Publications
Invited Book Chapters
(1) V. Bansal*, S. K. Bhargava. Ionic liquids as designer solvents for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles in “Ionic Liquid: Theory, Properties, New Approaches” (Ed: Alexander Kokorin), InTech Publishers, 2011, Chapter 11, pp. 367-382. (ISBN: 978-953-307-349-1).
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:
(2) A. Z. Sadek, V. Bansal*, D. G. McCulloch, P. G. Spizzirri, K. Latham, D. W. M. Lau, Z. Hu, K. Kalantar-zadeh. Facile, size-controlled deposition of highly dispersed gold nanoparticles on nitrogen carbon nanotubes for hydrogen sensing. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2011, 160, 1034-1042.
(3) V. Bansal*, R. Ramanathan, S. K. Bhargava. Fungus-mediated biological approaches towards ‘green’ synthesis of oxide nanomaterials. Aus. J. Chem. 2011, 64 (2), 279-293. ( (Invited Featured Review with Cover Page for RACI special issue)
(4) P. Jackson, PR. Selvakannan, V. Bansal, M. Geso. Evaluation of the effects of gold nanoparticles shape and size on contrast enhancement in radiological imaging. Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med. 2011, 34, 243-249.
(5) A. Pearson, S. K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. UV-switchable polyoxometalate sandwiched between TiO2 and metal nanoparticles for enhanced visible and solar light photococatalysis. Langmuir 2011, 27, 9245-9252.
(6) Y. M. Sabri, S. Ippolito, A. P. O'Mullane, J. Tardio, V. Bansal*, S. K. Bhargava. Creating gold nanoprisms directly on quartz crystal microbalance electrodes for mercury vapour sensing. Nanotechnol. 2011, 22, 305501.
(7) A. Pearson, H. Jani, K. Kalantar-zadeh, S. K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. Gold nanoparticles-decorated Keggin ions/TiO2 photococatalyst for improved solar light photocatalysis. Langmuir 2011, 27, 6661-6667.
(8) R. Ramanathan, A. P. O’Mullane, R. Y. Parikh, P. M. Smooker, S. K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. Bacterial kinetics-controlled shape-directed biosynthesis of silver nanoplates using Morganella psychrotolerans. Langmuir 2011, 27, 714-719.
(9) J. L. Campbell, J. Arora, S. F. Cowell, A. Garg, P. Eu, S.K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. Quasi-cubic magnetite/ silica core-shell nanoparticles as enhanced MRI contrast agents for cancer imaging. PLoS ONE 2011, 6, e21857.
(10) R. Y. Parikh, R. Ramanathan, P. J. Coloe, S. K. Bhargava, M.S. Patole, Y. S. Shouche, V. Bansal*. Genus-wide physicochemical evidence of extracellular crystalline silver nanoparticles from Morganella spp. PLoS ONE 2011, 6, e21401.
(11) R. Ramanathan, J. Campbell, S. K. Soni, S. K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. Cationic amino acids specific biomimetic silicification in ionic liquid: a quest to understand the formation of 3-D structures in diatoms. PLoS ONE 2011, 6, e17707.
(12) A. Pearson, A. P. O’Mullane, V. Bansal*, S. K. Bhargava. Galvanic replacement of semiconductor phase I CuTCNQ microrods with KAuBr4 to fabricate CuTCNQ/Au nanocomposites with photocatalytic properties. Inorganic Chem. 2011, 50, 1705-1712.
(13) S. Gupta, S. Bhattacharjee, D. Pandey, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava, J. L. Peng, A. Garg. Absence of morphotropic phase boundary effects in BiFeO3-PbTiO3 thin films grown via a chemical multilayer deposition method. Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Processing. 2011, 104, 395-400.
(14) W. N. Rahman, R. Davidson, N. Yagi, V. Bansal, M. Geso, I. Darby. Influence of gold nanoparticles on radiation dose enhancement and cellular migration in microbeam-irradiated cells. BioNanoSci. 2011, 1, 4-13 (DOI: 10.1007/s12668-011-0001-x)
(15) R. Ramanathan, S. K. Bhargava, V. Bansal*. Biosilicification studies using amino acids in ionic liquid [BMIM][BF4]. Eur. Cells Mater. 2010, 20 (3), 209.
(16) V. Bansal*, S. K. Soni, S. K. Bhargava. Self-assembled protein nanocapsules in ionic liquids as templating nanoreactors for enzyme-encapsulated hollow nanocontainers. Eur. Cells Mater. 2010, 20 (3), 11.
(17) V. Bansal, V. Li, A. P. O’Mullane, S. K. Bhargava. Shape dependent electrocatalytic behaviour of silver nanoparticles. Cryst. Eng. Commun. 2010, 12, 4280-4286.
(18) S. K. Soni, R. Ramanathan, P. J. Coloe, V. Bansal*, S. K. Bhargava. Self-assembled enzyme nanocapsules in ionic liquid [BMIM][BF4] as templating nanoreactors for hollow silica nanocontainers. Langmuir. 2010, 26, 16020-16024.
(19) S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta, A. Garg, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava. Influence of Zr doping on the structure and ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3 thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 107, 123535.
