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

54. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Rana M. Tafech, Study on effect of lipophilic curcumin on sub-domain IIA site of human serum albumin during unfolded and refolded states: A synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 94, 354 - 361 (2012)

53. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Time-resolved fluorescence study during denaturation and renaturation of curcumin-myoglobin complex, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,  50, 885 - 890 (2012)

52. Christelle Barakat, Digambara Patra*, Combining time-resolved fluorescence technique with synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy to study bovine serum albumin-curcumin complex during unfolding and refolding processes, Luminescence.  in press (2012)

51. Digambara Patra*, Commentary: Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Journal of Nanophotonics, 6, 060301 1-4 (Mar 13, 2012) (invited)

50. Digambara Patra*, Nagham N. Malaeb, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Mark J. Kurth, Influence of substituent and solvent on the radiative process of singlet excited states of novel cyclic azacyanine derivatives, Journal of Fluorescence, 22, 707 - 717 (2012)

49. 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, 88, 317 - 327 (2012)

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

47. 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, 27, 11-15 (2012)

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