Publications by authors named "Abdul Kalam Shaik"

Article Synopsis
  • Shortwave infrared (SWIR) dyes can absorb light in the 900-1400 nm range, which is effective for deep tissue imaging due to reduced light scattering.*
  • A new series of SWIR xanthene dyes was developed using a simple three-step process, featuring conjugates like thiophene and bithiophene.*
  • The study successfully used one of these dyes in a nanoparticle to visualize high nitric oxide levels in a liver injury model through SWIR photoacoustic imaging, showcasing its potential for imaging applications.*
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The design of shortwave infrared (SWIR) emissive small molecules with good stability in water remains an important challenge for fluorescence biological imaging applications. A series of four SWIR emissive rhodindolizine (RI) dyes were rationally designed and synthesized to probe the effects of nonconjugated substituents, conjugated donor groups, and nanoencapsulation in a water-soluble polymer on the stability and optical properties of the dyes. Steric protecting groups were added at the site of a significant LUMO presence to probe the effects on stability.

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Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have potential applications in many fields such as light-emitting devices, photocatalysis, and bioimaging due to their unique photoluminescence (PL) properties and environmental benignness. Here, we report the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (NCQDs) from citric acid and -phenylenediamine using a one-pot hydrothermal approach. The environment-dependent emission changes of NCQDs were extensively investigated in various solvents, in the solid state, and in physically assembled PMMA-PnBA-PMMA copolymer gels in 2-ethyl-hexanol.

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Shortwave infrared (SWIR)-emitting small molecules are desirable for biological imaging applications. In this study, four novel pentamethine indolizine cyanine dyes were synthesized with ,-dimethylaniline-based substituents on the indolizine periphery at varied substitution sites. The dyes are studied via computational chemistry and optical spectroscopy both in solution and when encapsulated.

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The development of recyclable surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based sensors has been in huge demand for trace level explosives detection. A simple, hybrid Silicon (Si) nanotextured target-based SERS platform is fabricated through patterning micro square arrays (MSA) on Si using femtosecond (fs) laser ablation technique at different fluences. Using the hybrid target Si MSA substrate loaded/decorated with Ag-Au alloy NPs (obtained using femtosecond ablation in liquids) we demonstrate the trace level detection of organic nitro-explosives [picric acid (PA), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), and 1, 3, 5-trinitroperhydro-1, 3, 5-triazine (RDX)] and their mixtures.

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The femtosecond filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy (FIBS) technique coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) is demonstrated for standoff (ST) analysis of metals, alloys (Al, Cu, brass, stainless steel), and bimetallic strips (Ag@Cu, Ag@Au with varying weight percentages). The experiments were performed by analyzing the filament-produced plasma at ∼6.5  m from the laser.

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We report the standoff (up to ~2 m) and remote (~8.5 m) detection of novel high energy materials/explosive molecules (Nitroimidazoles and Nitropyrazoles) using the technique of femtosecond laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). We utilized two different collection systems (a) ME-OCT-0007 (commercially available) and (b) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope for these experiments.

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