Journal Publications
From IIT Palakkad:
(55) Rakhimol, K.M.; Jayaprakash, A.; Porel, M.* Fluorescent macrocycles with customizable backbone: Design, synthesis, and detection of explosive picric acid, Org. Lett. 2024, Advanced Article
(54) Barik, D.; Porel, M.* Sequence-Defined Tertiary Amine-Based Oligomer Employing a Scalable, Support-Free, and Protection/Deprotection-Free Iterative Strategy, ACS. Macro. Lett. 2024, 13, 65-72
(53) Barik, D.; Anilkumar, A.; Porel, M.* Solid-State Fluorescent Organic Polymers for Visual Detection and Elimination of Heavy Metals in Water, ACS. Polym. Au.; 2024, Advanced article
(52) Barik, D.; Pidikaka, C.; Porel, M.*; Dansyl-tagged xanthate ester as a capping agent to synthesize fluorescent silver nanoparticles with binding affinity toward serum albumin, Photochem. Photobiol., 2024, Advanced Article
(51) Vijayan, V. N.; Kannan, K.; Sahadevan, R.; Jose, A.; Porel, M.*; Sadhukhan, S.* ε-Poly-L-lysine: A naturally-occurring biodegradable polypeptide for selective detection of 5-nitroimidazole antibiotics in animal products and living cells via fluorescence. ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2024, in press.
(50) Vignesh, A.; Binoy, A.; Thurakkal, L.; Bhuvanesh, N. S. B.; Sadhukhan, S.*; Porel, M.*; Pyrene aroylhydrazone-based Pd(II) complexes for DNA/protein binding, cellular imaging and in vitro anticancer activity via ROS production, J. Mol. Struc. 2024, 1295, 136693
(49) Sahadevan, R.; Kannan, K.; Jose, A.; Porel, M.*; Sadhukhan, S.* Unconventional fluorescence behaviour of ε-polylysine: Selective and sensitive detection of Cu(II) in real water samples, test paper strips, living cells, and anticounterfeiting applications. Sens. Actuators B Chem, 2024, 409, 135589.
(48) Jose, A.; Tharayil, A. Porel, M.*; Water soluble non-conjugated fluorescent polymers: aggregation induced emission, solid-state fluorescence, and sensor array applications, Polym. Chem., 2023, 14, 3309
(47) Thurakkal, L., Rakhimol, K.M., Porel, M.* Dansyl-triazole-based fluorescent macrocycle for selective nitro-
antibiotics sensing in water/paper-strips and its interaction with multiple proteins, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 7399-7402
(46) Jose, A.#, Sahadevan, R.#, Vijay, M, Sadhukhan, S.*, Porel, M.* Dansyl appended sequence-defined oligomers for selective ultrasensitive detection of Hg2+ in water, paper strips, living cells and its efficient removal, Sens. Actuators B Chem. 2023, 380, 133335.
(# Both authors contributed equally)
(45) Thurakkal, L.; Porel, M.*; Removal of cationic and anionic dyes from waste water in five seconds by a facile synthesis of a covalent organic polymer, Eur. Polym. J., 2023, 194 112169
(44) Jose, A.; Chathangad, S. N.; Sahadevan, R.; Binoy, A.; Vignesh, A.; Sadhukhan, S.*; Porel, M.* Design, synthesis, and applications of pyrene-quinoline based cell-permeable AIEgen for cellular imaging and antibacterial activity, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 2023, 333 114950
(43) Cheekatla, S. R.; Barik, D.; Anand, G.; Mol K. M. R.; and Porel, M.* Indole-Based Macrocyclization by Metal-Catalyzed Approaches,
Organics, 2023, 4 333
(42) Sahadevan R#, Jose A#, Porel, M.*, Sadhukhan S*. Non-aromatic single amino acid, lysine: A simple fluorescence sensor for selective detection of Cu2+ and Co2+ with colorimetric distinction by the virtue of its self-aggregation behaviour, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 2023, 445, 115086
(41)Thurakkal,L.; Vijayakumar, S.; Tripathi, A.; Porel, M.* Dithiocarbamate based linear versus macrocyclic
architecture: Comparative studies and applications in protein interaction and heavy metals removal, New. J. Chem. 2023, 47, 7708-7715
(40) Jose, A.; Porel, M.* Probing the interactions of dansyl appended sequence-defined oligomers with serum albumins: Effect of functionality, hydrophobicity, and architecture, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chem. 2023, 439, 114640. (# Both authors contributed equally)
(39) Jose, A.; Porel, M.*, Selective and sensitive fluorescent staining of serum albumin in protein gel electrophoresis via sequence-defined oligo-dithiocarbamate, RSC. Adv. 2023, 13, 35791-35798
(38) Barik, D.; Anand, G.; Subba Rao Cheekatla and Mintu Porel*, A novel class of functionally tuneable star-shaped macromolecules for interaction with multiple proteins, Organics, 2023, Accepted
