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A professional portrait of Dr Ram Prasad Bhatta

Ram Prasad Bhatta PhD

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Dr Ram Prasad Bhatta has extensive expertise in development of smart Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) active materials and their applications. He obtained his PhD in Material Science in 2024 from BITS Pilani, India. He has a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 2025, Dr Bhatta moved to the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.

Most Recent Publications

Shedding light on photo-redox catalysis of a NIR iridium( iii ) complex for high photocytotoxicity against cisplatin resistant ovarian cancer in 3D tumor spheroids

Shedding light on photo-redox catalysis of a NIR iridium( iii ) complex for high photocytotoxicity against cisplatin resistant ovarian cancer in 3D tumor spheroids

Enhanced TNT vapor sensing through a PMMA-mediated AIPE-active monocyclometalated iridium( iii ) complex: a leap towards real-time monitoring

Enhanced TNT vapor sensing through a PMMA-mediated AIPE-active monocyclometalated iridium( iii ) complex: a leap towards real-time monitoring

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

One Pot Strategy for NIR-II Emissive AIE active Iridium (III) Redox Catalyst towards Photoinduced ROS Generation, NADH Oxidation, and GSH Depletion: A Way Forward in Phototherapy

One Pot Strategy for NIR-II Emissive AIE active Iridium (III) Redox Catalyst towards Photoinduced ROS Generation, NADH Oxidation, and GSH Depletion: A Way Forward in Phototherapy

Research Interests

  • Design, synthesis and characterization of materials
  • Fascinated in engineering of smart functional materials
  • Engineering of smart stimuli-responsive AIE-active materials (Organic, Polymers and composite) for different applications such as self-healing materials, VOCs sensors, Turn on MFC materials for pressure sensing (Pa to MPa range) etc

Current Research Project

Turn-On Mechanofluorochromic Materials for Surface Pressure Imaging and Stress Detection

Most Recent Publications

Shedding light on photo-redox catalysis of a NIR iridium( iii ) complex for high photocytotoxicity against cisplatin resistant ovarian cancer in 3D tumor spheroids

Shedding light on photo-redox catalysis of a NIR iridium( iii ) complex for high photocytotoxicity against cisplatin resistant ovarian cancer in 3D tumor spheroids

Enhanced TNT vapor sensing through a PMMA-mediated AIPE-active monocyclometalated iridium( iii ) complex: a leap towards real-time monitoring

Enhanced TNT vapor sensing through a PMMA-mediated AIPE-active monocyclometalated iridium( iii ) complex: a leap towards real-time monitoring

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

One Pot Strategy for NIR-II Emissive AIE active Iridium (III) Redox Catalyst towards Photoinduced ROS Generation, NADH Oxidation, and GSH Depletion: A Way Forward in Phototherapy

One Pot Strategy for NIR-II Emissive AIE active Iridium (III) Redox Catalyst towards Photoinduced ROS Generation, NADH Oxidation, and GSH Depletion: A Way Forward in Phototherapy