Publications

Journal Papers

#Denotes Graduate /Undergraduate students and summer interns working/worked with Prof. Das in University of Maryland and University of Alberta

*Denotes the corresponding authorship

(Topic based demarcation: Polymer (P); Water-2D-Material and water-nanomaterial interactions (W2D); Flows in micro-nanoconfinements (FN); Lipid bilayer membranes (LBL); Transport in Wood (TW); Ions at Interfaces (INT); 3D Printing (3DP); Other Topics in Soft Matter (OSM))

Total number of publications in Nature-Indexed Journals (List is here): 35

Total number of publications in top 100 h5 journals (List is here): 31

Total number of publications in either Nature-Indexed or top h5 journal: 48

2024

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (6); 3DP (2); FN (1); OSM (5)

195. S. K. Subudhi#, G. R. Chandel#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. Das*, “Magnetic Nanoparticle Aggregation and Complete De-Encapsulation of Such Aggregates from a Liquid Drop Interior.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2024) (Accepted for Publication). (Topic: OSM)

194. L. Smook, R. Ishraaq#, T. S. Akash#, S. de Beer, and S. Das, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations Showing the Absorption of Small Organic Molecules in Water-Solvated Polyelectrolyte Brush Layers.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 25557-25566 (2024) (Topic: P)

193. S. Das* and G. R. Chandel#, “Streaming Electric Field, Electroviscous Effect, and Electrokinetic Liquid Flows in the Induced Pressure-Driven Transport of Active Liquids in Narrow Capillaries.” Electrophoresis (2024) DOI:10.1002/elps.2-2400133 https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.202400133 (Topic: OSM).

192. S. Das*, “Low Reynolds Number Flows of Active Liquids in Permeable, Long, and Thin Capillaries.” Physics of Fluids, 36, 091702 (2024) (Topic: OSM)

191. S. Das*, “Taylor Dispersion and Concentration Profiles of Solutes in the Capillary Transport of Active Liquids.” Langmuir, 2024, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02631 (Topic: OSM).

190. R. Ishraaq# and S. Das*, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” Chemical Communications 60, 6093-6129 (Invited article as a part of the “2024 Pioneering Investigators” collection; also identified as the “Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2024“) DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/cc/d4cc01557f (2024). (Topic: P) (Selected as one of the top 25% downloaded articles of the journal for June, 2024).

189. R. Ishraaq#, T. S. Akash#, and S. Das*, “Combined Machine Learning and Molecular Dynamics Reveal Two States of Hydration of a Single Functional Group of Cationic Polymeric Brushes.” Macromolecules, 57, 5300–5312. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02539 (Topic: P)

188. B. S. Chava# and S. Das*, “Strength, Number, and Kinetics of Hydrogen Bonds for Water Confined inside Boron Nitride Nanotubes.” Nanoscale Advances, 6, 3329-3337. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00948C, (2024). (Topic: FN)

187. R. Ishraaq# and S. Das*, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cationic Polyelectrolyte Brushes In the Presence of Halide Counterions.” Macromolecules 57, 3037–3046 (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00244 (Topic: P).

186. G. R. Chandel#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S. Das*, “Evaporation of Active Drops: Dynamics of Punctured Drops and Particle Deposits of Ring Galaxy Patterns.” Physics Review Fluids 9, 033603 (2024), https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.033603 (Topic: OSM).

185. A. Bera#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S. Das*, “Head-On Impact Driven Coalescence and Mixing of Drops of Different Polymeric Materials.” Physics of Fluids 36, 033109(2024) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191785 (Topic: 3DP).

184. S. K. Subudhi#, B. Zhao#, X. Wang, J. Ting#, I. Takeuchi, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Flexible and Twistable Free-Standing PDMS-based Soft Magnetic Films with Robust Magnetic Properties.” Flexible and Printed Electronics (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ad2dae (Topic: 3DP).

