Group Output

   2022

1.  Flow of bidispersed suspensions under the effect of standing bulk acoustic waves, A. Nath and A. K. Sen, Physical Review Fluids, 2022

2. Dynamical motion of an oblate shaped particle exposed to acoustic standing wave in a microchannel, S. Z. Hoque, K. Bhattacharyya, and A. K. Sen, Physical Review Fluids, 2022

3. Migration and spreading of droplets across a fluid-fluid interface in microfluidic coflow, S. Hazra, S. K. Mitra and A. K. Sen, Langmuir, 2022

4.  Interaction between droplets and co-flow interface in a microchannel: Droplet migration and interfacial deformation, S. Hazra, L. Malik, S. K. Mitra and A. K. Sen, Physical Review Fluids, 2022

5. A wettability pattern mediated trapped bubble removal from a horizontal liquid-liquid interface, I. Chowdhury, P. S. Mahapatra and A. K. Sen, Physics of Fluids, 2022.

6. Quantum emitters and detectors based on 2D van der Waals Materials, Madhura G. Dastidar, Immanuel Thekkooden, Pramoda K. Nayak *, Vidya P. Bhallamudi*, Nanoscale (2022): DOI: 10.1039/D1NR08193D.

7. Twist dependent tuning of exciton emissions in bilayer WSe2, Prahallad K. Barman, Pranshoo Upadhyay, Sharad Kumar Yadav, Ramesh Rajarappu, Latha K.V. P., Meenakshisundaram N, Pramoda K. Nayak* ACS Omega 7 (2022) 6412–6418. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07219.

8. Layer parity dependent Raman-active modes and crystal symmetry in ReS2. Pranshoo Upadhyay, Nikhilesh Maity, Ravindra Kumar,Prahallad K. Barman, Abhishek K. Singh*, Pramoda K. Nayak* Physical Review B 105 (2022) 045416. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.045416.

   2021

1. Interlayer excitonic states in Mo Se 2/Mo S 2 van der Waals heterostructures. Arora, A., Nayak, P. K., Bhattacharyya, S., Maity, N., Singh, A. K., Krishnan, A., & Rao, M. R. Physical Review B, 103(20), 205406, 2021.
2. Study of Thermal Conductivity in Two-dimensional Bi₂Te₃ from Micro-Raman Spectroscopy, Singh, M. P., Ryntathiang, S., Krishnan, S., & Nayak, P. K, Current Chinese science, 2021.
3. Breaking the diffraction limit in absorption spectroscopy using up converting nanoparticles, Kumar, S., Vaippully, R., Murugan, G., Banerjee, A., & Roy, B,  Nanoscale, 2021
4. Insights into the evolution of the thermal field in evaporating sessile pure water drops, T. Josyula, P. S. Mahapatra and A. Pattamatta, Colloids and Surfaces A, 125855, 2021.
5. Fabrication of TiO₂ microspikes for highly efficient intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation, L. Mohan, S. Kar, P. S. Mahapatra, M. Nagai and T. S. Santra, RSC Advances, 11, 9336-9348, 2021.
6. Droplet Dynamics on a Wettability Patterned Surface during Spray Impact, T. M. Thomas, I. U. Chowdhury, K. Dhivyaraja, P. S. Mahapatra, A. Pattamatta and M. K. Tiwari, Processes, 9, 555, 2021.
7. Effect of liquid-air interface on particle cloud dynamics in viscous liquids, S. Harikrishnan and P. S. Mahapatra, Physics of Fluids, 33, 063306, 2021.
8. Effect of microchannel on combined impingement and film cooling of a concave surface, A. K. Jaiswal, P. S. Mahapatra, B.V.S.S.S. Prasad, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer,126, 105441, 2021.
9. Dynamics of rigid particles in a confined flow of viscoelastic and strongly shear-thinning fluid at very small Reynolds numbers, S. Hazra, A. Nath, S. K. Mitra, and A. K. Sen, Physics of Fluids, 2021.
10. Combined acoustic relocation and acoustophoretic migration for particle transfer between co-flowing fluids in a microchannel, A. Nath, L. Malik, and A. K. Sen, Physical Review Fluids, 2021.
11. Direct and rapid measurement of hydrogen peroxide in human blood using a microfluidic device, Gaikwad, R., Thangaraj, P.R. & Sen, A.K., Scientific Reports, 11, 2960 (2021).
12. Effect of surface energy and roughness on cell adhesion and growth – facile surface modification for enhanced cell culture, B. Majhy, P. Priyadarshini and A. K. Sen, RSC Advances, 2021.
13. Coalescence of Droplets in a Microwell Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves, A. Sudeepthi, A. Nath, L. Yeo, and A. K. Sen, Langmuir, 37, 4, 1578–1587, 2021.
14. Optomicrofluidic device for detection and isolation of drop encapsulated target cells in single-cell format, R. Gaikwad and A. K. Sen, Analyst, 146, 95, 2021.
15. Shape evolution of drops on surfaces of different wettability gradients, I. Chowdhury, P. S. Mahapatra, A. K. Sen, Chemical Engineering Science, 229, 116136, 2021.

   2020

1. Attraction and Repulsion between Liquid Droplets over a Liquid-impregnated Surface, B. Majhy, S. K. Jain and A. K. Sen, Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 23, 10001–10006, 2020.
2. Buckling and snapping of a thin polymeric membrane exposed to a solvent drop, R. A. Samy, N. S. Satpathi, and A. K. Sen, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 132 44001, 2020.
3. Continuous electrical lysis of cancer cells in a microfluidic device with passivated interdigitated electrodes, K. Pandian, P. Ajanth, S. Z. Hoque, A. Sudeepthi, and A. K. Sen, Biomicrofluidics, 14, 064101 (2020).
4. Cross-stream migration of droplets in a confined shear-thinning viscoelastic flow: role of shear-thinning induced lift, S. Hazra, S. K. Mitra and A. K. Sen, Physics of Fluids, 32, 092007, 2020.
5. Microfluidics technology for label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells, P. Ajanth, A. Sudeepthi, A. K. Sen, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 101,1051–1071, 2020.
6. Trapping and coalescence of diamagnetic aqueous droplets using negative magnetophoresis, S. K. Jain, U. Banerjee, and K. Sen, 36, 21, 5960–5966, Langmuir, 2020.
7. Rahul Vaippully, Vaibavi Ramanujan, Manoj Gopalakrishnan, Saumendra Bajpai and Basudev Roy, “Detection of sub-degree angular fluctuations of the local cell membrane slope using optical tweezers”, Accepted in Soft Matter (2020).

15. Benzisothiazolone Derivatives Exhibit Cytotoxicity in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cells through NF-ҡB Inhibition and are Synergistic with Doxorubicin and Etoposide” Natarajan Nandakumar, Pushparathinam Gopinath, Jacob Gopas* and Kannoth Manheri Muraleedharan*, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 20(6), 715 – 723, 2020.
16. Functionalizable Oxanorbornane-based Head Group in the Design of New Non-ionic Amphiphiles and Their Drug Delivery Properties, S. Soumya, D. Sirisha Janni,U. Chandrasekhar Reddy, K. M. Muraleedharan, Materials Science & Engineering C, 112, 110857, 2020
17. Subhashis Patari and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Liquid wicking in the paper strip: an experimental and numerical study, ACS Omega (2020), Accepted
18. Naveen Kumar Agrawal and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Effect of particle fraction on phase transitions in an active-passive particles system, Physical Review E, (2020) 101,
19. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Souvick Chatterjee, Manish Tiwari, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine M Megaridis, Surface treatments to enhance the functionality of PPEs, Transactions of INAE, (2020) 5, 333-336.
20. Stacking angle dependent multiple excitonic resonances in bilayer WSe2, Ankit Arora, Pramoda Nayak*,

Tejendra Dixit, K. Lakshmi Ganapathi, Ananth Krishnan*,M.S. Ramachandra Rao*. Nanophotonics, (2020).