(20) A. Low, V. Bansal. A visual tutorial on the synthesis of gold nanoparticles. Biomed. Imaging Interv. J. 2010, 6 (1), e9, 1-6 (ISSN: 1823-5530).
(21) A. Pearson, A. P. O'Mullane, V. Bansal*, S. K. Bhargava. Galvanic replacement mediated transformation of Ag nanospheres into dendritic Ag-Au nanostructures in the ionic liquid [BMIM][BF4]. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 731-733.
(22) P. D. Sawant, Y. Sabri, S. J. Ippolito, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava. In-depth nano-scale analysis of complex interactions of Hg with gold nanostructures using AFM-based power spectrum density method. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 2374-2378. Cover Page Article.
(23) B. Plowman, S. J. Ippolito, V. Bansal, Y. M. Sabri, A. P. O'Mullane, S. K. Bhargava. Gold nanospikes formed through a simple electrochemical route with high electrocatalytic and surface enhanced Raman scattering activity. Chem. Commun. 2009, 5039-5041.
(24) A. Z. Sadek, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava, J. Zhu, L. Yu, Z. Hu, P. Spizzirri, W. Wlodarski, K. Kalantar-zadeh. Nanostructured WO3 films using high temperature anodization. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2009, 142, 230-235.
(25) A. Z. Sadek, H. Zheng, M. Breedon, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava, K. Latham, P. Spizzirri, J. Zhu, L. Yu, Z. Hu, W. Wlodarski, K. Kalantar-zadeh. High temperature anodized WO3 nanoplatelet films for photosensitive devices. Langmuir 2009, 25, 9545-9551.
(26) S. Sivakumar, V. Bansal, C. Cortez, S. F. Chong, A. N. Zelikin, F. Caruso. Degradable surfactant-free, monodisperse polymer-encapsulated emulsions as anticancer drug carriers. Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1-5.
(27) V. Bansal, A. P. O’Mullane, S. K. Bhargava. Galvanic replacement mediated synthesis of hollow Pt nanocatalysts: Significance of residual Ag for the H2 evolution reactions. Electrochem. Commun. 2009, 11, 1639-1642.
(28) M. A. Bennett, S. K. Bhargava, A. M. Bond, V. Bansal, C. M. Forsyth, Si-X. Guo, S. H. Priver. Electrochemical and chemical oxidation of [Pt(µ-pyrophosphite)] revisited: characterization of a nitrosyl derivative [Pt(µ-pyrophosphite)(NO)]. Inorganic Chem. 2009, 48, 2593-2604.
(29) A. P. O'Mullane, S. Ippolito, Y. Sabri, V. Bansal, S. K. Bhargava. Premonolayer oxidation of nanostructured gold: an important factor influencing electrocatalytic activity. Langmuir 2009, 25, 3845-3852.
(30) Y. Wang, V. Bansal, A. N. Zelikin, F. Caruso. Templated synthesis of single-component polymer capsules and their application in drug delivery. Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 1741-1745.
(31) V. Bansal, H. Jani, J. Du Plessis, P. J. Coloe, S. K. Bhargava. Galvanic replacement reaction on metal films: A one-step approach to create nanoporous surfaces for catalysis. Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 717-723.
(32) V. Bansal, A. Ahmad and M. Sastry. Zirconia enrichment in zircon sand by selective fungus-mediated bioleaching of silica. Langmuir 2007, 23, 4993-4998.
(33) V. Bansal, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry Fungus-mediated biotransformation of amorphous silica in rice husk to nanocrystalline silica. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14059-14066.
(34) V. Bansal, P. Poddar, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry. Room-temperature biosynthesis of ferroelectric barium titanate nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 11958-11963.
(35) A. Bharde, D. Rautaray, V. Bansal, A. Ahmad, I. Sarkar, S. M. Yusuf, M. Sanyal, M. Sastry. Extracellular biosynthesis of magnetite using fungi. Small 2006, 2, 135-141.
(36) V. Bansal, A. Sanyal, D. Rautaray, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry. Bioleaching of sand by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum as a means of producing extracellular silica nanoparticles. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 889-892.
(37) A. Sanyal, D. Rautaray, V. Bansal, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry. Heavy metal remediation by a fungus as a means of production of lead and cadmium carbonate crystals. Langmuir 2005, 21, 7220-7224.
(38) R. Shukla, V. Bansal, M. Chaudhary, A. Basu, R. R. Bhonde, M. Sastry. Biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles and their endocytotic fate inside the cellular compartment: A microscopic overview. Langmuir 2005, 21, 10644-10654.
(39) V. Bansal, D. Rautaray, A. Bharde, K. Ahire, A. Sanyal, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry. Fungus-mediated biosynthesis of silica and titania particles. J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 2583-2589.
(40) H. Joshi, P. S. Shirude, V. Bansal, K. N. Ganesh, M. Sastry. Isothermal titration calorimetry studies on the binding of amino acids to gold nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 11535-11540.
(41) V. Bansal, D. Rautaray, A. Ahmad, M. Sastry. Biosynthesis of zirconia nanoparticles using the fungus Fusarium oxysporum. J. Mater. Chem. 2004, 14, 3303-3305.