Welcome to the Soft Matter Interfaces and Energy Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, headed by Dr. Siddhartha Das. The main research focus of the group is to devise new theoretical and numerical models to explain different fascinating physical phenomena related to soft matter and interfaces. Our research endeavour range from better understanding the colloidal dynamics in an ubiquitous drying coffee drop and the response of an elastomer to surface tension forces to pinpointing the interplay of rheology and electrohydrodynamics in relevant biophysical and micro-nanofluidic problems. The group is also involved in extensive collaborations in several projects with strong experimental components — the main focus of the group for such problems is to clearly identify and hypothesize the central phenomena dictating the experimental observations.
Cheerios Effect (Photo Credit: David Duprey/Associated Press)
Haoyuan Jing successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Phospholipid Behavior and Dynamics in Curved Biological Membranes“. This is the 4th Ph.D. student graduating…
The project, which aims to advance Additive Manufacturing Technology, will provide the research team a total support of 22.8 million dollars for 5 years. The…
“The University of Maryland’s Research Leaders Fellows Program is designed to accelerate the growth and potential of future research leaders at the University of Maryland…
This paper explores the possibility of localizing water-free anion at negative electrode using Boron Nitride Nanotube in presence large concentration of Water-in-Salt Systems. This is…
In this paper, we employ coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations to study the effect of base-pair mismatches on DNA plectoneme pinning. This work is a result…
