Digambara Patra, Ph.D

I, Digambara Patra, am working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

I was born in Gambhariguda, part of a small town of Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district of Orissa, India and educated as a chemist.

My teaching interest is General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.

My research work focus in applied spectroscopy where we carry out nanoscopic and microscopic investigations of molecule and their interactions, dynamics, probing and single molecule studies by applying fluorescence spectroscopic and imaging tools.

 Recent Publications

50. Digambara Patra*, Elsy El Khoury, Diana Ahmadieh, Shaza Darwish, Rana M. Tafech,   Effect of curcumin on liposome: Curcumin as a molecular probe for monitoring interaction of ionic liquids with 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposome, Photochemistry and Photobiology, in press (2012)

49. Arlin Jose Amali, Shashi Singh, Nadini Rangaraj, Digambara Patra, Rohit Kumar Rana*,  Poly(L-lysine_-pyranine-3 coacervate mediated aanoparticle-assembly: fabrication of dynamic pH-responsive containers, ChemComm, 48, 856-858 (2012).

48. Digambara Patra*, Nagham N. Malaeb, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Mark J. Kurth, Inflrunce of substituent and solvent on the radiative process of singlet excited states of novel cyclic azacyanine derivatives, Journal of Fluorescence, published online (2011)

47. Arlin Jose Amali, Nour H. Awwad, Rohit Kumar Rana*, Digambara Patra*,  Nanoparticle Assembled Microcapsules for Application as pH and Ammonia Sensor, Analytica Chimica Acta, 708, 75-83 (2011)

46. Digambara Patra*, Nagham N. Malaeb, Fluorescence modulation of 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione by silver nanoparticles and its possible analytical application, Luminescence, published online (2011)

45. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Unique role of ionic liquid [bmin][BF4] during curcumin-surfactant association and micellization of cationic, anionic and non-ionic surfactant solutions, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 79, 1823 - 1828 (2011)

44. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study of solvatochromic curcumin dye, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 79, 1034 - 1041 (2011)

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