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Slipping‐Free Halide Perovskite Supercrystals from Supramolecularly‐Assembled Nanocrystals 

T. Okamoto, V. Biju

Small, 2303496 (2023).

Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity 

Sobhanan, J. V. Rival, A. Anas, E. S. Shibu, Y. Takano, V. Biju

Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 197, 114830 (2023)

Liu, V. Biju, Y. Qi, W. Chen, Z. Liu

Recent progress in the development of high-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells 

NPG Asia Mater. 15, 27 (2023).

Shahjahan, T. Okamoto, L. Chouhan, B. M. Sachith, N. Pradhan, H. Misawa, V. Biju

Halide Perovskite Single Crystals and Nanocrystal Films as Electron Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202215 (2023), Featured on the cover.

M. Sachith, Z. Zhang, P. Subramanyam, C. Subrahmanyam, A. Furube, N. Tamai, T. Okamoto, H. Misawa. V. Biju

Photoinduced interfacial electron transfer from perovskite quantum dots to molecular acceptors for solar cells 

Nanoscale 15, 7695-7702 (2023), Featured on the cover.

Transition Metal-Doped Boron Nitride Atomic Sheets with an Engineered Bandgap and Magnetization S. Chahal, T. K. Sahu, S. Kar, S. J. Ray, V. Biju, P. Kumar
J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 21084−21093 (Featured on the cover).

Inorganic Chain Mediated Excitonic Properties in One-Dimensional Lead Halide Hybrid Perovskites
C. Xue, H. Huang, S. Nishihara, V. Biju, X. Ren, T. Nakamura
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 7405-7412.

Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent Functionalities of Temporally Controlled Sensing and Generation of Singlet Oxygen by a Photoexcited State Engineered Rhodamine 6G-Anthracene Conjugate
H. Zhao, Y. Takano, D. Sasikumar, Y. Miyatake, V. Biju
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202202014.

Electroluminescence of Halide Perovskite Single Crystals Showing Stochastically Active Multiple Emitting Centers
S. B. Bhagyalakshmi, D. Zhang, V. Biju
J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 17826-17835(Featured on the cover).

Caging and Photo-Triggered Uncaging of Singlet Oxygen by Excited State Engineering of Electron Donor–Acceptor-Linked Molecular Sensors
D. Sasikumar, Y. Takano, H. Zhao, R. Kohara, M. Hamada, Y. Kobori, V. Biju
Sci. Rep. 2022, 12, 1-10.

Photoeradication of Aquatic Pathogens by Curcumin for Clean and Safe Drinking Water
S. K. Moideen, A. Anas, J. Sobhanan, H. Zhao, V. Biju
J. Photochem. Photobiol A: Chem. 2022, 432, 114104.

Mechano-optical Modulation of Excitons and Carrier Recombination in Self-Assembled Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots
Z. Zhang, S. Ghimire, T. Okamoto, B. M. Sachith, J. Sobhanan, C. Subrahmanyam, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2022, 16, 160-168  (Featured on the cover).

Photoexfoliation Synthesis of 2D Materials
P. Kumar, A. Dey, J. Roques, L. Assaud, S. Franger, P. Parida, V. Biju
ACS Mater. Lett. 2022, 4, 263-270 (Featured on the cover).

Multimodal CTC detection using stem cell antigen-specific immunosilica particles and immunofluorescent quantum dots
J. Sobhanan, Y. Takano, S. Sugino, E. Hirata, S. Yamamura, V. Biju
NPG Asia Mater. 2022, 14, 1-8.

Emerging materials for plasmon-assisted photoelectrochemical water splitting
P. Subramanyam, B. Meena, V. Biju, H. Misawa, C. Subrahmanyam
J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 2022, 51, 100472.

Shape-Dependent Kinetics of Halide Vacancy Filling in Organolead Halide Perovskites
T. Okamoto, M. Shahjahan, V. Biju
Adv. Opt. Mater. 2021, 9, 2170078 (Featured on the cover).

Long-Range Interfacial Charge Carrier Trapping in Halide Perovskite-C60 and Halide Perovskite-TiO2 Donor–Acceptor Films
B. M. Sachith, T. Okamoto, S. Ghimire, T. Umeyama, Y. Takano,  H. Imahori, V. Biju
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 8644-8651 (Featured on the cover).

State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
A. Dey, J. Ye, A. De, E. Debroye, S. K. Ha, E. Bladt, A. S. Kshirsagar, Z. Wang, J. Yin, et al.
ACS Nano 2021, 13, doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c08903

Advances in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
A. Anas, J. Sobhanan, K. M. Sulfia, C. Jasmin, P. K. Sreelakshmi, V. Biju                                           J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 2021, 49, 100452.