21. Sumeet Kumar, M. Gunaseelan, Rahul Vaippully, Amrendra Kumar, Mithun Ajith, Gaurav Vaidya, Soumya Dutta and Basudev Roy, “Pitch-rotational manipulation of single cells and particles using single-beam thermo-optical tweezers”, Biomedical Optics Express, 11, 3555 (2020).
22. Rahul Vaippully, Vaibavi Ramanujan, Saumendra Bajpai and Basudev Roy, “Measurement of viscoelastic properties of the cellular cytoplasm using optically trapped Brownian probes”, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter , 32, 235101 (2020).
23. Anbharasi Lakshmanan, Bhanu Rekha E. A., Rahul Vaipully, Basudev Roy, Gunaseelan M, Yamini Selvam, Venkata Adusumalli, Debashrita Sarkar, Venkataramanan Mahalingam, Jayaraman Senthilselvan, “Tunable emission and optical trapping of upconverting LiYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystal”, Optics and Lightwave Technology, 126, 106109 (2020).
24. Rahul Vaippully, Venkata Siva Gummaluri, C Vijayan and Basudev Roy, “Validity of cylindrical approximation for spherical birefringent microparticles in rotational optical tweezers”, Journal of Physics Communications, 4, 015005 (2020).
25. Muruga Lokesh, Rahul Vaippully and Basudev Roy, “Active generation of pitch degree of rotational motion in optical tweezers”,Asian Journal of Physics, 29, 177 (2020).
26. Sooraj K. Prabha, Abdul Gafoor C. P., and Sarith P. Sathian, Variation of momentum accommodation coefficients with pressure drop in a nanochannel, Rev. E , 102, 023303 –2020,
27. Alan Sam , Remco Hartkamp , Sridhar Kumar Kannam , Jeetu Babu , Sarith P. Sathian , Peter J. Daivis &
28. D. Todd, Fast transport of water in carbon nanotubes: a review of current accomplishments and challenges, Molecular Simulation, 1-20, 2020.
29. Sobin Alosious, Sridhar Kumar Kannam, Sarith Sathian,and B. D. Todd. Kapitza resistance at water– graphene interfaces, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 224703, 2020.
30. Cassie-Wenzel wetting transition on nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces induced by surface acoustic waves, A. Sudeepthi, L. Yeo and A. K. Sen, Applied Physics Letters, 2020.
31. Dheeraj K V S, Sridhar Kumar Kannam and Sarith P Thermal conductivity of graphene under biaxial strain: An analysis of spectral phonon properties, Nanotechnology, Accepted Manuscript online 5 May 2020.
32. Kiran Prakash, Dheeraj K V S, Sridhar Kumar Kannam and Sarith P Sathian. Non-isothermal flow of an electrolyte in a charged nanochannel, Nanotechnology, Accepted Manuscript online 4 May
33. Vishnu Prasad K. and Sarith P. Sathian. The effect of temperature on water desalination through two- dimensional nanopores, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152, 164701 (2020),
34. Rakesh Rajegowda, Abhijith Anandakrishnan and Sarith Plasseril Phonon coupling induced thermophoresis of water confined in a carbon nanotube, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 6081-6085,
35. Krishnaveni T, Renganathan, , S. Pushpavanam, “Inertial focusing in two dimensional flows with sharp viscosity stratification in a microchannel”, J. Micromech. Microeng., In Press (2020)
36. Choudhary, , Renganathan, T., S. Pushpavanam, “Non-Newtonian effects on the slip and mobility of a self- propelling active particle”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 899, A4-1-28 (2020).
37. Choudhary, , Li, D., Renganathan, T., Xuan, X., Pushpavanam, S., “Electrokinetically enhanced cross-stream particle migration in viscoelastic flows”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 898, A20-1-22 (2020)
38. O Patil, D Manikandan, V.R. Nandigana, “A molecular dynamics simulation framework for predicting noise in solid-state nanopores”, Molecular Simulation, 1-6, 2020.

2019

1. Cross-stream migration and coalescence of droplets in a microchannel co-flow using magnetophoresis, U. Banerjee, Mandal, S. Jain and A. K. Sen, Physics of Fluids, 2019.
2. Continuous droplet coalescence in a microchannel coflow using bulk acoustic wave, E. Hemachandran, T. Laurell, and K. Sen, Physical Review Applied, 2019.
3. Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) biosensor based on thermally annealed silver nanostructures with on-chip blood-plasma separation for the detection of dengue non-structural protein NS1 antigen, Pearlson S., A. K. Sen, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019.
4. Relocation of coflowing immiscible liquids under acoustic field in a microchannel by E. Hemachandran, S. Karthick, Laurell and A. K. Sen, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2019.
5. Rapid measurement of hydrogen sulphide in human blood plasma using a microfluidic method, Karunya,
6. S. Jayaprakash, R. Gaikwad, P. Sajeesh, K. Ramshad, K. M. Muraleedharan, M. Dixit, P. Thangaraj and A.
7. Sen, Scientific Reports, 2019.
8. Dhanush Bhatt, Rahul Vaippully, Bhavesh Kharbanda, Anand Dev Ranjan, Sulochana R., Viraj Dharod, Dillip Satapathy and Basudev Roy, “Detection of self-generated nanowaves on the interface of a sessile evaporating water droplet”, Optics Express, 27, 31900 (2019).
9. Rahul Vaippully, Dhanush Bhatt, Anand Dev Ranjan and Basudev Roy, “Study of adhesivity of surfaces using rotational optical tweezers”, Physica Scripta, 94, 105008 (2019).
10. Subhrokoli Ghosh, Aritra Biswas, Basudev Roy and Ayan Banerjee, “Self-assembly and complex manipulation of colloidal mesoscopic particles by active thermocapillary stress”, Soft Matter, 15, 4703 (2019).
11. Synthesis of New Cyclazines and 4,5-Diaryl-1H-pyrrol-3(2H)-one unit in Discoipyrroles from Indolizinone- DMAD Cycloadducts, Jais K., Muraleedharan K. M., Biomol. Chem. 17 8832 – 8848, 2019
12. Electronically-tuned triarylmethine scaffolds for fast and continuous monitoring of H2S levels in biological samples, Kalluruttimmal, Ramshad; Thekke Thattariyil, Divya; Panthalattu Parambil, Archana; Sen, Ashis Kumar; Chakkumkumarath, Lakshmi; Manheri, Muraleedharan Kannoth, Analyst, 144(14), 4210-4218, 2019
13. Rapid measurement of hydrogen sulphide in human blood plasma using a microfluidic method, Karunya, R.; Jayaprakash, K. S.; Gaikwad, R.; Sajeesh, P.; Ramshad, K.; Muraleedharan, K. M.; Dixit, M.; Thangaraj, P. R.; Sen, A. K, Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-11, 2019
14. 1-Hydroxymethyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene skeleton in enantiopure form through enzymatic kinetic resolution, U. Chandrasekar, Kannoth M. Muraleedharan, Chirality, 31, 336-347, 2019
15. Siddhant Mohapatra and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Confined System Analysis of a Predator-Prey Minimalistic Model, Scientific Reports, (2019) 9,
16. Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Ashis Kumar Sen, Self-driven droplet transport: Effect of wettability gradient and confinement, Physics of Fluids, (2019) 31, 042111
17. Anand Takawale, Satyanand Abraham, Axel Siela, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Pattamatta and Peter Stephan, A comparative study of flow regimes and thermal performance between flat plate pulsating heat pipe and capillary tube pulsating heat pipe, Applied Thermal Engineering (2019), 149, 613-624
18. Sobin Alosious,Sridhar Kumar Kannam,Sarith P. Sathian,and B. D. Todd. Prediction of Kapitza resistance at fluid-solid interfaces, Chem. Phys.151, 194502 (2019). Sleeba Varghese, Sridhar Kumar Kannam, Jesper
19. Hansen, and Sarith Plasseril Sathian. Effect of Hydrogen Bonds on the Dielectric Properties of Interfacial Water, Langmuir 2019, 35,24, 8159-8166.
20. Navaneeth Haridasan, Sridhar Kumar Kannam, Santosh Mogurampelly, and Sarith Plasseril Rotational Diffusion of Proteins in Nanochannels, J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 23, 4825-4832.
21. Ganga Prasad, Sridhar Kumar Kannam, Sarith P. Sathian. Tunable thermoelectric properties of SnS2 under high pressure at room temperature, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2019.
22. Alan Sam, Vishnu Prasad Kurupath and Sarith Plasseril Sathian. Water flow in carbon nanotubes: The role of tube chirality, Chem. Chem. Phys.,21, P 6566-6573, 2019.
23. Inelastic scattering of photoelectrons from He nanodroplets, Shcherbinin, M.;Westergaard, F. Vad;Hanif, ;Krishnan, S. R.;Laforge, A. C.;Richter, R.;Pfeifer, T.;Mudrich, M., Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 150, Year 2019
24. Plasmon induced brightening of dark exciton in mono-layer WSe2 for quantum optoelectronics, Ankit Arora, Tejendra Dixit, Anil Kumar K V, Sivarama Krishanan K. Lakshmi Ganapathi, Ananth Krishnan*, Pramoda K. Nayak*, S. Ramachandra Rao*, Applied Physics Letters 114 (2019)201101.
25. Resonantly hybridized excitons in moiré superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures, Evgeny Alexeev, David A. Ruiz-Tijerina, Mark Danovich, Matthew J. Hamer, Daniel J. Terry, Pramoda K. Nayak, et al. Kostya S. Novoselov, Roman V. Gorbachev, Hyeon Suk Shin, Vladimir I. Fal’ko, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Nature 567 (2019) 81–86.
26. Pulsed-grown graphene for flexible transparent conductors, Pramoda Nayak*, Nanoscale Advances1(2019) 1215-1223.
27. Charge Exchange Dominates Long-Range Interatomic Coulombic Decay of Excited Metal-Doped Helium Nanodroplets, Ben Ltaief, M. Shcherbinin, S. Mandal, S. R. Krishnan, A. C. LaForge, R. Richter, S. Turchini,
28. Zema, T. Pfeifer, E. Fasshauer, N. Sisourat, and M. Mudrich, Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 21, 6904–6909
29. Ghosh, R., Gopalakrishnan, S., Savitha, R., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “Fabrication of Laser Printed Microfluidic Paper-based Analytical Devices (LP-µPADs) for Point-of-care Applications”, Scientific Reports, 9 (1), art. no. 7896, (2019). (Among Top 100 most downloaded chemistry papers published in Scientific Reports in 2019)
30. Jyothi, K., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “Inertial Focusing of a Neutrally Buoyant Particle in Stratified Flows”, Physics of Fluids, 31 (10), art. no. 102006, (2019).
31. Choudhary, A., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “Inertial Migration of an Electrophoretic Rigid Sphere in a Two-Dimensional Poiseuille Flow”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 874, 856-890 (2019).
32. Macha, S. Marion, V. V. R. Nandigana and Aleksandra Radenovic, “2D materials as an emerging platform for nanopore-based power generation”, Nature Reviews Materials, 1, 1-18, 2019.

