Bala Ramjee

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Contact Information

1000I CHEMISTRY BUILDING 4501 ELKHORN AVE
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Email: bramjee@odu.edu

Phone: 757-683-3039

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Expertise

Chemistry

organic chemistry, synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials and nanocapsules
Research Interests

Dr. Ramjee’s research group synthesizes and characterizes inorganic/organic nanocapsules (containers of nanoscale dimensions) for uses as bio-imaging agents, drug delivery vehicles, nano-reactors, sensors, and catalysts.

Articles

Ramjee, B., Allmon, S. M., and Mahadevan, K. (2017). Fluorescent dye loaded resorcinarene cavitand nanocapsules. American Chemical Society, 254 (1),

Skinner, A. V., Han, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (2017). Rapid selective colorimetric sensing of polyphosphates by ionic resorcinarene cavitand interdigitated gold nanoparticles. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical pp. 706-712.

Mahadevan, K., Patthipati, V. S., Han, S., Swanson, R. J., Whelan, E. C., Osgood, C., and Balasubramanian, R. (2016). Highly fluorescent resorcinarene cavitand nanocapsules with efficient renal clearance. Nanotechnology

Han, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (2014). Multidentate Ionic Surfactant Mediated Extraction and Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles in Organic Solvents. Langmuir, 30 (30), pp. 9063-9070.

Han, S., Sheela, V. P., Cao, W., and Balasubramanian, R. (2013). Brust-Schiffrin synthesis of catalytic bipodal PdPt nanoparticles with some mechanistic insights. Rsc Advances, 3 (22), pp. 8551-8558.

Balasubramanian, R., Han, S., and Chamberlayne, C. (2013). Direct synthesis of hollow polymeric nanocapsules of variable shell thickness and rigidity. Rsc Advances, 3 (29), pp. 11525-11528.

Han, S., Chamberlayne, C., and Balasubramanian, R. (2012). Hollow polymeric nanocapsules with tunable rigidity by thiol-ene photopolymerization. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 243,

Balasubramanian, R., Han, S., and Sheela, V. P. (2012). Multidentate ligand stabilized metallic nanoparticles: Synthesis, mechanistic implications and applications. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 243,

Balasubramanian, R., Mahadevan, K., Prayakarao, S., and Han, S. (2012). Resorcinarene nanocapsules: Synthesis, functionalization, and encapsulation. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 243,

Balasubramanian, R., Prayakarao, S., Han, S., and Cao, W. (2012). Tunable gold nanostructures with nanocapsules as template reaction vessels. Rsc Advances, 2 (31), pp. 11668-11671.

Sheela, V. P., Xiao, W., Han, S., Zhou, X., Albin, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (2011). Aminocavitand encapsulated nanodiamonds: Phase-transfer, dispersion and applications in diamond film growth. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 241,

Sheela, V. P., Xiao, W., Han, S., Zhou, X., Albin, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (2011). Resorcinarene amine stabilized nanodiamond dispersions in organic solvents: applications in diamond film growth. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (17), pp. 6395-6400.

Prayakarao, S., Han, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (2011). Synthesis, self-assembly and dimensional control of metallic nanostructures using polymer templates. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 241,

Balasubramanian, R., and Kalaitzis, Z. M. (2010). One-pot synthesis and functionalization of resorcinarene nanocapsules. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 239,

Choi, J., Fields-Zinna, C. A., Stiles, R. L., Balasubramanian, R., Douglas, A. D., Crowe, M. C., and Murray, R. W. (2010). Reactivity of Au-25(SCH2CH2Ph)(18) (1-) Nanoparticles with Metal Ions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (38), pp. 15890-15896.

Balasubramanian, R., Kalaitzis, Z. M., and Cao, W. (2010). Solvent dependent morphologies in thiol-ene photopolymerization: A facile route to the synthesis of resorcinarene nanocapsules. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (31), pp. 6539-6543.

Stiles, R. L., Balasubramanian, R., Feldberg, S. W., and Murray, R. W. (2008). Anion-induced adsorption of ferrocenated nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (6), pp. 1856-1865.

Wang, W., Balasubramanian, R., and Murray, R. W. (2008). Electron Transport and Counterion Relaxation Dynamics in Neat Ferrocenated Imidazolium Ionic Liquids. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (46), pp. 18207-18216.

Dass, A., Guo, R., Tracy, J. B., Balasubramanian, R., Douglas, A. D., and Murray, R. W. (2008). Gold nanoparticles with perfluorothiolate ligands. Langmuir, 24 (1), pp. 310-315.

