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[31] Rui Gao*, Xinxin Xu*, Prashant Kumar*, Ye Liu, Xiao Guo, Nicholas A. Kotov, Chuanlai Xu. Tapered chiral nanoparticles as broad-spectrum thermally stable antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 variants. PNAS, 121(13)e2310469121. (2024) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310469121
[30] Prashant Kumar¶, Alexander Simon, Nicholas Kotov. Enantiomeric Discrimination by Chiral Electromagnetic Resonance Enhancement. Chirality, 35, 10, 732-738 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23578
[29] Anastasia Visheratina, Alexander Visheratin, Prashant Kumar, Michael Veksler, Nicholas A. Kotov. Chirality Analysis for Nanostructured Microparticles Using Deep Learning. ACS Nano, 17(8), 7431-7442 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12056
[28] Xiao Shao, Cheng Zhu, Prashant Kumar, Jun Lu, Minjeong Cha, Tianyong Zhang, Shuang Jiang, Yao Lin, Yuan Cao, Hendrik Heinz, Nicholas A. Kotov. Chiral Nanocomposite Coatings with Voltage-Driven Cyclic Modulation of Polarization Rotation. Advanced Materials, 35, 2206956 (2023) Cover Article https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202206956
[27] Prashant Kumar, Thi Vo, Minjeong Cha, Anastasia Visheratina, Ji Young Kim, Wenqian Xu, Jonathan Schwartz, Alexander Simon, Daniel Katz, Emanuele Marino, Wonjin Choi, Si Chen, Christopher Murray, Robert Hovden, Sharon Glotzer, Nicholas A. Kotov. Photonically Active Bowtie Nanoassemblies with Chirality Continuum. Nature, 615, 418-424 (2023) Cover Article https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05733-1
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[26] Mische A. Hubbard, Chloe Luyet, Prashant Kumar, Angela Violi, J. Scott VanEpps, Nicholas A. Kotov. Chiral Chromatography of Carbon Nanoparticles. Chirality, 34 (12),1494‐1502. (2022) Cover Article https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23507
[25] Elizabeth Wilson*, Prashant Kumar*, Douglas Montjoy, Nicholas Kotov. Dispersion of Hydrophilic ‘Hedgehog’ Microparticles in Liquid CO2. ACS Nano. 16(9), 13942-13948 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c03058
[24] Jonathan Schwartz, Chris Harris, Jacob Pietryga, Huihuo Zheng, Prashant Kumar, Anastasiia Visheratina, Nicholas Kotov, Brianna Major, Peter Ercius, Utkarsh Ayachit, Berk Geveci, David Muller, Alessandro Genova, Yi Jiang, Marcus Hanwell, and Robert Hovden. Real-Time 3D Analysis During Electron Tomography using tomviz. Nature Communications. 13, 4458 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32046-0
[23] Anastasia Visheratina, Prashant Kumar, Nicholas Kotov. Engineering of inorganic nanostructures with hierarchy of chiral geometries at multiple scales. AIChE Journal, 68:e17438 (2022). Cover Article. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.17438
[22] Supriya Ghosh, Hwanhui Yun, Prashant Kumar, Sabrina Conrad, Michael Tsapatsis, and K. Andre Mkhoyan* Two Distinct Stages of Structural Modification of ZIF-L MOF under Electron-Beam Irradiation. Chem. Mater. 33, 14, 5681–5689 (2021). Cover Article. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01332
[21] Zexi Liu*, Jing Ai*, Prashant Kumar*, Enming You* et. al. Enantiomeric Discrimination by Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering‐Chiral Anisotropy of Chiral Nanostructured Gold Films. Angew. Chemie. 59 (35), 15226-31 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202006486
[20] Wenfeng Jiang, Zhibei Zhu, Prashant Kumar, Drew Vecchio et. al. Emergence of complexity in Hierarchically Organized Chiral Particles. Science, 368, 6491, 642-648 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz7949
[19] Jiao Yan, Wenchun Feng, Ji-Young Kim, Jun Lu, Prashant Kumar, Zhengzhi Mu, Xiaochun Wu, Xiaoming Mao, Nicholas A. Kotov. Self-Assembly of Chiral Nanoparticles into Semiconductor Helices with Tunable near-Infrared Optical Activity. Chemistry of Materials, 32, 1, 476-488 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04143
During PhD at UMN
[18] Prashant Kumar¶, Dae Woo Kim, Neel Rangnekar, Hao Xu, Evgenii Fetisov et. al. One-dimensional intergrowths in two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets and their effect on ultra-selective transport. Nature Materials, 19, 443–449 (2020).
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[17] Sabrina Conrad, Prashant Kumar, Feng Xue, Limin Ren, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis. Controlling Dissolution and Transformation of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks using Electron Beam-Induced Amorphization. Angewandte Chemie, 57 (41), 13592-13597 (2018).
[16] Xiaoli Ma*, Prashant Kumar*, Nitish Mittal*, P. Douditis, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis. Zeolitic imidazolate framework membranes made by ligand-induced permselectivation. Science, 361, 6406, 1008-1011 (2018).