2018

1. Basudev Roy*, Avin Ramaiya and Erik Schaffer, “Determination of pitch rotation in a spherical birefringent microparticle”, Journal of Optics, 20, 035603 (2018). * Corresponding author.
2. Acoustic impedance based label-free isolation of circulating tumour cells from blood using acoustophoresis, S.Karthick, P. N. Pradeep, P. Kanchana and A. K. Sen, Lab on Chip, 2018.
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4. From Helical Supramolecular Arrays to Gel-forming Networks: Lattice-restructuring and Aggregation-control in Peptide-based Sulfamides to Integrate New Functional Attributes, S. V. Raghava, Bhartendu K. Srivastava, Ramshad, S. Antharjanam, Babu Varghese, and Kannoth M. Muraleedharan, Soft Matter, 14, 2357-2364, 2018
5. Gel-based Supramolecular ON-OFF Switch from Aryl-triazolyl Peptides with Excellent Chiro-optical-, Thixotropic-, and Self-healing Characteristics, Bhartendu K. Srivastava and Kannoth M. Muraleedharan, Soft Matter, 14, 1631-1636, 2018
6. Serine- and Threonine-derived Diamine Equivalents for Site-specific Incorporation of Platinum Centers in Peptides, and Anticancer Potential of these Conjugates, Sateeshkumar K., Kasipandi V., Soumya Saroj, Nalini V., Karunagaran D and Muraleedharan. K. Manheri, New J. Chem, 42, 2450-2458, 2018
7. Tejaswi S, Alexandros Askounis, Daniel Orejon, Sivasankaran Harish, Yasuyuki Takata, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Pattamatta, Evaporation kinetics of pure water drops: thermal patterns, marangoni flow and interfacial temperature difference, Physical Review E, (2018) 98, 052804.
8. Uddalok Sen, Souvick Chatterjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ranjan Ganguly, Richard Dodge, Lisha Yu and Constantine M Megaridis, Surface-wettability patterning for distributing high-momentum water jets on porous polymeric substrates, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2018) 10, 5038–5049
9. Souvick Chatterjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ali Ibrahim, Ranjan Ganguly, Richard Dodge, Lisha Yu and Constantine M Megaridis, Precise liquid transport on and through thin porous materials, Langmuir, (2018) 34, 2865–2875
10. Rakesh Rajegowda and Sarith P. Sathian, Analysing thermophoretic transport of water for designing nanoscale-pumps. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,20, P 30321-30330 ,2018.
11. Prasad, V. K., Kumar Kannam, S., Hartkamp, R., & Sathian, S. P. Water desalination using graphene nano- pores: influence of the water models used in simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, P 16005-16011, 2018.
12. Influence of pulse width in laser assisted texturing on moly-chrome films, Ezhilmaran, V.;Vijayaraghavan, ;Vasa, N. J.;Krishnan, Sivarama, Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, Volume 124, Year 2018
13. Stokes mode Raman random lasing in a fully biocompatible medium, Gummaluri, Venkata Siva;Krishnan, R.;Vijayan, C, Optics Letters, Volume 43, Year 2018, Pages 5865-5868
14. Verma, B. K., Rajeshkannan, E., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “A Hybrid Model for High Temperature Plasma Gasification”, AIChE Journal, 64, 2592 – 2602 (2018).
15. Nagarajan, , Renganathan, T., Krishnaiah, K., “Experimental Study and Hydrodynamic Modeling of Counter- Current Liquid-Solid System with Batch Liquid”, Chemical Engineering Communications, 205, 727-738 (2018).
16. Trivedi, , Renganathan, T., Krishnaiah, K., “Hydrodynamics of Countercurrent Bubble Column: Experiments and Predictions”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 338, 636-650 (2018).
17. V. R. Nandigana, K. D. Jo, A. T. Timperman and N. R. Aluru, “Asymmetric-Fluidic-Reservoirs Induced High Rectification Nanofluidic Diode”, Nature Scientific Reports, 8, 1-10, 2018.
18. Alan Sam, Remco Hartkamp, Sridhar Kumar Kannam and Sarith P Sathian. Prediction of fluid slip in cylindrical nanopores using equilibrium molecular Nanotechnology, 29 (48), 2018
19. Rajegowda, R., Kannam, S. K., Hartkamp, R., & Sathian, S. P. Thermophoretically driven water droplets on graphene and boron nitride surfaces. Nanotechnology, 29(21), 2018.

