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Ajay Karakoti

Materials Sciences
Materials Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: J7-10
Richland, WA 99352

PNNL Publications

2024

  • Chen C., D. Nguyen, S.J. Lee, N.A. Baker, A.S. Karakoti, L. Lauw, and C. Owen, et al. 2024. "Accelerating Computational Materials Discovery with Machine Learning and Cloud High-Performance Computing: from Large-Scale Screening to Experimental Validation." Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 29:Art. No. 20009. PNNL-ACT-SA-10823. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c03849

2018

  • Bhagat S., N. Vallabani, V. Shutthanandan, M.E. Bowden, A.S. Karakoti, and S. Singh. 2018. "Gold Core/Ceria Shell-Based Redox Active Nanozyme Mimicking the Biological Multienzyme Complex Phenomenon." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 513. PNNL-SA-128017. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2017.11.064
  • Karakoti A.S., P. Yang, W. Wang, V. Patel, A.I. Martinez, V. Shutthanandan, and S. Seal, et al. 2018. "Investigation of the Ligand-Nanoparticle Interface: A Cryogenic Approach for Preserving Surface Chemistry." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122, no. 6:3582-3590. PNNL-SA-131439. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b09930
  • Patel V., M. Singh, E. Mayes, A.I. Martinez, V. Shutthanandan, V. Bansal, and S. Singh, et al. 2018. "Ligand-Mediated Reversal of the Oxidation state Dependent ROS Scavenging and Enzyme Mimicking Activity of Ceria Nanoparticles." Chemical Communications 54, no. 99:13973-13976. PNNL-SA-139750. doi:10.1039/c8cc08355j

2016

  • Sanghavi S.P., W. Wang, M.I. Nandasiri, A.S. Karakoti, W. Wang, P. Yang, and S. Thevuthasan. 2016. "Investigation of trimethylacetic acid adsorption on stoichiometric and oxygen-deficient CeO2(111) surfaces." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, no. 23:15625-15631. PNNL-SA-99758. doi:10.1039/c6cp00855k

2015

  • Inerbaev T.M., A.S. Karakoti, S. Kuchibhatla, A. Kumar, A.E. Masunov, and S. Seal. 2015. "Aqueous medium induced optical transitions in cerium oxide nanoparticles." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 17, no. 9:6217-6221. doi:10.1039/C4CP04961F
  • Pandya A., A. Tripathi, R. Purohit, S. Singh, M.I. Nandasiri, A.S. Karakoti, and S.P. Singh, et al. 2015. "Fluorescent Magnesium Nanocomplex in Protein Scaffold for Cell Nuclei Imaging Application." RSC Advances 5, no. 114:94236-94240. PNNL-SA-114652. doi:10.1039/C5RA18450A

2013

  • Baer D.R., M.H. Engelhard, G.E. Johnson, J. Laskin, J. Lai, K.T. Mueller, and P. Munusamy, et al. 2013. "Surface Characterization of Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles: important needs and challenging opportunities." Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: International Journal Devoted to Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 31, no. 5:Article No. 050820. PNNL-SA-95071. doi:10.1116/1.4818423
  • Gaynor J.D., A.S. Karakoti, T. Inerbaev, S.P. Sanghavi, P. Nachimuthu, V. Shutthanandan, and S. Seal, et al. 2013. "Enzyme-free Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide from Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Immobilized on Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Self-Assembled Monolayers." Journal of Materials Chemistry B 1, no. 28:3443-3450. PNNL-SA-90051. doi:10.1039/c3tb20204f
  • Lu Z., A.S. Karakoti, L.A. Velarde Ruiz Esparza, W. Wang, P. Yang, S. Thevuthasan, and H. Wang. 2013. "Dissociative Binding of Carboxylic Acid Ligand on Nanoceria Surface in Aqueous Solution: A Joint in Situ Spectroscopic Characterization and First-Principles Study." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117, no. 46:24329-24338. PNNL-SA-91990. doi:10.1021/jp4068747

