Patents

(Total 15 issued, 10 issued since 2006)

• “Assembled hematin, method for forming same and method for polymerizing aromatic monomers using same” F.F. Bruno; Ferdinando, L. Samuelson, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, M. Sennett, U.S Patent Number: 7,510,739 (2009).

• “Polymerization of aromatic monomers using derivatives of hematin” (S. Tripathy, L. A. Samuelson, F. F. Bruno, S. Roy, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, B, -C. Ku; S, - H, Lee) U.S. Patent Number: 7,479,329 (2009)

• “Enzymatic polymerization” L. A. Samuelson, F. F. Bruno, S. Tripathy, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, U.S Patent Number: 7,332,297 (2008).

• “Assembled hematin, method for forming same and method for polymerizing aromatic monomers using same” F.F. Bruno; Ferdinando, L. Samuelson, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, M. Sennett, U.S Patent Number: 7,344,751 and 7,358,327 (2008).

• “Polymerization of aromatic monomers using derivatives of hematin” (S. Tripathy, L. A. Samuelson, F. F. Bruno, S. Roy, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, B, -C. Ku; S, - H, Lee) U.S Patent Number: 7,294,686 (2007).

• “Polymer-template complex produced by enzymatic polymerization”  L. A. Samuelson, F. F. Bruno, S. Tripathy, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, U.S Patent Number: 7,309,582  (2007).

• “Methods for polymerization of electronic and photonic polymers” F.F. Bruno. L. A. Samuelson, R. Nagarajan and J. Kumar U.S Patent Number: 7,230,071 & U.S. Patent Numbers: 7,186,791, 7,186,792 (2007).

• “Method of forming an electrically conductive connection utilizing a polynucleotide/conductive polymer complex” L. A. Samuelson, F.F. Bruno, S.K. Tripathy, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar and W. Liu U.S. Patent No: 7,056,675 (2006).

• “Assembled hematin, method for forming same and method for polymerizing aromatic monomers using same” F.F. Bruno. L. A. Samuelson, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar and M. Sennett U.S Patent No: 7,022,420 (2006).

• “Enzymatic polymerization of anilines or phenols around a template”       L. A. Samuelson; S. K. Tripathy; F. F. Bruno; R. Nagarajan; J. Kumar; W. Liu, U.S Patent Number 6,569,651 (2003).

• "Polymerization of aromatic monomers using derivatives of hematin” (S. K. Tripathy, L. A. Samuelson, F. F. Bruno, S. Roy, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, B.-C. Ku, S –H. Lee; Soo-Hyoung) 20070021587 A1, 20080090103 (2007).

Pending (2006-2009)

• “Assembled hematin, method for forming same and method for polymerizing aromatic monomers using same” (F. F. Bruno; Ferdinando, L. A. Samuelson; R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, M. Sennett) 20060078756 (2006).

• “Enzymatic template polymerization” (L. A. Samuelson; F. F. Bruno, S. K. Tripathy; R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, W. Liu) 20060041110 (2006).

• “Synthesis of oligo/poly(catechins) and methods of use” (F. F. Bruno, J. Kumar, S. Nagarajan, S. J. Braunhut, R. Nagarajan, L. A. Samuelson, D. McIntosh, K. Foley)  PCT Int. Appl. 118 pp. (2006).

Academic Publications

 Peer –reviewed (Refereed) journal papers  

• “A stable biomimetic redox catalyst obtained by the enzyme catalyzed amidation of iron porphyrin” (S. Nagarajan, R. Nagarajan, F. Bruno, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Green Chem., 11, 334 – 338, (2009).

• “Patterning Flexible Substrates Using Surface Relief Structures in Azobenzene Functionalized Polymer Films” (S. Yang, K. Yang, A. Jain, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar), Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 45(11), 939-942, (2008).

• “Biocatalytically oligomerized epicatechin with potent and specific anti-proliferative activity for human breast cancer cells” (S. Nagarajan, R. Nagarajan, S. J. Braunhut, F. F. Bruno Ferdinando, D. McIntosh, L. Samuelson, J. Kumar),  Molecules, 13(11), 2704-16 (2008).

