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List of Publications

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  1. A. M. Mishra, H. Taylor, A. J. Patil*, S. Mann*, "Dynamic Co‐Clustering and Self‐Sorting in Interactive Protocell Populations",  Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202420209

  2. H. Ma, X. Liu, A. H. Nobbs, A. Mishra, A. J. Patil*, S. Mann*, "Protocell Flow Reactors for Enzyme and Whole‐cell Mediated Biocatalysis", Adv. Mater., 2024, doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404607

  3. P. Peschke, B. P Kumar*, T. Walther, A. J. Patil*, S. Mann*, "Autonomous oscillatory movement of sensory protocells in stratified chemical media", Chem, 2024,  10, 600-614

  4. J. M. Uszko, S. J. Eichhorn, A. J. Patil, S. R. Hall, "Detonation of fulminating gold produces heterogeneous gold nanoparticles", Nanoscale Advances, 2024,  6, 2231-2233.

  5. T. Y. D Tang*, A. J. Patil* "Protocells and Prebiotic Systems", ChemSysChem, 2023, 5, e202300007

  6. Z. Yin, L. Tian, A. J. Patil, M. Li, S. Mann, "Spontaneous Membranization in a Silk‐Based Coacervate Protocell Model", Angew. Chem. 2022, 134, e202202302

  7. M. Mulvee, N. Vasiljevic, S. Mann*, A. J. Patil*, "Stimuli-Responsive Nucleotide–Amino Acid Hybrid Supramolecular Hydrogels", Gels, 2021, 7, 146

  8. N. Gao, M. Li, L. Tian, A. J. Patil, B. Pavan Kumar, S. Mann, "Chemical-mediated translocation in protocell-based microactuators", Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 868-879

  9. L. Jianbo, L. Tian, Q. Yan, S. H. Zhou, A. J. Patil, K. M. Wang, M. Li, S. Mann, “Hydrogel-immobilised coacervate droplets as modular microreactor assemblies”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 6853-6859.

  10. P. Gobbo, L. Tian, B. V. V. S. Pavan Kumar, S. Turvey, M. Cattelan, A. J. Patil*, M. Carraro, M. Bonchio*, S. Mann*, “Catalytic processing in ruthenium polyoxometalate coacervate protocells”, Nat. Comm., 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-13759-1. 

  11. L. Tian, M. Li, A. J. Patil, B. W. Drinkwater, S. Mann, “Artificial-morphogenmediated differentiation in synthetic protocell communities” Nat. Comm. 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-11316-4.

  12. L. Rodriguez-Arco, B. V. V. S Pavan Kumar, M. Li, A. J. Patil , S. Mann, “Modulation of higher-order behaviour in model protocell communities by artificial phagocytosis”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2019, 58, 6333-6337.

  13. K. Dhara, B. Parasar, A. J. Patil , J. Dash, “Microwave assisted cross-coupling reactions using palladium nanoparticles in aqueous media”, Synth. Commun. 2019, 49, 859-868.

  14. B. V. V. S. Pavan Kumar, A. J. Patil* , S. Mann* “Enzyme powered motility in buoyant organoclay/DNA protocells”, Nat. Chem., 2018, 10, 1154-1163.

  15. P. Gobbo, A. J. Patil, M. Li , S. Mann, “Programmed assembly of synthetic protocells into thermoresponsive prototissues”, Nat. Mater., 2018, 17, 1145-1153.

  16. M. K. Nichols, R Krishna Kumar, P. G. Bassindale, L. Tian, A. Barnes, B. W. Drinkwater, A. J. Patil*, S. Mann*, “Fabrication of micro-patterned dipeptide hydrogels by acoustic trapping of stimulus-responsive coacervate microdroplets”, Small, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201800739.

  17. L. Tian, M. Li, J. Liu, A. J. Patil, B. W. Drinkwater, S. Mann “Non-equilibrium spatiotemporal sensing within acoustically patterned two-dimensional protocell arrays”, ACS Central Science, 2018, 4, 1551-1558.

