Januka Budhathoki Uprety

(Invited) Design and Fabrication of Nanocarbon Sensors

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Dewey, H., Sultana, N., & Boltinhouse, A. (2025, July 11). ECS Meeting Abstracts.

3D Printed Optical Sensors to Detect Target Analytes

Boltinhouse, A., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2025, July 11). ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Effect of Polyelectrolytes on the Photoluminescence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes─Experimental and Simulation Studies

Dewey, H. M., Rahmani, F., Sultana, N., Pasquinelli, M. A., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2025, March 10). ACS Omega, Vol. 3.

(Invited) Near-Infrared Optical Probes for the Detection of Electrolytes

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., & Dewey, H. (2024, August 9). ECS Meeting Abstracts.

(Nanocarbons Division Poster Award, Third Place) Development of an Optical Probe for the Detection of Steroid Hormones

Dewey, H., Thompson, J., Fisher, M., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2024, August 9). ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Development of Optical Nanosensors for Detection of Potassium Ions and Assessment of Their Biocompatibility with Corneal Epithelial Cells

Dewey, H. M., Mahmood, N., Abello, S. M., Sultana, N., Jones, J., Gluck, J. M., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2024, June 11). ACS Omega, Vol. 6.

Preparation and Characterization of Hydrogels Fabricated From Chitosan and Poly(vinyl alcohol) for Tissue Engineering Applications

Wang, Z., Mahmood, N., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Brown, A. C., King, M. W., & Gluck, J. M. (2024, July 22). ACS Applied Bio Materials, Vol. 7.

Recent advances on applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes as cutting-edge optical nanosensors for biosensing technologies

Dewey, H. M., Lamb, A., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2024, January 1). Nanoscale, Vol. 8.

Understanding the Molecular Assemblies of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Tailoring their Photoluminescence for the Next-Generation Optical Nanosensors

Sultana, N., Dewey, H. M., Arellano, A. G., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2024, April 27). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 36, pp. 4034–4053.

Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Detection of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Complex Media

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(17), 15530–15539.

Development of Optical Nanosensors for pH Measurements in Model Biofluids

[Poster]. ECS Meeting Abstracts, 243(9), 1166–1166.

Greener Dyeing

Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2023, March 1). Chemistry & Industry, Vol. 87, pp. 22–25.

Nanoscale Probes for Optical Detection of Emerging Contaminants and Biological Indicators

ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-01(9), 1130–1130.

Optical Nanosensors for the Detection of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds

ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-01(9), 1132–1132.

Optical detection of pH changes in artificial sweat using near-infrared fluorescent nanomaterials

Sensors & Diagnostics, 1(6), 1189–1197.

Polycarbodiimide for Textile Dye Removal from Contaminated Water

Davis, M., Neve, G., Keating, M., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2022, July 22). ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 7.

Carbon Nanotubes Cloaked in Synthetic Polymers: Aqueous Dispersion, Characterization, and Applications

ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2021-01(10), 513–513.

Harnessing nanotechnology to expand the toolbox of chemical biology

Williams, R. M., Chen, S., Langenbacher, R. E., Galassi, T. V., Harvey, J. D., Jena, P. V., … Heller, D. A. (2021, January 7). Nature Chemical Biology.

Increased Use of Disinfectants During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Potential Impacts on Health and Safety

Dewey, H. M., Jones, J. M., Keating, M. R., & Budhathoki-Uprety, J. (2021, August 25). ACS Chemical Health & Safety, Vol. 29, pp. 27–38.

Non-Covalent Coatings on Carbon Nanotubes Mediate Photosensitizer Interactions

Horoszko, C. P., Schnatz, P. J., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Rao-Pothuraju, R. V., Koder, R. L., & Heller, D. A. (2021, October 21). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 11.

Single-Chirality Near-Infrared Carbon Nanotube Sub-Cellular Imaging and FRET Probes

Langenbacher, R., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Jena, P. V., Roxbury, D., Streit, J., Zheng, M., & Heller, D. A. (2021, July 23). Nano Letters, Vol. 8.