Molecular Recognition in the Infection, Replication, and Transmission of COVID-19-Causing SARS-CoV-2: An Emerging Interface of Infectious Disease, Biological Chemistry, and Nanoscience
P. Kumar, J. Sobhanan, Y. Takano,  V. Biju
NPG Asia Mater. 2021, 13, 14, doi.org/10.1038/s41427-020-00275-8

Real-Time Blinking Suppression of Perovskite Quantum Dots by Halide Vacancy Filling
L. Chouhan, S. Ito, E. M. Thomas, Y. Takano, S. Ghimire, H. Miyasaka, V. Biju.
ACS Nano 2021, 10.1021/acsnano.0c08802 (Featured on the cover).

Heterojunction Perovskite Microrods Prepared by Remote‐Controlled Vacancy Filling and Halide Exchange
M. Shahjahan, K. Yuyama, T. Okamoto, V. Biju
Adv. Mater. Technol. 2021, 10.1002/admt.202000934 (Featured on the cover).

Toxicity of Nanomaterials Due to Photochemical Degradation and the Release of Heavy Metal Ions
J. Sobhanan, P. Jones, R. Kohara, S. Sugino, M. Vacha, Ch. Subrahmanyam, Y. Takano, F. Lacy, V. Biju.
Nanoscale 2020, 12, 22049-22058 (Featured on the cover).

Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties and Applications of Halide Perovskites
L. Chouhan, S. Ghimire, C. Subrahmanyam, T. Miyasaka, V. Biju
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 2869-2885 (Featured on the cover).

Remote Tuning of Bandgap and Emission of Lead Perovskites by Spatially Controlled Halide Exchange Reactions
J. Islam,M. Shahjahan, K. Yuyama, V. Biju
ACS Mater. Lett. 2020, 2, 424-428 (Featured on the cover).

The Optimization of Cancer Photodynamic Therapy by Utilization of a pi-Extended Porphyrin-type Photosensitizer in Combination with MITO-Porter
Satrialdi, R. Munechika, V. Biju, Y. Takano, H. Harashima, Y. Yamada
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 1145-1148.

Blinking Beats Bleaching: the Control of Superoxide Generation by Photo‐ionized Perovskite Nanocrystals
L. Chouhan, S. Ghimire, V. Biju
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4875-4879 (Featured on the cover).

Stark Effect and Environment Induced Modulation of Emission in Single Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
K. Sharma, S. Hirata, V. Biju, M. Vacha
ACS Nano 2019, 13, 624–632.

Mixed-halide Perovskite Synthesis by Chemical Reaction and Crystal Nucleation under an Optical Potential
J. Islam, K. Yuyama, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, K. Konishi, V. Biju
NPG Asia Materials 2019, 11, 31.

Photoinduced Photoluminescence Enhancement in Self-Assembled Clusters of Formamidinium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals
S. Ghimire, V. C. Nair, C. Muthu, K. Yuyama, M. Vacha, V. Biju
Nanoscale 2019, 11, 9335-9340 (Featured on the cover).

Amplified and Multicolor Emission from Films and Interfacial Layers of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
S. Ghimire, L. Chouhan, Y. Takano, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, K. Yuyama, V. Biju
ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 133–141.

Blinking Suppression in Highly Excited CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots by Electron Transfer under Large Positive Gibbs (Free) Energy Change
E. M. Thomas, S. Ghimire, R. Kohara, A. N. Anil, K. Yuyama, Y. Takano, K. G. Thomas, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2018, 12, 9060-9069.

Excitons and Biexciton Dynamics in Single CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots
B. Li, H. Huang, G. F. Zhang, C. G. Yang, W. L. Guo, R. Y. Chen, C. B. Qin, Y. Gao, V. Biju, A. L. Rogach, L. T. Xiao, S. T. Jia
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 6934-6940.

Relations of exciton dynamics in quantum dots to photoluminescence, lasing, and energy harvesting
S. Ghimire, V. Biju
J. Photochem. Photobiol. C. 2018, 34, 137-151 (Featured on the cover)

Quantum dot–polymer conjugates for stable luminescent displays
S Ghimire, A Sivadas, K Yuyama, Y Takano, R Francis, V Biju
Nanoscale 2018, 10, 13368-13374 (Featured on the cover).

Crystallization of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites by Optical Trapping
K. Yuyama, M. J. Islam, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, V. Biju
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13424-13428 (Frontispiece article).

Optical control of mitochondrial reductive reactions in living cells using an electron donor-acceptor linked molecule
Y. Takano, R. Munechika, V. Biju, H. Harashima, H. Imahori, Y. Yamada
Nanoscale 2017, 9, 18690-18698.