2012

  • Karakoti A.S., P. Munusamy, K.E. Hostetler, V.K. Kodali, S.N. Kuchibhatla, G. Orr, and J.G. Pounds, et al. 2012. "Preparation and Characterization Challenges to Understanding Environmental and Biological Impacts of Ceria Nanoparticles." Surface and Interface Analysis 44, no. 8:881-889. PNNL-SA-83765. doi:10.1002/sia.5006
  • Kuchibhatla S.N., A.S. Karakoti, D.R. Baer, S. Samudrala, M.H. Engelhard, J.E. Amonette, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2012. "Influence of Aging and Environment on Nanoparticle Chemistry: Implication to Confinement Effects in Nanoceria." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, no. 26:14108-14114. PNNL-SA-84192. doi:10.1021/jp300725s
  • Kumar A., R. Devanathan, V. Shutthanandan, S.N. Kuchibhatla, A.S. Karakoti, Y. Yang, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2012. "Radiation-Induced Reduction of Ceria in Single and Polycrystalline Thin Films." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, no. 1:361-366. PNNL-SA-77391. doi:10.1021/jp209345w
  • Turkowski V., S. Babu, D. Le, A. Kumar, M.K. Haldar, A.V. Wagh, and Z. Hu, et al. 2012. "Linker-Induced Anomalous Emission of Organic-Molecule Conjugated Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles." ACS Nano 6, no. 6:4854-4863. PNNL-SA-91297. doi:10.1021/nn301316j

2011

  • Baer D.R., A.S. Karakoti, P. Munusamy, B.D. Thrall, J.G. Pounds, J.G. Teeguarden, and J.E. Amonette, et al. 2011. "Testing in EHS: What is the Current Status of Experimentation?." In 11th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO 2011), August 15-18, 2011, Portland, Oregon, 18-19. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-90027. doi:10.1109/NANO.2011.6144671
  • Karakoti A.S., S. Das, S. Thevuthasan, and S. Seal. 2011. "PEGylated Inorganic Nanoparticles." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50, no. 9:1980-1994. PNNL-SA-75051. doi:10.1002/anie.201002969
  • Karakoti A.S., S.P. Sanghavi, P. Nachimuthu, P. Yang, and S. Thevuthasan. 2011. "Probing the size and environment induced phase transformation in CdSe quantum dots." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2, no. 22:2925-2929. PNNL-SA-81624. doi:10.1021/jz201243t
  • Shirato N., J. Strader, A. Kumar, A. Vincent, P. Zhang, A.S. Karakoti, and P. Nachimuthu, et al. 2011. "Thickness dependent self limiting 1-D tin oxide nanowire arrays by nanosecond pulsed laser irradiation." Nanoscale 3, no. 3:1091-1101. PNNL-SA-75275. doi:10.1039/C0NR00689K
  • Singh S., T. Dosani, A.S. Karakoti, A. Kumar, S. Seal, and W. Self. 2011. "A phosphate-dependent shift in redox state of cerium oxide nanoparticles and its effects on catalytic properties." Biomaterials 32, no. 28:6745-6753. PNNL-SA-81172. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.073

2009

  • Karakoti A.S., S. Singh, A. Kumar, M. Malinska, S.N. Kuchibhatla, K. Wozniak, and W. Self, et al. 2009. "PEGylated Nanoceria as Radical Scavenger with Tunable Redox Chemistry." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, no. 40:14144-14145. PNNL-SA-67404. doi:10.1021/ja9051087
  • Kuchibhatla S.N., A.S. Karakoti, D.C. Sayle, H. Heinrich, and S. Seal. 2009. "Symmetry-Driven Spontaneous Self-assembly of Nanoscale Ceria Building Blocks to Fractal Super-octahedra." Crystal Growth & Design 9, no. 3:1614-1620. PNNL-SA-62489. doi:10.1021/cg801358z

2008

  • Baer D.R., J.E. Amonette, M.H. Engelhard, D.J. Gaspar, A.S. Karakoti, S.N. Kuchibhatla, and P. Nachimuthu, et al. 2008. "Characterization Challenges for Nanomaterials." Surface and Interface Analysis 40, no. 3-4:529-537. PNNL-SA-56706. doi:10.1002/sia.2726
  • Karakoti A.S., S.N. Kuchibhatla, D.R. Baer, S. Thevuthasan, D.C. Sayle, and S. Seal. 2008. "Self-Assembly of Cerium Oxide Nanostructures in Ice Molds." Small 4, no. 8:1210-1216. PNNL-SA-58312. doi:10.1002/smll.200800219
  • Sayle D.C., S. Seal, Z. Wang, B.C. Mangili, D.W. Price, A.S. Karakoti, and S.N. Kuchibhatla, et al. 2008. "Mapping Nanostructure: A Systematic Enumeration of Nanomaterials by Assembling Nanobuilding Blocks at Cystallographic Positions." ACS Nano 2, no. 6:1237-1251. PNNL-SA-57715. doi:10.1021/nn800065g

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