Welcome
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.
March 2024: Paper accepted in Macromolecules
In this paper, we employ all-atom MD simulations for studying the behavior of cationic brushes…
March 2024: Paper accepted in Physical Review Fluids
In this paper, we propose a theory for studying the evaporation of active drops. This…
February 2024: Paper accepted in Physics of Fluids
In this paper, we study the impact-driven coalescence between two dissimilar polymeric drops. This is…
February 2024: Paper accepted in Flexible and Printed Electronics
In this paper, we fabricate soft PDMS based magnetic films and test their robustness in…
January 2024: Paper accepted in Macromolecules
In this paper, we employ a combination of all-atom-MD-machine-learning approach to quantify water-water hydrogen bonding…
January 2024: Paper accepted in LANGMUIR
In this paper (1st acceptance of 2024), we employ all-atom MD simulations to probe the…