Channeling exciton migration into electron transfer in formamidinium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystal/fullerene composites
V. C. Nair, C. Muthu, A. L. Rogach, R. Kohara, V. Biju,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1214-1218 (Frontispiece article).

Single-particle spectroscopy of I–III–VI semiconductor nanocrystals: spectral diffusion and suppression of blinking by two-color excitation
D. K. Sharma, S. Hirata, L. Bujak, V. Biju, T. Kameyama, M. Kishi, T. Torimoto, M. Vacha
Nanoscale 2016, 8, 13687-13694

Nanoparticles speckled by ready-to-conjugate lanthanide complexes for multimodal imaging
V. Biju, M. Hamada, K. Ono, S. Sugino, T. Ohnishi, E. S. Shibu, S. Yamamura, M. Sawada, S. Nakanishi, Y. Shigeri, S. Wakida
Nanoscale 2015, 7, 148-29-14837 (Featured on the cover).

Auger ionization beats photo-oxidation of semiconductor quantum dots: Extended stability of single-molecule photoluminescence
S. Yamashita, M. Hamada, S. Nakanishi, H. Saito, Y. Nosaka, S. Wakida, V. Biju
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 3892-3896 (Frontispiece article).

Chemical modifications and bioconjugate reactions of nanomaterials for sensing, imaging, drug delivery and therapy
Biju
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 744-764 (Featured on the cover).

Photoluminescence of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: Modifications for making the invisible visible at the ensemble and single-molecule levels
E. Shibu, M. Hamada, S. Nakanishi, S. Wakida, V. Biju
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2014, 263, 2-12.

Singlet-oxygen-sensitizing near-infrared-fluorescent multimodal nanoparticles
E. Shibu, S. Sugino, K. Ono, H. Saito, S. Yamamura, M. Sawada, Y. Nosaka, V. Biju
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10559-10563.

Photouncaging nanoparticles for MRI and fluorescence imaging in vitro and in vivo
E. Shibu, K. Ono, S. Sugino, A. Nishioka, A. Yasuda, Y. Shigeri, S. Wakida, M. Sawada, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2013, 7, 9851-9859.

Impairments of cells and genomic DNA by environmentally transformed engineered nanomaterials
P. Jones, S. Sugino, S. Yamamura, F. Lacy, V. Biju
Nanoscale 2013, 5, 9511-9516 (Featured on the cover).

Nanomaterials formulations for photothermal and photodynamic therapy of cancer
E. Shibu, M. Hamada, N. Murase, V. Biju
J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 2013, 15, 53-72.

FRET from quantum dots to photodecompose undesired acceptors and report the condensation and decondensation of plasmid DNA
V. Biju, A. Anas, H. Akita, E. S. Shibu, T. Itoh, H. Harashima, M. Ishikawa
ACS Nano 2012, 6, 3776-3788.

Fullerene-shelled quantum dots supramolecular nanoparticles for solar energy harvesting
E. Shibu, A. Sonoda, W. Tao, Q. Feng, A. Furube, S. Masuo, L. Wang, N. Tamai, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2012, 6, 1601-1608.

Quantitative analysis of condensation/decondensation status of pDNA in the nuclear sub-domains by QD-FRET
S. M. Shaheen, H. Akita, A. Yamashita, R. Katoono, N. Yui, V. Biju, M. Ishikawa, H. Harashima
Nucl. Acid. Res. 2011, 39, E48-U108.

Delivering quantum dots to cells: bioconjugated quantum dots for targeted and nonspecific extracellular and intracellular imaging
V. Biju, T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 3031-3056.

Blinking suppression in CdSe/ZnS single quantum dots by TiO2 nanoparticles
M. Hamada, S. Nakanishi, T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2010, 4, 4445-4454.

Bioconjugated quantum dots for cancer research: Present status, prospects and remaining issues
V. Biju, S. Mundayoor, A. Anas, M. Ishikawa
Biotechnol. Adv. 2009, 28, 199-213.

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis of quantum dot−peptide conjugates in living cells
A. Anas, T. Okuda, N. Kawashima, K. Nakayama, T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju
ACS Nano 2009, 3, 2419-2429.

Intermittent single-molecule interfacial electron transfer dynamics
V. Biju, M. Micic, D. Hu, H. P. Lu
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9374-9381.