• “Biocatalytic Modification of Naturally Occurring Iron Porphyrin” (S. Nagarajan, R. Nagarajan, R. Tyagi, J. Kumar, F. F. Bruno, L. A. Samuelson), Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 45(11), 952-957, (2008).

• “Biocatalytically Synthesized Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)” (S. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, F. F. Bruno, L. A. Samuelson, R. Nagarajan), Macromolecules, 41(9), 3049-3052, (2008).

• “A Simple Technique for Submicron Scale Patterning of Silver Using Visible Light Interference” (A. Kumar, Abhishek; S. Nagarajan, K. Yang, A. Robinson, J. Singh, R. Nagarajan, A. Jain, J. Kumar) Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 45(11), 964-967, (2008).

• “Study of Thin Polymeric Film Deposited by the PECVD Process for use at 193 nm” (M. Cazeca, R. Nagarajan, M. –S. Sheu. M. Gow, C. Comptois, R. W. Sabnis, A. Farnsworth) Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 44(12), 1317-1322, (2007).

• “In situ polymerization of amphiphilic diacetylene for hole transport in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells” (Y. Wang, K. Yang, X. Wang, R. Nagarajan, L. Samuelson, J. Kumar) Organic Electronics, 7(6),  546-550, (2006).

• “Spectroscopic and Microscopic Analysis of Photo-cross-linked Vinylbenzylthymine Copolymers for Photoresist Applications” S. Trakhtenberg, J. C. Warner, R. Nagarajan, Ramaswamy, F.F. Bruno, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar,  Chemistry of Materials,  18(12),  2873-2878, (2006).

• “In situ polymerized carboxylated diacetylene as a hole conductor in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells” (Y. Wang, K. Yang, S,-C. Kim, R. Nagarajan, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar) Chemistry of Materials, 18(18), 4215-4217, (2006).

• “Hydrophobic barrier: Molecular self-assembly of amphiphilic polyacetylenes within aluminosilicate nano platelets” (D. W. Kim, B,-C. Ku, D. Steeves, R. Nagarajan, A. Blumstein, J. Kumar, P. W. Gibson, J. A. Ratto, L. A. Samuelson), Journal of Membrane Science, 275(1-2), 12-16 (2006).

• “Synthesis of main-chain liquid-crystalline polyesters containing diphenyl mesogens by chemo-enzymatic route”  (L. Niu, Langang, R. Nagarajan, D. Feng, L. Samuelson, J. Kumar) Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 43(12), 1983-1990, (2006).

• “Biocatalytic synthesis of multi-block copolymer composed of poly(tetrahydrofuran) and poly(ethylene oxide).”  (L.Niu, R. Nagarajan, F. Guan, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 43(12),  1975-1981, (2006). 

•  “Biomimetic Synthesis of Water-Soluble Conducting Copolymers/Homopolymers of Pyrrole and 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene” (F. F. Bruno, S. A. Fossey, S. Nagarajan, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, L. A. Samuelson) Biomacromolecules, 7(2),  586-589, (2006).

• “Nanostructured assembly of homopolymers for a flexible Bragg grating” (M. Kim, R. Nagarajan, J. H. Snook, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Advanced Materials 17(5), 631-633 (2005).

• “Biocatalytic synthesis of novel electronic and photovoltaic materials” (R. Mosurkal, R. Kumar, F. F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan, L. Samuelson, J. Kumar), Pure and Applied Chemistry 77(1), 263-272 (2005).

• “An Enzymatically Synthesized Polyaniline: A Solid-State NMR Study” (S. K. Sahoo, R. Nagarajan, S. Roy, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A. L. Cholli), Macromolecules  37(11),  4130-4138 (2004). 

• “Patterning of substrates using surface relief structures on an azobenzene-functionalized polymer film” (S. Yang, K. Yang, L. Niu, R. Nagarajan, S. Bian, A. K. Jain and J. Kumar), Adv. Mater. 16 (8), 693-696 (2004).

• “Role of temperature in suppression of the formation of Pummerer's type ketone in enzymatic polymerization of 4-Propylphenol: An in-Situ Variable Temperature 1H NMR Study” (S. Sahoo, X. Wu, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, L .A. Samuelson and A. L. Cholli), Macromolecules, 37(6), 2322-2324 (2004).

