Dr. Aritra Sarkar

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPolymer Materials,Organic Molecular Chemistry,Biomaterials
KeywordsSupramolecular Polymers, Homeostasis, Chemical Reaction Network, Biomaterials, Stain Stiffening
Honours and awards

2021: CNR Rao Medel for Best Ph.D. Thesis

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityBerhampur
InstitutionIndian Institute of Science Education and Research
InstituteDepartment of Chemical Sciences
Homepagehttps://www.iiserbpr.ac.in/people/profile/aritras

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Andreas WaltherFachbereich 09 - Chemie, Pharmazie, Geographie und Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2022

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025A. Sarkar, P. J. M. Swinkels, L. Duttenhofer, P. Besenius, A. Walther: Photoactivated Enzymatic Reaction Network Enables Spatiotemporal Programming of Thiol/Disulfide Redox Systems. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 64, 2025, e202503822
2024A. Sarkar, B. Dúzs, A. Walther: Fuel-Driven Enzymatic Reaction Networks to Program Autonomous Thiol/Disulfide Redox Systems. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 2024, 10281-10285
2024S. Sethi, T. Xu, A. Sarkar, C. Drees, C. Jacob, A. Walther: Nuclease-Resistant L-DNA Tension Probes Enable Long-TermForce Mapping of Single Cells and Cell Consortia. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, 2024,
2023A. Sarkar, A. Walther: A subwoofer separates chiral fibers. In: Chem, 9, 2023, 551-554
2023W. Liu, C. Lupfer, A. Samanta, A. Sarkar, A. Walther, Switchable Hydrophobic Pockets in DNA Protocells Enhance Chemical Conversion. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 2023, 7090-7094
2023C. Sharma, A. Sarkar, A. Walther: Transient Co-Assemblies of Micron-Scale Colloids Regulated by ATP-Fueled Reaction Networks. In: Chem. Sci., 14, 2023, 12299-12307
2022Nilanjana Das Saha, Soumen Pradhan, Ranjan Sasmal, Aritra Sarkar, Christian M. Berač, Jonas C. Kölsch, Meenakshi Pahwa, Sushanta Show, Yves Rozenholc, Zeki Topçu, Vivien Alessandrini, Jean Guibourdenche, Vassilis Tsatsaris, Nathalie Gagey-Eilstein, Sarit S. Agasti: Cucurbit[7]uril Macrocyclic Sensors for Optical Fingerprinting: Predicting Protein Structural Changes to Identifying Disease Specific Amyloid Assemblies. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 2022, 14363-14379
2021Aritra Sarkar, Ranjan Sasmal, Angshuman Das, Sarit S. Agasti, Subi J. George: Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Supramolecular Block Copolymers with Narrow Dispersity and Tunable Block Lengths. In: Chem. Commun., 57, 2021, 3937-3940
2021Souvik Sarkar, Aritra Sarkar, Arka Som, Sarit S. Agasti, and Subi J. George: Stereoselective Primary and Secondary Nucleation Events in Multicomponent Seeded Supramolecular Polymerization. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 2021, 11777-11787
2021Aritra Sarkar, Ranjan Sasmal, Angshuman Das, Akhil Venugopal, Sarit S. Agasti, Subi J. George: Tricomponent Supramolecular Block Copolymers via Sequential Seeded Polymerization. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 2021, 18209-18216
2020Aritra Sarkar, Tejmani Behera, Ranjan Sasmal, Riccardo Capelli, Charly Empereur-mot, Jaladhar Mahato, Sarit S. Agasti, Giovanni M. Pavan, Arindam Chowdhury, and Subi J. George: Cooperative Supramolecular Block Copolymerization for the Synthesis of Functional Axial Organic Heterostructures. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 2020, 11528-11539
2020Aritra Sarkar, Jonas C. Kölsch, Christian M. Berač, Akhil Venugopal, Ranjan Sasmal, Ronja Otter, Pol Besenius, and Subi J. George: Impact of NDI‐Core Substitution on the pH‐Responsive Nature of Peptide‐Tethered Luminescent Supramolecular Polymers. In: Chemistry Open, 9, 2020, 346-350
2020Aritra Sarkar, Ranjan Sasmal, Charly Empereur-mot, Davide Bochicchio, Srinath V. K. Kompella, Kamna Sharma, Shikha Dhiman, Balasubramanian Sundaram, Sarit S. Agasti, Giovanni M. Pavan, and Subi J. George: Self-Sorted, Random, and Block Supramolecular Copolymers via Sequence Controlled, Multicomponent Self-Assembly. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 2020, 7606-7617
2020Souvik Sarkar, Aritra Sarkar and Subi J. George: Stereoselective Seed Induced Living Supramolecular Polymerization. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 2020, 19841-19845
2019Manjodh Kaur, Navin Kumar Singh, Uttam Gupta, Aritra Sarkar, Subi J. George and C. N. R. Rao: Supramolecularly Bonded Layered Heterostructures Exhibiting HER Activity. In: Chem. Asian J., 14, 2019, 1523-1529
2018Shikha Dhiman, Aritra Sarkar, and Subi J. George: Bioinspired temporal supramolecular polymerization. In: RSC Adv. 8, 2018, 18913-18925
2017Manjodh Kaur, Navin Kumar Singh, Aritra Sarkar, Subi J. George, and C. N. R. Rao: Supramolecular Hybrids of MoS2 and Graphene Nanosheets with Organic Chromophores for Optoelectronic Applications. In: ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 2017, 5101-5107
2017Aritra Sarkar, Shikha Dhiman, Aditya Chalishazar, and Subi J. George: Visualization of Stereoselective Supramolecular Polymers by Chirality‐Controlled Energy Transfer. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 2017, 13767-13771