Selected Publications (V. Biju)

Z. Zhang, S. Ghimire, T. Okamoto, B. M. Sachith, J. Sobhanan, C. Subrahmanyam, V. Biju

“Mechano-Optical Modulation of Excitons and Carrier Recombination in Self-Assembled Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots”

ACS Nano 16, 160-168 (2022), Featured on the cover.
P. Kumar, A. Dey, J. Roques, L. Assaud, S. Franger, P. Parida, V. Biju

“Photoexfoliation Synthesis of 2D Materials”

ACS Mater. Lett. 4, 263-270 (2022), Featured on the cover.
J. Sobhanan, Y. Takano, S. Sugino, E. Hirata, S. Yamamura, V. Biju

“Multimodal CTC Detection using Sem Cell Antigen-Specific Immunosilica Particles and  Immunofluorescent Quantum Dots”

NPG Asia Mater. 14, 1-8 (2022).
P. Subramanyam, H. Misawa, V. Biju, C. Subrahmanyam

“Emerging Materials for Plasmon-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting”

J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 48, 100452 (2022).
P. Kumar, J. Sobhanan, Y. Takano, V. Biju

“Molecular Recognition in the Infection, Replication, and Transmission of COVID-19- Causing SARS-CoV-2: An Emerging interface of Infectious Disease, Biochemical Chemistry, and Nanoscience”

NPG Asia Mater. 13, 1-14 (2021).
A. Dey, J. Ye, A. De, E. Debroye, S. K. Ha, E. Bladt, A. S. Kshirsagar, et al.

“State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals”

ACS Nano 15, 10775–10981 (2021).
L. Chouhan, S. Ito, E. M. Thomas, Y. Takano, S. Ghimire, H. Miyasaka, V. Biju

“Real-Time Blinking Suppression of Perovskite Quantum Dots by Halide Vacancy Filling”

ACS Nano 15, 2831–2838 (2021), Featured on the cover.
T. Okamoto, M. Shahjahan, V. Biju

“Shape-Dependent Kinetics of Halide Vacancy Filling in Organolead Halide Perovskites”

Adv. Opt. Mater. 9, 202100355 (2021), Featured on the cover.
A. Anas, J. Sobhanan, K. M. Sulfiya, C. Jasmin, P. K. Sreelakshmi, V. Biju

“Advances in Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy”

J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 48, 100452 (2021).
L. Chouhan, S. Ghimire, C. Subrahmanyam, T. Miyasaka, V. Biju

“Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties and Applications of Halide Perovskites”

Chem. Soc. Rev. 49, 2869-2885 (2020), Featured on the cover.
L. Chouhan, S. Ghimire, V. Biju

“Blinking Beats Bleaching: The Control of Superoxide Generation by Photo-Ionized Perovskite Nanocrystals”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 4929-4933 (2019), Featured on the cover.
D. K. Sharma, S. Hirata, V. Biju, M. Vacha

“Stark Effect and Environment Induced Modulation of Emission in Single Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals”

ACS Nano 13, 624-632 (2019).
S. Ghimire, L. Chaouhan, Y. Takano, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, K. Yuyama, V. Biju

“Amplified and Multicolor Emission from Films and Interfacial Layers of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals”

ACS Energy Lett. 4, 133-141 (2019).
M. J. Islam, K. Yuyama, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, K. Konishi, V. Biju

“Mixed-Halide Perovskite Synthesis by Chemical Reaction and Crystal Nucleation Under an Optical Potential”

NPG Asia Mater. 11, 1-7 (2019).
E. Thomas, S. Ghimire, R. Kohara, A. N. Anil, K. Yuyama, Y. Takano, K. G. Thomas, V. Biju

“Blinking Suppression in Highly Excited CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots by Electron Transfer under Large Positive Gibbs (Free) Energy Change”

ACS Nano 12, 9060-9069 (2018).
K. Yuyama, M. J. Islam, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, V. Biju

“Crystallization of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites by Optical Trapping”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57, 13424 –13428 (2018), Frontispiece Article.
S. Ghimire, V. Biju

“Relations of Exciton Dynamics in Quantum Dots to Photoluminescence, Lasing, and Energy Harvesting”

J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 34, 137-151 (2018).
V. C. Nair, C. Muthu, A. L. Rogach, R. Kohara, V. Biju,

“Channeling Exciton Migration into Electron Transfer in Formamidinium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystal/Fullerene Composites”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 1214-1218 (2017), Hot Article, Frontispiece Article.
S. Yamashita, M. Hamada, S. Nakanishi, H. Saito, Y. Nosaka, S. Wakida, V. Biju

“Auger Ionization Beats Photo-Oxidation of Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Extended Stability of Single-Molecule Photoluminescence”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 3892-3896 (2015), Frontispiece Article.
V. Biju

“Chemical Modifications and Bioconjugate Reactions of Nanomaterials for Sensing, Imaging, Drug Delivery and Therapy”

Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 744-764 (2014), Featured on the cover.
E. S. Shibu, M. Hamada, S. Nakanishi, S. Wakida, V. Biju

“Photoluminescence of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots: Modifications for Making the Invisible Visible at Ensemble and Single-Molecule Levels”