  18. M. Mulvee, N. Vasiljevic, S. Mann, A. J. Patil*, “Construction of supramolecular hydrogels using photo-generated nitric oxide radicals”, Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 5950-5954.

  19. B.V.V.S. Pavan Kumar, J. Fothergill, J. Bretherton, L. Tian, A. J. Patil, S. A. Davis, S. Mann, “Chloroplast-containing coacervate micro-droplets as a step towards photosynthetically active membrane-free protocells”, Chem. Comm., 2018, 54, 3594-3597.

  20. S. Li, M. Li, A. J. Patil, L. Tiang , S. Mann, “Design and construction of artificial photoresponsive protocells”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 24612-24616.

  21. C. Wongyara, P. Harnkar, C. Suwanchawalit, T. Puangpetch, K. Laohhasurayotin , A. J. Patil, “Preparation of magnetic zinc ferrite nanoparticles and their photocatalytic performance”, Key Eng. Mater., 2017, 757, 125-130.

  22. C. Suwanchawalit, K. Roongraung, S. Buddee, S. Wongnawa , A. J. Patil, “Enhanced photocatalytic activity by silver-modified bismuth vanadate”, Key Eng. Mater., 2017, 757, 88-92.

  23. T. Okamoto, A. J. Patil*, T. Nissinen , S. Mann, “Self-assembly of colloidal nanocomposite hydrogels using 1D cellulose nanocrystals and 2D exfoliated organoclay layers”, Gels, 2017, 3, 11, doi:10.3390/gels3010011.  

  24. L. Tian, N. Martin, P. G. Bassindale, A. J. Patil, M. Li, A. Barnes, B. W. Drinkwater , S. Mann, “Spontaneous assembly of chemically encoded two-dimensional coacervate droplet arrays by acoustic wave patterning”, Nat. Comm., 2016, doi:10.1038/ncomms13068. 

  25. W. Li*, Y. Yang, X. Huang, Q. Wang, L. Liu, M. Wang, X. Tan, T. Luo , A. J. Patil*, “Compressed CO2 mediated synthesis of bifunctional periodic mesoporous organosilicas with tuneable porosity”, Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 9668-9671.

  26. R. Krishna Kumar, R. L. Harniman, A. J. Patil , S. Mann*, “Self-transformation and structural reconfiguration in coacervate-based protocells”, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7 5879-5887.

  27. N. Singh, K. K. K. Koizol, J. Chen, K. R. Hallam, A. J. Patil , S. S. Rahatekar*, “Chitin and carbon nanotube composites as soft biocompatible scaffolds for neuron growth”, Nanoscale, 2016, 15, 8288-8299.

  28. M. W. England, A. J. Patil* , S. Mann*, “Synthesis and confinement of carbon dots in lysozyme single crystals produces ordered hybrid materials with tuneable luminescence”, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 9008-9013. Hot Paper

  29. J. P. K. Armstrong, S. N. Olof, M. D. Jakimowicz, A. P. Hollander, S. Mann, S. A. Davis, M. J. Miles, A. J. Patil* , A. W. Perriman*, “Cell paintballing using optically targeted coacervate microdroplets”, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 6106-6111.

  30. X. Huang, A. J. Patil, M. Li , S. Mann, “Design and construction of higher order structure and function in proteionsome based protocells”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 9225-9234.

  31. D. S. Williams, A. J. Patil , S. Mann; “Spontaneous Structuration in Coacervatebased Protocells by Polyoxometalate-mediated Membrane Assembly”, Small, 2014, 10, 1830-1840. 

  32. D. Stanier, A. J. Patil*, C. Sriwong, S. S. Rahatekar, J. Ciambel*, “The reinforcement effects of exfoliated graphene oxide nanoplatelets on the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of natural rubber”, Compos. Sci. Technol., 2014, 95, 59-66.

  33. N. Singh, K. K. K. Koziol, J. Chen, A. J. Patil, J. W. Gilman, P. C. Trulove, W. Kafienah , S. S. Rahatekar, “Ionic liquids-based processing of electrically conducting chitin nanocomposite scaffolds for stem cell growth”, Green Chemistry, 2013, 15, 1192-1202.