2017

1. Improved understanding of the acoustophoretic focusing of dense suspension in a microchannel, Karthick and A. K. Sen, Physical Review E, 96, 052606, 2017.
2. Facile fabrication and characterization of a PDMS-derived candle soot coated stable biocompatible superhydrophobic and superhemophobic surface, Iqbal, B. Majhy, A. K. Sen, ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2017.
3. Towards a fragment-based approach in gelator design: halogen effects leading to thixotropic, mouldable and self-healing systems in aryl-triazolyl amino acid-based gelators., Bhartendu K. Srivastava and Kannoth M. Muraleedharan, Commun. 53, 4485-4488, 2017.
4. Jared M. Morrissette, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis, Rapid, self-driven liquid mixing on open-surface microfluidic platforms, Scientific Reports (2017) 7, 1800
5. Probing Evolution of Twist Angle Dependent Interlayer Exciton in MoSe2/WSe2 van der Waals Heterostructures, Pramoda Nayak et al. ACS Nano 11 (2017).
6. Imaging of interlayer coupling in van der Waals heterostructures using a bright-field optical microscope, Evgeny Alexeev, Alessandro Catanzaro, Oleksandr V. Skrypka, Pramoda K. Nayak et al. Sohn, Kostya S. Novoselov, Hyeon Suk Shin, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Nano Letters 17 (2017)
7. Hydrogenation of Monolayer Molybdenum Diselenide via Hydrogen Plasma Treatment, Kyung Yeol Ma, Seong In Yoon, A-Rang Jang, Hu Young Jeong, Yong Jin Kim, Pramoda K. Nayak, Hyeon Suk Shin, Journal of Material Chemistry C, 5 (2017).
8. Krishnaveni, T., Renganathan, T., Picardo, J. R., Pushpavanam, S., “Numerical study of enhanced mixing in pressure driven flows in micro-channels using a spatially periodic electric field”, Physical Review E, 96, 033117 (2017).
9. Krishnaveni, , Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “Recycle Flows in Lab-on-Chip Applications Using Electroosmotic Effects”, Industrial Engineering & Chemical Research, 56, 4145 – 4155 (2017).
10. R. Nandigana and N. R. Aluru, “1/f pink chaos in nanopores”, RSC Advances, 7, 46092-46100, 2017.

2016

1. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis, Key design and operating parameters for enhancing dropwise condensation through wettability patterning, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2016), 92, 877–883
2. Theodore Koukoravas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis, Spatially-selective cooling by liquid jet impinging orthogonally on a wettability-patterned surface, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 95, 142-152
3. Prevention of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Photodegradation by Encapsulation with h-BN Layers, Seongjoon Ahn, Gwangwoo Kim, Pramoda K. Nayak et ACS Nano 10 (2016).
4. Robust Room Temperature Valley Polarization in Monolayer andBilayer WS2, Pramoda K. Nayak, Fang-Cheng Lin, Chao-Hui Yeh, S. Huang and Po-Wen Chiu, Nanoscale, 8(2016).
5. Enhanced Ionization of Embedded Clusters by Electron-Transfer-Mediated Decay in Helium Nanodroplets, Laforge, C.;Stumpf, V.;Gokhberg, K.;Von Vangerow, J.;Stienkemeier, F.;Kryzhevoi, N. V.;O’Keeffe, P.;Ciavardini, A.;Krishnan, S. R.;Coreno, M.;Prince, K. C.;Richter, R.;Moshammer, R.;Pfeifer, T.;Cederbaum, K.S;Mudrich, M., Physical Review Letters, Volume 116, Year 2016
6. Prajapati, A., Renganathan, T., Krishnaiah, K., “Kinetic Studies of CO2 Capture Using K2CO3/Activated Carbon in Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Energy and Fuels, 30, 10758 – 10769 (2016).
7. Dhirhi, R., Prasad, K., Shukla, A. K., Sarkar, S., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., Kaza, M., “Experimental Study of Rotating Dry Slag Granulation Unit: Operating Regimes, Particle Size Analysis and Scale Up”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 107, 898 – 906 (2016).
8. Feng, M. Graf, K. Liu, D. Ovchinnikov, D. Dumcenco, M. Heiranian, V. V. R. Nandigana, N. R.Aluru, A. Kis and A. Radenovic, “Single-layer MoS2 nanopores as nanopower generators”, Nature, 536, 197-200, 2016.
9. V. R. Nandigana and N. R. Aluru, “Avalanche effects near nanojunctions”, Phys. Rev. E, 94, 012402, 2016.

2015

1. Wang, V. V. R. Nandigana, K. Jo, N. R. Aluru and A. Timperman, “Controlling the Ionic Current Rectification Factor of a Nanofluidic-Microfluidic Interface with Symmetric Nanocapillary Interconnects“, Analytical Chemistry, 87, 3598-3605, 2015.(selected as cover, July, 2015).
2. Yin, A. Barati Farimani, K. Min, V. Nandigana, J. Lam. Y. K. Lee, N. R. Aluru and J. A. Rogers, “Mechanisms for Hydrolysis of Silicon Nanomembranes as Used in Bioresorbable Electronics“, Advanced Materials, 27, 1857-1864, 2015 (selected as cover, March, 2015).

2014

1. Layer dependent optical conductivity in atomic thin WS2 by reflection contrast spectroscopy, Pramoda K. Nayak et ACS applied Materials and Interfaces, 6 (2014).
2. Photoionization of clusters in intense few-cycle near infrared femtosecond pulses, Krishnan, S. R.;Gopal, ;Rajeev, R.;Jha, J.;Sharma, V.;Mudrich, M.;Moshammer, R.;Krishnamurthy, M., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Volume 16, Year 2014, Pages 8721-8730.

2013

1. Extreme ultraviolet ionization of pure He nanodroplets: Mass-correlated photoelectron imaging, Penning ionization, and electron energy-loss spectra, Buchta, ;Krishnan, S. R.;Brauer, N. B.;Drabbels, M.;O’Keeffe, P.;Devetta, M.;Di Fraia, M.;Callegari, C.;Richter, R.;Coreno, M.;Prince, K. C.;Stienkemeier, F.;Ullrich, J.;Moshammer, R.;Mudrich, M., Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 139, Year 2013
2. V. R. Nandigana and N. R. Aluru, “Nonlinear Electrokinetic Transport Under Combined ac and dc Fields in Micro-Nanofluidic Interface Devices“, Journal of Fluids Engineering, 135, 021201, 2013.

2012

1. Evolution of dopant-induced helium nanoplasmas, Krishnan, S. R.;Peltz, Ch;Fechner, L.;Sharma, V.;Kremer, ;Fischer, B.;Camus, N.;Pfeifer, T.;Jha, J.;Krishnamurthy, M.;Schröter, C. D.;Ullrich, J.;Stienkemeier, F.;Moshammer, R.;Fennel, Th;Mudrich, M, New Journal of Physics, Volume 14, Year 2012
2. V. R. Nandigana and N. R. Aluru, “Understanding anomalous current–voltage characteristics in microchannel–nanochannel interconnect devices“, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 384, 162-171, 2012.