[15] Qiang Guo, Limin Ren, Prashant Kumar, Viktor J. Cybulskis, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Mark E. Davis, Michael Tsapatsis. A Chromium Hydroxide/MIL-101(Cr) Composite Catalyst and its Use for Selective Glucose Isomerization to Fructose. Angewandte Chemie, 57 (18), 4926-4930 (2018).
[14] Zhendong Liu, Wenyang Zhao, Prashant Kumar, Xinyu Li, Yasser Al Wahedi, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis, Andreas Stein. Direct Synthesis and Pseudomorphic Transformation of Mixed Metal Oxide Nanostructures with Non‐Close‐Packed Hollow Sphere Arrays. Angewandte Chemie, 130 (48), 15933-15937 (2018).
[13] Meera Shete, Prashant Kumar, Jonathan Bachman, Xiaoli Ma, Zachary Smith,Wenqian Xu, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Jeffrey Long, Michael Tsapatsis. On the Direct Synthesis of Cu(BDC) MOF Nanosheets and Their Performance in Mixed Matrix Membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 549, 312-320 (2018).
[12] Feng Xue, Prashant Kumar, Wenqian Xu, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis. Direct Synthesis of 7 nm Thick Zinc(II)-Benzimidazole-Acetate Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets and Oriented Deposit Formation. Chemistry of Materials (2017), Accepted.
[11] Yiwei Luo, Youjia Lv, Prashant Kumar, Jingjing Chu, Jianhua Yang, Michael Tsapatsis, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Gaohong He, Jinming Lu, Yan Zhang. Epitaxial Growth : Rapid synthesis of highly permeable and selective zeolite-T membrane. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 17828-17832 (2017)
[10] Mi Young Jeon*, Donghun Kim*, Prashant Kumar*, Pyung Soo Lee*, Neel Rangnekar, Peng Bai et. al. Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized high aspect ratio zeolite nanosheets. Nature, 543, 690-694 (2017) *indicates equal contribution.
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[9] Sye Hoe Keoh, Watcharop Chaikittisilp, Koki Muraoka, Rino R Mukti, Atsushi Shimojima, Prashant Kumar, Michael Tsapatsis, Tatsuya Okubo. Factors Governing the Formation of Hierarchically and Sequentially Intergrown MFI Zeolites by Using Simple Diquaternary Ammonium Structure-Directing Agents. Chemistry of Materials, 28, 8997-9007 (2016).
[8] Han Zhang, Qiang Xiao, Xianghai Guo, Najun Li, Prashant Kumar, Neel Rangnekar, Mi Young Jeon et.al. Open‐Pore Two‐Dimensional MFI Zeolite Nanosheets for the Fabrication of Hydrocarbon‐Isomer‐Selective Membranes on Porous Polymer Supports. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (25), 7184-7187 (2016). (front-cover article)
[7] Limin Ren, Qiang Guo, Marat Orazov, Dandan Xu, Dorothea Politi, Prashant Kumar, Saeed M Alhassan, K Andre Mkhoyan, Dimitrios Sidiras, Mark E Davis, Michael Tsapatsis. Pillared Sn‐MWW Prepared by a Solid‐State‐Exchange Method and its Use as a Lewis Acid Catalyst. ChemCatChem, 8 (7), 1274-1278 (2016).
[6] Andrew J Wagner, Eric D Hintsala, Prashant Kumar, William W Gerberich, K Andre Mkhoyan. Mechanisms of plasticity in near-theoretical strength sub-100 nm Si nanocubes, Acta Materialia, 100, 256-265 (2015).
[5] Limin Ren, Qiang Guo, Prashant Kumar, Marat Orazov, Dandan Xu, Saeed M Alhassan, K Andre Mkhoyan, Mark E Davis, Michael Tsapatsis. Self‐Pillared, Single‐Unit‐Cell Sn‐MFI Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Use for Glucose and Lactose Isomerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54, 10848-10851 (2015).
[4] Neel Rangnekar, Meera Shete, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Berna Topuz, Prashant Kumar, Qiang Guo, Issam Ismail, et. al. 2D zeolite coatings: Langmuir–Schaefer deposition of 3 nm thick MFI zeolite nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 127, 6671-6675 (2015).
[3] Prashant Kumar, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Michael Tsapatsis, K Andre Mkhoyan. Quantification of thickness and wrinkling of exfoliated two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets. Nature Communications, 6, 7128 (2015).
[2] Garrett R Swindlehurst, Prashant Kumar, Dandan Xu, Saeed M Alhassan, K Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis. Nucleation, Growth, and Robust Synthesis of SPP Zeolite: Effect of Ethanol, Sodium, and Potassium. Topics in Catalysis, 58, 545-558 (2015).
[1] Bahman Elyassi, Yasser Al Wahedi, Nafiseh Rajabbeigi, Prashant Kumar, Jong Seok Jeong, Xueyi Zhang, Parveen Kumar, Veerappan V Balasubramanian, Marios S Katsiotis, K Andre Mkhoyan, Nikos Boukos, Saleh Al Hashimi, Michael Tsapatsis. A high-performance adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide removal. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 190, 152-155 (2014).