Carbon Nanotube and Organic Color Center Solvatochromism in Biomedicine

Heller, D. A., Antman-Passig, M., Baker, H., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Chen, C., Cupo, C., … Zheng, M. (2020, November 23). ECS Meeting Abstracts, Vol. MA2020-02, pp. 3409–3409.

Glutathione-S-transferase Fusion Protein Nanosensor

Williams, R. M., Harvey, J. D., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., & Heller, D. A. (2020, September 21). Nano Letters, Vol. 20, pp. 7287–7295.

Polymer Functionalized Nanocarbons for Biomedical Applications

ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02(67), 3411–3411.

Synthetic molecular recognition nanosensor paint for microalbuminuria

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Shah, J., Korsen, J. A., Wayne, A. E., Galassi, T. V., Cohen, J. R., … Heller, D. A. (2019, August 9). Nature Communications, Vol. 10.

Quantitative self-assembly prediction yields targeted nanomedicines

Shamay, Y., Shah, J., Işık, M., Mizrachi, A., Leibold, J., Tschaharganeh, D. F., … Heller, D. A. (2018, February 2). Nature Materials.

The secondary structures of PEG-functionalized random copolymers derived from (R)- and (S)- families of alkyne polycarbodiimides

Kulikov, O. V., Siriwardane, D. A., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., McCandless, G. T., Mahmood, S. F., & Novak, B. M. (2018, January 1). Polymer Chemistry.

A Carbon Nanotube Optical Reporter Maps Endolysosomal Lipid Flux

Jena, P. V., Roxbury, D., Galassi, T. V., Akkari, L., Horoszko, C. P., Iaea, D. B., … Heller, D. A. (2017, September 12). ACS Nano.

A Carbon Nanotube Optical Sensor Reports Nuclear Entry via a Noncanonical Pathway

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Langenbacher, R. E., Jena, P. V., Roxbury, D., & Heller, D. A. (2017, April 11). ACS Nano.

A carbon nanotube optical reporter maps endolysosomal lipid flux

Jena, P. V., Roxbury, D., Galassi, T. V., Akkari, L., Horoszko, C. P., Iaea, D. B., … Heller, D. A. (2017, May 6). BioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Control of Carbon Nanotube Solvatochromic Response to Chemotherapeutic Agents

Harvey, J. D., Baker, H. A., Mercer, E., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., & Heller, D. A. (2017, October 19). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Polymer cloaking modulates the carbon nanotube protein corona and delivery into cancer cells

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Harvey, J. D., Isaac, E., Williams, R. M., Galassi, T. V., Langenbacher, R. E., & Heller, D. A. (2017, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

Helical Polycarbodiimide Cloaking of Carbon Nanotubes Enables Inter-Nanotube Exciton Energy Transfer Modulation

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Jena, P. V., Roxbury, D., & Heller, D. A. (2014, October 24). Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Determining the Regioregularity in Alkyne Polycarbodiimides and Their Orthogonal Modification of Side Chains To Yield Perfectly Alternating Functional Polymers

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Reuther, J. F., & Novak, B. M. (2012, October 2). Macromolecules, Vol. 45, pp. 8155–8165.

Synthesis of Guanidinium Functionalized Polycarbodiimides and Their Antibacterial Activities

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Peng, L. L., Melander, C., & Novak, B. M. (2012, February 21). ACS Macro Letters, Vol. 1, pp. 370–374.

Stable-Isotope Labeled Hydrophobic Hydrazide Reagents for the Relative Quantification of N-Linked Glycans by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Walker, S. H., Budhathoki-Uprety, J., Novak, B. M., & Muddiman, D. C. (2011, July 20). Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 83, pp. 6738–6745.

Synthesis of Alkyne-Functionalized Helical Polycarbodiimides and their Ligation to Small Molecules using ‘Click’ and Sonogashira Reactions

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., & Novak, B. M. (2011, July 18). Macromolecules, Vol. 44, pp. 5947–5954.

Synthesis of a pyridine substituted polycarbodiimide and its use as a solid support for chemical reagents

Budhathoki-Uprety, J., & Novak, B. M. (2010, March 18). Polymer, Vol. 51, pp. 2140–2146.