2011

1. Dopant-induced ignition of helium nanodroplets in intense few-cycle laser pulses, Krishnan, R.;Fechner.L.;Kremer, M.;Sharma, V.;Fischer, B.;Camus, N.;Jha, J.;Krishnamurthy, M.;Pfeifer, T.;Moshammer, R.;Ullrich, J.;Stienkemeier, F.;Mudrich, M.;Mikaberidze, A.;Saalmann, U.;Rost, J. M., Physical Review Letters, Volume 107, Year 2011
2. Manikandan, V.V.R. Nandigana, “Overlimiting current near a nanofluidic channel – New insights from molecular dynamics simulations”, Nature Scientific Reports, (accepted with revisions suggested, Guest Editor pick)

Award and Fellowships and other professional recognitions

• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received SITARE-Gandhian Young Technological Innovations Awards 2020 (as mentor, along with PhD scholar Ravindra Gaikwad).
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award (finalist) in the field of Innovation in Engg. and Phys. Sciences, 2019.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award, Dept. of Science and Technology, India, 2018.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received Young Faculty Recognition Award (YFRA), IIT Madras, 2017.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received Institute Research and Development Award – Early Career Level (IITM), 2017
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award, 2013.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received Institute of Engineers India (IEI) Young Engineer Award, 2013.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen received USC Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
• Dr. Basudev Roy received Young Awarded the Welcome-DBT intermediate fellowship for basic biomedical research, in August 2020.
• Dr. Basudev Roy received Awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship in July 2015 for continuing postdoctoral work at the University of Tuebingen, Germany.
• Dr. pallab Sinha Mahapatra received ISEES (International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability) Young Scientist Award in 2017
• Dr. pallab Sinha Mahapatra received CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Senior Research Fellowship in
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Young Achiever Award by InSc, 2020
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Ramanujan Fellowship by DST, Government of India, July 2017
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received TACT (International Thin Film Conference) outstanding dissertation award, November 2015.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Research Fellowship under “BK21Plus (Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities & Students) Project” funded by Korean Government, 2015.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Post-Doctoral Fellowship under “NTHU Project of Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Centers” funded by Government of Taiwan, 2013.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Post-Doctoral Fellowship funded by National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan, 2011-2012.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received “Best Paper Award” for the paper entitled “Sintering mechanism and grain growth behavior of β- Si3N4 based nanocomposites by spark plasma sintering (SPS)”by Taiwan Ceramic Society, 2011.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received “Outstanding Poster Award” in Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology (TACT- 2010) conference held at Mingdao University, ChangHua, Taiwan, December 10-11, 2010.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar nayak received Post Doctoral Fellowship under “NCKU Project of Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Centers” funded by Government of Taiwan (2009-2010).
• Dr. Subramanam Pushpavanam received The “Discovery Award” to incubate a start-up CAST 2017, NESTA, U.K, 2018.
• Dr. Subramanam Pushpavanam received The “Grand Challenges Exploration-India,Award”,2018, BIRAC,BILL and MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION.
• Dr. Subramanam Pushpavanam received Prof. Y.B.G Varma Award for Excellence in Teaching by IIT Madras in 2017
• Dr. Subramanam Pushpavanam received Rajarambapu national award by ISTE for the Best Engineering Faculty in 1999
• Dr. Subramanam Pushpavanam received Fulbright Fellowship to visit the University of Florida in summer of 1996.
• Dr. sarith P. Sathian received Indo-Australia Early and Mid-Career Award by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. 2017
• Dr. sarith P. Sathian received Window on Science- Visiting Fellowship- US Air force Office for Scientific Research, AOARD, Tokyo. 2016
• Sivarama Krishnan nominated Head of Max Planck Partner Group on “Scaling electron dynamics from angstrom to nanoscale”.
• Dr. Sivarama Krishnan received Early Career Research Award, Department of Sci. & Tech, Govt. of India.
• Dr. Vishal V. R. Nandigana work on nanofluidic diode got selected as Analytical Chemistry cover article, August 2015.
• Dr. Vishal V. R. Nandigana work on bioresorbable electronics got selected as Advanced Materials cover article, March 2015.
• Dr. Vishal V. R. Nandigana was Graduate Research or Teaching Assistantship (RTA), due to academic merit to pursue M.S in Mechanical Science and Engineering in UIUC, August 2008.

