1. Amiri, H., Nikookhesal, A., Murugan, D., Scholz, S., Frentzen, M., Cao, Y., Nickl, P., Radnik, J., Stockmann, J.M., Vu, X.T. and Narayanan, M.S., 2025. High precision correlative analysis of dielectric behavior evolution and anisotropy in graphene oxide thin film as a function of thermal annealing parameters. Nano Trends, p.100130.
2. Danny, C.G., Murugan, D. and Sai, V.V.R., 2015. Evanescent wave absorption in Ubent fiber optic sensors–a ray-optics model for evanescent power and experimental validation. Applied Optics, 64(21), pp.5997-6005.
3. Murugan, D., Tintelott, M., Narayanan, M.S., Vu, X.T., Kurkina, T., RodriguezEmmenegger, C., Schwaneberg, U., Dostalek, J., Ingebrandt, S. and Pachauri, V., 2024. Recent Advances in Grating Coupled Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology (Advanced Optical Materials 34/2024). Advanced Optical Materials, 12(34), p.2470110.
4. Murugan, D., Tintelott, M., Narayanan, M.S., Vu, X.T., Kurkina, T., RodriguezEmmenegger, C., Schwaneberg, U., Dostalek, J., Ingebrandt, S. and Pachauri, V., 2024. Recent advances in grating coupled surface plasmon resonance technology. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(34), p.2401862.
5. Jiang, H., Gao, Z., Lubrano, C., Bovio, C.L., Bommes, H., Kauth, A., Baumann,L., Cheng, B., Murugan, D., Knoch, J. and Waser, R., 2024. Metal-organic frameworks as an active substrate for cell-interaction studies and cell-on-a-chip platforms. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 19, p.100487.
6. Murugan, D., Tintelott, M., Narayanan, M.S., Vu, X.T., Kurkina, T., RodriguezEmmenegger, C., Schwaneberg, U., Dostalek, J., Ingebrandt, S. and Pachauri,V., 2024. Recent Advances in Grating Coupled Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology. Advanced Optical Materials, p.2401862.
7. Murugan, D., Tintelott, M., Amiri, H., Kasavetov, M., Besedin, D., Ingebrandt, S., Vu, X.T. and Pachauri, V., 2023. Comparative study of surface activation steps for thermally grown oxide interface and optimal silanization. physica status solidi (a), 220(22), pp.2300294.
8. 8. Divagar, M., Athira, E.T., Sai, V.V.R. and Satija, J., 2023. Chapter: 4 LSPR-Based Optical Sensors and Biosensors. In Plasmonics-Based Optical Sensors and Detectors 1st Edition by Gupts B. D., Sharma A. K., Li J., Jenny Stanford Publishing, pp. 79-131.
9. Kumari, S., Saha, U., Bose, M., Murugan, D., Pachauri, V., Sai, V.R. and Madaboosi, N., 2023. Microfluidic Platforms for Single Cell Analysis: Applications in Cellular Manipulation and Optical Biosensing. Chemosensors, 11(2), 107.
10. Divagar, M., Gayathri, R., Rasool, R., Shamlee, J.K., Bhatia, H., Satija, J. and Sai, V.V.R., 2021. Plasmonic fiberoptic absorbance biosensor (P-FAB) for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein. IEEE Sensors journal, 21(20), pp. 22758-22766.
11. 11. Divagar, M, Bandaru, R., Vani, J. and Sai, V V R, 2020. A Plasmonic Fiberoptic Absorbance Biosensor for Mannose-capped Lipoarabinomannan based Tuberculosis detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 167, 112488.
12. Murugan, D., Bhatia, H., Sai, V.V.R. and Satija, J., 2020. P-FAB: a fiber-optic biosensor device for rapid detection of COVID-19. Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 5, pp. 211-215.
13. Bandaru, R., Divagar, M., Khanna, S., Danny, C.G., Gupta, S., Janakiraman, V. and Sai, V.V.R., 2020. U-bent fiber optic plasmonic biosensor platform for ultrasensitive analyte detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 321, 128463.
14. Klages, C.P., Raev, V., Murugan, D. and Sai, V.V.R., 2020. Argon–water DBD pretreatment and vapor-phase silanization of silica: Comparison with wet-chemical processes. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 17(7), 1900265.
15. Divagar, M., Saumey, J., Satija, J. and Sai, V.V.R., 2019. Self-Assembled Polyamidoamine Dendrimer on Poly (methyl meth-acrylate) for Plasmonic Fiber Optic Sensors. ChemNanoMat, 5(11), pp. 1428-1436.
16. Rajamani, A.S., Divagar, M. and Sai, V.V.R., 2019. Plastic fiber optic sensor for continuous liquid level monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 296, pp. 192-199.
17. Divagar, M., Gowri, A., John, S. and Sai, V.V.R., 2018. Graphene oxide coated Ubent plastic optical fiber based chemical sensor for organic solvents. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 262, pp. 1006-1012.
18. Sankari, D. and Divagar, M., 2014. Comparative analysis of amylase production by Proteus sp from different soil habitat. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, 7(1), pp. 322-325.
19. Gnanu, N., Divagar, M. and Juliet, L., 2013. Evaluation of in vitro anti diabetic activity of seendhil herbal formulation. Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 1, pp. 91-93.

