Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Dasari, S.; Kasilingam, T.; Bhatt, P.; Singh, M. S.; Kumar, S.* "RAFT Polymers-Capped Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles via “One-Pot” Aminolysis/Thiolate-Grafting" Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1002/marc.202500427.  (IF = 4.3)

• Gaddala, R.; Chelluboyina, A. K.; Kumar, S.* "Engineering RAFT polymers to the protein-capped gold nanoclusters for developing fluorescent polymeric nanoconjugates" Macromolecular Bioscience, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202400451.   (Appeared in Hot Topic: Gold)  (IF = 4.4)

• Kumar, S.;* Gaddala, R.; Thomas, S.; Schumacher, J.; Schönherr, H. "Green Synthesis of Polymer Materials via Enzyme-Initiated RAFT Polymerization" Polymer Chemistry, 2024, 15, 2011-2027.  (IF = 4.6)

• Rupali, Joseph, B; Thomas, S; Sen, N.; Paschold, A.; Binder, W. H.;* Kumar, S.* "Bioinspired Synthetic Polymers-Based Inhibitors of Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Peptide Aggregation" Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 392-411.  (IF = 5.364)

• Kumar, S.* "Synthetic Polymers Derived Single-Network Inks/Bioinks for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing Towards Bioapplications" Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 6928-6941.  (IF = 5.0)

• Kumar, S.;* Tharayil, A.; Thomas, S. "3D Bioprinting of Nature-Inspired Hydrogel Inks Based on Synthetic Polymers" ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021, 3, 3685–3701.  (Invited Article) (IF = 4.089)

• Kumar, S.; Binder, W. H. "Peptide-induced RAFT polymerization via an amyloid-β17-20 -based chain transfer agent " Soft Matter 2020, 16, 6964-6968. (IF = 3.679)

• Kumar, S.; Hause, G.; Binder, W. H. "Bifunctional peptide-polymer conjugates based fibers via a one-pot tandem disulfide reduction coupled to a thio-bromo “click” reaction " ACS Omega 2020, 5, 19020–19028. (Appeared as ACS AuthorChoice) (Highlighted as Cover Image) (IF = 3.512)

• Kumar, S.; Hause, G.; Binder, W. H. “Thio-Bromo “Click” Reaction Derived Polymer-Peptide Conjugates for Their Self-Assembled Fibrillar Nanostructures" Macromolecular Bioscience 2020, 20, 2000048.  (Appeared in Wiley-VCH Hot Topic: Click Chemistry) (Highlighted as Back Cover Image) (IF = 4.979)

• Kumar, S.; Deike, S.; Binder, W. H. “One-pot synthesis of thermoresponsive amyloidogenic peptide-  polymer conjugates via thio-bromo “click” reaction of RAFT polymers” Macromolecular Rapid Communication 2018, 39, 1700507.  (IF = 5.734)

• Kumar, S.;* Bheemireddy, V.; De, P. “Aβ17-20 Peptide-guided structuring of polymeric conjugates and their pH-triggered dynamic response” Macromolecular Bioscience 2015, 15, 1447–1456. (Corresponding author) (IF = 4.979)

• Kumar, S.; Maiti, B.; De, P. “Carbohydrate conjugated amino acid based fluorescent block copolymers with pH responsiveness and/or lectin recognition” Langmuir 2015, 31, 9422–9431.  (IF = 3.882)

• Maiti, B.; Kumar, S.; De, P. “Controlled RAFT synthesis of side-chain oleic acid containing polymers and their post-polymerization functionalization” RSC Advance 2014, 4, 56415-56423.   (IF = 3.361)

• Kumar, S.; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Controlled synthesis of β-sheet polymers based on side-chain amyloidogenic short peptide segments via RAFT polymerization” Polymer Chemistry 2014, 5, 6039-6050. (Highlighted among the most accessed articles of that journal in July 2014) (IF = 5.582)

• Kumar, Y. P.; Das, R. N.; Kumar, S.; Schütte, O. M.; Steinem, C.; Dash, J. “Triazole tailored guanosine dinucleosides as biomimetic ion channels to modulate transmembrane potential” Chemistry-A European Journal 2014, 20, 3023-3028. (Highlighted in Nature India and Chemistry views magazine Wiley-VCH) (IF = 5.236) 

• Kumar, S.; De, P. “Fluorescent labelled dual-stimuli (pH/thermo) responsive self-assembled side-chain amino acid based polymer” Polymer 2014, 55, 824-832. (IF = 4.430)

• Kumar, S.; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Side-chain amino acid based pH responsive self-assembled block copolymers for drug delivery and gene transfer” Langmuir 2013, 29, 15375-15385. (IF = 3.882)

• Kumar, S.; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Controlled synthesis of pH responsive cationic polymers containing side-chain peptide moieties via RAFT polymerization and their self-assembly” Journal of Material Chemistry B 2013, 1, 946-957. (IF = 6.331)

• Kumar, S.; Roy, S. G.; De, P. “Cationic mathacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization” Polymer Chemistry 2012, 3, 1239-1248. (Highlighted among the top-ten most accessed articles of that journal of year 2012) (IF = 5.582)