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In this paper, we study the effect of active liquids in altering the Nusselt number in thermally fully developed pipe flows.

Prof. Das delivers an invited talk at the Catholic University of America titled “Soft and Active Interfaces: Enhanced Liquid Flows in Polymer-Functionalized Nanochannels, Self-Assembly via Active Drops, and Reduced Conductivity of Printed Nanoparticle Traces.”

This is a collaborative paper with the research groups of Prof. Po-Yen Chen and Prof. Taylor Woehl. We show that nano confinement affects rates of chemical reactions. My group’s contributions have been to develop molecular simulations for capturing these effects. This is Tanmay’s 5th paper from the group.

In this paper, we propose a new mechanism of aggregation of magnetic nanoparticles and complete de-encapsulation of such aggregates from inside a drop placed in a soft medium. This is Swarup’s 7th paper, Ghansham’s 5th, and Vishal’s 25th paper from the group. Congrats All!!!!

In this collaborative effort with the team at University of Twente (led by Prof. Sissi de Beer and her student Leon Smook), we probe the adsorption of the lactone molecules on polyacryclic acid brush layer using all-atom molecular simulations. This is Raashiq’s 8th paper and Tanmay’s 5th paper from the group. Congratulations !!!!

In this paper, we study the streaming current generation and resulting electrokinetic transport in capillaries transporting active liquids. This is Ghansham’s 4th paper from the group. Congratulations !!!!

In this paper, we study the fluid mechanics of active fluids in a permeable capillary. This is Prof. Das’ 6th single-author paper.

In this paper, we calculate the Taylor’s dispersion coefficient in presence of active liquid flows in a capillary. This is Prof. Das’ 5th single-author paper.

Chem.Comm. declared that our feature article titled “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Brushes” (DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01557F), was one of the top 25% downloaded ChemComm articles in June.

SMIEL Ph.D. student, Raashiq Ishraaq has been awarded a scholarship from the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubricating Engineers (STLE). He is the seventh student from SMIEL to win this prestigious scholarship. Congratulations Raashiq !!!!