Publications – Polymer Synthesis and Therapeutics Laboratory

2025

31. A. Sahu, S. Mahapatra, P. Dey* and G. Ghosh,* Harnessing Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly (CDSA) of Semicrystalline Block Copolymers for Functional 2D Architectures and Their Applications, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2025, accepted. DOI: 10.1002/macp.202400426.

30. S. Saha, A. Ramesh, T. Samanta, R. K. Roy, S. Biswas, N. A. Begum, G. Ghosh and P. Dey^* Impact of Tuning the Hydrophobicity in ABA-type Amphiphilic Polythiourethane on the Dye Loading and Stability of Formed Polymersomes Using Pendant Aromatic Groups, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2025, 2400385. (Impact Factor – 2.5, 2023). (Invited article in the issue of “The Next Generation of Polymer Scientists in India“) (Link)

29. R. K. Roy, T. Samanta, S. Saha, A. Ramesh, N. A. Begum, G. Ghosh and P. Dey^* Aromatic vs. Aliphatic Linkers: Impact on Dye Loading and Stability in Oligoglycerol-Derived Dendronized Polymersomes, Polymer Chemistry, 2025, 16, 27-35. (Impact Factor – 4.1, 2023). (Featured as Cover) (Link)

2024

28. S. Mahapatra, P. Dey,* and G. Ghosh*, Controlled Synthesis of Cylindrical Micelles via Crystallization Driven Self-assembly (CDSA) and Applications, Polymer Journal, 2024, 56, 949–975. (Invited Review Article) (Link) (Impact Factor 2.3, 2023) (Featured as Cover)

Publications from Ph.D and Post-doctoral Research

2024

27. S. Koshrovski-Michael, D. Rodriguez Ajamil, P. Dey, R. Satchi-Fainaro et. al., Two-in-One Nanoparticle Platform Enhances the Therapeutic Index of Targeted Therapies in P-selectin-expressing Cancers, Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadr4762. (Impact Factor 11.7, 2023). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr4762

2023

26. R. Barman, R. Bej, P. Dey and S. Ghosh, Cisplatin-Conjugated Polyurethane Capsule for Dual Drug Delivery to Cancer Cell, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 25193–25200. (Link) (Impact Factor – 8.5, 2023)

2022

25. Y. Epshtein, R. Blau, E. Pisarevsky, S. Koshrovski-Michael, D. Ben-Shushan, S. Pozzi, G. Shenbach-Koltin, L. Fridrich, M. Buzhor, A. Krivitsky, P. Dey, and R. Satchi-Fainaro, Polyglutamate-based nanoconjugates for image-guided surgery and post-operative melanoma metastases prevention, Theranostics 2022, 12 (14), 6339-6362 (Link). (Impact Factor – 12.4)

24. R. Barman, P. Rajdev, T. Mondal, P. Dey, and S. Ghosh, Amphiphilic Alternating Copolymers with Adjustable Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST) and Correlation with Non-specific Protein Adsorption, ACS Appl. Polymer Materials, 2022, 4, 5261−5268 (Link). (Impact Factor – 4.4, 2023)

2021

23. P. Rajdev, P. Dey,# I. Ghosh,# R. Khamrui, J. Kar, S. S. Jana, and S. Ghosh, Shape-Dependent Cellular Uptake of Nanostructures Produced from Supramolecular Structure-Directing Unit-Appended Hydrophilic Polymers, ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10, 1467–1473 (Link). (Impact Factor – 5.1, 2023)

22. S. Chowdhury, X. Zhang, L. Amini, P. Dey, A. K. Singh, A. Faghani, M. S. Henneresse, R. Haag, Functional Surfactants for Molecular Fishing, Capsule Creation, and Single-Cell Gene Expression, Nano-Micro Lett., 2021, 13 (1), 1-9 (Link). (Impact Factor – 31.6, 2023)

21. A. Sikder, S. Chakraborty, P. Rajdev, P. Dey, and S. Ghosh, Molecular Recognition Driven Bioinspired Directional Supramolecular Assembly of Amphiphilic (Macro)molecules and Proteins, Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54 (11), 2670-2682 (Link). (Impact Factor – 16.4, 2023)

20. S. Pozzi, A. Scomparin, S. Israeli-Dangoor, D. Rodriguez, P. Ofek, L. Neufeld, A. Krivitsky, D. Vaskovich, R. Kleiner, P. Dey, S. Koshrovski, N. Reisman, R. Satchi-Fainaro, Meet me halfway: Are in vitro 3D cancer models on the way to replace in vivo models for nanomedicine development? Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev., 2021, 175, 113760 (Link). (Impact Factor – 15.2, 2023)

2020

19. P. Dey, P. Rajdev, P. Pramanik, R. Haag, and S. Ghosh, Synthesis of Cylindrical Micelle from Hydrophilic Polymers Connected with a Single Supramolecular Structure-Directing Unit, Macromolecules, 2020, 53(16),7044-7052 (Link). (Impact Factor – 5.1, 2023)

18. G. Ghosh,^# P. Dey,^# S. Ghosh, Controlled Supramolecular Polymerization of π-Systems, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 6757-6769 (Link). (Impact Factor – 4.3, 2023)

17. R. Bej,^# P. Dey^#, and S. Ghosh, Disulfide Chemistry in Responsive Aggregation of Amphiphilic Systems, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 11-26 (Link). (Impact Factor – 2.9, 2023)