• “Enzymatic and biomimetic synthesis of electroactive polymers and their optical and electronic properties” (J. Kumar, W. Liu, S. Roy, R. Nagarajan, S. K. Tripathy, F.F. Bruno and L. Samuelson), International Journal of Plastics Technology, 6(1), 32-36 (2003).

• “Biomimetic synthesis of water soluble conductive polypyrrole and poly (3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)” (F. F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan, S. Roy, J. Kumar and L. A. Samuelson) J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem A40 (12), 1327-1333 (2003).

• “Variation in the structure of conducting polyaniline with and without the presence of template during enzymatic polymerization: a solid-state NMR study” (S. K. Sahoo, R. Nagarajan, S. Chakraborty, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar and A.L. Cholli) J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem. A39 (10), 1223-1240 (2002).

• “Novel enzymatic polyethylene oxide-polyphenol system for ionic conductivity” (F. F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar and L. A. Samuelson) J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem. A39 (10), 1061-1068 (2002).

• “Biomimetic synthesis of a water soluble conducting molecular complex of polyaniline and lignosulfonate” (S. Roy, J. M. Fortier, R. Nagarajan, S. K. Tripathy, J. Kumar, L. Samuelson and F.F. Bruno), Biomacromolecules, 3(5), 937-941 (2002).

• “Enzymatic synthesis of molecular complexes of polyaniline with DNA and synthetic oligonucleotides: Thermal and Morphological Characterization” (R. Nagarajan, S. Roy, J. Kumar, S. K. Tripathy, T. Dolukhanyan, C. Sung, F. Bruno and L. Samuelson), J. Macromol. Sci.- Pure Appl. Chem., A38 (12), 1519-1537 (2001).

• “Enzymatically synthesized polyaniline in the presence of a template poly (vinylphosphonic acid): a solid state NMR study” (S. Sahoo, R. Nagarajan, L.  Samuelson, J. Kumar, A. L. Cholli and S.K. Tripathy), J. Macromol. Sci.- Pure Appl. Chem., A38 (12), 1315-1328 (2001).

• “Polymerization of water-soluble conductive polyphenol using Horseradish peroxidase” (F. F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan,   P. Stenhouse, K. Yang, J. Kumar, S. K.Tripathy and L. A. Samuelson) J. Macromol. Sci.- Pure Appl. Chem., A38 (12), 1519-1537 (2001).

• "Chemoenzymatic functionalization of ribonucleic Acids with azobenzene chromophores" (S. Roy, R. Nagarajan, P. Wu, K. Yang, F. F. Bruno, V. S. Parmar, S. K. Tripathy, J. Kumar and L. A. Samuelson) J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem. A38 (12), 1383-1392 (2001).

• “Peroxidase, hematin and pegylated hematin catalyzed vinyl polymerizations in water” (A. Singh, S. Roy,  L.  Samuelson,  F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan,  J. Kumar, V. John, and D. Kaplan) J. Macromol. Sci. Pure Appl. Chem. A38 (12), 1219-1230 (2001).

• “Manipulating DNA conformation using intertwined conducting polymer chains" (R. Nagarajan, W. Liu, S. K. Tripathy, J. Kumar, F. F. Bruno and L. A. Samuelson), Macromolecules, 34, 3921-3927 (2001).

• “Nanoreactors for the enzymatic synthesis of conducting polyaniline” (L. Samuelson, W. Liu, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, F. F. Bruno, A. Cholli and S. Tripathy), Synthetic Metals, 119, 271-272 (2001).

• “Enzymatic Synthesis of electrically conducting molecular complex of polyaniline and Poly (Vinyl phosphonic Acid)” (R. Nagarajan, S. K. Tripathy, J.  Kumar, F. F. Bruno and L. A. Samuelson) Macromolecules, 33, 9542-9547 (2000).

• “The role of template in the enzymatic synthesis of conducting polyaniline” (W. Liu, A.L. Cholli, R. Nagarajan, J. Kumar, S.K. Tripathy, F. F. Bruno and L. Samuelson), Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (49), 11345-11355 (1999).