Publications

Complete list of publications

(Citations:520; h-index:11; i10-index:11 accessed on 10/23/24, Google Scholar)

([ ] denotes equal contributions)

1. Tanwar S, Zheng P, Wu L, Barman I “Stimuli-Responsive ‘On–Off’ SERS–Darkfield Bimodal Plasmonic Nanoprobes for Selective Cancer Cell Illumination” Biosensors and Bioelectronics 286, 117675, 2025.

2. Chatterjee A, Raj P, Wu L, Tanwar S, Barman I, “VITRO-P: Revolutionizing Optical Tissue Phantoms with Tailored Vascular Structures”, Advanced Optical Materials, 2500800, 2025.

3. Tanwar S, Date S, Goel L, Chatterjee A, Wu L, McGuiggan P, Barman I “Raman imaging of targeted Drug delivery with DNA-based nano-optical devices” Small, 21, 2402631, 2025.

4. Anantha P, Raj P, Zheng P, Tanwar S, Barman I “Gold Nanoprism Enhanced SERS Aptasensor for Simultaneous Detection of Thrombin and VEGF” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 423, 136811, 2025.

5. Raj P, Wu L, Almeida C, Conway L, Tanwar S, Middendorf J, Barman I “Shining light on osteoarthritis: spatially offset Raman spectroscopy as a window into cartilage health” ACS Sensors, 9, 7, 3794–3804, 2024.

6. [Wu L, Tanwar S], Kaur G, Date S, Goel L, Chatterjee A, McGuiggan P, Barman I, “DNA origami-engineered plasmonic nanoprobes for targeted cancer imaging”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2309929, 2024.

7. [Ghaemi B, Tanwar S], Singh A, Arifin DR, McMahon MT, Barman I, Bulte JWM “Cell-Penetrating and enzyme-responsive peptides for targeted cancer therapy: role of arginine residue length on cell penetration and in vivo toxicity” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16,9, 11159-11171, 2024.

8.  Tanwar S, Anantha P, Wu L, Barman I “Self-assembled bimetallic Au-Ag nanorod vertical array for single molecule plasmonic sensing” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 2, 1636-1645, 2024.

9. Mukhopadhyaya T, Wagner J, Lee TD, Ganley C, Tanwar S, Raj P, Li L, Song Y, Melvin SJ, Ji Y, Clancy P, Barman I, Thon S, Klausen R, Katz HE, “Solution-doped donor-acceptor copolymers based on diketopyrrolopyrrole and 3, 3’-bis (2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy) ethoxy)-2, 2’-bithiophene exhibiting outstanding thermoelectric power factors with p-dopants”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2309646, 2023.

10. Tanwar S, Ghaemi B, Raj P, Singh A, Wu L, Yuan Y, Arifin DR, McMahon MT, Bulte JWM, Barman I, “A smart intracellular self-assembling biorthogonal Raman active nanoprobe for targeted tumor imaging”, Advanced Science, 2304164, 2023. (Featured as Cover Article and Highlighted as “Hot Topic: Bioorthogonal Chemistry” special collection of ChemBioChem)

11. Tanwar S, Wu L, Zahn N, Raj P, Ghaemi B, Chatterjee A, Bulte JWM, Barman I, “Targeted enzyme activity imaging with quantitative phase microscopy”, Nano Letters, 23(10), 4602–4608, 2023.

12. Mukhopadhyaya T, Lee TD, Ganley C, Tanwar S, Raj P, Li L, Song Y, Clancy P, Barman I, Thon S, Katz HE, “Stable high-conductivity ethylenedioxythiophene polymers via borane-adduct doping”, Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2208541, 2022.

13. Tanwar S, Kim JH, Bulte JWM, Barman I, “Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS): An emerging tool for sensing cellular function”, WIREs: Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, 14: e1802, doi: 10.1002/wnan.1802, 2022.

14. Kaur G, Tanwar S, Kaur V, Biswas R, Saini S, Haldar KK, and Sen T “Interfacial design of gold/silver core-shell nanostars for plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic coupling of 4-aminothiophenol” Journal of Material Chemistry C 9, 15284-15294, 2021. (Advanced article)

15. Tanwar S, Kaur V, Kaur G, and Sen T “Broadband SERS Enhancement by DNA Origami Assembled Bimetallic Nanoantennas with Label-Free Single Protein Sensing” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, 8141-8150, 2021.

16. Tanwar S, Paidi SK, Pandey R, Barman I, “Advancing Raman spectroscopy from research to clinic: Translational potential and challenges”, Spectrochimica Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (invited article), 260, 119957, 2021.

17.  [Kaur V, Tanwar S], Kaur G, and Sen T “DNA-Origami-Based Assembly of Au@Ag Nanostar Dimer Nanoantennas for Label-Free Sensing of Pyocyanin” ChemPhysChem, 22, 160 –16, 2021.

18. [Sharma B, Tanwar S], and Sen T “One pot green synthesis of Si quantum dots and catalytic Au nanoparticle-Si quantum dot nanocomposite” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and engineering 7 (3), 3309–3318, 2019.

19. Tanwar S, Sharma B, Kaur V, and Sen T “White light emission from a mixture of silicon quantum dots and gold nanoclusters and its utilities in sensing of mercury (II) ions and thiol containing amino acid” RSC Advances 9, 15997-16006, 2019. (Selected for editor’s collection on fluorescent sensors)

20.  Haldar KK, Tanwar S, Biswas R, Sen T, and Lahtinen J “Noble copper-silver-gold trimetallic nanobowls: an efficient catalyst”. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 556, 140-146, 2019.

21. Haldar KK, Biswas R, Tanwar S, Sen T, and Lahtinen J “One-Pot Synthesis of Au Embedded ZnO Nanorods Composite Heterostructures with Excellent Photocatalytic Properties” ChemistrySelect  3, 7882 – 7890, 2018.

22.  Tanwar S, Haldar KK, and Sen T “DNA Origami Directed Au Nanostar Dimers for Single-Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering” Journal of the American Chemical Society 139(48), 17639-17648, 2017.

23. Dewangan RP, Jain A, Tanwar S, Yar MS, and Pasha S “Self-assembly and hydrogelation of spermine functionalized aromatic peptidomimetics against planktonic and sessile methicillin resistant S. aureus” RSC Advances 6, 112656-112666, 2016.

24. Ahirwar R, Tanwar S, Bora U, and Nahar P “Microwave non-thermal effect reduces ELISA timing to less than 5 minutes” RSC Advances 6, 20850-20857, 2016.

25. Ahirwar R, Tanwar S, Parween S, Kumar A, and Nahar P “Image-based detection of oligonucleotides - a low cost alternative to spectrophotometric or fluorometric methods” Analyst 139, 2186-2192, 2014.

  Book chapters

1.     Kim JH, Tanwar S, Liu Z, Barman I, “Exploring the hidden realms: New frontiers for Raman spectroscopy in life sciences”, In: Raman Spectroscopy in Human Health and Biomedicine, World Scientific Publishing Company, 472-502, 2024.

  Feature articles