Conference Papers (Peer-Reviewed)

1. Preethi, R., Saran, S., Divya, U., Divagar, M., Swaminathan, N., Madaboosi, N., ... & Sai, V. V. R. (2025, January). Plasmonic Fiber optic Absorbance Biosensor for Rapid and Real-time Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Naso-and Oro-pharyngeal Samples. In 2025 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) (pp. 446-449), 10.1109/APSCON63569.2025.11144115
2. Sai, V.V., Swamy, V.L., Deepak, S., Kuzhandai Shamlee, J. and Divagar, M., 2023, May. An automated fiber bending machine for large scale fabrication of U-bent fiber optic sensor. In Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12643, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680191.
3. Amiri, H., Nikookhesal, A., Murugan, D., Scholz, S., Frentzen, M., Cao, Y., Vu, X.T., Schnakenberg, U., Sai, V.R., Narayanan, M.S. and Knoch, J., 2022, November. Rapid thermal annealing and reduction process monitoring of graphene oxide thin film on chip. In VDE Mikro-Nano-Integration; 9. GMM-Workshop (pp. 1-4).
4. Venkat, N.T., Menon, S., Divagar, M., Gowri, A., Usha, S.P. and Sai, V.V.R., 2022, March. Silica and polymeric fiber optic refractometric sensor probes: Performance evaluation. In IEEE 2022 Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP) 10.1109/WRAP54064.2022.9758357.
5. Saha, U., Srinivasulu, Y.G., Divagar, M., Soares, R.R., Madaboosi, N. and Sai, V.V.R., 2022, March. Plasmonic Fiber Optic Absorbance Biosensor for MDR-Mtb detection using Padlock Probing. In IEEE 2022 Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP) 10.1109/WRAP54064.2022.9758216.
6. 6. Divagar, M., Divya, U. and Sai, V.V.R., 2022, March. Plasmonic Fiberoptic Competitive Immunosensor: Proof-of-concept Studies. In IEEE 2022 Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP) 10.1109/WRAP54064.2022.9758182.
7. Divagar, M. and Sai, V.V.R., 2018, October. Fiber optic plasmonic sandwich immunosensor: Influence of AuNP label size and concentration. In 2018 IEEE Sensors 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589779

Patent Publications:

1. Sai, V V R., Himanshu, B., Divagar, M., “Systems and methods for detection of severe acute Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,” Indian Patent, No. 202041020644, date: 15/05/2020. PCT USA filed, date: 17/05/2021.
2. Sai, V V R., Divagar, M., Himanshu, B., Joseph W S., Elana M E., “Methods and kits for detecting canabinoids” US Patent, No. US 63/495, 181, date: 10/04/2023.