  34. N. Singh, S. S. Rahatekar, K. K. K. Koziol, T. H. S. Ng, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, A. P. Hollander , W. Kafienah, “Directing chondrogenesis of stem cells with specific blends of cellulose and silk”, Biomacromolecules, 2013, 14, 1287-1298.

  35. N. McGrath, A. J. Patil, S. M. D. Watson, B. R. Horrocks, C. F. J. Faul, A. Houlton, M. A. Winnik, S. Mann, I. Manners, “Conductive, monodisperse polyaniline nanofibers of controlled length using well-defined cylindrical block copolymer micelles as templates”, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13030-13039.

  36. Y. Zhang, A. J. Patil*, A. W. Perriman*, S. Mann, “Enhanced catalytic activity in organic solvents using molecularly dispersed haemoglobin-polymer surfactant constructs”, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9561-9563. 

  37. A. J. Patil*, M. Li, S. Mann*, “Integrative self-assembly of functional hybrid nanoconstructs by the inorganic wrapping of single molecules, biomolecule arrays and organic supramolecular assemblies” Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 7161-7174.

  38. X. Huang, M. Li, D. C. Green, D. S. Williams, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Interfacial assembly of protein-polymer nanoconjugates into stimuli-responsive biomimetic protocells”, Nat. Commun., 2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms3239. 

  39. R. Krishna Kumar, M. Li, S. N. Olof, A. J. Patil , S. Mann, “Artificial cytoskeletal structures within enzymatically active bioinorganic protocells”, Small, 2013, 9, 357-362. 

  40. A. J. Patil, N. McGrath, J. Elaine Barclay, D. J. Evans, H. Colfen, I. Manners, A. W. Perriman, S. Mann*, “Liquid viruses by nanoscale engineering of capsid surfaces”, Adv.Mater., 2012, 24, 4557-4563.   

  41. D. C. Green, S. Glatzel, A. M. Collins, A. J. Patil*, S. R. Hall*, “A general synthetic strategy for phase pure complex functional materials”, Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 5767-5772. 

  42. A. J. Patil*, Y. C. Lee, J. W. Yang, S. Mann*, “Mesoscale integration of titania/Jaggregate hybrid nanofibers”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2012, 51, 732-737.

  43. A. J. Patil*, R. Krishna Kumar, N. C. Barron, S. Mann* “Cerium oxide-mediated self-assembly of hybrid supramolecular hydrogels”, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7934-7936.

  44. W. Hongtani, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, D. Fermin, “Contrast in electron transfer mediation between graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide”, Chem.Phys.Chem., 2012, 13, 2956-2963.

  45. S. N. Olof, J. A. Grieve, D. B. Phillip, H. Rosenkranz, M. L. Yallop, M. J. Miles, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, D. M. Carberry, “Measuring nanoscale forces with living probes”, Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 6018-6023. 

  46. R. N. Das, Y. P. Kumar, S. Pagoti, A. J. Patil , J. Dash, “Diffusion and birefringence of bioactive dyes in a supramolecular guanosine hydrogel”, Chem. Eur.Jr., 2012, 18, 6008-6014.

  47. D. S. Williams, S. Koga, C. R. C. Hak, A. Majrekar, A. J. Patil, A. W. Perriman, S.Mann “Polymer/nucleotide droplets as bio-inspired functional microcompartments”, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6004-6014.

  48. M. W. England, E. M. Lambert, M. Li, L. Turyanska, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Fabrication of polypyrrole nano-arrays in lysozyme single crystals”, Nanoscale, 2012, 21, 6710-6713.

  49. R. Krishna Kumar, X. Yu, A. J. Patil, M. Li, S. Mann, “Cytoskeletal-like supramolecular assembly and nanoparticle-based motors in a model protocell” Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2011, 50, 9343-9347.

  50. J. Dash, A. J. Patil, R. Das, F. L. Dowdall, S. Mann, “Supramolecular hydrogels derived from silver ion-mediated self-assembly of 5/-guanosine monophosphate”, Soft Matter, 2011, 18, 8120-8126.

