Chemical Imaging and Structures LaboratoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Publications
Park K, Lee J, Bhargava R, King WP. “Routine femtogram-level chemical analyses using vibrational spectroscopy and self-cleaning scanning probe microscopy tips.” Analytical Chemistry 80(9): 3221-3228, 2008. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R. “Towards a practical Fourier transform infrared chemical imaging protocol for cancer histopathology.” Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 389(4): 1155-1169, 2007. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Srinivasan G, Bhargava R. “Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopic imaging: The emerging evolution from a microscopy tool to a cancer imaging modality.” Spectroscopy 22(7): 30, 2006. Abstract
Bhargava R, Fernandez DC, Hewitt SM, Levin IW. “High throughput assessment of cells and tissues: Bayesian classification of spectral metrics from infrared vibrational spectroscopic imaging data.” Biochim Biophys Acta. 1758(7): 830-845, 2006. Abstract
Fernandez DC, Bhargava R, Hewitt SM, Levin IW. “Infrared spectroscopic imaging for observer-invariant histopathology.” Nat. Biotechnol. 23: 469-474, 2005. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Levin IW, Bhargava R. “Fourier transform infrared vibrational spectroscopic imaging: Integrating microscopy and molecular recognition.” Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 56: 429-474, 2005. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization for rapid reconstructions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging data.” Appl. Spectrosc. 58: 995-1000, 2004. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Enhanced time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging for reversible dynamics.” J. Phys. Chem. A. 108: 3896-3901, 2004. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Probing structure and dynamics in liquid crystalline microdomains by infrared spectroscopy.” Vib. Spectrosc. 34: 13-24, 2004. [Invited special issue: Prominent young vibrational spectroscopists] AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “FTIR microspectroscopy of polymeric systems.” Adv. Polym. Sci. 163: 137-191, 2003. Abstract
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging.” Appl. Spectrosc. 57: 357-366, 2003. [Accelerated publication] AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Non-invasive imaging of molecular dynamics in heterogeneous materials.” Macromolecules 36: 92-96, 2003. [Featured in Anal. Chem. news section, July 2003] AbstractPDF Fulltext
Huffman SW, Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Generalized implementation of rapid-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging.” Appl. Spectrosc. 56: 965-969, 2002. [Accelerated publication] AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Effective time averaging of multiplexed measurements: A critical analysis.” Anal. Chem. 74: 1429-1435, 2002. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Fourier transform infrared imaging: Theory and practice.” Anal. Chem. 73: 5157- 5167, 2001. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging of biological tissue.” Trends Appl. Spectrosc. 54: 1580-1589, 2001.
Bhargava R, Schaeberle MD, Fernandez DC, Levin IW. “Novel route to faster Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging.” Appl. Spectrosc. 55, 1079-1084, 2001. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Fernandez DC, Schaeberle MD, Levin IW. “Theory and application of gain ranging to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging.” Appl. Spectrosc. 55, 1580-1589, 2001. AbstractPDF Fulltext
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “Route to higher fidelity FT-IR imaging.” Appl. Spectrosc. 54: 486-495, 2000.  
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “Studying polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal formation by FTIR spectroscopy. 1. Monitoring curing reactions.” Macromolecules 32: 8982-8988, 1999.  
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “Studying polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal formation by FTIR spectroscopy. 2. Phase separation and ordering.” Macromolecules 32: 8989-8995, 1999.  
Bhargava R, Ribar T, Koenig JL. “Towards faster FT-IR imaging by reducing noise.” Appl. Spectrosc. 53: 1313-1322, 1999.  
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “FTIR imaging studies of a new two-step process to produce polymer dispersed liquid crystals.” Macromolecules 32: 2748-2760, 1999.  
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “FT-IR imaging of the interface in multicomponent systems using optical effects induced by differences in refractive index.” Appl. Spectrosc. 52: 323-328, 1998. [Accelerated publication]  
Agarwal US, Bhargava R, Mashelkar RA. “Brownian dynamics simulation of a polymer molecule in solution under elongational flow.” J. Chem. Phys. 108: 1610-1616, 1998.  
Books, Book Chapters, and Proceedings
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Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Spectrochemical analysis using infrared multichannel detectors.” Blackwell Publishing: Oxford, England. 2005.
Bhargava R, Schaeberle MD, Levin IW. “Mid-inrared and Raman spectroscopic imaging.” Gregariou VG and Braiman M, eds, Vibrational spectroscopy of biological and polymeric materials, Marcel Dekker (2003-Expected)
Bhargava R, Levin IW. “Recent developments in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopic methods for biomedical analyses: From single point detection to two-dimensional imaging. p.32:1-32:15, Biomedical Photonics Handbook, CRC Press, Vo-Dinh Tran, ed. (2002)
Bhargava R, Huffman SW, Schaeberle MD, Fernandez D, Levin IW. “FTIR imaging methods for biomedical and biochemical analyses.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, Quebec, August 2002.
Bhargava R, Wang SQ, Koenig JL. “FTIR imaging of phase-separated polymeric systems.” Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 165: 43-44, 2000.
Bhargava R. “New FTIR imaging techniques applied to multiphase polymer systems.” Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

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