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Effect of osmolytes on the conformational behavior of a macromolecule in a cytoplasm-like crowded environment: a Femtosecond mid-IR pump-probe spectroscopy study
A Kundu, PK Verma,  M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9, 724-731, 2017
(A Kundu and PK Verma contributed equally to this work.)​

41
The water bend+libration combination band is an intrinsic, collective, and strongly solute-dependent reporter on the hydrogen bonding network of liquid water (ACS Editors' Choice)
PK Verma, A Kundu, M. Puretz, C. Dhoonmoon, OS. Chegwidden, CH. Londergan,  M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122 (9), 2587-2599, 2017

40
Role of solvent water in the temperature-induced self-assembly of a triblock copolymer 
A Kundu, PK Verma, M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8, 3040–3047, 2017

39
Studying water hydrogen-bonding network near the lipid multibilayer with multiple IR probes
A Kundu, PK Verma, JH Ha, M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121 (7), 1435–1441, 2017

38
Water dynamics in cytoplasm-like crowded environment correlates with the conformational transition of the macromolecular crowder
PK Verma, A Kundu, JH Ha, M Cho
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (49), 16081-16088, 2016

37
Exploring the ultrafast excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of β-diketones in the deep-UV (Conference Proceedings)
A Steinbacher, PK Verma, F Koch, P Nuernberger, T Brixner
International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, UTh4A. 13, 2016

36
Computational vibrational spectroscopy of HDO in osmolyte–water solutions
​H Lee, J-H Choi, PK Verma, M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120 (29), 5874-5886, 2016

35
Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 2-acetylindan-1,3-dione studied by ultrafast absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy
PK Verma, A Steinbacher, A Schmiedel, P Nuernberger, T Brixner
Structural Dynamics 3, 023606, 2016

34
Spectral graph analyses of water hydrogen-bonding network and osmolyte aggregate structures in osmolyte-water solutions
H Lee, J-H Choi, PK Verma, M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119 (45), 14402-14412, 2015

33
Modulation of the hydrogen bonding structure of water by renal osmolytes
PK Verma, H Lee, J-Y Park, J-H Lim, M Maj, J-H Choi, K Kwak, M Cho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6 (14), 2773-2779, 2015

32
Effect of osmolytes on hydrogen bonding network of water molecules (Conference Proceedings)
PK Verma, J-Y Park, M Cho
Proceedings of ALTA (Advanced Lasers and Their Applications), OSK, Sat-R1-2, 322-323, 2015

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Monitoring ultrafast intramolecular proton transfer processes in an unsymmetric β-diketones
PK Verma, F Koch , A Steinbacher , P Nuernberger, T Brixner
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 8459-8466, 2015

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Ultrafast UV-induced photoisomerization of intramolecularly H-bonded symmetric β-diketones
PK Verma, F Koch , A Steinbacher , P Nuernberger, T Brixner
Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 14981, 2014

29
Light driven ultrafast electron transfer in oxidative redding of Green Fluorescent Proteins
R Saha, PK Verma, S Rakshit, S Saha, S Mayor, SK Pal
Scientific reports 3, 1580, 2013
(R Saha and PK Verma contributed equally to this work.)

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Protein–cofactor binding and ultrafast electron transfer in riboflavin binding protein under the spatial confinement of nanoscopic reverse micelles
R Saha, S Rakshit, PK Verma, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Journal of Molecular Recognition 26 (2), 59-66, 2013

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Ultrafast electron transfer in riboflavin binding protein in macromolecular crowding of nano-sized micelle
S Rakshit, R Saha, PK Verma, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Biochimie 94 (12) 2673-2680, 2012

26
Role of solvation dynamics in excited state proton transfer of 1‐naphthol in nanoscopic water clusters formed in a hydrophobic solvent
S Rakshit, R Saha, PK Verma, SK Pal
Photochemistry and Photobiology 88 (4), 851-859, 2012

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Förster resonance energy transfer among a structural isomer of adenine and various Coumarins inside a nanosized reverse micelle
C Ghatak, VG Rao, S Mandal, R Pramanik, S Sarkar, PK Verma, N Sarkar
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 89, 67-73, 2012

24
Probing the interior of self-assembled caffeine dimer at various temperatures
S Banerjee, PK Verma, RK Mitra, G Basu, SK Pal
Journal of fluorescence 22 (2), 753-769, 2012.

