illath, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Gold nanorods-PDMS hybrid micro-pyramidal array for light activated intracellular delivery. Indian Patent Application No. 202441016898, dated 08.03.2024; IDF 2749. Filed
• 13
  N. Balasubramaniam, A. K. Bera, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Titanium nitride as noble material for intracellular delivery. Indian Patent Application No. 202341062916, dated 19.09.2023; IDF 2619. Granted No. 536325, 30.04.2024. Granted
• 12
  H. Harshan, D. Dominic, S. Kar, A. Shinde, K. Illath, U. Kasiviswanathan, T. S. Santra. A microtip device and method for intracellular delivery of biomolecules. Indian Patent Application No. 202341020417, dated 23.03.2023; IDF 2436. Filed
• 11
  A. Shinde, K. Illath, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. In-vitro method for intracellular delivery of biomolecules in three-dimensional (3-D) cell culture spheroid. Indian Patent Application No. 202341027372, dated 13.04.2023; IDF 2419. Granted No. 486848, 21.12.2023. Granted
• 10
  P. Shinde, A. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Metallic micro-ring for infrared pulse assisted highly efficient intracellular delivery. Indian Patent Application No. 202241011479, dated 08.03.2022; IDF 2265. Granted No. 431570, 11.05.2023. Granted
• 9
  P. Gupta, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Graphene nanoplatelets reinforced chitosan scaffolds, method for production thereof and its assisted intracellular genetic material delivery. Indian Patent Application No. 202141054844, dated 26.11.2021; IDF 2235. Granted No. 520999, 06.03.2024. Granted
• 8
  P. Gupta, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Carbon Nanotubes reinforced chitosan scaffolds assisted Intracellular delivery using nanosecond laser pulse. Patent Application No. 202141048832, dated 26.10.2021; IDF 2199. Filed
• 7
  P. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Massively parallel high throughput single-cell optoporation. US Patent Application No. PCT/IN2021/050706, dated 23.07.2021; US Application No. 18/006,098, 19.01.2023. Filed
• 6
  Keerthiga G., K. Illath, L. Mohan, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Infrared LED activated optoporation based intracellular delivery using TiO₂ nanotubes. Indian Patent Application No. 202041052610, dated 03.12.2020; IDF 2108. Granted No. 500622, 18.01.2024. Granted
• 5
  L. Mohan, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. TiO₂ microspikes mediated photoporation for intracellular delivery. Indian Patent Application No. 202041036472, dated 25.08.2020; IDF 2069. Granted No. 522056, 07.03.2024. Granted
• 4
  P. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Massively parallel high throughput single cell optoporation. Indian Patent Application No. 202041031463, dated 23.07.2020; IDF 2005. Granted No. 512988, 20.02.2024. Granted
• 3
  L. Mohan, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Process for intracellular delivery using TiO₂ microflowers. Indian Patent Application No. 202041022348, dated 28.05.2020; IDF 1967. Filed
• 2
  P. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. Nano-second pulse laser-activated intracellular delivery using titanium micro-dish. Indian Patent Application No. 202041010258, dated 10.03.2020; IDF 1968. Filed
• 1
  P. Shinde, S. Kar, T. S. Santra. 2D substrate protein micropatterning process for cell alignment. Indian Patent Application No. 202041008565, dated 28.02.2020; IDF 1966. Granted No. 486480, 21.12.2023. Granted