Publications

 From IISER Bhopal:

 (*) denotes co-first author, (†) denotes corresponding author 

 Review articles:

1. Abhinav Purohit, Nishad Chhatre, Bushra Qazi, Vishal Kumar, Sourav Haldar,† Ahanjit Bhattacharya†. Pseudo-infection model: A bottom-up synthetic approach to cellular entry of enveloped viruses and virus-mimics. Small, 2025, e12218.

Before IISER Bhopal:

 (*) denotes co-first author, (†) denotes corresponding author 

 Research articles:

1. A. Bhattacharya, N. Bagheri, S. G. Boxer. A fluorogenic pseudo-infection assay to probe transfer and distribution of influenza viral contents to target vesicles. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96, 13033-13041.

2. A. Bhattacharya, I. D. Falk, F. R. Moss III, K. N. Tran, N. Z. Burns, S. G. Boxer. Structure-Function Relationships in Pure Archaeal Bipolar Tetraether Lipids. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14273-14286.

3. D. S. Grusky, A. Bhattacharya, S. G. Boxer. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of Single Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Reveals Compositional Variability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 27521-27530.

4. A. Bhattacharya*, L. Tanwar*, A. Fracassi, R. J. Brea, M. Salvador-Castell, S. Khanal, S. K. Sinha, N. K. Devaraj. Chemoselective Esterification of Natural and Prebiotic 1,2-Amino Alcohol Amphiphiles in Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 27149-27159.

5. C. Xu, A. Fracassi, C. P. Baryiames, A. Bhattacharya, N. K. Devaraj, C. R. Baiz. Sponge-phase Lipid Droplets as Synthetic Organelles: An Ultrafast Study of Hydrogen Bonding and Interfacial Environments. ChemPhysChem 2023, 24, e202300404.

6. C. J. Cho, H. Niederholtmeyer, H. Lim, A. Bhattacharya, N. K. Devaraj. Functionalizing lipid sponge droplets with DNA. ChemSystemsChem 2022, 4, e20210.

7. A. Bhattacharya, C. J. Cho, R. J. Brea, N. K. Devaraj. Expression of Fatty Acyl-CoA Ligase Drives One-Pot De Novo Synthesis of Membrane-Bound Vesicles in a Cell-Free Transcription-Translation System. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11235-11242. (Highlighted by New Scientist magazine)

8.  I. D. Falk, B. Gál, A. Bhattacharya, J. H. Wei, P. V. Welander, S. G. Boxer, N. J. Burns. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Archaeal Lipid GDGT-0 (Isocaldarchaeol). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 17491- 17496. (Very important paper)

9. A. Bhattacharya*, H. Niederholtmeyer*, K. A. Podolsky, R. Bhattacharya, J. Song, R. J. Brea, C. H. Tsai, S. K. Sinha, N. K. Devaraj. Lipid Sponge Droplets as Programmable Synthetic Organelles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2020, 117, 18206-18215. (Highlighted by News Wise, UCSD News)

10. M. Johnson*, A. Bhattacharya*, R. J. Brea, K. A. Podolsky, N. K. Devaraj. Temperature-dependent reversible Morphological Transitions in N-oleoyl β-D-galactopyranosylamine. J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 26, 5426-5433.

11. L. Liu, Y. Zou, A. Bhattacharya, D. Zhang, S. Q. Lang, K. N. Houk, N. K. Devaraj. Enzyme-free synthesis of natural phospholipids in water. Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 1029-1034 (Highlighted by UC San Diego Today, Synfacts).

12. A. Bhattacharya, R. J. Brea, J. Song, R. Bhattacharya, S. K. Sinha, N. K. Devaraj. Single-chain β-D-Glycopyranosylamides of Unsaturated Fatty Acids: Self-assembly Properties and Applications to Artificial Cell Development. J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 3711-3720.

13. A. Bhattacharya, R. J. Brea, H. Niederholtmeyer, N. K. Devaraj. A Minimal Biochemical Route towards de novo Formation of Synthetic Phospholipid Membranes. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 300. (highlighted by C&EN)

14. R. J. Brea*, A. Bhattacharya*, R. Bhattacharya*, J. Song, S. K. Sinha, N. K. Devaraj. Highly Stable Artificial Cells from Galactopyranose-Derived Single-Chain Amphiphiles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 17356-17360.

15. T. Enomoto*, R. J. Brea*, A. Bhattacharya, N. K. Devaraj. In Situ Lipid Membrane Formation Triggered by an Intramolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Langmuir 2018, 34, 750-755.

16. C. Chen, P. Kattanguru, O. A. Tomashenko, R. Karpowicz, G. Siemiaszko, A. Bhattacharya, V. Calasans, Y. Six. Synthesis of functionalized azepanes and piperidines from bicyclic halogenated aminocyclopropane derivatives. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 5364-5372.

17. R. J. Brea*, A. Bhattacharya*, N. K. Devaraj. Spontaneous Phospholipid Membrane Formation by Histidine Ligation. Synlett 2017, 28, 108-112.

18. P. S. Addy, A. Bhattacharya, S. M. Mandal, A. Basak. Label assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LA-LDI-MS): an emerging technique for rapid detection of ubiquitous cis-1,2-diol functionality. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 46555-46560.

Reviews, Perspectives, and Book Chapters:

1. A. Arnaout, M. Oseguera-Arasmou, N. Mishra, B. M. Y. Lui, A. Bhattacharya, D. Rhew. Leveraging technology in public-private partnerships: a sustainable model to address public health inequities. Frontiers in Health Services 2023, 3, DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1187306. (part of Frontiers e-book collection)

2. A. Bhattacharya†. Self-assembly and biophysical properties of archaeal lipids. Invited mini-review article from Emerging Topics in Life Sciences Portland Press, 2022, 6, 571-582.

3. A Bhattacharya, R. J. Brea. Supramolecular Assembly and Mesophase Behavior of Glycopyranose-Derived Single-Chain Amphiphiles. Molecular Assemblies: Characterization and Applications. ACS Book chapter 2020, 1355, 15-30.

4. A. Bhattacharya, N. K. Devaraj. Tailoring the Shape and Size of Artificial Cells. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 7396-7401.

5. A. Bhattacharya*, R. J. Brea*, N. K. Devaraj. De novo vesicle formation and growth: an integrative approach to artificial cells. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 7912-7922.