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22 peer-reviewed journal articles (2018–2026), 9 as first author, and two patent applications (2021).

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2026

2 articles

  1. [22]

    Solid-state nanopore sensing reveals conformational changes induced by a mutation in a neuron-specific tRNAArg

    S. Dutt, L. B. Lai, R. Mehta, B. I. Karawdeniya, Y. M. N. D. Y. Bandara, A. J. Clulow, S. Glatt, V. Gopalan, P. Kluth

    Nucleic Acids Research 54(2), gkaf1411 (2026)

    • First author
    • Featured
    • RNA

    First solid-state nanopore study of RNA conformational dynamics: single-molecule detection of metastable conformers of a neuron-specific tRNA that ensemble methods cannot resolve.

    doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1411

    2 citations · IF 19.2 · Top-10% journal

  2. [21]

    Anisotropic fine structure of ion tracks in single crystals

    J. Wierbik, H. Heimes, C. Notthoff, S. Dutt, T. Alwadi, A. Kiy, P. Mota-Santiago, N. Kirby, P. Kluth

    Physical Review B 113(3), 035306 (2026)

    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.1103/66z7-gjzq

    1 citation

2025

2 articles

  1. [20]

    Characterization of ion track etched conical nanopores in thermal and PECVD SiO2 using small angle X-ray scattering

    S. Dutt, R. Chakraborty, C. Notthoff, P. Mota-Santiago, C. Trautmann, P. Kluth

    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 16(1), 899–909 (2025)

    • First author
    • Fabrication
    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.68

    5 citations

  2. [19]

    Charge-based molecular separation using conical nanopores in SiO2 membranes

    N. Afrin, S. Dutt, A. Kiy, V. Craig, M. E. Toimil-Molares, P. Kluth

    ACS Applied Nano Materials (2025)

    • Ion transport
    doi:10.1021/acsanm.5c02992

    0 citations

2024

4 articles

  1. [18]

    The Effect of Electrolyte Properties on Ionic Transport through Solid-State Nanopores: Experiment and Simulation

    A. Kiy, S. Dutt, K. Gregory, C. Notthoff, M. E. Toimil-Molares, P. Kluth

    Langmuir 40(40), 20888–20896 (2024)

    • Ion transport
    doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01347

    1 citation

  2. [17]

    A Robust Parallel Computing Data Extraction Framework for Nanopore Experiments

    Y. M. Bandara, S. Dutt, B. Karawdeniya, J. Saharia, P. Kluth, A. Tricoli

    Small Methods 8(12), 2400045 (2024)

    • Featured
    • Methods & software

    A parallel, multi-core event-extraction framework for large nanopore datasets, up to 1120× faster than existing tools under the benchmark conditions reported.

    doi:10.1002/smtd.202400045

    4 citations · IF 11.3 · Top-10% journal

  3. [16]

    Nanopore Fabrication Made Easy: A Portable, Affordable Microcontroller-Assisted Approach for Tailored Pore Formation via Controlled Breakdown

    Y. M. Bandara, B. Karawdeniya, S. Dutt, P. Kluth, A. Tricoli

    Analytical Chemistry 96(5), 2124–2134 (2024)

    • Fabrication
    doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04860

    14 citations

  4. [15]

    Nanopore sensing and machine learning: Future of biomarker analysis and disease detection

    S. Dutt, B. Karawdeniya, Y. M. N. D. Y. Bandara, P. Kluth

    Future Science OA 10(1), 2340882 (2024)

    • Review
    • First author
    • Proteins
    • Methods & software
    doi:10.2144/fsoa-2023-0226

    10 citations

2023

7 articles

  1. [14]

    Ion track formation and porosity in InSb induced by swift heavy ion irradiation

    T. Alwadi, C. Notthoff, S. Dutt, J. Wierbik, N. Afrin, A. Kiy, P. Kluth

    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 41(6), 063404 (2023)

    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.1116/6.0003007

    2 citations

  2. [13]

    High Accuracy Protein Identification: Fusion of solid-state nanopore sensing and machine learning

    S. Dutt, H. Shao, B. I. Karawdeniya, Y. M. Bandara, E. Daskalaki, H. Suominen, P. Kluth

    Small Methods 7(11), 2300676 (2023)

    • First author
    • Featured
    • Proteins
    • Methods & software

    Label-free identification of similarly sized proteins from single-molecule nanopore events with machine learning: F-values up to 88.7% and specificity of 96.4%.

    doi:10.1002/smtd.202300676

    43 citations · IF 11.3 · Top-10% journal

  3. [12]

    The human factor: results of a small-angle scattering data analysis round robin

    B. R. Pauw, G. J. Smales, A. S. Anker, S. Dutt, J. Wuttke, et al.

    Journal of Applied Crystallography 56(6), 1618–1629 (2023)

    • Methods & software
    doi:10.1107/S1600576723008324

    4 citations

  4. [11]

    Role of antioxidants in swift heavy ion tracks in polypropylene

    S. Dutt, P. Apel, O. Polezhaeva, N. Kirby, P. Kluth

    Polymer 282, 126133 (2023)