183. A. Bera#, T. S. Akash#, R. Ishraaq#, T. H. Pial#, and S. Das*, “Hydrogen Bonding Inside Anionic Polymeric Brush Layer: Machine Learning Driven Exploration of the Relative Roles of the Polymer Steric Effect, Charging, and Type of Screening Counterions.” Macromolecules (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02127 (Topic: P).

182. T. S. Akash#, R. Ishraaq#, S. Das*, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Uncharged Linear Polymer Bottlebrushes: Effect of the Brush Sizes and the Number of Side-Chain Monomers.” Langmuir (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03043 (Topic: P).

2023

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (2); 3DP (5); FN (1); OSM (1)

181. R. Ishraaq#, T. S. Akash#, A. Bera#, and S. Das*, “Hydrophilic and Apolar Hydration in Densely Grafted Cationic Brushes and Counterions with Large Mobilities.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2023) (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07520) (Topic: P).

180. S. K. Subudhi# and S. Das*, “Reliability of Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies for Wearable Electronics: A Perspective.” Frontiers in Sensors (Accepted for Publication) (2023), DOI: 10.3389/fsens.2023.1283402 (Topic: 3DP). (Invited Article for the Special Issue titled “The Future of Lab-on-a-chip-Devices: An Early Career Scientists’ Perspective)

179. B. Zhao#, A. A. Bharamgonda, E. Quinn, G. Stackhouse, J. Fleischer, M. Osterman, M. H. Azarian, D. R. Hines, S. Das, and A. Dasgupta, “Temperature-Humidity-Bias Testing and Life Prediction Modeling for Electrochemical Migration in Aerosol-jet Printed Circuits.” ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging (Accepted for Publication) (2023) DOI: 10.1115/1.4063541 (Topic: 3DP).

178. V. S. Sivasankar#, S A. Etha#, D. R. Hines, and S. Das*, “Coalescence of 3D Polymeric Drops in the Presence of In-Situ Photopolymerization.” Macromolecules 56, 6060–6077 (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00946 (Topic: 3DP).

177. B. Zhao#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. K. Subudhi#, S. Sinha#, S. Nikfarjam, T. Woehl, and S. Das*, “Three-Dimensional Deposits from Drying Particle-Laden Drops.” Langmuir 39, 9773–9784 (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00831 (Topic: OSM).

176. S. A. Etha# and S. Das*, “Repeated Microphase Separation and Heating-Free Distillation-Like Behavior of Miscible Binary Liquid Mixture Using Nanoconfined Grafted Polymer Layers.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 127, 5959-5966 (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01353 (Topic: P).

175. G. R. Chandel#, J. Sun, S. A. Etha#, B. Zhao#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. Nikferjam, M. Wang, D. R. Hines, A. Dasgupta, T. J. Woehl, S. Das*, “Direct visualization of nanoparticle morphology in thermally sintered nanoparticle ink traces and the relationship among nanoparticle morphology, incomplete polymer removal, and trace conductivity.” Nanotechnology 24, 365705 (2023) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acd9d2 (Topic: 3DP).

174. B. S. Chava#, G. R. Chandel#, and S. Das*, “Water-Structure-Specific Entropic Dominance in the Filling of Boron Nitride Nanotubes.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 7009-7018 (2023). (Topic: W2D).

173. B. Zhao#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. K. Subudhi#, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Printed Carbon Nanotube-Based Humidity Sensors Deployable on Surfaces of Widely Varying Curvatures.” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, 1459-1474 (2023)(Topic: 3DP).

2022

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (5); 3DP (3); FN (2); TW (1)

172. T. H. Pial# and S. Das*, “Specific Ion and Electric Field Controlled Diverse Ion Distributions and Electroosmotic Transport in a Polyelectrolyte Brush Grafted Nanochannel.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, 10543-10553 (2022) (Topic: P).

171. T. H. Pial# and S. Das*, “Machine Learning Enabled Quantification of the Hydrogen Bonds Inside the Polyelectrolyte Brush Layer Probed Using All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Soft Matter, 18, 8 9 4 5 –8 9 5 1 (2022) (Topic: P).