Dass, A., Gao, R., Balasubramanian, R., Douglas, A. D., Tracy, J. B., and Murray, R. W. (2007). COLL 270-Fluorinated gold thiolate nanoparticles by Brust synthesis and ligand exchange. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 234,

Tracy, J. B., Crowe, M. C., Fields-Zinna, C. A., Parker, J. F., Kalyuzhny, G., Menard, L. D., Balasubramanian, R., Choi, J., Nuzzo, R. G., and Murray, R. W. (2007). Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for analysis of gold monolayer protected clusters with atomic precision. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 233,

Balasubramanian, R., Kwon, Y., and Wei, A. (2007). Encapsulation and functionalization of nanoparticles in crosslinked resorcinarene shells. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 (1), pp. 105-112.

Wolfe, R. L., Balasubramanian, R., Tracy, J. B., and Murray, R. W. (2007). Fully ferrocenated hexanethiolate monolayer-protected gold clusters. Langmuir, 23 (4), pp. 2247-2254.

Tracy, J. B., Kalyuzhny, G., Crowe, M. C., Balasubramanian, R., Choi, J., and Murray, R. W. (2007). Poly(ethylene glycol) ligands for high-resolution nanoparticle mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129 (21), pp. 6706-+.

Balasubramanian, R., Wang, W., and Murray, R. W. (2006). Redox ionic liquid phases: Ferrocenated imidazoliums. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (31), pp. 9994-9995.

Balasubramanian, R., Guo, R., Mills, A. J., and Murray, R. W. (2005). Reaction of Au-55(PPh3)(12)Cl-6 with thiols yields thiolate monolayer protected Au-75 clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (22), pp. 8126-8132.

Kim, B., Balasubramanian, R., Perez-Segarra, W., Wei, A., Decker, B., and Mattay, J. (2005). Self-assembly of resorcinarene-stabilized gold nanoparticles: Influence of the macrocyclic headgroup. Supramolecular Chemistry, 17 (1-2), pp. 173-180.

Balasubramanian, R., Kim, B., Tripp, S. L., Wang, X. J., Lieberman, M., and Wei, A. (2002). Dispersion and stability studies of resorcinarene-encapsulated gold nanoparticles. Langmuir, 18 (9), pp. 3676-3681.

Sangeetha, N. M., Balasubramanian, R., Maitra, U., Ghosh, S., and Raju, A. R. (2002). Novel cationic and neutral analogues of bile acids: Synthesis and preliminary study of their aggregation properties. Langmuir, 18 (19), pp. 7154-7157.

Balasubramanian, R., and Maitra, U. (2001). Design and synthesis of novel chiral dendritic species derived from bile acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66 (9), pp. 3035-3040.

Balasubramanian, R., Xu, J., Kim, B., Sadtler, B., and Wei, A. (2001). Extraction and dispersion of large gold nanoparticles in nonpolar solvents. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 22 (5), pp. 485-489.

Wei, A., Kim, B., Pusztay, S. V., Tripp, S. L., and Balasubramanian, R. (2001). Resorcinarene-encapsulated nanoparticles: Building blocks for self-assembled nanostructures. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 41 (1-4), pp. 83-86.

Wei, A., Pusztay, S. V., Kim, B., Tripp, S. L., and Balasubramanian, R. (2001). Resorcinarene-encapsulated nanoparticles: Materials properties and applications. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 222, pp. U524-U524.

Balasubramanian, R., Rao, P., and Maitra, U. (1999). First bile acid-derived chiral dendritic species with nanometric dimensions. Chemical Communications (23), pp. 2353-2354.

Maitra, U., Rao, P., Kumar, V., Balasubramanian, R., and Mathew, L. (1998). Solvent effect in molecular recognition: Determining binding constants in different solvents following an extraction based protocol. Tetrahedron Letters, 39 (20), pp. 3255-3258.
Book Chapters

Ramjee, B., and (2017). Role of ligands in the synthesis of bi- and multi-metallic nanocrystals.Nanoscience (pp. 1-28). Royal Society of Chemistry.

Ramjee, B., and Kalaitzis, Z. M. (2011). Template-Free Synthesis and in Situ Functionalization of Nanocapsules.Amphiphiles: Molecular Assembly and Applications (pp. 263-276)
Presentations

Bruno, C. A., and Ramjee, B. (April 5, 2021). Hollow TiO2 nanoparticles as photocatalysts for organic reactions Poster presented at 261st ACS National Meeting.

Bruno, C., and Ramjee, B. (March 20, 2021). Hollow TiO2nanoparticles as photocatalysts for organic reactions Oral Presentation presented at 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Old Dominion University.