2019

16. R. Barman,^# P. Dey,^# T. Mondal, S. Ghosh, Synthesis and Self-assembly of Helical Polymer Grafted from a Foldable Polyurethane Scaffold, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2019, 14, 4741-4747 (Link). (Impact factor: 3.5, 2023)

15. M. S. Chowdhury, W. Zheng, S. Kumari, J. Heyman, X. Zhang, P. Dey, D. A. Weitz, R. Haag, Dendronized fluorosurfactant for highly stable water-in-fluorinated oil emulsions with minimal inter-droplet transfer of small molecules, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1 (Link). (Impact factor: 14.6, 2023)

14. R. Randriantsilefisoa, J. L. Cuellar-Camacho, M. S. Chowdhury, P. Dey, U. Schedler, R. Haag, Highly Sensitive Detection of Antibodies in a Soft Bioactive Three-Dimensional Bioorthogonal Hydrogel, J. Mater Chem. B., 2019, 7, 3220-3231 (Link). (Impact Factor – 6.1, 2023)

13. S. Kumari, K. Achazi, P. Dey, R. Haag, J. Dernedde, Design and Synthesis of PEG-Oligoglycerol Sulfates as Multivalent Inhibitors for the Scavenger Receptor LOX-1, Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20, 1157 (Link). . (Impact Factor – 5.5, 2023)

12. S. Hemmati-Sadeghi, P. Dey, J. Ringe, R. Haag, M. Sittinger, and T. Dehne, Biomimetic sulfated PEG-hydrogel inhibits proteoglycan loss and TNF-induced expression pattern in an osteoarthritis in vitro model, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., Part B, 2019, 107, 490 (LInk). (Impact Factor – 3.2, 2023)

2018

11. P. Dey,^#P. Rajdev,^# P. Pramanik,^# and S. Ghosh, Specific Supramolecular Interaction Regulated Entropically Favorable Assembly of Amphiphilic Macromolecules, Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 5182-5190 (Link). (Impact Factor – 5.1, 2023)

10. P. Dey,^# T. Bergmann,^# J. L. Cuellar-Camacho, S. Ehrmann, M. S. Chowdhury, M. Zhang, R. Haag, W. Azab, Multivalent Flexible-Nanogels Exhibit Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity by Blocking Virus Entry, ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 6429-6442 (Link). (Impact Factor – 15.8, 2023)

9. F. Fenaroli, U. Repnik, Y. Xu, K. Schmidt, S. Van Herck, P. Dey, D. Frei, F. Miltzov Skjeldal, S. Bagheri Fam, A. Kocere, R. Haag, B. De Geest, M. Barz, D. Russell and G. Griffiths, Enhanced Permeability and Retention-Like Extravasation of Nanoparticles from the Vasculature into Tuberculosis Granulomas in Zebrafish and Mouse Models, ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 8646 (Link). (Impact Factor – 15.8, 2023)

8. Q. Ran, X. Xu, P. Dey, J. Dzubiella, M. Ballauff, R. Haag, Interaction of human serum albumin with dendritic polyglycerol sulfate: Rationalizing the thermodynamics of binding, J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 149, 163324 (Link). (Impact Factor – 3.1, 2023)

7. A. L. Herrmann, L. Kaufmann, P. Dey, R. Haag, U. Schedler, Bioorthogonal in situ Hydrogels based on Polyether-Polyols for new Biosensor Materials with high Sensitivity, ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 11382 (Link). (Impact Factor – 8.5, 2023)

6. X. Xu, Q. Ran, P. Dey, R. Nikam, R. Haag, M. Ballauff, and J. Dzubiella, Counterion-release entropy governs the inhibition of serum proteins by polyelectrolyte drugs, Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19, 409 (Link). . (Impact Factor – 5.5, 2023)

5. C. Schlaich, Y. Fan, P. Dey, J. Cui, Q. Wei, R. Haag, and X. Deng, Universal, Surfactant-Free Preparation of Hydrogel Beads onSuperamphiphobic and Slippery Surfaces, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 5, 1701536 (Link). (Impact Factor – 4.3, 2023)

2017

4. B. V. Lospichl, S. Hemmati-Sadeghi, P. Dey, T. Dehne, R. Haag, M. Sittinger, J. Ringe, M. Gradzielski, Injectable Hydrogels for Treatment of Osteoarthritis – A rheological study, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2017, 159, 477 (Link). (Impact Factor – 5.4, 2022)

2016

3. P. Dey,^* S. Hemmati, and Rainer Haag,^*Hydrolytically Degradable, Dendritic Polyglycerol Sulfate based Injectable Hydrogels using Strain Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 375 (Link). (Impact Factor – 4.1, 2023)

2. P. Dey,^# T. Schneider,^# L. Chiappisi, M. Gradzielski, G. Schulze-Tanzil, and R. Haag, Mimicking of Chondrocyte Microenvironment using In Situ Forming Dendritic Polyglycerol Based Synthetic Polyanionic Hydrogels, Macromol. Biosci., 2016, 16, 580 (Link). (Impact Factor – 4.4, 2023)

2014

1. P. Dey, M. Adamovski, S. Friebe, A. Badalyan, R. Mutihac, F. Paulus, S. Leimkühler, U. Wollenberger, and R. Haag, Dendritic Polyglycerol−Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Polymer Networks for Biosensing Application, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 8937 (Link). (Impact Factor – 8.5, 2023)

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