Coord. Chem. Rev. 263, 2-12 (2014).
E. S. Shibu, S. Sugino, K. Ono, H. Saito, S. Yamamura, M. Sawada, Y. Nosaka, V. Biju

“Singlet-Oxygen-Sensitizing Near-Infrared-Fluorescent Multimodal Nanoparticles”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 10559-10563 (2013).
E. S. Shibu, K. Ono, S. Sugino, A. Nishioka, A. Yasuda, Y. Shigeri, M. Sawada, V. Biju

“Photouncaging Nanoparticles for MRI and Fluorescence Imaging In Vitro and In Vivo”

ACS Nano 7, 9851-9859 (2013).
E. S. Shibu, M. Hamada, N. Murase, V. Biju

“Nanomaterials Formulations for Photothermal and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer”

J. Photochem. Photobiol. C 15, 53-72 (2013).
V. Biju, A. Anas, H. Akita, E. S. Shibu, T. Itoh, H. Harashima, M. Ishikawa

“FRET from Quantum Dots to Photodecompose Undesired Acceptors and Report the Condensation and Decondensation of Plasmid DNA”

ACS Nano 6, 3776-3788 (2012).
E. S. Shibu, A. Sonoda, W. Tao, Q. Feng, A. Furube, S. Masuo, L. Wang, N. Tamai, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju, V.

“Fullerene-Shelled Quantum Dots Supramolecular Nanoparticles for Solar Energy Harvesting”

 ACS Nano 6, 1601-1608 (2012).
S. M. Shaheen, H. Akita, A. Yamashita, R. Katoono, N. Yui, V. Biju, M. Ishikawa, H. Harashima

“Quantitative Analysis of Condensation/Decondensation Status of pDNA in the Nuclear SubDomains by QD-FRET”

Nucl. Acid. Res. 39, e48 (2011).
V. Biju, V., T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa

“Delivering Quantum Dots to Cells: Bioconjugated Quantum Dots for Targeted and

Nonspecific Extracellular and Intracellular Imaging”

Chem. Soc. Rev. 39, 3031-3056 (2010).
H. Hamada, N. Nakanishi, T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju

“Blinking Suppression in CdSe/ZnS Single Quantum Dots by TiO2 Nanoparticles”

ACS Nano 4, 4445-4454 (2010).
V. Biju, S. Mundayoor, R. V. Omkumar, A. Anas, M. Ishikawa

“Bioconjugated Quantum Dots for Cancer Research: Present Status, Prospects and Remaining Issues”

Biotechnol. Adv. 28, 199-213 (2010).
M. Sugawa, S. Nishikawa, A. H. Iwane, V. Biju, T. Yanagida

“Single-Molecule FRET Imaging for Enzymatic Reactions at High Ligand Concentrations”

Small 6, 346-350 (2010).
A. Anas, T. Okuda, N. Kawashima, K. Nakayama, T. Itoh, M. Ishikawa, V. Biju

“Clathrin-mediated endocytosis of quantum dot−peptide conjugates in living cells” 

 ACS Nano 3, 2419-2429 (2009).
V. Biju, M. Micic, D. Hu, H. Peter Lu

“Intermittent single-molecule interfacial electron transfer dynamics”

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 9374-9381 (2004).

Other publications

Photoluminescence investigations of sulfur quantum dots synthesized by a bubbling-assisted strategy
S. Liu, H. Wang, A. Feng, J. Chang, C. Zhang, Y. Shi, Y. Zhai, V. Biju, Z. Wang
Nanoscale Adv. 2021, 3, 4271-4275.

Efficient solar water splitting using a CdS quantum dot decorated TiO2/Ag2Se photoanode
B. Meena, P. Subramanyam, D. Suryakala, V. Biju, C. Subrahmanyam
Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy 2021, 46, 34079-34088.

A photoanode with plasmonic nanoparticles of earth abundant bismuth for photoelectrochemical reactions
P. Subramanyam, M. Deepa, S. S. K. Raavi, H. Misawa, V. Biju, C. Subrahmanyam
Nanoscale Adv. 2020, 2, 5591–5599 (Featured on the cover).

Nonradiative Energy Transfer through Distributed Bands in Piezochemically Synthesized Cesium and Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskites

S. B. Bhagyalakshmi, S. Ghimire, K. Takahashi, K. Yuyama, Y. Takano, T. Nakamura, V. Biju

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 2133-2137 (Hot paper featured on the cover).