Johnson, M. E., Allmon, S., and Ramjee, B. (April, 2019). Chiral functionalization of resorcinarene cavitand nanocapsules Poster presented at 257th ACS National Meeting & Exposition Orlando, FL, United States.

Lohr, M., Benedict, A., and Ramjee, B. (April, 2019). Nanoprecipitation of functionalized resorcinarenes Poster presented at 257th ACS National Meeting & Exposition Orlando, FL, United States.

Johnston, S. A., Allmon, S., and Balasubramanian, R. (March, 2018). Thiol-ene photopolymerization of functionalized resorcinarene cavitand thiols Poster presented at 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition New Orleans, LA.

Ramjee, B., Allmon, S., Mahadevan, K., and (August, 2017). Fluorescent dye loaded resorcinarene cavitand nanocapsules Oral Presentation presented at 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition Washington DC.

Allmon, S., Mahadevan, K., Ramjee, B., and (August, 2017). Solvent mediated dye encapsulation into resorcinarene cavitand nanocapsules Poster presented at 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition Washington DC.

Benedict, A., Skinner, A., and Ramjee, B. (April, 2017). Palladium complexes of multidentate resorcinarene surfactants Poster presented at 253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition San Francisco, CA.

(September, 2015). Resorcinareses and Nanomaterials: Applications in Phase-transfer, Sensing, Catalysis, Imaging, and More.

Skinner, A. V., Han, S., and Ramjee, B. (October, 2014). Colorimetric detection of pyrophosphate using resorcinarene functionalized gold nanoparticles Poster presented at 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Nashville, TN.

Ramjee, B., and Han, S. (October, 2014). Ionic resorcinarene surfactant stabilized gold nanoparticles Oral Presentation presented at 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Nashville, TN.

Ramjee, B. (September, 2013). Resorcinarenes for Stabilization and Self-Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles.

Ramjee, B. (September, 2012). Resorcinarenes as Nanoscale Building Blocks and Nanoparticle Stabilizers: Applications in Catalysis, in Vivo Imaging and More….

Ramjee, B., Han, S., and Sheela, V. (March, 2012). Multidentate ligand stabilized metallic nanoparticles: Synthesis, mechanistic implications and applications Oral Presentation presented at 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting San Diego, CA.

Ramjee, B., Mahadevan, K., Prayakarao, S., and Han, S. (March, 2012). Resorcinarene nanocapsules: Synthesis, functionalization, and encapsulation Oral Presentation presented at 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting San Diego, CA.

Xiao, W., Zhou, X., Yost, S., Ramjee, B., and Albin, S. (July, 2011). A Novel Nano-Diamond Patterning Technique Using Selective Nucleation and Growth Oral Presentation presented at 19th Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering Shanghai, China .

Ramjee, B. (May, 2011). Fabrication and Functionalization of Hollow Polymeric Nanocapsules Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Sheela, V., Xiao, W., Han, S., Zhou, X., Albin, S., and Ramjee, B. (March, 2011). Aminocavitand encapsulated nanodiamonds: Phase-transfer, dispersion and applications in diamond film growth Poster presented at 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting Anaheim, CA.

Prayakarao, S., Han, S., and Ramjee, B. (March, 2011). Synthesis, self-assembly and dimensional control of metallic nanostructures using polymer templates Oral Presentation presented at 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting Anaheim, CA.

Ramjee, B. (October, 2010). Polymeric Resorcinarene Nanocapsules and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functionalization and Encapsulation George Mason University, VA.

Ramjee, B., and Kalaitzis, Z. (March, 2010). One-pot synthesis and functionalization of resorcinarene nanocapsules presented at 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting San Francisco, CA.

Ramjee, B. (September 10, 2009). Resorcinarene thiols: Nanoparticle stabilizers and nanoscale building blocks Department of Chemistry, Roanoke College, VA.

Ramjee, B. (August 3, 2009). Resorcinarene thiols: Nanoparticle stabilizers and nanoscale building blocks Department of Chemistry, Central University, Hyderabad.

Ramjee, B. (July 30, 2009). Resorcinarene thiols: Nanoparticle stabilizers and nanoscale building blocks Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Ramjee, B., and Kalaitzis, Z. M. (June, 2009). Resorcinarene nanostructures: Synthesis and functionalization presented at 41st National Organic Symposium Boulder, CO.

Choi, J., Ramjee, B., and Murray, R. W. (May, 2008). Electrochemical and optical properties of 1.1 nm-sized gold nanoparticles dissolved in the aqueous solutions presented at 213th ECS Meeting Phoenix, AZ.

