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Publications at Texas A&M

Preparation Method Determines Valinomycin Organization and Phase Behavior in Charged Langmuir Monolayers

Amrita Chakraborty, Priyojit Das Gupta, Anabela Meier, Antara Roy, Saranya Pullanchery*

 ChemRxiv. 22 June 2026.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15005063/v1

     

Publications prior to Texas A&M

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On the mechanism and voltage sensitivity of voltage-sensitive second harmonic probes: A case study of FM4-64

Zhi Li, Nelson Alonso Correa-Rojas, Saranya Pullanchery, Iwona Swiderska, Arianna Marchioro*, Sylvie Roke* 

Biophysical Journal, 2026; 0

     

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Interfacial Self-Assembly of Sugars at Nanoscale Membranes Leads to Micron-Scale, Spectroscopically Ice-Like Chiral Suprastructures of Water

Li Zhang, Jinchan Liu, Kislon Voïtchovsky, Chaudhary E. Rani, Saranya Pullanchery, Jan Dedic, Victor S. Batista, Georg E. Fantner, Sylvie Roke*

 Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025 147 (37), 33413-33423

      DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c05215

Finite Volume Effects in Water Nanodroplets: A Molecular Level Investigation

Li Zhang; Saranya Pullanchery; Paul S Cremer; Sylvie Roke

      ACS Nano Article ASAP

      DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c04422

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pH drives electron density fluctuations that enhance electric field-induced liquid flow

Saranya Pullanchery; Sergey Kulik; Tereza Schönfeldová; Colin Egan; Giuseppe Cassone; Ali Hassanali; Sylvie Roke

Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 5951 (2024)

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Liposomes and Lipid Droplets Display a Reversal of Charge-Induced Hydration Asymmetry

Saranya Pullanchery#; Nathan Dupertuis#; Tereza Schönfeldová; Sylvie Roke

Nano Lett.  2023, 23, 21, 9858–9864

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Interfacial Inversion, Interference, and IR Absorption in Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering Experiments

Saranya Pullanchery#; Li Zhang#; Sergey Kulik; Sylvie Roke.

J. Phys. Chem. B., 2023, 127, 30, 6795-6803

Water Structure at the Hydrophobic Nanodroplet Surface Revealed by Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering Using Isotopic Dilution

Saranya Pullanchery; Sergey Kulik; Sylvie Roke.

J. Phys. Chem. B., 2022, 126, 16, 3186-3192

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Charge transfer across C-H...O hydrogen bonds stabilizes oil droplets in water.

Saranya Pullanchery; Sergey Kulik; Benjamin Rehl.; Ali Hassanali; Sylvie Roke

Science, 2021, 374, 1366–1370

Handy water: Chiral superstructures around peptide β-sheets

Saranya Pullanchery; Sylvie Roke

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2021, 118 (2), e2024376118

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Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering in Absorptive Media: A Theoretical Case Study of Nano-objects in Water

Sergey Kulik; Saranya Pullanchery; Sylvie Roke

J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (42), 23078-23085

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On the stability and necessary electrophoretic mobility of bare oil nanodroplets in water

Saranya Pullanchery; Sergey Kulik; Halil I Okur; Hilton B de Aguiar; Sylvie Roke

 J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 241104

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Zn2+ Binds to Phosphatidylserine and Induces Membrane Blebbing

Mathew F Poytonǂ; Saranya Pullanchery ǂ; Simou Sun; Tinglu Yang; Paul S Cremer

 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (43), 18679-18686

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 Introduction of Positive Charges into Zwitterionic Phospholipid Monolayers Disrupts Water Structure while Negative Charges Enhances It.

Saranya Pullanchery; Tinglu Yang.; Paul S Cremer

J. Phys. Chem. B. 2018, 122 (51), 12260-12270

 Multi-Step Interactions between Ibuprofen and Lipid Membranes

Simou Sun; Anne Sendecki; Saranya Pullanchery; Da Huang; Tinglu Yang; Paul S Cremer

 Langmuir 2018, 34 (36), 10782–10792

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Plexcitons: The Role of Oscillator Strengths and Spectral Widths in Determining Strong Coupling

Reshmi Thomas; Anoop Thomas; Saranya Pullanchery; Linta Joseph ; Sanoop M Somasundaran; Rotti Srinivasamurthy Swathi; Stephen K Gray; K. George Thomas

ACS Nano 2018, 12 (1), 402-415

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What is the Preferred Conformation of Phosphatidylserine-Copper (II) Complexes? A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Investigation

Kari Kusler; Samuel Odoh; Alexey Silakov ; Mathew F Poyton; Saranya Pullanchery; Paul S Cremer; Laura Gagliardi

 J. Phys. Chem. B. 2016, 120, 12883–12889

The Complex Nature of Calcium Cation Interactions with Phospholipid Bilayers

Adéla Melcrová; Sarka Pokorna.; Saranya Pullanchery; Miriam Kohagen; Piotr Jurkiewicz; Martin Hof; Pavel Jungwirth; Paul S Cremer; Lukasz Cwiklik

Sci. Rep. 2016, 6:38035

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Unquenchable Surface Potential Dramatically Enhances Cu2+ Binding to Phosphatidylserine Lipids

Xiao Cong; Mathew F Poyton; Alexis J Baxter; Saranya Pullanchery; Paul S Cremer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137(24), 7785-7792

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