  51. H-K Han, Y-C. Lee, M-Y. Lee, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Magnesium and Calcium organophyllosiliates: synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity study” Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2011, 3, 2564-2572.

  52. J. E. Martin, A. J. Patil, M. F. Butler, S. Mann, “Guest molecule-directed assembly of mesostructured nanocomposite polymer/organoclay hydrogels”, Adv.Funct.Mater., 2010, 21, 674-681. 

  53. B. Hu, M. Li, S. Sadasivan, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Fabrication of functional bioinorganic nanoconstructs by polymer-silica wrapping of individual myoglobin molecules”, Nanoscale, 2010, 3, 1031-1036.

  54. H. Wang, A. J. Patil, K. Liu, S. Petrov, S. Mann, M. A. Winnik, I. Manners, “Fabrication of continuous and segmented polymer/metal oxide nanowires using cylindrical micelles and block co-micelles as templates”, Adv.Mater., 2009, 21, 1805-1808.

  55. C. Suwanchawalit, A. J. Patil*, R. Krishna Kumar, S. Wongnawa, S. Mann*, “Fabrication of ice-templated macroporous TiO2-chitosan scaffolds for photocatalytic applications”, J.Mater.Chem., 2009, 19, 8478-8483.

  56. A. J. Patil, J. L. Vickery, T. B. Scott, S. Mann,“Aqueous stabilization and selfassembly of graphene sheets into layered bionanocomposites using DNA” Adv.Mater., 2009, 21, 3159-3164.

  57. J. L. Vickery, A. J. Patil, S. Mann,“Fabrication of graphene-polymer nanocomposites with higher order three-dimensional architectures”, Adv.Mater., 2009, 21, 2180-2184.

  58. F. Khan, D. Walsh, A. J. Patil, A. W. Perriman, S. Mann, “Self-organized structural hierarchy in mixed polysaccharide sponges”, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3081-3085.

  59. L. Zhang, A. J. Patil, L. Li, A. Schierhorn, S. Mann, U.Gosele, M.Knez, “Chemical infiltration during atomic layer deposition: metallization of porphyrins as model substrate”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2009, 48, 4982-4985.

  60. J. L. Vickery, S. Thachepan, A. J. Patil, S. Mann,“Immobilization and encapsulation of functional protein-inorganic constructs”, Mol.BioSyst., 2009, 5, 744-749.

  61. K. M. Bromley, A. W. Perriman, A. J. Patil, S. Mann,“Membrane stabilization and transformation in organoclay/vesicle hybrid constructs”, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 2183-2187.

  62. K. M. Bromley, A. J. Patil, A. W. Perriman, G. Stubbs, S. Mann,“Preparation of high-quality nanowires by tobacco mosaic virus templating gold nanoparticles”, J.Mater.Chem., 2008, 18, 4796-4801.

  63. A. J. Patil*, S. Mann*, “Self-assembly of bio-inorganic nanohybrids using organoclay building blocks”, J.Mater.Chem., 2008, 18, 4605-4615. Front Cover Feature

  64. S. Sadasivan, A. J. Patil, K. M. Bromley, P. G. R. Hastie, G. Banting, S. Mann,“Novel protein-inorganic nanoparticles prepared by inorganic replication of self-assembled clathrin cages and triskelia”, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 2054-2058.

  65. K. M. Bromley, A. J. Patil, A. M. Seddon, P. J. Booth, S. Mann, “Bio-functional mesolamellar nanocomposites based on inorganic/polymer intercalation in purple membrane (bacteriorhodopsin) films”, Adv.Mater., 2007, 19, 2433-2438.

  66. A. J. Patil, M. Li, E. Dujardin, S. Mann, “Novel bioinorganic nanostructures based on intercalation or single molecule wrapping of DNA using organoclay building blocks”, Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 2660-2665. (Highlighted in Shriver and Atkins’ Inorganic Chemistry, 5th Edition, p.685)

  67. S. C. Holmstrom, A. J. Patil, M. Butler, S. Mann, “Influence of polymer cointercalation on guest release from aminopropyl-functionalised magnesium phyllosilicate mesolamellar nanocomposites”, J.Mater.Chem., 2007, 17, 3894-3900.

