Welcome to the Laboratory of Dr. Jayanta Nanda
(Self-Assembling Peptide Chemistry Laboratory)
Dr. Jayanta Nanda
Department of Chemistry
University of North Bengal
Raja Rammohanpur, P.O.- NBU campus
District-Darjeeling, PIN-734013
West Bengal, India
Email- jayanta@nbu.ac.in & drjayantananda16@gmail.com
Selected Publications
Supramolecular antiparallel β-sheet formation by tetrapeptides based on amyloid sequence, Souvik Misra, Pijush Singh, Rabindra Nath Mahata, Paula Brandão, Subhasish Roy, Ajit K. Mahapatra and Jayanta Nanda* J. Phys. Chem. B., 2021, 125, 4274–4285 (IF: 2.857, Cited: NA)
Supramolecular assemblies of a 1,8-Naphthalimide conjugate and its aggregation-induced emission property, Souvik Misra, Pijush Singh, Ankita Das, Paula Brandão, Pathik Sahoo, Nayim Sepay, Gourab Bhattacharjee, Pallab Datta, Ajit K. Mahapatra, Biswarup Satpati and Jayanta Nanda* Materials Advances, 2020, 1, 3532-3538. (IF: NA, Cited: 1)
Self-assembling behaviour of a modified aromatic amino acid in competitive aqueous medium, Pijush Singh, Souvik Misra, Nayim Sepay, Sanjoy Mandal, Debes Ray, V. K. Aswal and Jayanta Nanda*, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 6599-6607 (IF: 3.14, Cited: 4) Link
Emergence of Native Peptide Sequences in Replication Networks, Jayanta Nanda¥, Boris Rubinov ¥, Denis Ivnitski, Rakesh Mukherjee, Elina Shtelman, Yair Motro, Yifat Miller, Nathaniel Wagner, Rivka Cohen-Luria, and Gonen Ashkenasy*, [ ¥ indicating equal contribution], Nature Communication, 2017, 8, 434. (IF: 12.124, Cited: 41) Link
A Gel Based Novel Trihybrid System Containing Nanofibers, Nanosheets and Nanoparticles: Modulation of Rheological Property and catalysis, Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas, Bimalendu Adhikari and Arindam Banerjee*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 5041-5045 (IF: 11.994, Cited: 137) Link
Single Amino Acid Based Thixotropic Hydrogel Formation And pH-Dependent Morphological Change of Gel Nanofibers, Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas and Arindam Banerjee*, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 4198-4208 (IF: 3.889, Cited: 134) Link
Formation of hybrid hydrogels consisting of tripeptide and different silver nanoparticle capped ligands: modulation of the mechanical strength of gel phase materials, Jayanta Nanda, Bimalendu Adhikari, Shibaji Basak and Arindam Banerjee*, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2012, 116, 12235-12244 (IF: 3.177, Cited: 56)
Pyrene-Containing Peptide-Based Fluorescent Organogels: Inclusion of Graphene into the Organogel, Bimalendu Adhikari#, Jayanta Nanda# and Arindam Banerjee* [# indicating equal contribution], Chem. –Eur. J., 2011, 17, 11488-11496 (IF: 5.317, Cited: 142) Link
Current Research Interests
1. Design and development of new self-replicating systems.
2. Creation of functional and smart nano-structures from different natural building blocks.
3. Supramolecular Gel materials.
Current Opening
A motivated student with their own CSIR, DST-INSPIRE, or other national fellowship from Organic / Physical Chemistry background is encouraged to apply for PhD position.
Candidates with appropriate backgrounds can apply for NPDF and D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Interested students can send their updated CV to the following email addresses: jayanta@nbu.ac.in & drjayantananda16@gmail.com.