1. Book chapter ” Thickness dependent Spectroscopic studies in 2D PtSe2″, Nilanjan Basu, Vishal K Pathak, Laxman Gilua, Pramoda K Nayak*, for the book titled “Chalcogens”, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia – EUROPEAN UNION
2. Book titled “Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors“, S. Bhattacharya, A. K. Agarwal, N. Chanda, A. Pande, A. Sen, ISBN-978-981-10-7750-0, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2018.
3. Book Chapter “Soft Lithography, Molding, and Micromachining Techniques for Polymer Micro Devices”, K. Sen, A. Raj, U. Banerjee and R. Iqbal, for the book titled “Microfluidic Electrophoresis”, ISBN: 978-1- 4939-8964-5, Springer, 2019.
4. Book Chapter “Microfluidic Sensors for Mechanophenotyping of Biological Cells” for the book titled “Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors”, Raj, A.; Sen, A. K., ISBN-10: 9811077509, Springer 1st
5. Book Chapter “The Microflow Cytometry” for the book titled “Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors”, Gaikwad, ; Sen, A. K., ISBN-10: 9811077509, Springer 1st Edition.
6. Numerical and Experimental Investigations of ESI and DESI Performance of Microfluidic Devices for Proteomic Analysis, Sen, A. , ISBN: 978-054-942029-3, ProQuest Publisher, 2007.
7. Book Chapter “Polymer Microfabrication” for the book titled “Micromachining”, Sen, A.K., ISBN:978-953- 307-906-6, INTECH
8. Progress in the development of peroxide-based anti-parasitic agents, K. M. Muraleedharan and Mitchell A. Avery, Drug Discovery Today, 2009, 14, 15/16, 793-803.
9. Parasitic diseases: Advances in the discovery of new anti-malarials, K. M. Muraleedharan and Mitchell A. Avery, Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry-II, 2006, 7, 765-814.
10. Halo- and selenolactonisation: The two major strategies for cyclofunctionalization, Subramania Ranganathan; M. Muraleedharan; Narendra K. Viash and Narayanaswami Jayaraman, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 5273-5308.
11. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal Manna, (2017) Mixed Convection in a Ventilated Enclosure with Different Heater Position. In: Saha A., Das D., Srivastava R., Panigrahi P., Muralidhar K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi
12. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Priyankan Datta, Aranyak Chakravarty, Koushik Ghosh, Nirmal Kumar Manna, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen, (2018) Molten Drop to Coolant Heat Transfer During Premixing of Fuel Coolant In: Basu S., Agarwal A., Mukhopadhyay A., Patel C. (eds) Applications Paradigms of Droplet and Spray Transport: Paradigms and Applications. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore
13. Tibin M Thomas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Raman Vedarajan, Ranjan Ganguly, (2019) Multiphase Flow and its Application in Water Management and Harvesting in Fuel In: Saha K., Kumar Agarwal A., Ghosh K., Som S. (eds) Two-Phase Flow for Automotive and Power Generation Sectors. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore
14. Naveen Kumar Agrawal, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Tuhin Subhra Santra, (2020) Micro Robots/ Swimmers For Bio-Medical Applications, In: Microfluidics And Bio-MEMS: Devices And Applications, PAN Stanford Publication (In press)
15. Solid State Physics: Metastable, Spintronics Materials and Mechanics of Deformable Bodies-Recent Progress, Edited by Subbarayan Sivasankaran, Pramoda Kumar Nayak and Ezgi Günay, ISBN 978-1-83881- 165-5, Publisher: InTech, Rijeka, Croatia – EUROPEAN UNION, published May 27, 2020
16. Two-dimensional materials for Photodetector, Edited by Pramoda Kumar Nayak , ISBN: 978-953-51-3952- 2, Publisher: InTech, Rijeka, Croatia – EUROPEAN UNION, published April 04, 2018
17. 2D Materials- Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Applications, Edited by Pramoda Kumar Nayak, ISBN 978-953-51-2555-6, Publisher: InTech, Rijeka, Croatia – EUROPEAN UNION, published August 31, 2016. (Citations=11)
18. Recent Advances in Graphene Research, Edited by Pramoda Kumar Nayak, ISBN 978-953-51-2639-3, Publisher: InTech, Published October 12, 2016, DOI: 5772/61909 (Citations=05)
19. La-Ba-Ca-Cu-O superconductors: Synthesis and Characterization, Pramoda Kumar Nayak, Y. Watson (Ed.), LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Mauritius, ISBN: 978-3-659-20471-5, Pages-361, 2012
20. Jow-Lay Huang and Pramoda K. Nayak, Strengthening Alumina Ceramic Matrix composites using spark plasma sintering. Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites, Edited by I. M. Low, 2nd Edition, Woodhead Publishing, An Imprint of Elsevier, Cambridge, Chapter-10, January 2018, pp.231-245. ISBN: 978-0-08- 102166-8. (Citations=18)
21. Jow-Lay Huang and Pramoda K. Nayak, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride based Ceramics Sintered by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Recent Advances in Ceramic Materials Research, Joan Josep Roa Rovira et al (Eds), NOVA Publishers, Hauppauge, New York ,eBook, Chapter-7, 2013, pp. 177-214. ISBN: 978-1-62417-729.
22. Jow-Lay Huang and Pramoda Nayak, Effect of Nano-TiN on Mechanical Behavior of Si3N4 based Nanocomposite by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Nanocomposites-New Trends and Developments, Farzad Ebrahimi (Ed.), InTech, Chapter-16, pp. 421-436, September, 2012. ISBN 978-953-51-0762-0 (downloaded 3549 times)
23. Yu-Min Shen, Pramoda K. Nayak, Sheng-Chang Wang and Jow-Lay Huang, Synthesis of Cu2O and ZnO Nanowire Arrays by Electrochemical Deposition Process, Electrodeposition: Properties, Processes, and Applications, Udit Surya Mohanty(Ed.), Nova, chapter-6, 2012, pp. 117-140. ISBN: 978-1614708261.
24. Jow-Lay Huang and Pramoda K. Nayak, Processing and Characterization of Alumina/Chromium Carbide Ceramic Nanocomposite, Advances in Nanocomposite Technology, Abbass Hashim (Ed.), InTech, Chapter – 7, 147-174, July, 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-347-7 (Citations=08)
25. Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-203- 1262-3
26. Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-203-4577-5
27. Computational Nanotechnology ( Under progress, To be published by CRC Press in 2021 June)
28. Book chapter (refereed) – Multiphoton Processes and Attosecond Physics, S. R. Krishnan, L. Fechner, M. Kremer, V. Sharma, B. Fischer, N. Camus, J. Jha, M. Krishnamurthy, Pfeifer, R. Moshammer, J. Ullrich, F. Stienkemeier and Mudrich, ISBN 978-3-64228948-4, Publisher Springer, year 2011
29. Quantum Collisions and Confinement of Atomic and Molecular Species, and Photons, S Mandal, R Gopal, S R Krishnan, R Richter, M Coreno, M Mudrich, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 230 – 238 (2019)
30. Quantum Collisions and Confinement of Atomic and Molecular Species, and Photons: S R Krishnan, S Mandal, B Bapat, R Gopal, A D’Elia, H Srinivas, R Richter, M. Coreno, M. Mudrich, V. Sharma, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 230 – 238 (2019)
31. Book chapter (refereed) – Multiphoton Processes and Attosecond Physics, S. R. Krishnan, L. Fechner, M. Kremer, V. Sharma, B. Fischer, N. Camus, J. Jha, M. Krishnamurthy, Pfeifer, R. Moshammer, J. Ullrich, F. Stienkemeier and Mudrich, ISBN 978-3-64228948-4, Publisher Springer, year 2011
32. Quantum Collisions and Confinement of Atomic and Molecular Species, and Photons, S Mandal, R Gopal, S R Krishnan, R Richter, M Coreno, M Mudrich, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 230 – 238 (2019)
33. Quantum Collisions and Confinement of Atomic and Molecular Species, and Photons: S R Krishnan, S Mandal, B Bapat, R Gopal, A D’Elia, H Srinivas, R Richter, M. Coreno, M. Mudrich, V. Sharma, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 230 – 238 (2019).
34. V.R Nandigana, N.R. Aluru, Concentration Polarization at Micro/Nanofluidic Interfaces Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, 486-493, Springer, 2012.
35. Daniel, V.V.R Nandigana, B. Albert, I. Selvarsan, Evaluation of the significant renewable energy resources in India using Analytical Hierarchy Process, Multiple criteria decision making for sustainable energy and transportation systems, 13-26, Springer, 2010.

Conferences/workshops Organized

• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen was Session Chair, IHMTC-2019: 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. IIT Roorkee, 2019.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen was Track Chair for the Track ‘Microfludics’, 7th International and 45th National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Conference (FMFP 2018), IIT Bombay, Dec 2018.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen was Session Chair, Microfluidics and BioMEMS (Track 4) in the Conference IEEE Sensors 2018.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen organized short-term Course, Microfluidics based healthcare diagnostics and interfacial phenomena, Quality Improvement Program, Continuing Education Programme, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, December 4-8, 2017.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen was Session Chair on Microfluidics, CompFlu 2017, IIT Madras, 2017.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen co-organized and co-chaired (Microfluidics Track) the International Conference on MEMS and Sensors (ICMEMSS 2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, December 18-20, 2014.
• Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen organized short-term Course, Recent Advancements in Microfluidics, Quality Improvement Program, Continuing Education Programme, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, January 14-18, 2013.
• Dr. Muraleedhran K. M was convener, Medicinal Chemistry Conference 2011 (MedChem 2011) on ‘Anti-infective Drug Discovery and Development’ organized by the Department of Chemistry as part of the activity of AstraZeneca Endowment for Education and Research in Medicinal Chemistry, during October 28-29, 2011.
• Dr. Muraleedhran K. M was convener, Medicinal Chemistry Conference 2015 (MedChem 2015) cum workshop on ‘Anti-diabetic Drug Discovery and Development’ organized by the Department of Chemistry as part of the activity of AstraZeneca Endowment for Education and Research in Medicinal Chemistry, during October 29-30, 2015.
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra organized an International Workshop on Nanoengineered Interfaces for Energy and Healthcare, March 15, 2020, IIT Madras
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra was Session Chair, IHMTC-2019: 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. IIT Roorkee, 2019.
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra track Chair for the track ‘Multiphase’, IHMTC-2019: 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. IIT Roorkee, 2019.
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra conducted an AICTE sponsored short term course on “Advances in Thermo-fluidics of Multiphase Flows” on 04 – 09 November 2019.
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra was track Chair for the Track ‘Microfludics’, 7th International and 45th National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Conference (FMFP 2018), IIT Bombay, Dec 2018.
• Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra organized short-term Course, Microfluidics based healthcare diagnostics and interfacial phenomena, Quality Improvement Program, Continuing Education Programme, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, December 4-8, 2017.
• Dr. Pramoda Kumar Nayak was session Chair and Course co-ordinator for QIP short term course on (2D materials: Physics and applications) held on 21-26 Sept.2019 at IIT Madras.
• Dr. Subramaniam Pushpavanam organized Indo German workshop on Advances in Reaction and Separation Processes, IIT Madras, Chennai, Feb. 18- 20, 2008
• Dr. Subramaniam Pushpavanam organized, REACH – Recent and Emerging Advances in Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec. 2-4, 2010
• Dr. Subramaniam Pushpavanam organized, Second Indo German workshop on Advances in Reaction and Separation Processes, Bad Herrenalb, Germany, Feb. 20-22, 2012
• Dr. Subramaniam Pushpavanam organized, MaCKiE 2013 – Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics and Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, Feb. 4-6, 2013
• Dr. Subramaniam Pushpavanam organized, Indo European Food for Health Confernce, IIT Madras, Chennai, Feb. 10-12, 2013
• Dr Sarith P sathian organized, Indo-Russian Joint Workshop on Nanofluids at Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. July
• Dr Sarith P sathian organized, IITM-Swinburne Workshop on Nanofluidics at Swinburne Univ of Technology -Melbourne in August
• Dr Sarith P sathian organized, Several National level workshops/FDP on Nanofluidics supported by IIT Madras, AICTE, NIT
• Dr. Sivarma Krishnan was a co-organizer in iCOLD 2017 as organizing committee member for “International Conference On Laser Deposition” iCOLD-2017, at IIT-Madras.
• Dr. T Renganathan organized chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Laboratory for Undergraduates, June 2019
• Dr. T Renganathan organized development of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Laboratory for Undergraduates, January 2018
• Dr. T Renganathan organized short Term Training Program on “Thermodynamic Analysis of Modern Separation Processes”, November 2014
• Dr. T Renganathan organized short Term Course on “Applications of Process Simulators in Chemical Engineering”, November 2012
• Dr. T Renganathan organized workshop on ASPEN, February 2008
• Dr. T Renganathan organized International Seminar on “Chemical Engineering in Emerging Technologies”, February 2008
• Dr. T Renganathan organized, Chemfluence 2008 – National Student’s Technical Festival, February 2008
• Dr. T Renganathan organized national Seminar on “Process Simulation in Chemical Industries”, October 2007
• Dr. T Renganathan organized workshop on ASPEN, September 2007
• Dr. T Renganathan organized workshop on ASPEN, February 2007
• Dr. T Renganathan organized, Chemfluence 2007 – National Student’s Technical Festival, February 2007
• Dr. T Renganathan organized, Chemfluence 2006 – National Student’s Technical Symposium, March 2006
• Dr. T Renganathan organized, National Seminar on “Chemical and Biochemical Engineering – Expanding Horizons”, March 2006.