(37) Thurakkal, L., Cheekatla, S.R., Porel, M*., Superfast Capture of Iodine from Air, Water, and Organic Solvent by Potential Dithiocarbamate-Based Organic Polymer, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2023, 24, 1466
(36) Thurakkal, L.; Porel, M.*; Efficient mercury removal in 30 seconds by designing a dithiocarbamate-based organic polymer with customizable functionalities and tuneable properties, Environ. Sci. Water Res. Technol., 2022, 9, 285-293
(35) Jose, A.; Porel, M.*; Backbone and side chain-linker tunability among dithiocarbamate, ester and amide in sequence-defined oligomers: Synthesis and structure-property-function relationship, Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 2450-2458
(34) Thurakkal, L.; Pandurangan, N, Porel, M.*; Design, synthesis and bioactive properties of a class of macrocycles with tunable functional groups and ring size, Sci. Rep. 2022, 12, Article number: 4815
(33) Cheekatla, S. R.#; Thurakkal, L.#; Jose, A.; Barik, D.; Porel, M.*; Aza-oxa-triazole based Macrocycles with Tunable Properties: Design, Synthesis and Bioactivity, Molecules, 2022, 27, 3409 (# Both authors contributed equally)
(32) Jose, A.; Pandurangan, N.; Porel, M.*; Sequence-defined oligomer as a modular platform for selective sub-picomolar detection and removal of Hg2+, Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 5201
(31) Nanjan, P.; Jose, A.; Thurakkal, L. Porel, M.* A Scalable, Support-free, Iterative Strategy for Multi-functional Sequence-defined Dithiocarbamate Polymer, Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 11019-11026
(30) Thurakkal, L.#; Singh, S.#; Roy, R.; Kar, P.; Sadhukhan, S.*; Porel, M.* An in-silico study on selected organosulfur compounds as potential drugs for SARS-CoV-2 infection via binding multiple drug targets, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2020, 763, 138193 (# Both authors contributed equally)
(29) Nanjan, P.; Porel, M.* Sequence-defined Non-natural Polymers: Synthesis and Applications, Polym. Chem., 2019, 5406-5424
From Ph.D. and Postdoctoral research:
(28) Pitsalidis, C.#; Pappa, A. -M.#; Porel, M.; Artim, C. M.; Faria, G.C.; Duong, D. D.; Alabi, C.A.; Daniel, S.; Salleo, A.; Owens, R. M. Biomimetic electronic devices for measuring bacterial membrane disruption. Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, e1803130 (# authors contributed equally to this work)
(27) Chuang, C. H.; Porel, M.; Choudhury, R.; Burda, C.; Ramamurthy, V. Ultrafast Electron Transfer Across a Nanocapsular Wall: Coumarins as Donors, Viologen as Acceptor, and Octa Acid Capsule as the Mediator, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 328-337
(26) Porel, M.; Thornlow, D. N.; Artim, C.; Alabi, C. A. Sequence defined backbone modifications regulate antibacterial activity of oligoTEAs, ACS Chem. Biol. 2017, 12, 715-723.
(25) Mohan Raj, A.; Porel, M.; Mukherjee, P.; Ma, X.; Choudhury, R.; Galoppini, E.; Sen, P.; Ramamurthy, V. Ultrafast Electron Transfer from Upper Excited State of Encapsulated Azulenes to Acceptors across an Organic Molecular Wall, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 20205-20216.
(24) Bhandari, S.; Zilong, Z.; Maiti, B.; Chuang, C.; Porel, M.; You, Z.; Ramamurthy, V.; Burda, C.; Herbert, J.; Dunietz, B. What is the opto-electronic effect of the capsule on the guest molecule in aqueous host/guest complexes? A combined computational and spectroscopic perspective, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 15481-15488
(23) Porel, M.; Thornlow, D. N.; Phan; N. N.; Alabi, C. A. Sequence-defined bioactive macrocycles via an acid catalyzed cascade reaction. Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 590-596. (Highlighted on Medicinet, Phys. Org, Technology Org, Cornell Chronicle, Bioportfolio, Health)
(22) Stranges, B. P.; Palla, M.; Nivala, J.; Aberra, A.; Kalachikov, S.; Kumar, S.; Porel, M. et al. Ju, J.; Church, G. M. Design and characterization of a nanopore-coupled polymerase for single molecule DNA sequencing by synthesis on an integrated electronic array. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2016, 113, E6749-E6756.
(21) Fuller, C. W.; Kumar, S.; Porel, M. et al. Church, G. M.; Ju, J. Real-time single-molecule electronic DNA sequencing by synthesis using polymer-tagged nucleotides on a nanopore array. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2016, 113, 5233-5238. (Highlighted on 14 news outlets including Science Daily and EurekAlert)
(20) Porel, M.; Brown, J. S.; Alabi; C. A. Sequence-defined oligothioetheramides. Synlett 2015, 26, 565-571. Selected as Cover Page.