170. Q. Dong, X. Zhang, J. Qian, S. He, Y. Mao, A. H. Brozena, Y. Zhang, T. P. Pollard, O. A. Borodin, Y. Wang#, B. S. Chava#, S. Das, P. Zavalij, C. U. Segre, D. Zhu, L. Xu, Y. Liang, Y. Yao, R. M. Briber, T. Li, and L. Hu, “A Cellulose-Derived Supramolecule for Fast Ion Transport.” Science Advances, 8, eadd2031 (2022).

169. V. S. Sivasankar#, D. R. Hines, and S. Das*, “Numerical Study of the Coalescence and Mixing of Drops of Different Polymeric Materials.” Langmuir, 38, 14084–14096 (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02029 (Topic: 3DP).

168. B. Zhao#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. K. Subudhi#, S. Sinha, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Applications, Fluid Mechanics, and Colloidal Science of Carbon-Nanotube-based 3D Printable Inks.” Nanoscale, 14, 14858-14894 (2022) (Topic: 3DP).

167. S. A. Etha#, T. H. Pial#, and S. Das*, “Extensive Stable Physical Contacts Between a Nanoparticle and a Highly Repulsive Polymeric Layer.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, 5715-5725 (2022) (Topic: P).

166. R. Ishraaq#, T. H. Pial#, and S. Das*, “Interplay of Local Heating, Nanoconfinement, and Tunable Liquid-Wall Interactions Drive Rapid Imbibition and Pronounced Mixing Between Two Immiscible Liquids.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 5137-5142 (2022) (Topic: FN).

165. V. S. Sivasankar#, Y. Wang#, R. Natu, D. Porter, L. Herbertson, B. Cavern, S. Guha*, and S. Das*, “Two-Phase Particle-Liquid Transport in Curved Microchannels: Effect of Particle Volume Fraction and Particle Size in Dean Flow.” Physics of Fluids, 34, 053304 (2022) (Topic: FN).

164. T. H. Pial#, M. Prajapati#, B. S. Chava#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Charge-Density-Specific Response of Grafted Polyelectrolytes to Electric Fields: Bending or Tilting?” Macromolecules, 55, 2413–2423 (2022) (Topic: P).

163. A. Dhamsania#, W. Mah#, A. Sivarajan#, J. Ting#, S. Chung#, E. Carlson#, A. Wang#, G. Lee#, B. Huynh#, A. Chen#, L. Mueller#, C. Kim#, S. K. Subudhi#, B. Zhao#, B. S. Chava#, and S. Das*, “Physically Soft Magnetic Films and Devices: Fabrication, Properties, Printability, and Applications.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10, 6563-6589 (2022) (Topic: 3DP).

162. V. S. Sivasankar#, M. N. Prajapati#, and S. Das*, “Analytical Solutions for Non-Ionic and Ionic Diffusioosmotic Transport at Soft and Porous Interfaces.” Physics of Fluids, 23, 022102 (2022) (Topic: P).

2021

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: 3DP (4); P (8); W2D (1); TW (1)

161. B. S. Chava#, E. K. Thorn, and S. Das*, “Atomistic Explorations of Mechanisms Dictating the Shear Thinning Behavior and 3D Printability of Graphene Flake Infused Epoxy Inks.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 24634-24645 (2021) (Topic: P) (Invited Article; Published as a part of PCCP Emerging Investigator 2021 Issue).

160. V. S. Sivasankar#, S. A. Etha#, D. R. Hines, and S. Das*, “Coalescence of Microscopic Polymeric Drops: Effect of Drop Impact Velocities.” Langmuir, 37, 13512–13526 (2021) (Topic: 3DP).

159. H. S. Sachar#, T. H. Pial#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. Das*, “Simultaneous Energy Generation and Flow Enhancement (Electroslippage Effect) in Polyelectrolyte Brush Functionalized Nanochannels.” ACS Nano, 15, 17337–17347 (2021) (Topic: P).