Internationalization

Collaboration with top academics internationally in the field

• All members of this team have significant collaborations with top academics at overseas institutions of international repute including top-100 universities, Ivy league in the US, Max Planck Institutes (DE), CNRS and Ecole Normale Superior (FR), CNR (Italy), Lund University (Sweden). More details of this collaboration which are underscored by joint publications and joint PhD guidance along with frequent visits to and from IIT-M.

• This Team participates in 2 SPARC projects, 1 ongoing Max Planck Partner Group, 1 Danish International Network project, and 3 GIAN courses (1 completed, 1 to be offered).
• In the proposed CoE we will elevate this nature and intensity of these collaborations raising the overall standard of research and therefore reinforcing these collaborations into enduring life-long scientific
• This CoE will also lead to establishing new international collaborations with other top-notch academicians in the field.

International joint doctoral program

• Team members have several ongoing joint PhD guidance with faculty in top overseas academics in the field. IITM PhD scholars have visited the research groups of the international collaborator and have immensely benefited from such
• With this CoE, this will be elevated into substantial and sustained visits both ways, especially for PhD scholars from foreign institutes to IITM and from IITM to overseas. We envisage these as forerunners to joint degree programs at the doctoral

Young International Faculty (YIF)

The members of this group have been keenly looking out for prospective YIFs and screened YIF applications. As a first step, we have discussed with our collaborators from UCL, UK, The University of Edinburgh, UK, Aarhus University, University of Hannover, University of Waterloo, Lund University, and Univ. of Freiburg who are keen to avail YIF opportunities at IIT-M with the formation of this Center. Thus, showcasing this strong group as an attractive international destination for scholars and academics will be an important step.

Joint International Master’s programs

Using the forerunning model of international Masters’ programs such as the Erasmus-Mundus in Europe, we have initiated a conversation for a joint Masters’s program with potential partner universities, including Lund University, Sweden.

Founded on the ongoing collaboration with faculty from Lund University which has a strong MS program in Microfluidics and Microtechnology, we will leverage and establish a joint master’s program with Lund University and/or any other university/institute.

Program goals: The MS Program in MNBF will be to educate and train talented young minds in the emerging field of MNBF. We will present a research-oriented education that will build capacity and enable solving challenging problems in this vibrant area.

Typical program structure and components:

This program will not only have coursework but emphasize hands-on and skill-based education with a major research component including an internationally accepted thesis. Based on the successful model at Lund University our program will blend into the global scene with a strong foundation in the form of courses – a) Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip Systems, b) Sensors and Measurements, c) Transducer Technology and d) Biomedical Engineering. We will emphasize research-based learning modules in – a) Lab-on-Chip Technology, b) Microfabrication, c) Microsystems and d) Nanofluidics which will be offered jointly by faculty of IITM and overseas faculty, e.g., Lund University. Cutting edge MS thesis research will be enabled in trending aspects of this science under three streams emphasizing – Interfacial microfluidics, Nanofluidics, Micro/Nano Structuring, and Lab on Chip Technology.

Each MS Thesis Research will be jointly guided by faculty on both sides. A key outcome of this exercise will be that our MS students will be ready to take up Ph.D. positions in internationally competitive labs, including our Center. They will naturally be ready for research roles in local and overseas industries.

We will initiate the work modalities during Phase I and realize the program in its entirety during Phase II.

We envisage partnering with one or more of these centers for the joint Masters’s program. Our international collaborations include the following eminent centers of research and scholarship with whom we work and interact:

Overseas Institutes/Universities currently offering MS Program in MNBF

• https://bme.lth.se/education/masters-thesis/microfluidics-micro-technology/
• https://herts.ac.uk/courses/research/masters-by-research-microfluidics-and-microengineering
• https://institut-pgg.com/Master-2-Microfluidic_141.html
• https://tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/microsystems/education/msc-at-microsystems/
• https://microfluidics-master.fr/

Manpower development

PhD scholars & Post-docs

Colleagues in our team, mentor and guide a large pool of Ph.D./MS scholars (80 in total) and post-docs (9 in total) and project/research associates (20 in total) who will continue to actively contribute to this CoE. In phase I, since only a limited amount of funding is being available for hiring national post-doc/PhDs, we will recruit only 3 post-docs from the CoE funding.

Research scholars

• We will enroll PhD scholars through other sponsored projects that will be awarded to the CoE and also make use of the institute’s HTRA scheme for the proposed
• Phase II: with enhanced funding, we will hire at least 4 PhDs and 6 postdocs from the CoE funding, and endeavor to enroll more through other opportunities. As a Team successful in securing projects from funding agencies, we will augment our strength of PhD scholars and post-docs through sponsored

Faculty from other institutes

★ We are supporting several young and experienced colleagues from other IITs, IISER, NITs, and other government and private institutions with their research in the area of MNBF, in terms of device fabrication, characterization, and experiments. These colleagues and other faculty will greatly benefit from the proposed CoE.

★ Team members (SP and PSM) have mentored faculty in NIT Durgapur, VIT Vellore, IIT Roorkee, NIT Agartala, Jadavpur University, and NIT Sikkim, and continue to collaborate with them, as well as share facilities and research projects.

★ Besides, we have ongoing collaborations with faculty from other IITs (IIT KGP, IITG, IITP, and IITB), IMSc, IBMS, Apollo Hospitals, and other institutes who will benefit from our CoE.

★ We will encourage the participation of more faculty from other Institutes in our country as well as from abroad.

★ The research outcome from our CoE will be disseminated to students and faculty of our country through conferences/workshops held at IITM and their home institutions.

Industrial collaboration and manpower development

We are already engaged in high-quality training and mentoring of manpower with a significant number of local industries working in MNBF including Jiva Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Vidcare Innovations Pvt. Ltd., L&T Technology Services, M/S Ant Innovations, Refex Energy Ltd., and Sun Edison.  From some of these industrial collaborators can be found at the end of this proposal document. Further details of Industrial Collaborations are presented in section 4 of this part of the document. Highlight: This has resulted in significant funding obtained from the Murugappa Chettiar Research Center (MCRC) for Paper Labs preincubated by Profs. Pushpavanam and Renganathan.