(19) Ramamurthy, V.; Jockusch, S.; Porel, M. Supramolecular photochemistry in solution and on surfaces: encapsulation and dynamics of guest molecules and communication between encapsulated and free molecules. Langmuir 2015, 5554-5570.
(18) Porel, M.; Alabi, C. A. Sequence-defined polymers via orthogonal allyl acrylamide building blocks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13162-13165.
(17) Da Silva, J. P.; Choudhury, R.; Porel, M.; Pischel, Uwe; Jockusch, Steffen; Hubbard, Peter C.; Ramamurthy, V.; Canário, Adelino V. M. Synthetic versus natural receptors: Supramolecular control of chemical sensing in fish. ACS Chem. Biol. 2014, 9, 1432-1436.
(16) Smitka, J. E.; Lemos, A, Porel, M.; Jockusch, S.; Belderrain, R.; Tesařová, E.; Da Silva, J. P. Phototransformation of benzimidazoles and thiabendazole inside cucurbit[8]uril. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2014, 13, 310-315.
(15) Porel, M.; Ramalingam, V.; Domaradzki, M. E.; Young, V. G.; Ramamurthy, V; Muthyala, R. S. Chloride sensing via suppression of excited state intramolecular proton transfer in squaramides. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 1633-1635.
(14) Porel, M.; Ottaviani, F. M.; Jockusch, S.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Control of spin-spin exchange interactions in polynitroxides through inclusion within γ-cyclodextrin. RSC Advances 2013, 3, 427-431.
(13) Porel, M.; Chi-Hung, C.; Burda, C.; Ramamurthy, V. Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer between an incarcerated donor and a free acceptor in aqueous solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14718-14721.
(12) Porel, M.; Jockusch, S.; Parthasarathy, A.; Rao J. V.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Photoinduced electron transfer between a donor and an acceptor separated by a capsular wall. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 2710-2712.
(11) Porel, M.; Klimczak, A.; Freitag, M.; Galoppini, E.; Ramamurthy, V. Photoinduced electron transfer across a molecular wall: Coumarin dyes as donors and methyl viologen and TiO2 as acceptors. Langmuir 2012, 28, 3355-3359.
(10) Ramasamy, E.; Jayaraj, N.; Porel, M.; Ramamurthy, V. Excited state chemistry of new capsular assemblies in aqueous solution and on silica surfaces. Langmuir 2012, 28, 10-16.
(9) Jockusch, S.; Porel, M.; Ramamurthy, V.; Turro, N. J. CIDEP from a polarized ketone triplet state incarcerated within a nanocapsule to a nitroxide in the bulk aqueous solution. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2877-2880.
(8) Porel, M.; Jockusch, S.; Ottaviani, F. M.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Interaction between encapsulated excited organic molecules and free nitroxides: communication across a molecular wall. Langmuir 2011, 27, 10548-10555.
(7) Porel, M.; Ottaviani, F. M.; Jockusch, S., Jayaraj, N.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Suppression of spin-spin coupling in nitroxyl biradicals by supramolecular host-guest interactions. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 7736-7738.
(6) Porel, M.; Jayaraj, N.; Raghothama, S.; Ramamurthy, V. Chemistry in confined spaces: high-energy conformer of a piperidine derivative is favored within a water-soluble capsuleplex. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4544-4547.
(5) Kulasekharan, R.; Jayaraj, N.; Porel, M.; Choudhury, R.; Sundaresan, A. K.; Parthasarathy, A.; Ottaviani F. M.; Jockusch, S.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Guest rotations within a capsuleplex probed by NMR and EPR techniques. Langmuir 2010, 26, 6943-6953.
(4) Jayaraj, N.; Porel, M.; Ottaviani, F. M.; Maddipatla, M. V. S. N.; Modelli, A.; Da Silva, J. P.; Bhogala, B. R.; Captain, B.; Jockusch, S.; Turro, N. J.; Ramamurthy, V. Self aggregation of supramolecules of nitroxides@cucurbit[8]uril revealed by EPR spectra. Langmuir 2009, 25, 13820-13832.
(3) Jayaraj, N.; Zhao, Y.; Parthasarathy, A.; Porel, M.; Liu, R.S H; Ramamurthy, V. Nature of supramolecular complexes controlled by the structure of the guest molecules: formation of octa acid based capsuleplex and cavitandplex. Langmuir 2009, 25, 10575-10586.
(2) Porel, M.; Jayaraj, N.; Kaanumalle, L. S.; Maddipatla, M. V. S. N.; Parthasarathy, A.; Ramamurthy, V. Cavitand octa acid forms a nonpolar capsuleplex dependent on the molecular size and hydrophobicity of the guest. Langmuir 2009, 25, 3473-3481.
(1) Behera, K.; Pandey, M. D; Porel, M.; Pandey, S. Unique role of hydrophilic ionic liquid in modifying properties of aqueous Triton X-100. J. Chem. Phys. 2007, 127, 184501-184510.