Chakma Research Lab

Publications

At KSU

  1. Chakma, P.;* Saraswat, M.;* Zhang, S.; Mondarte, E. A. Q.; Chen, C.-L.; Noy, A., Ion Transport in Self-Assembled Peptoid Membranes with Carbon Nanotube Porin Channels. Nano Letters 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c04253
    *Equal contribution
  2. Chakma, P.; Harris, B.; Shi, C.; Hao, B.; Whitaker, K.; Baer, M.; Chen, C.-L., Multi-stimuli Responsive Nanomaterials Assembled from Spiropyran-containing Peptoids. Nanoscale 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR03491D
  3. Zhang, M.; Chen, Y.; Shi, C.; Chakma, P.; De Yoreo, J. J.; Chen, C. L., Role of Histidine‐Containing Peptoids in Accelerating the Kinetics of Calcite Growth. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, e22918.

Before KSU (Dr. Chakma’s graduate and postdoctoral work at Miami University, University of Washington, and PNNL)

  1. Chakma, P.; Chen, Y.; Harris, B. S.; Elhady, Y. W.; Zheng, R.; Bowden, M. E.; Shutthanandan, V.; Bard, A. B.; Trinh, T. K. H.; Zheng, X.; Mundy, C. J.; Baer, M. D.; Chen, C.-L., Assembled peptoid crystalline nanomaterials as carbonic anhydrase mimics for promoted hydration and sequestration of CO2. Nature Communications 2025, 16 (1), 7348. DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-62366-w
  2. Sun, P. B.; Pomfret, M. N.; Elardo, M. J.; Suresh, A.; Rentería-Gómez, Á.; Lalisse, R. F.; Keating, S.; Chen, C.; Hilburg, S. L.; Chakma, P. Molecular Ball Joints: Mechanochemical Perturbation of Bullvalene Hardy–Cope Rearrangements in Polymer Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04401
  3. Dai, R.; Valloppilly, S.; Watuthanthrige, N. D. A.; Chakma, P.; Deng, S.; Konkolewicz, D.; Diaconescu, P. Synthesis and Self-assembly of Limonene Oxide-Lactide Block Copolymers. ChemRxiv 2023.
  4. Chakma, P.; Digby, Z. A.; Konkolewicz, D., Self-healing Polymer Substrates. Flexible Flat Panel Displays 2023.
  5. Chakma, P.; Zeitler, S. M.; Baum, F.; Yu, J.; Shindy, W.; Pozzo, L. D.; Golder, M. R. Mechanoredox Catalysis Enables a Sustainable and Versatile Reversible Addition‐Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization Process. Angewandte Chemie 2023, 135 (2), e202215733. DOI: 10.1002/ange.202215733
  6. Bennett, C.; Hayes, P. J.; Thrasher, C. J.; Chakma, P.; Wanasinghe, S. V.; Zhang, B.; Petit, L. M.; Varshney, V.; Nepal, D.; Sarvestani, A., Modeling Approach to Capture Hyperelasticity and Temporary Bonds in Soft Polymer Networks. Macromolecules 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02319
  7. Chakma, P*.; Zeitler, S. M*.; Golder, M. R., Diaryliodonium salts facilitate metal-free mechanoredox free radical polymerizations. Chemical science 2022, 13 (14), 4131-4138. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC00313A
    1. *Equal contribution
  8. Bennett, C.; Hayes, P. J.; hrasher, C. J.; Chakma, P.; Wanasinghe, S. V.; Zhang, B.; Petit, L. M.; Varshney, V.; Nepal, D.; Sarvestani, A.; Picu, C. R.; Sparks, J.; Zanjani, M. B.; Konkolewicz, D., A Modeling Approach to Capture Hyperelasticity and Temporary Bonds in Soft Polymer Netwoks. Polymer Chemistry 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02319
  9. Chakma, P.; Wanasinghe, S. V.; Morley, C. N.; Francesconi, S. C.; Kei Saito, K.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Heat and Light Responsive Materials through pairing Dynamic thiol-Michael and Coumarin Chemistry. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2021.  DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100070
  10. Watuthanthrige, N. D. A.; Chakma, P.; Konkolewicz, D., Designing Dynamic Materials from Dynamic Bonds to Macromolecular Architecture. Trends in Chemistry 2021, 3 (3), 231-247. DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2020.12.005
  11. Chakma, P.; Morley, C. N.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Exploring How Vitrimer-like Properties Can Be Achieved from Dissociative Exchange in Anilinium Salts. Macromolecules 2020, 53 (4), 1233-1244. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00120
  12. Zanjani, M. B.; Zhang, B.; Ahammed, B.; Chamberlin, J. P.; Chakma, P.; Konkolewicz, D.; Ye, Z., Computational Investigation of the Effect of Network Architecture on Mechanical Properties of Dynamically Cross‐Linked Polymer Materials. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 2019, 1900008.DOI: 10.1002/mats.201900008.
  13. Chakma, P.; Konkolewicz, D., Dynamic Covalent Bonds in Polymeric Materials. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019.DOI:10.1002/anie.201813525.
  14. Chakma, P.; Digby, Z. A.; Shulman, M. P.; Kuhn, L. R.; Morley, C. N.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Anilinium Salts in Polymer Networks for Materials with Mechanical Stability and Mild Thermally Induced Dynamic Properties. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8 (2), 95-100. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00819.
  15. Chakma, P.; Digby, Z.; Via, J.; Shulman, M.; Sparks, J.; Konkolewicz, D., Tuning Thermoresponsive Network Materials through Macromolecular Architecture and Dynamic Thiol-Michael Chemistry. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 4744-4756.DOI:10.1039/C8PY00947C.
  16. Chakma, P.*Zhang, B.*;; Shulman, M. P.; Ke, J.; Digby, Z. A.; Konkolewicz, D., Probing the Mechanism of Thermally Driven thiol-Michael Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16 (15), 2725-2734. DOI:10.1039/C8OB00397A.
    1. * Equal contribution
  17. Chakma, P.; Possarle, L. H. R.; Zhang, B.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Dual stimuli responsive self-healing and malleable materials based on dynamic thiol-Michael chemistry. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 6534-6543. DOI:10.1039/C7PY01356F.
    1. Featured as paper of the month.
  18. Foster, E. M.; Lensmeyer, E. E.; Zhang, B.; Chakma, P.; Flum, J. A.; Via, J. J.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Effect of Polymer Network Architecture, Enhancing Soft Materials Using Orthogonal Dynamic Bonds in an Interpenetrating Network. ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6 (5), 495-499. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00172.
  19. Zhang, B.; Digby, Z. A.; Flum, J. A.; Chakma, P.; Saul, J. M.; Sparks, J. L.; Konkolewicz, D., Dynamic Thiol–Michael Chemistry for Thermoresponsive Rehealable and Malleable Networks. Macromolecules 2016, 49 (18), 6871-6878. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01061.