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/chem.201904300

Photoinduced Betaine Generation for Efficient Photothermal Energy Conversion

D. Sasikumar, Y. Takano, V. Biju

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 2060-2066.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15213765/2020/26/9

The Optimization of Cancer Photodynamic Therapy by Utilization of a pi-Extended Porphyrin-type Photosensitizer in Combination with MITO-Porter

Satrialdi, R. Munechika, V. Biju, Y. Takano, H. Harashima, Y. Yamada

Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 1145-1148.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/cc/c9cc08563g

Photon Recycling by Energy Transfer in Piezochemically Synthesized and Close-Packed Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites

S. Ghimire, K. Takahashi, Y. Takano, T. Nakamura, V. Biju

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 27752-2775 (Featured on the cover).

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07003

Extinction of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Using Silver Embedded Silica Nanoparticles and an Efflux Pump Blocker

J. Jose, A. Anas, B. Jose, A. B. Puthirath, S. Athiyanathil, C. Jasmin, M. R. Anantharaman, S. Nair, Ch. Subrahmanyam, V. Biju

ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2, 4681-4686.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsabm.9b00614

Kinetics of Singlet oxygen Sensing using 9-Substituted Anthracene Derivatives 

D. Sasikumar, R. Kohara, Y. Takano, K. Yuyama, V. Biju

J. Chem. Sci. 2019, 131, 5.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12039-018-1578-1

Phase Transfer Reaction for the Preparation of Stable Polymer-Quantum Dot Conjugates

G. P. Gopalan, A. N. Anil, S. Ghimire, N. Joy, K. Yuyama, V. Biju, R. R Francis

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2019, 371, 9791–9792.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101060301830947X

Excitons and Biexciton Dynamics in Single CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots

B. Li, H. Huang, G. Zhang, C. Yang, W. Guo, R. Chen, C. Qin, Y. Gao, V. Biju, A. L. Rogach, L. Xiao, S. Jia

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 6934-6940.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03098

Relations of Exciton Dynamics in Quantum Dots to Photoluminescence, Lasing, and Energy Harvesting

S. Ghimire, V. Biju

Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 2018, 34, 137-151.(Cover page article)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2018.01.004

Quantum Dot–Polymer Conjugates for Stable Luminescent Displays

S. Ghimire, A. Sivadas, K. Yuyama, Y. Takano, R. Francis, V. Biju

Nanoscale 2018, 10, 13368-13374 (Cover page article).

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/nr/c8nr01501e

Development of Technologies for Sensing Ozone in Ambient Air

M. Ando, V. Biju, Y. Shigeri

Anal. Sci. 2018, 34, 263-271.

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/analsci/34/3/34_263/_pdf/-char/ja

Quantum Dot-Peptide Nanoassembly on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle for Biosensing

S. S. Pillai, H. Yukawa, D. Onoshima, V. Biju, Y. Baba
Nano Hybrids and Composites 2018, 19, 55-72.

https://www.scientific.net/NHC.19.55

Blue‐Emitting Electron‐Donor/Acceptor Dyads for Naked‐Eye Fluorescence Detection of Singlet Oxygen

Kohara, K. Yuyama, Y. Shigeri, V. Biju

ChemPhotoChem 2017, 1, 299-303 (Featured on the cover)..

https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201700046

Channeling Exciton Migration into Electron Transfer in Formamidinium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystal/Fullerene Composites

V. C. Nair, C. Muthu, A. L. Rogach, R. Kohara, V. Biju

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1214-1218 (Hot article and frontispiece article).

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610070

Influence of Zn on the Photoluminescence of Colloidal (AgIn) x Zn 2 (1− x) S 2 Nanocrystals

D. K. Sharma, S. Hirata, L. Bujak, V. Biju, T. Kameyama, M. Kishi, T. Torimoto, M. Vacha

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 3963-3969.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/cp/c6cp07550a

Forster Resonance Energy Transfer Mediated Photoluminescence Quenching in Stoichiometrically Assembled CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot-Peptide Labeled Black Hole Quencher Conjugates for Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Sensing

S. S. Pillai, H. Yukawa, D. Onoshima, V. Biju, Y. Baba

Anal. Sci. 2017, 33, 137-142.

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/analsci/33/2/33_137/_pdf/-char/ja

In vivo ROS Production and Use of Oxidative Stress-derived Biomarkers to Detect the Onset of Diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Diabetes

A. Umeno,V. Biju, Y. Yoshida

Free Rad. Res. 2017, 51, 413-427.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10715762.2017.1315114

Reversible Photoluminescence Sensing of Gaseous Alkylamines using CdSe-Based Quantum Dots

M. Ando, T. Kamimura, K. Uegaki, V. Biju, J. T. D. Ty, Y. Shigeri

Sens. Act. B: Chem. 2017, 246, 1074-1079.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400517300655

Sensing of Ozone Based on Its Quenching Effect on the Photoluminescence of CdSe-based Core-Shell Quantum Dots

M. Ando, T. Kamimura, K. Uegaki, V. Biju, Y. Shigeri

Microchim Acta 2016, 183, 3019–3024.