Patents and technology developed

1. MicroFACS for detection and isolation of target cells, A. K. Sen, M. S. Maria, S. Karthick, A. Srivastava, R. Gaikward, S. Jayaprakash, A. Raj, P. Shivhare, PCT App. No. PCT/IN2018/050194, IN App. No. 201741012180. National Phase filing (US, JP, KR, EP, EA & ZA).
2. An integrated opto-microfluidic platform for real-time detection of gases in biosamples and liquids, PCT No: PCT/IN2018/050641.

3. Method for selective quantification of hydrogen sulfide, Muraleedharan Kannoth Manheri, Lakshmi Chakkumkumarath, Ramshad Kalluruttimmal, Divya Thekke Thattariyil, Indian Appl. (2019), IN 201741043637 A 20191206. PCT Int. Appl. (2019), WO 2019111268 A1 20190613, ICSR IDF No. 1559, dated 05.12.2017
4. Drug delivery applications of oxanorbornane-based amphiphiles, K. M. Muraleedharan, U Chandrasekhar Reddy, Soumya Saroj, Devi Sirisha Janni, Indian Pat. Appl. (2018), IN 201641037950 A 20180511, dated 07- 11-2016
5. Preparation of purinylquinolone derivatives for use as kinase ATP binding site modulators, M. Muraleedharan, D. Prabakaran and N. J. Victor, Indian Pat. Appl. (2016), IN 2014CH05646 A 20161111
6. N-Methylpyrrolidinone hydroperoxide as an efficient epoxidation reagent for preparation of oxiranes and related compounds, Muraleedharan, Kannoth Manheri and Victor, Napoleon John, Indian Appl. (2015), IN 2013CH06186 A 20150925, Granted 31-12-2013
7. A process for the preparation of quinolone derivatives and analogs, Muraleedharan, Kannoth Manheri; John, Victor Napoleon, Indian patent application 1542/CHE/2012 on 18-04-2012; PCT Appl. (2013), WO 2013157018 A1 20131024, Granted, 23-05-2018
8. Preparation of artemisinin-based peroxide compounds as broad-spectrum anti-infective agents, Mitchell Avery, Muraleedharan Kannoth M., PCT Int. Appl. (2003), WO 2003095444 A1 20031120
9. One pot ozonolysis transformation of tricyclopentabenzene (trindane) to 12- Hydroxy-16-Oxatetracyclo [10.3.1.0^1,5.0^7,11]hexadec-7(11)en-2,6-dione, Ranganathan, Kannoth Manheri Muraleedharan, United States patent # 2002137951 A1; IN 2001DE00339
10. Benziso-N (L-Histidine methylester)-thiazolone, process for the preparation thereof, and Use thereof, for RNA Polymerase Inhibition, S. Ranganathan, Kannoth Manheri Muraleedharan, United States patent # 6,350,879 B1; Indian, 2004, IN 194998 A1
11. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Souvick Chatterjee, Uddalok Sen, Constantine Megaridis, and Ranjan Ganguly, A method and device for moving and distributing aqueous liquids at high rates on porous, nonwoven substrates, Kimberly Clark invention disclosure ID 65013631, PCT filed on 24/05/2018, WO2018093983A1, PCT/US2017/061914
12. Souvick Chatterjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ali Ibrahim, Constantine Megaridis, and Ranjan Ganguly, Wettability-patterning method and designs to pumplessly and precisely manipulate liquid volumes in porous materials, Kimberly Clark invention disclosure ID 65020149, PCT filed on 16/11/2017, PCT/US2017/061912, US20190262825A1
13. Pallavi Gupta, Ashish Kumar, Fan-Gang Tseng, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Tuhin Subra Santra, Hanging drop cell culture followed by pulse laser assisted high throughput intracellular delivery, (2020) IDF 2044, filed at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras
14. Praveen Dhanalakota, Satyanand Abraham, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Arvind Pattamatta, and Bahgat Sammakia, Wettability modified wickless vapor chamber with enhanced performance, Invention Disclosure IDF 2080 filed at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras
15. Osmotic power generation system, R. Nandigana, P. K. Nayak, S. Krishnan et al., Application No: 201941034016, Date of Filing: 24/08/2019
16. Osmotic power generation using salinity gradient, R. Nandigana, P. K. Nayak, S. Krishnan et al. Application No: 201941053749, Date of Filing: 24/12/2019
17. Title: “Method and Means for controlling flowrate of molten fluid” Application Number: 201641007631, 04 March
18. US Patent US9301381 B1: Sivarama Krishnan with Veeresh Deshpande, Sadanand Deshpande, Oleg Grushenkov and Daniel Corliss Dual pulse driven extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation source …(filing date 12 Sep, 2014 publication date 29 Mar 2016)
19. Being filed: Vishal Nandigana, Pramoda Nayak, Sivaram Krishnan, Sharad Kumar Yadav, Aswathy G, “a scalable membrane for osmotic power generation,” claim number IDF 1927, IIT
20. Ghosh, R., Gopalakrishnan, S., Savitha, R., Renganathan, T., Pushpavanam, S., “Method for Fabricating Microfluidic Devices on Porous Substrates” Provisional application filed on:17-10-2018 (Application 201841039420).
21. Osmotic power generation system, V.R. Nandigana, Pramoda Kumar Nayak, Sivarama Krishnan, Sharad Kumar Yadav, G. Aswathy Patent Filed. (India) Appln No: 201941034016.
22. Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for physical transport phenomenon in thermal management, V.R. Nandigana, Ananyananda D, PCT approved TEMP/E-1/38992/2019-CHE
23. Decoding real data signal into human language, V.R. Nandigana, PCT approved, TEMP/E-1/41956/2019- CHE
24. System for Osmotic Power generation using saline water and salinity gradient, V.V.R. Nandigana, Pramoda Kumar Nayak, PCT approval

Social impact

Lab-to-practice in bio-medical technology (CSR funding relevant details)

Sepsis early diagnosis: We are in an advanced stage of developing a complete microfluidic platform for early diagnosis of sepsis along with industry partners – L&T Technology Services and Apollo Hospitals. This is a life-saving technology that will significantly reduce the staggering hospitalization costs. We expect in the future this technology will qualify for CSR funding.

Paper-based devices for developing economies: Paper-based devices and sensors based on microfluidics and will be developed for point of care diagnostics, on-site water monitoring, and food safety. These will help directly improve the health of the population and reduce the expenses on health caregiving rise to a more robust economy. PIs in this proposal have a proven track record in this regard and have pre-incubated a company with funding from external agencies (MCRC technologies).

Choosing socially relevant problems: Our team dedicates a significant part of our research (> 50%, at least) to solve problems that impact local society and the national needs. These are amalgamated with the objectives of this Center and define its DNA. This includes addressing challenges in healthcare, water harvesting, low-cost adulteration identification, energy generation through new technologies.

Exponential technologies to address energy needs

We propose to use a novel and breakthrough nanofluidics route to generate renewable energy in this Center based on our early research which has already led to a patent and funding from the government and industry. Blue energy or power generation using saltwater by exploiting osmotic power generators from salinity gradients. The piechart below captures the scope and need for such renewable energy generation technology in the Indian context. The national target for renewable energy is 175 GW by 2022 and 500 GW by 2030 while the current status is a mere 77 GW. This leaves immense scope for contribution and calls out for urgent action in this direction. This will replace a considerable part of the 110 billion USD energy market in India at 370 GW of power.

Capacity building

The following activities are proposed in the two Phases of the 1-5 year period of this CoE:

• In Phase I, we will hold workshops in the area of MNBF for young students, professionals, and educators at various levels for building the pool of highly skilled young professionals in this
• In Phase II, we will organize along with regular workshops, hands-on training courses at the level of Masters and PhD students; faculty development programs; and skill-development for industry