158. D. R. Hines*, Y. Gu#, A. A. Martin, P. Li, J. Fleischer, A. Clough-Paez, G. Stackhouse, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Considerations of Aerosol-Jet Printing for the Fabrication of Printed Hybrid Electronic Circuits.” Additive Manufacturing, 43, 102325 (2021) (Topic: 3DP ).

157. W. Kong, C. Chen, G. Chen, C. Wang, D. Liu, S. Das, G. Chen#, T. Li, J. Li, Y. Liu, Z. Li, B. C. Clifford, and L. Hu, “Wood Ionic Cable.” Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202008200 (2021) (Topic: TW).

156. H. S. Sachar#, B. S. Chava#, T. H. Pial#, and S. Das*, “All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Temperature Response of Densely Grafted Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” Macromolecules, 54, 6342-6354 (2021) (Topic: P).

155. B. S. Chava#, Y. Wang#, and S. Das*, “Boron-Nitride-Nanotube-Salt-Water Hybrid: Towards Zero-Dimensional Liquid Water and Highly Trapped Immobile Single Anions Inside One-Dimensional Nanostructures.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 14006-14013 (2021) (Topic: W2D).

154. C. Yi#, D. Park, R. Fedderwitz, C. Ding, Chao; G-Q. Lu, J. Fleischer, P. Li, P. Kofinas, S. Das*, and D. Hines*, “Fully Printed Resonance-Free Broadband Conical Inductors Using Engineered Magnetic Inks.” Additive Manufacturing, 44, 102034 (2021) (Topic: 3DP)

153. T. H. Pial#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Quantification of Mono- and Multivalent Counterion-mediated Bridging in Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” Macromolecules, 54, 4154-4163 (2021) (Topic: P)

152. T. H. Pial#, H. S. Sachar#, P. R. Desai#, and S. Das*, “Overscreening, Coion-Dominated Electroosmosis, and Electric Field Strength Mediated Flow Reversal in Polyelectrolyte Brush Functionalized Nanochannels.” ACS Nano, 15, 6507–6516 (2021) (Topic: P). (media coverage: Eurekalert, Phys.org, Sciencedaily, )

151. V. S. Sivasankar#, S. A. Etha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Thermoosmotic Transport in Nanochannels Grafted with pH-responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes Modelled Using Augmented Strong Stretching Theory.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 917, A31 (2021) (Selected as the Front Cover Article of the 25 June, 2021 Issue of the journal)(Topic: P).

150. B. Zhao#, V. S. Sivasankar#, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Ultra-thin and Ultra-sensitive Printed Carbon-Nanotube-based Temperature Sensors Capable of Repeated Uses on Surfaces of Widely Varying Curvatures and Wettabilities.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, 10257-10270 (2021) (Topic: 3DP).

149. H. S. Sachar#, B. S. Chava#, T. H. Pila#, S. Das*, “Hydrogen Bonding and its Effect on the Orientational Dynamics of Water Molecules inside Polyelectrolyte Brush-Induced Soft and Active Nanoconfinement.” Macromolecules, 54, 2011-2021 (2021) (Topic: P).

148. S. A. Etha#, P. R. Desai#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Wetting Dynamics on Solvophilic, Soft, Porous, and Responsive Surfaces.” Macromolecules, 54, 584-596 (2021) (Topic: P).

2020

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: 3DP (2); TW (2); W2D (4); LBL (3); P (6)

147. H. Jing#, Y. Wang#, P. R. Desai#, K. Ramamurthi, and S. Das*, “Lipid Flip-Flop and Desorption from Supported Lipid Bilayers is Independent of Curvature.” PLOS ONE 15, e0244460 (2020) (Topic: LBL).