Single-Particle Spectroscopy of I–Iii–Vi Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Spectral Diffusion and Suppression of Blinking by Two-Color Excitation

D. K. Sharma, S. Hirata, L. Bujak, V. Biju, T. Kameyama, M. Kishi, T. Torimotoc, M. Vacha

Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 13687-13694.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/nr/c6nr03950b

Previous Publications (Y. Takano)

Original paper:

1.     Optical Control of Neuronal Firing via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Donor–Acceptor Conjugates (Open access)

Y. Takano, T. Numata, K. Fujishima, K. Miyake, K. Nakao, W. D. Grove, R. Inoue, M. Kengaku, S. Sakaki, Y. Mori, T. Murakami, and H. Imahori,  Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 3331-3337.

2.     Molecular Location Sensing Approach by Anisotropic Magnetism of an Endohedral Metallofullerene*

Y. Takano, R. Tashita, M. Suzuki, S. Nagase, H. Imahori and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8000-8006.

*Highlighted by “Chem-Station”   http://www.chem-station.com/blog/2016/11/fullereneradar.html

3.     The Unanticipated Dimerization of Ce@C2v(9)-C82 upon Co-crystallization with Ni(octaethylporphyrin) and Comparison with Monomeric M@C2v(9)-C82 (M = La, Sc, and Y)

M. Suzuki, M. Yamada, Y. Maeda, S. Sato, Y. Takano, F. Uhlik, Z. Slanina, Y. F. Lian, X. Lu, S. Nagase, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch and T. Akasaka, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 18115-18122.

4.     Unprecedented Chemical Reactivity of a Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene La@Cs-C82 that Leads Hydrogen Addition in the 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction

Y. Takano, Z. Slanina, J. Mateos, T. Tsuchiya, H. Kurihara, F. Uhlik, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 17537-17546.

5.     Thermodynamically Stable [4+2] Cycloadducts of Lanthanum-encapsulated Endohedral Metallofullerenes (Open access)

Y. Takano, Y. Nagashima, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin and T. Akasaka, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2014, 10, 714-721.

6.     Slow Charge Recombination and Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Properties of Diazaporphyrin-Fullerene Linked Dyad

M. Yamamoto, Y. Takano, Y. Matano, K. Stranius, N. V. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen and H. Imahori, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 1808-1820.

7.     Intramolecular versus Intermolecular Electronic Interactions between [5,6]-Open and [6,6]-Closed C60 Adducts with exTTF

Y. Takano, C. Schubert, N. Mizorogi, L. Feng, A. Iwano, M. Katayama, M. A. Herranz, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3166-3171.

8.     Electrochemical and Magnetic Properties of a Surface-Grafted Novel Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivative (Open access)

N. Crivillers, Y. Takano, Y. Matsumoto, J. Casado-Montenegro, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Rovira, T. Akasaka and J. Veciana, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8145-8147.

9.     An Endohedral Metallofullerene as a Pure Electron Donor: Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Donor Acceptor Conjugates of La2@C80 and 11,11,12,12-Tetracyano-9,10-anthra-p-quinodimethane (TCAQ)

Y. Takano, S. Obuchi, N. Mizorogi, R. Garcia, M. A. Herranz, M. Rudolf, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 19401-19408.

10.  Stabilizing Ion and Radical Ion Pair States in a Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene/pi-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Conjugate

Y. Takano, S. Obuchi, N. Mizorogi, R. Garcia, M. A. Herranz, M. Rudolf, S. Wolfrum, D. M. Guldi, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka,  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16103-16106.

11.  Utilization of Photoinduced Charge-Separated State of Donor-Acceptor-Linked Molecules for Regulation of Cell Membrane Potential and Ion Transport

T. Numata, T. Murakami, F. Kawashima, N. Morone, J. E. Heuser, Y. Takano, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, Y. Mori and H. Imahori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 6092-6095.

12.  Effects of Dihydronaphthyl-based [60]Fullerene Bisadduct Regioisomers on Polymer Solar Cell Performance

S. Kitaura, K. Kurotobi, M. Sato, Y. Takano, T. Umeyama and H. Imahori, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8550-8552.

13.  Enantioselective Synthesis of Endohedral Metallofullerenes

K. Sawai, Y. Takano, M. Izquierdo, S. Filippone, N. Martin, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi, M. Waelchli, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 17746-17752.

14.  Introduction of Azetidinimine Skeleton on C60

Ueda, H. Nikawa, Y. Takano, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya and T. Akasaka, Heteroat. Chem., 2011, 22, 426-431.