  68. Y. Xing, M. Li, S. A. Davis, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Synthesis of cerium/cobalt phosphate 1-D nanostructures in cationic reverse micelles”, Soft Matter, 2006, 2 603. Front Cover Feature

  69. B. Lebeau, J. Brendle, C. Marichal, A. J. Patil, E. Muthusamy, S. Mann, “One-step synthesis and solvent-induced exfoliation of hybrid organic-inorganic phyllosilicate like materials”, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2006, 6, 352-607.

  70. A. J. Patil, E. Muthusamy, S. Mann, “Fabrication of functional proteinorganoclay lamellar nanocomposites by biomolecule induced assembly of exfoliated aminopropyl- functionalised magnesium phyllosilicates” J.Mater.Chem. 2005, 15, 3838-3843. Highlighted in Chemistry World, 11 (2005) 46)

  71. A. J. Patil, E. Muthusamy, A. M. Seddon, S. Mann, “Higher-order synthesis of organoclay pipes using self-assembled lipid templates”, Adv.Mater. 2003, 15, 1816-1819. (Highlighted in Materials Chemistry Forum Newsletter 5 (2004) 7)

  72. D. Ma, M. Li, A. J. Patil, S. Mann, “Fabrication of protein/silica core-shell nanoparticles by microemulsion based molecular wrapping”, Adv.Mater., 2004, 16, 1838-1841.

  73. A. J. Patil, E. Muthusamy, S. Mann, “Synthesis and self-assembly of organoclaywrapped biomolecules”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed., 2004, 43, 4928-4933. (Highlighted in Chemistry World 2 (2004) 18, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Annual report)

  74. Y. B. Khollam, A. J. Patil, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, S. K. Date, “A selfsustaining acid-base reaction in semi-aqueous media for the synthesis of barium titanyl oxalate (BTO) leading to BaTiO3 powders”, Mater.Lett., 2002, 55, 175-181.

  75. A. S. Deshpande, A. J. Patil, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, S. K. Date, “Preparation of ceria-zirconia (Ce0.75Zr0.25O2) powders by microwave hydrothermal (MH) route”, Mater.Chem.Phys., 2002, 74, 306-312.

  76. H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, A. S. Deshpande, Y. B. Khollam, A. J. Patil, S. D. Pradhan, S. K. Date, “Simplified chemical route for the synthesis of barium titanyl oxalate”, Int.J.Inorg.Mater., 2001, 3, 613-623.

  77. A. S. Deshpande, Y. B. Khollam, A. J. Patil, S. B. Deshpande, H. S. Potdar, S. K. Date, “Improved chemical route for the synthesis of lead zirconyl oxalate (PZO) leading to lead zirconate (PZ) powders”, Mater.Lett., 2001, 51, 161-171.  

  78. Y. B. Khollam, A. S. Deshpande, A. J. Patil, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, S. K. Date, “Synthesis of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) powders by microwave hydrothermal route”, Mater.Chem.Phys. 2001, 71, 235-241.

  79. Y. B. Khollam, A. S. Deshpande, A. J. Patil, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, S. K. Date, “Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of equiaxed submicron-sized BaTiO3 powders”, Mater.Chem.Phys., 2000, 71, 304-308.

  80. A. J. Patil, M. H. Shinde, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, S. Mayadevi, S. K. Date, “Chemical synthesis of titania (TiO2) powder via mixed precursor route for membrane applications”, Mater.Chem.Phys., 2000, 68, 7-16.

  81. H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, A. J. Patil, A. S. Deshpande, Y. B. Khollam, S. K. Date, “Preparation and characterization of strontium zirconate (SrZrO3) fine powders”, Mater.Chem.Phys., 2000, 65, 178-185. 

  82. S. Mayadevi, S. S. Kulkarni, A. J. Patil, M. H. Shinde, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande S. K. Date, “Controlled chemical precipitation of titania for membrane applications-effect of heat treatment and fabrication conditions on its performance”, J.Mater.Sci., 2000, 35, 3943-3949.

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