Subhas Samanta

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Subhas Samanta is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Subhas Samanta has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Subhas Samanta's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (33 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers). Subhas Samanta is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (33 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers). Subhas Samanta collaborates with scholars based in India, Canada and United States. Subhas Samanta's co-authors include G. Andrew Woolley, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji, Andrew A. Beharry, Mingxin Dong, Theresa M. McCormick, Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, Oleg Sadovski, Alexander Deiters, Alan J. Lough and Chuanguang Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Subhas Samanta

39 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Red-Shifting Azobenzene Photoswitches for in Vivo Use 2013 2026 2017 2021 2015 2013 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Red-Shifting Azobenzene Photoswitches for in Vivo Use
    2015 540 citations Mingxin Dong, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji et al. profile →
  2. Photoswitching Azo Compounds in Vivo with Red Light
    2013 454 citations Subhas Samanta, Oleg Sadovski et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Subhas Samanta India 23 1.8k 1.1k 839 561 294 42 2.4k
Oleg Sadovski Canada 22 1.5k 0.9× 975 0.9× 606 0.7× 479 0.9× 306 1.0× 35 2.2k
Mickel J. Hansen Netherlands 15 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 869 1.0× 510 0.9× 301 1.0× 17 2.4k
Nadja A. Simeth Germany 18 1.3k 0.7× 704 0.6× 632 0.8× 268 0.5× 245 0.8× 42 1.7k
John M. Beierle United States 16 1.1k 0.6× 648 0.6× 970 1.2× 905 1.6× 392 1.3× 25 2.2k
Michael M. Lerch Netherlands 22 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 843 1.0× 413 0.7× 334 1.1× 30 2.6k
Amirhossein Babalhavaeji Canada 10 1.3k 0.7× 847 0.8× 448 0.5× 248 0.4× 248 0.8× 10 1.5k
Willem A. Velema Netherlands 21 2.6k 1.5× 1.7k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 2.1× 396 1.3× 37 3.7k
Mingxin Dong China 18 944 0.5× 651 0.6× 420 0.5× 428 0.8× 210 0.7× 54 1.6k
Giulio Ragazzon Italy 26 1.0k 0.6× 412 0.4× 951 1.1× 666 1.2× 499 1.7× 54 2.3k
Bernd M. Schmidt Germany 25 1.2k 0.7× 355 0.3× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 2.0× 217 0.7× 78 3.0k

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All Works

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Samanta, Subhas, et al.. (2024). Progress of Photoantibiotics in Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance. ChemMedChem. 20(4). e202400613–e202400613. 2 indexed citations
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Das, Arpan, et al.. (2023). Photoswitchable Antibiotic Hybrids: Spacer Length-Dependent Photochemical Control of Antibacterial Activity. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 35(1). 92–98. 3 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, et al.. (2022). Near-Complete Bidirectional Photoisomerization of para-Dialkylamino-Substituted Arylazopyrazoles under Violet and Green or Red Lights. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(6). 4449–4454. 12 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, et al.. (2020). Robust bi-directional photoswitching of thiomethyl substituted arylazopyrazoles under visible light. Chemical Communications. 56(70). 10247–10250. 24 indexed citations
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Luo, Ji, Subhas Samanta, Marino Convertino, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, & Alexander Deiters. (2018). Reversible and Tunable Photoswitching of Protein Function through Genetic Encoding of Azobenzene Amino Acids in Mammalian Cells. ChemBioChem. 19(20). 2178–2185. 46 indexed citations
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Uprety, Rajendra, Ji Luo, Jihe Liu, et al.. (2014). Genetic Encoding of Caged Cysteine and Caged Homocysteine in Bacterial and Mammalian Cells. ChemBioChem. 15(12). 1793–1799. 65 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, et al.. (2013). Robust visible light photoswitching with ortho-thiol substituted azobenzenes. Chemical Communications. 49(87). 10314–10314. 147 indexed citations
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Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha, et al.. (2013). Helicity as a Steric Force: Stabilization and Helicity-Dependent Reversion of Colored o-Quinonoid Intermediates of Helical Chromenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(18). 6872–6884. 78 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji, Mingxin Dong, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2013). Photoswitching of ortho‐Substituted Azonium Ions by Red Light in Whole Blood. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(52). 14127–14130. 133 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, Amirhossein Babalhavaeji, Mingxin Dong, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2013). Photoswitching of ortho‐Substituted Azonium Ions by Red Light in Whole Blood. Angewandte Chemie. 125(52). 14377–14380. 35 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, Chuanguang Qin, Alan J. Lough, & G. Andrew Woolley. (2012). Bidirectional Photocontrol of Peptide Conformation with a Bridged Azobenzene Derivative. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(26). 6452–6455. 141 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas, et al.. (2012). A bisazobenzene crosslinker that isomerizes with visible light. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 8. 2184–2190. 17 indexed citations
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Samanta, Subhas & G. Andrew Woolley. (2011). Bis‐Azobenzene Crosslinkers for Photocontrol of Peptide Structure. ChemBioChem. 12(11). 1712–1723. 37 indexed citations
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Sadovski, Oleg, Anna S. I. Jaikaran, Subhas Samanta, et al.. (2010). A collection of caged compounds for probing roles of local translation in neurobiology. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(22). 7746–7752. 21 indexed citations
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Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha, Subhas Samanta, Apurba Lal Koner, Satyajit Saha, & Werner M. Nau. (2008). Intramolecular O−H···O Hydrogen-Bond-Mediated Reversal in the Partitioning of Conformationally Restricted Triplet 1,4-Biradicals and Amplification of Diastereodifferentiation in Their Lifetimes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(41). 13608–13617. 25 indexed citations
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Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha, Parthasarathy Venkatakrishnan, & Subhas Samanta. (2007). Novel photochromism of differently-linked bis-benzopyrans. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(9). 1354–1354. 20 indexed citations
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Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha, Apurba Lal Koner, Subhas Samanta, et al.. (2006). Diastereomeric Discrimination in the Lifetimes of Norrish Type II Triplet 1,4‐Biradicals and Stereocontrolled Partitioning of Their Reactivity (Yang Cyclization versus Type II Fragmentation). Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(34). 8744–8749. 8 indexed citations

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