146. B. S. Chava#, Y. Wang#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S. Das*, “Water-free Localization of Anion at Anode for Small Concentration Water-in-Salt Electrolytes Confined in Boron-Nitride Nanotube.” Cell Reports Physical Sciences, 1, 100246 (2020) (Topic: W2D). (media coverage: eng.umd.edu; enme.umd.edu)

145. P. R. Desai#, S. Brahmachari, J. F. Marko, S. Das*, and K. C. Neumann*, “Coarse-Grained Modelling of DNA Plectoneme Pinning in the Presence of Base-Pair Mismatches.” Nucleic Acids Research, 48, 10713–10725 (2020) (Topic: P). (media coverage: eng.umd.edu; enme.umd.edu)

144. H. S. Sachar#, T. H. Pial#, B. S. Chava#, and S. Das*, “All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Weak Polyionic Brushes: Influence of Charge Density on the Properties of Polyelectrolyte Chains, Brush-Supported Counterions, and Water Molecules.” Soft Matter, 16, 7808-7822 (2020) (Topic: P).

143. E. Wagemann#, S. Misra, S. Das, and S. K. Mitra, “Quantifying water friction in misaligned graphene channels under Ångström confinements.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 35757–35764 (2020) (Topic: W2D).

142. V. S. Sivasankar#, S. A. Etha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Theoretical study on the massively augmented electroosmotic water transport in polyelectrolyte brush functionalized nanoslits.” Physical Review E, 102, 013103 (2020) (Topic: P).

141. S. A. Etha#, V. S. Sivasankar#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Strong Stretching Theory for pH-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes in Large Salt Concentrations.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 13536-13553 (2020) (Topic: P) (Published as a part of PCCP Emerging Investigators 2020 Issue).

140. H. Jing#, Y. Wang#, P. R. Desai#, K. Ramamurthi, and S. Das*, “Formation and Properties of Self-Assembled Nanoparticle-Supported Lipid Bilayer Probed Through Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Langmuir, 36, 5524–5533 (2020). (Topic: LBL)

139. V. S. Sivasankar#, S. A. Etha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Ionic Diffusioosmotic Transport in Nanochannels Grafted with pH-responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes Modelled Using Augmented Strong Stretching Theory.” Physics of Fluids, 32, 042003 (2020) (Topic: P)

138. E. Wagemann, Y. Wang#, S. Das, S. K. Mitra, “On the Wetting Translucency of Hexagonal Boron Nitride.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 7710-7718 (2020). (Selected as the Back Cover Article of the 21 April, 2020 Issue of the journal)(Topic: W2D)

137. H. S. Sachar#, T. H. Pial#, P. R. Desai#, S. A. Etha#, Y. Wang#, P. W. Chung, and S. Das*, “Densely Grafted Polyelectrolyte Brushes Trigger “Water-in-Salt” like Scenarios and Ultraconfinement Effect.” Matter, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2020.02.022. (Topic: P) (media coverage: UMDRIGHTNOW; enme.umd.edu)

136. S. He, C. Chen, G. Chen#, J. Dai, J. Song, F. Jiang, H. Xie, Y. Yao, C. Jia, E. Hitz, B. Liu, F. Chen, A. Gong, S. Das, and L. Hu, “A High-Performance, Scalable Wood-based Filtration Device with a Reversed-Tree Design.” Chemistry of Materials, 32, 1887-1895 (2020). (Topic: TW)

135. S. A. Etha#, V. S. Sivasankar#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Coating for Preventing Non-Specific Adhesion Mediated Biofouling in Salty Systems: Effect of the Electrostatic and van der Waals Interactions.” Electrophoresis, DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900348. (Topic: LBL)

134. V. S. Sivasankar#, H. S. Sachar#, S. Sinha, D. R. Hines*, and S. Das*, “3D Printed Microdroplet Curing: Unravelling the Physics of On-spot Photopolymerization.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2, 966-976 (2020). (Topic: 3DP)

133. E. Wagemann, Y. Wang#, S. Das, and S. K. Mitra, “Wettability of Nanostructured Hexagonal Boron Nitride Surfaces: Molecular Dynamics Insights on the Effect of Wetting Anisotropy.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 2488-2497 (2020). (Topic: W2D)

