Kumar, A., Vemula, P., Ajayan, P. M., John, G. ‘Silver Nanoparticles Embedded Anti-microbial Paints Based on Vegetable Oil’. Nature Materials, 7, 236-241 (2008).

Vemula, P. K., Mallia, V., Bizati, K., John, G. ‘Cholesterol Phenoxy Hexanoate Mesogens: Effect of meta Substituents on Their Liquid Crystalline Behavior and In Situ Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis’ Chem Mater. 19, 5203-5206 (2007).

Ajay Mallia, V., Vemula, P., John, G, Kumar, A., Ajayan, P. M. ‘In Situ Synthesis and Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Embedded Glass Forming Liquid Crystals’ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 3269-3274 (2007). Highlights in MRS 360, ‘Image in Focus’ May 2007.

Vemula, P., Aslam, U., Mallia, A., John, G. ‘In Situ Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Molecular Gels and Liquid Crystals from Vitamin-C Amphiphiles’ Chem. Mat. 19, 138-140 (2007).

Ashavani Kumar, Saravanababu Murugesan, Victor Pushparaj, Caterina Soldano, Jin Xie, George John, Omkaram Nalamasu, Robert J. Linhardt, Pulickel M. Ajayan, ‘Ionic liquid induced formation of conducting organic nanotubes-new hybrid materials for device applications’ Small 3, 3: 429-433 (2007).

Vemula, P., John, G. ‘Smart Amphiphiles: Hydro/Organogelators for In Situ Reduction of Gold’ Chem. Commun, 2218-2220 (2006). Front cover page feature.

Zhu, H., George John, Wei, B. Synthesis of Assembled Copper Nanoparticles from Copper-Chelating Glycolipid Nanotubes, Chem. Phys. Lett. 405, 49 (2005).