23
Slow relaxation dynamics of water in hydroxypropyl cellulose-water mixture traces its phase transition pathway: a spectroscopic investigation
A Patra, PK Verma, RK Mitra
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116 (5), 1508-1516, 2012​

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Onset of hydrogen bonded collective network of water in 1, 4-dioxane
TQ Luong, PK Verma, RK Mitra, M Havenith
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115 (50), 14462-14469,2011

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Ultrafast spectroscopic study on caffeine mediated dissociation of mutagenic ethidium from synthetic DNA and various cell nuclei
S Banerjee, D Bhowmik, PK Verma, RK Mitra, A Sidhhanta, G Basu, SK Pal
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 (49), 14776-14783, 2011

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Structural and dynamical characterization of unilamellar AOT vesicles in aqueous solutions and their efficacy as potential drug delivery vehicle
R Saha, PK Verma, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 88 (1), 345-353, 2011

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Role of hydration on the functionality of a proteolytic enzyme α-chymotrypsin under crowded environment
PK Verma, S Rakshit, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Biochimie 93 (9), 1424-1433, 2011

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Do hydration dynamics follow the structural perturbation during thermal denaturation of a protein: A terahertz absorption study
TQ Luong, PK Verma, RK Mitra, M Havenith
Biophysical journal 101 (4), 925-933, 2011

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Hydrogen bonding barrier‐crossing dynamics at biomimicking surfaces (Book Chapter)
RK Mitra, PK Verma, D Banerjee, SK Pal
Hydrogen Bonding and Transfer in the Excited State, Volume I & II, 217-267, 2010

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Ultrafast resonance energy transfer in bio-molecular systems
PK Verma, SK Pal
The European Physical Journal D 60 (1), 137-156, 2010

15
Luminescent quantum clusters of gold in bulk by albumin‐induced core etching of nanoparticles: metal ion sensing, metal‐enhanced luminescence, and biolabeling
MA Habeeb Muhammed, PK Verma, SK Pal, A Retnakumari, M Koyakutty, S Nair, T Pradeep
Chemistry-A European Journal 16 (33), 10103-10112, 2010

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A molecular magnet confined in the nanocage of a globular protein (Inside Cover Article)
RK Mitra, PK Verma, D Wulferding, D Menzel, T Mitra, AM Todea, P Lemmens, A Müller, SK Pal
ChemPhysChem 11 (2), 318-318, 2010

13
Slow water dynamics at the surface of macromolecular assemblies of different morphologies
PK Verma, R Saha, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Soft Matter 6 (23), 5971-5979, 2010

12
Superparamagnetic fluorescent nickel–enzyme nanobioconjugates: synthesis and characterization of a novel multifunctional biological probe
PK Verma, A Giri, NTK Thanh, O Mondal, M Pal, SK Pal
Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (18), 3722-3728, 2010

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Luminescent quantum clusters of gold in transferrin family protein, lactoferrin exhibiting FRET
PL Xavier, K Chaudhari, PK Verma, SK Pal, T Pradeep
Nanoscale 2 (12), 2769-2776, 2010

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Bright, NIR‐emitting Au23 from Au25: characterization and applications including biolabeling
MAH Muhammed, PK Verma, SK Pal, RC Kumar, S Paul, RV Omkumar, T Pradeep
Chemistry-A European Journal 15 (39), 10110-10120,2009

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Functionalized Au22 clusters: synthesis, characterization, and patterning
ES Shibu, B Radha, PK Verma, P Bhyrappa, GU Kulkarni, SK Pal, T Pradeep
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 1 (10), 2199-2210, 2009

8
A molecular picture of diffusion controlled reaction: role of microviscosity and hydration on hydrolysis of benzoyl chloride at a polymer hydration region
PK Verma, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Langmuir 25 (19), 11336-11343, 2009

7
A versatile fiber-optic coupled system for sensitive optical spectroscopy in strong ambient light
SS Sinha, PK Verma, A Makhal, SK Pal
 Review of Scientific Instruments 80 (5), 053109-053109-4, 2009

6
Conducting nanocomposites of polyacrylamide with acetylene black and polyaniline
PK Verma, PS Sardar, S Ghosh, M Biswas
Polymer Composites 30 (4), 490-496, 2009

5
Exploration of the dynamical evolution and the associated energetics of water nanoclusters formed in a hydrophobic solvent
RK Mitra, PK Verma, SK Pal
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113 (14), 4744–4750, 2009

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Temperature-dependent femtosecond-resolved hydration dynamics of water in aqueous guanidinium hydrochloride solution
D Banerjee, PK Verma, SK Pal
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 8 (10), 1441-1447, 2009

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Role of solvation dynamics in the kinetics of solvolysis reactions in microreactors
PK Verma, A Makhal, RK Mitra, SK Pal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11 (38), 8467-8476, 2009

2
Ultrafast energy transfer from 3-mercaptopropionic acid-capped CdSe/ZnS QDs to dye-labelled DNA
S Shankara Narayanan, SS Sinha, PK Verma, SK Pal
Chemical Physics Letters 463 (2008) 160-165, 2008

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Modulation of dynamics and reactivity of water in reverse micelles of mixed surfactants
RK Mitra, SS Sinha, PK Verma, SK Pal
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 (41), 12946-12953, 2008