    • First author
    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126133

    4 citations

  5. [10]

    Annealing of high energy ion irradiation damage in amorphous silicon dioxide

    S. Dutt, C. Notthoff, X. Wang, C. Trautmann, P. Mota-Santiago, P. Kluth

    Applied Surface Science 628, 157370 (2023)

    • First author
    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157370

    11 citations

  6. [9]

    Ultra-Thin, High-Lifetime Silicon Nitride Membranes for Nanopore Sensing

    S. Dutt, B. I. Karawdeniya, Y. M. Bandara, N. Afrin, P. Kluth

    Analytical Chemistry 95(13), 5754–5763 (2023)

    • First author
    • Featured
    • Fabrication

    A scalable route to stable, ultra-thin silicon nitride membranes (effective thickness about 3 nm): more than 500,000 DNA and 1.8 million protein translocations from a single pore. Featured on the journal cover.

    doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00023

    23 citations · IF 6.9

  7. [8]

    Highly Rectifying Conical Nanopores in Amorphous SiO2 Membranes for Nanofluidic Osmotic Power Generation and Electroosmotic Pumps

    A. Kiy, S. Dutt, C. Notthoff, M. E. Toimil-Molares, N. Kirby, P. Kluth

    ACS Applied Nano Materials 6(10), 8564–8573 (2023)

    • Ion transport
    • Fabrication

    Conical nanopores in amorphous SiO2 with finely tunable surface charge and strong ionic rectification, made by a scalable method.

    doi:10.1021/acsanm.3c00960

    16 citations

2022

1 article

  1. [7]

    SAXS data modelling for the characterisation of ion tracks in polymers

    X. Wang, S. Dutt, C. Notthoff, A. Kiy, P. Mota-Santiago, S. T. Mudie, M. E. Toimil-Molares, F. Liu, Y. Wang, P. Kluth

    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2022)

    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    • Methods & software
    doi:10.1039/D1CP05813D

    20 citations

2021

2 articles

  1. [6]

    Shape of nanopores in track-etched polycarbonate membranes

    S. Dutt, P. Apel, N. Lizunov, C. Notthoff, Q. Wen, C. Trautmann, P. Mota-Santiago, N. Kirby, P. Kluth

    Journal of Membrane Science 638, 119681 (2021)

    • First author
    • Featured
    • Fabrication
    • Ion tracks & SAXS

    First quantitative characterisation of nanopore shape in track-etched polycarbonate membranes, a question that had been open for about 40 years.

    doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119681

    68 citations · IF 10.7 · Top-10% journal

  2. [5]

    Ion track etching of polycarbonate membranes monitored by in situ small angle X-ray scattering

    A. Kiy, C. Notthoff, S. Dutt, M. Grigg, A. Hadley, P. Mota-Santiago, N. Kirby, C. Trautmann, M. E. Toimil-Molares, P. Kluth

    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23, 14231–14241 (2021)

    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    • Fabrication
    doi:10.1039/D1CP02063C

    15 citations

2020

3 articles

  1. [4]

    van der Waals coefficients of the multi-layered MoS2 with alkali metals

    S. Dutt, S. Singh, A. Mahajan, B. Arora, B. K. Sahoo

    Physica Scripta 95(9), 095506 (2020)

    • First author
    • Other physics
    doi:10.1088/1402-4896/abae20

    3 citations

  2. [3]

    Analysis of nanometer-sized aligned conical pores using small-angle X-ray scattering

    A. Hadley, C. Notthoff, P. Mota-Santiago, S. Dutt, S. Mudie, M. A. Carrillo-Solano, M. E. Toimil-Molares, C. Trautmann, P. Kluth

    Physical Review Materials 4(5), 056003 (2020)

    • Ion tracks & SAXS
    doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.056003

    8 citations

  3. [2]

    Structural and electrical characterization of semiconducting xCuO-(100-x)TeO2 glasses

    N. Kaur, A. Khanna, M. Fabian, S. Dutt

    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 119884 (2020)

    • Other physics
    doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.119884

    12 citations

2018

1 article

  1. [1]

    High-Charge relativistic electron bunches from a kHz laser-plasma accelerator

    D. Gustas, D. Guenot, A. Vernier, S. Dutt, F. Bohle, R. Lopez-Martens, A. Lifschitz, J. Faure

    Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 21(1), 013401 (2018)

    • Other physics
    doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.013401

    62 citations

02Intellectual property

Patent applications

Two applications filed in 2021 on methods of fabricating nanopores and membranes. The references are filing references, not granted patent numbers.

  • A method of fabricating nanopores

    S. Dutt, P. Kluth, C. Notthoff

    Ref.
    P117449.AU
    Filed
    2021
    Status
    International phase
    Regions
    USA · Europe · China · Japan · Australia

  • A method of fabricating membranes

    S. Dutt, P. Kluth, C. Notthoff

    Ref.
    P116401.AU
    Filed
    2021
    Status
    PCT phase