15.  Donor-Acceptor Conjugates of Lanthanum Endohedral Metallofullerene and pi-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene

Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. G. Radhakrishnan, D. M. Guldi, T. Tsuchiya, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 8048.

16.  Retro-Reaction of Singly Bonded La@C82 Derivatives

Y. Takano, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka, T. Kato and S. Nagase, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8035-8036.

17.  Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Regioselectively Synthesized exTTF2-C70(CF3)10 Dyads

Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, G. D. Rojas, D. M. Guldi, I. E. Kareev, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, T. Tsuchiya and T. Akasaka, Chem. -Eur J., 2010, 16, 5343-5353.

18.  Anisotropic Magnetic Behavior of Anionic Ce@C82 Carbene Adducts

Y. Takano, M. Aoyagi, M. Yamada, H. Nikawa, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Tsuchiya, Y. Maeda, T. Akasaka, T. Kato and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 9340-9346.

19.  Efficient Regioselective [4+2] Cycloaddition of o-Quinodimethane to C70(CF3)10

Y. Takano, M. A. Herranz, I. E. Kareev, S. H. Strauss, O. V. Boltalina, T. Akasaka and N. Martin, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 6902-6905.

20.  Radical Coupling Reaction of Paramagnetic Endohedral Metallofullerene La@C82

Y. Takano, A. Yomogida, H. Nikawa, M. Yamada, T. Wakahara, T. Tsuchiya, M. O. Ishitsuka, Y. Maeda, T. Akasaka, T. Kato, Z. Slanina, N. Mizorogi and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 16224-16230.

21.  Nanorods of Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivative

T. Tsuchiya, R. Kumashiro, K. Tanigaki, Y. Matsunaga, M. O. Ishitsuka, T. Wakahara, Y. Maeda, Y. Takano, M. Aoyagi, T. Akasaka, M. T. H. Liu, T. Kato, K. Suenaga, J. S. Jeong, S. Iijima, F. Kimura, T. Kimura and S. Nagase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 450-451.

22.  Simple Purification and Selective Enrichment of Metallic SWCNTs Produced using the Arc-Discharge Method

Y. Maeda, Y. Takano, A. Sagara, M. Hashimoto, M. Kanda, S. I. Kimura, Y. Lian, T. Nakahodo, T. Tsuchiya, T. Wakahara, T. Akasaka, T. Hasegawa, S. Kazaoui, N. Minami, J. Lu and S. Nagase, Carbon, 2008, 46, 1563-1569.

Review paper:

1.     Intramolecular Electron Transfers in Donor/Acceptor Linked Molecules Based on Endohedral Lanthanide Metallofullerenes

Y. Takano, Fuller. Nanotub. Car. N., 2014, 22, 243-249.

2.     Rates and energetics of intramolecular electron transfer processes in conjugated metallofullerenes

Schubert, M. Rudolf, D. M. Guldi, Y. Takano, N. Mizorogi, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Philos. T. R. Soc. A, 2013, 371, 20120490 .

3.     New Vistas in fullerene Chemistry: Organosulfur Compounds expand the Performance of Carbon Nanomaterials

T. Akasaka, T. Tsuchiya, L. Feng, Y. Takano and S. Nagase, Phosphorus Sulfur, 2013, 188, 317-321.

4.     Self-assembling porphyrins and phthalocyanines for photoinduced charge separation and charge transport

H. Imahori, T. Umeyama, K. Kurotobi and Y. Takano, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4032-4045.

5.     Current Progress on the Chemical Functionalization and Supramolecular Chemistry of M@C82

Y. Maeda, T. Tsuchiya, X. Lu, Y. Takano, T. Akasaka and S. Nagase, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 2421-2429.

6.     Organosulfur-Based Fullerene Materials

T. Nakahodo, M. O. Ishitsuka, Y. Takano, T. Tsuchiya, T. Akasaka, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, D. M. Guldi and S. Nagase, Phosphorus Sulfur, 2011, 186, 1308-1311.

Book chapter:

1.     Endohedral Metallofullerenes: From Chemical Reactivity to Material Performance

M. Yamada, S. Sato, Y. Takano, L. Feng, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Chemical Science of pi-Electron Systems Part II. Curved pi-Electron Systems, ed. T. Akasaka, A. Osuka, S. Fukuzumi, H. Kandori and Y. Aso, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2015, ch. 10.

2.     Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Endohedral Metallofullerenes as Promising Carbon Nanomaterials

M. Yamada, X. Lu, L. Feng, S. Sato, Y. Takano, S. Nagase and T. Akasaka, Organic Nanomaterials -Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Applications-, ed. T. Torres and G. Bottari, Wiley, London, U.K., 2013, ch. 12, pp. 241-258.