132. W. Gan, C. Chen, Z. Wang, Y. Pei, W. Ping, S. Xiao, J. Dai, Y. Yao, S. He, B. Zhao#, S. Das, B. Yang, P. B. Sunderland, and L. Hu, “Fire-Resistant Structural Material Enabled by An Anisotropic Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride Coating.” Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 1909196 (2020). (Topic: TW)

131. N. Dalal#, Y. Gu#, G. Chen#, D. R. Hines, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das, “Effects of Gas Flow Rates on Quality of Aerosol Jet Printed Traces with Nanoparticle Conducting Ink.” ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, 142, 011012 (2020). (Topic: 3DP)

2019

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (4); 3DP (4); LBL (3); TW (3); OSM (1), FN (1)

130. T. H. Pial#, Y. Wang#, and S. Das*, “Non-Monotonic Dependence of Fluid Dissipation on Fluid Density in Fluid-Coupled Nanoresonators.” Applied Physics Letters, 115, 251601 (201 9 ). (Topic: FN)

129. B. Zhao#, Y. Wang#, S. Sinha#, C. Chen, D. Liu, A. Dasgupta, L. Hu, and S. Das*, “Shape-driven Arrest of Coffee Stain Effect Drives the Fabrication of Carbon-Nanotube-Graphene-Oxide Inks for Printing Embedded Structures and Temperature Sensors.” Nanoscale, 11, 23402–23415 (2019) (Topic: 3DP).

128. H. S. Sachar#, V. S. Sivasankar#, S. A. Etha#, G. Chen, and S. Das*, “Ionic Current in Nanochannels Grafted with pH-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes Modelled Using Augmented Strong Stretching Theory.” Electrophoresis, DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900248 (2019). (Topic: P)

127. Y. Gu#, D. Park, S. Gonya, J. Jendrisak, S. Das*, and D. R. Hines*, “Direct-write Printed Broadband Inductors.” Additive Manufacturing, 30, 100843 (2019). (Topic: 3DP)

126. N. Dalal#, Y. Gu#, D. R. Hines, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Cracks in the 3D-Printed Conductive Traces of Silver Nanoparticle Ink.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 29, 097001 (2019). (Topic: 3DP)

125. H. S. Sachar#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S. Das*, “Electrokinetic Energy Conversion in Nanochannels Grafted with pH-responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes Modelled Using Augmented Strong Stretching Theory.” Soft Matter, 15, 5973-5986 (2019). (Topic: P)

124. P. R. Desai#, Y. Wang#, H. S. Sachar#, H. Jing#, S. Sinha#, and S. Das*, “Supersolvophobic Soft Wetting: Nanoscale Elastocapillarity, Adhesion, and Retention of a Drop Behaving as a Nanoparticle” Matter, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2019.07.001 (2019). (Topic: OSM) (media coverage: eng.umd.edu; enme.umd.edu)

123. K. Jiang, F. Khan, J. Thomas, P. R. Desai#, A. Phani, S. Das*, and T. Thundat, “Thermomechanical Responses of Microfluidic Cantilever Capture DNA Melting and Properties of DNA Pre-melting States Using Picolitres of DNA Solution.” Applied Physics Letters, 114, 173703 (2019). (Topic: P)

122. S. He, C. Chen, Y. Kuang, R. Mi, Y. Liu, Y. Pei, W. Kong, W. Gan, H. Xie, E. Hitz, C. Jia, X. Chen, A. Gong, J. Liao, J. Li, Z. Ren, B. Yang, S. Das, L. Hu, “Nature-Inspired Salt Resistant Bimodal Porous Solar Evaporator for Efficient and Stable Water Desalination.” Energy and Environmental Science, 12, 1558-1567 (2019) (Topic: TW)

121. H. S. Sachar#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S.Das*, “Electrostatics and Interactions of an Ionizable Silica Nanoparticle Approaching a PlasmaMembrane.” Langmuir, 35, 4171-4181 (2019). (Topic: LBL)

