This paper proposes a new experimental technique for microwave-based exfoliation of nanoscale 2-D materials….this is a collaborative work with Prof. Liangbing Hu’s group.
March 2016: Paper accepted in Chemical Communications Read More »
PhD student gave a talk on “Scaling Laws for liquid and ion transport in nanochannels grafted with polyelectrolyte brushes“, MS student Joseph Andrews gave a talk on “Spreading of water nanodroplets on graphene“, and MS student Hao Li presented a poster on “Electric Double Layer electrostatics of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes with pH-dependent charge density“.
March 2016: SMIEL students present in APS March meeting Read More »
Prof. Siddhartha Das chaired session titled “Drops, Bubbles and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics” in APS March meeting in Baltimore.
March 2016: Das chairs a session in APS March meeting Read More »
Story on the paper on Novel nanomanufacturing techniques for metal chalcogenides appearing in Scientific Reports has been published in our department’s webpage (http://www.enme.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=9569)
March 2016: Story on the paper published in Scientific Reports Read More »
In this paper, we describe the impact of consideration of the Shuttleworth effect in the adhesion of a rigid sphere on a soft surface. This is Shayandev’s fifth paper from the group. Many congratulations Shayandev !!!!!
March 2016: Paper accepted in MRS Advances Read More »
Dr. Siddhartha Das became the most cited researcher (according to the statistics published by Researchgate) from Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland for the month of January, 2016.
March 2016: Most cited researcher for January 2016 Read More »
SMIEL PhD student Ms. Guang Chen has cleared her PhD proposal and has Advanced to Candidacy. Congratulations to Guang !!!!!
February 2016: Guang Chen qualifies to Candidacy Read More »
Dr. Siddhartha Das starts mentoring the GEMSTONE team BACTERIA. This team is working on the research project of using enzymes to break down asphaltene for a more enhanced heavy oil recovery.
February 2016: Das starts mentoring GEMSTONE team Read More »
SMIEL receives funding from Laboratory for Physical Sciences to carry our research on 3-D printing of ball grid arrays. Dr. Das (PI) is collaborating with Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta (Mechanical Engineering, UMD) on this project.
February 2016: SMIEL receives funding for 3-D printing from LPS Read More »
This paper talks about new nanomanufacturing technique for metal chalcogenides. This work is a result of collaboration between SMIEL and groups of Prof. Liangbing Hu (UMD, Material Science Engineering) and Prof. Xinyu Zhang (Auburn University).
February 2016: Paper accepted in Scientific Reports Read More »