Ramjee, B. (September 21, 2007). Gold nanoparticles: sythesis, assembly, dispersion and more... Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University.

Dass, A., Guo, R., Ramjee, B., Douglas, A. D., Tracy, J. B., and Murray, R. W. (August, 2007). Fluorinated gold thiolate nanoparticles by Brust synthesis and ligand exchange presented at 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting Boston, MA.

Ramjee, B., Kwon, Y., and Wei, A. (March, 2007). Crosslinking and functionalization of resorcinarene-encapsulated gold nanoparticles presented at 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting Chicago, IL.

Tracy, J. B., Crowe, M. C., Fields-Zinna, C. A., Parker, J. F., Kalyuzhny, G., Menard, L. D., Ramjee, B., Choi, J., Nuzzo, R. G., and Murray, R. W. (March, 2007). Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for analysis of gold monolayer protected clusters with atomic precision presented at 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting Chicago, IL.

Wolfe, R. L., Ramjee, B., Tracy, J. B., and Murray, R. W. (February, 2007). Ferrocene-functionalized gold monolayer protected clusters as high redox capacity materials presented at Pittsburgh Conference Chicago, IL.

Tracy, J. B., Kalyuzhny, G., Menard, L. D., Ramjee, B., Choi, J., Crowe, M. C., Nuzzo, R. G., and Murray, R. W. (September, 2006). Characterization of small Au monolayer protected clusters using electrospray mass spectrometry presented at 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting San Francisco, CA.

Choi, J., Ramjee, B., DeSimone, J. M., and Murray, R. W. (September, 2006). Electrochemical and photophysical properties of various Au38 nanoparticles protected by mixed-monolayer ligands presented at 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting San Francisco, CA.

Ramjee, B., Branham, M. R., Heaven, M., and Murray, R. W. (September, 2006). Synthesis and studies on pyrrole thiol monolayer protected gold clusters presented at 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting San Francisco, CA.

Guo, R., Ramjee, B., and Murray, R. W. (September, 2005). Solvent and core size effects on the electrochemistry of 1 - 2 nm gold nanoparticles presented at 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting Washington, DC.

Ramjee, B., Guo, R., Branham, M. R., MIlls, A., and Murray, R. W. (September, 2005). Tailor-made synthesis of thiolate stabilized Au75 nanoparticles presented at 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting Washington, DC.

Hernandez-Torres, J. M., Ramjee, B., and Wei, A. (March, 2004). Towards glycosylated nanoparticle libraries presented at 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting Anaheim, CA.

2020: Above and Beyond Faculty Award, College of Sciences Advisory Board, Old Dominion University
2018: Most inspirational faculty, given by Outstanding Graduating Senior in Biochemistry
2015: Shining Star Recognition, Division of Student Engagement and Enrollment Services
2013: Most Inspiring Faculty Award, Outstanding College Scholar College of Health Sciences
2013: Most Inspirational Faculty Member, By Sarah Hall Awardee for Outstanding Senior Thesis
2011: Special Recognition for Exceptional Departmental Service, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
1998: Senior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1996: Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1995: Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association Scholarship, Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association
1991: Golden Jubilee Scholarship, Reserve Bank of India

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Namkoong, G.; Ramjee, B.; Marsillac, S. "Investigation of the stability and architecture of perovskite solar cells using new polymer complexes" $25,000. Old Dominion University. April 15, 2019 - April 14, 2020

Ramjee, B.; Elsayed-Ali, H. "Highly-Transmissive Colored Coatings for Architectural Photovoltaic Panels" $100,000. State. July 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019

Namkoong, G.; Elsayed-Ali, H.; Marsillac, S.; Ramjee, B.; Yoon, H. "MRI Consortium: Acquisition of a Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting System for multidisciplinary research and education" $147,000. Federal. September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2017

Ramjee, B.; Sakhel, K.; Osgood, C. J.; Swanson, R.; Qian, S.; Gauthier, D.; Lukban, J. "Robust, multifunctional, bio-compatible nanocapsules for intraoperative imaging and other biomedical applications" $56,572. Old Dominion University. January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Ramjee, B. "Old Dominion University Summer Research Fellowship Program" $6,950. Old Dominion University. May, 2008 - 2008
Intellectual Property

A facile route to the synthesis of resorcinarene nanocapsules

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Type: Regular

Patent Nationality: United States

Inventors:
Ramjee, B.
Kalaitzis, Z.
Prayakarao, S.

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