Siddhartha Das

In this paper, we study the structure of nanoparticle-supported Lipid Bilayers formed by self-assembly mechanism. This study is done in collaboration with Dr. Ramamurthi of NIH. This is Haoyuan’s 15th, Parth’s 11th, and Yanbin’s 16th paper from the group. Congrats All !!!!

In this paper, we study the diffusioosmotic transport (in presence of an applied salt concentration gradient) in nanochannels grafted with backbone-charged polyelectrolyte brushes modelled using augmented Strong Stretching Theory. This is Vishal’s 7th paper, Harnoor’s 18th paper, and Ankit’s 4th paper from the group. Congrats All !!!!

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Enrique Wagemann (a joint postdoc working with Prof. Sushanta Mitra at University of Waterloo and SMIEL) has started as an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Universidad de Concepción, Chile. This is SMIEL’s first student/postdoc starting as an independent faculty member. Heartiest congratulations, Enrique !!!!!

In this paper, which is a collaborative effort with Prof. Sushanta Mitra of University of Waterloo, we employ the classical Molecular Dynamics simulations for establishing the wetting translucency effect of hexagonal boron nitride. This is Yanbin’s 15th paper and Enrique’s 2nd paper from the group.

In this paper, we provide the first all-atom molecular dynamics simulation model to study the behavior of densely grafted polyelectrolyte brushes and reveal the large confinement effect that these brushes trigger to significant reduce the mobility of water and counterions and trigger a “water-in-salt” like scenario. This is Harnoor’s 17th paper, Turash’s 2nd paper, Parth’s

In this collaborative study with the group of Prof. Liangbing Hu in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UMD, we describe a reversed tree design of wood that utilizes the hierarchical micro-nanostructures of the wood and the long path length afforded by the “reverse” design for efficient filtration…SMIEL’s contribution in this paper is the

Chris Riso and Bhargav Chava have started as PhD and Dr. Yanbin Wang has started as a postdoc in SMIEL. Welcome all !!!!

Prof. Das’ name has been published as a new inductee as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the January 7 issue of the UK’s THE TIMES newspaper. The relevant photo of the front page of the newspaper can be found on this link, while the portion of the newspaper containing Prof. Das’

In this paper, we show the manner in which the electrostatics and van der Waals forces dictate the anti-biofouling action of dielectric coating. This is Ankit’s 2nd paper, Vishal’s 6th paper, and Harnoor’s 16th paper from the group. Congrats All !!!!