1. S. Rao, S. Raj, S. Balint, C. B. Fons, S. Campoy, M. Llagostera and D. Petrov: Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using surface-enhanced Raman scattering; Applied Physics Letters; 96 (21): (2010)

2. I. A. Martinez, S. Raj and D. Petrov: Colored noise in the fluctuations of an extended DNA molecule detected by optical trapping; Eur. Biophys. J.; 41, 2012

3. S. Raj, M. Marro, M. Wojdyla and D. Petrov: Mechanochemistry of single red blood cells monitored using Raman tweezers; Biomed. Opt. Express; 3, 2012

4. S. Rao, S. Raj, B. Cossins, M. Marro, V. Guallar and D. Petrov: Direct observation of single DNA structural alterations at low forces with surface-enhanced Raman scattering; Biophy. J.; 104, 2013

5. S. Raj, M. Wojdyla and D. Petrov: Studying single red blood cells under a tunable external force by combining passive microrheology with Raman spectroscopy; Cell biochemistry and biophysics; 65, 2013

6. M. Wojdyla, S. Raj and D. Petrov: Absorption spectroscopy of single red blood cells in the presence of mechanical deformations induced by optical traps; J. Biomed. Opt.; 17, 2012

7. M. Wojdyla, S. Raj and D. Petrov: Nonequilibrium fluctuations of mechanically stretched single red blood cells detected by optical tweezer; European Biophysics Journal; 42, 2013

8. S.Hodeib, S. Raj, M. Manosas, W. Zhang, D. Bagchi, B. Ducos, J.F. Allemand, D. Bensimon and V.Croquette: Single molecule studies of helicases with magnetic tweezers; Methods; 105, 2016

9. S.Hodeib, S. Raj, et al.: A mechanistic study of helicases; Protein Science; 26, 2017

10. M. Gowravaram, F. Bonneau, J. Kanaan, V. D Maciej, F. Fiorini, S. Raj, et al.: A conserved structural element in the RNA helicase UPF1 regulates its catalytic activity in an isoform-specific manner; Nucleic Acids Research; 46 (5), 2018

11. J. Kanaan*, S. Raj*, et al.: UPF1-like helicase grip on nucleic acids dictates processivity; Nature Communications 9 (1), 2018 (*Equal contribution)

12. S. Raj, D Bagchi, JV Orero, J Banroques, NK Tanner, V Croquette: Mechanistic characterization of the DEAD-box RNA helicase Ded1 from yeast as revealed by a novel technique using single-molecule magnetic tweezers; Nucleic acids research 47 (7), 2019