120. Y. Kuang, C. Chen, G. Chen#, Y. Pei, G. Pastel, C. Jia, J. Song, R. Mi, B. Yang, S. Das, L. Hu, “Bioinspired Solar-Heated Carbon Absorbent for Efficient Clean-Up of Highly Viscous Crude Oil.” Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1900162 (2019). (Topic: TW)

119. T. Li, X. Zhang, S. D. Lacey, R. Mi, X. Zhao, F. Jiang, J. Song, Z. Liu, G. Chen#, J. Dai, Y. Yao, S. Das, R. Yang, R. Briber, L. Hu, “Cellulose Ionic Conductors with High Differential Thermal Voltage for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting.” Nature Materials, 18, 608-613 (2019) (Topic: TW) (media coverage: ScienceDaily, Eurekalert, phys.org, nanowerk, Nanotechnology Now, Free Press Journal, Business Standard,R&D, The Indian Express, Economic Times, ECN Magazine, eng.umd.edu, Maryland Today)

118. H. Jing#, S. Sinha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Interactions of Gold and Silica Nanoparticles with Plasma Membranes Get Distinguished by the van der Waals Forces: Implications for Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Theranostics.” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 177, 433-439 (2019). (Topic: LBL)

117. H. Jing#, Y. Wang#, P. R. Desai#, K. S. Ramamurthi, and S. Das*, “Nanovesicles versus Nanoparticle-Supported Lipid Bilayers: Massive Differences in Bilayer Structures and in Diffusivities of Lipid Molecules and Nanoconfined Water.” Langmuir, 35, 2702-2708 (2019). (Topic: LBL)

116. H. S. Sachar#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S.Das*, “Revisiting the Strong Stretching Theory for pH-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Effects of Consideration of Excluded Volume Interactions and an Expanded Form of the Mass Action Law.” Soft Matter, 15, 559-574 (2019) (Selected as the Back Cover Article). (Topic: P) (media coverage: eng.umd.edu; enme.umd.edu)

115. Y. Gu#, D. Park, D. Bowen, S. Das*, D. R. Hines*, “Direct Write Printed, Solid-Core Solenoid Inductors with Commercially Relevant Inductances.” Advanced Materials Technologies, 4, 1800312 (2019). (Topic: 3DP)

2018

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (6); W2D (2); FN (1); LBL (4); TW (3); INT (1); 3DP (1); OSM (1)

114. C. Wang, S. Wang, G. Chen#, W. Kong, W. Ping, J. Dai, G. Pastel, H. Xie, S. He, S. Das, and L. Hu, “Flexible, Bio-Compatible Nanofluidic Sodium Ion Conductor.” Chemistry of Materials, 98, 7707-7713 (2018). (Topic: TW)

113. Y. Wang#, K. Ahuja#, S. Sinha#, P. R. Desai#, and S. Das*, “Water-Holey-Graphene Interactions: Route to Highly Enhanced Water-Accessible Graphene Surface Area.” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1, 5907-5919 (2018). (Topic: W2D)

112. G. Chen#, J. Patwary#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Electrokinetics in nanochannels grafted with poly-zwitterionic brushes.” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 22, 122 (2018). (Topic: P)

111. Y. Wang#, S. Sinha#, P. R. Desai#, H. Jing#, and S. Das*, “Ion at air-water interface enhances capillary wave fluctuations: Energetics of ion adsorption.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 12853–12861 (2018). (Topic: INT) (media coverage: enme.umd.edu)

110. R. S. Maheedhara#, H. Jing#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Highly enhanced liquid flows via thermoosmotic effects in soft and charged nanochannels.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 24300-24316 (2018). (Topic: P)

109. P. R. Desai# and S. Das*, “Lubrication in polymer brush bilayers in weak interpenetration regime: Molecular dynamics simulations and scaling theories.” Physical Review E, 98, 022503 (2018). (Topic: P)

108. R. S. Maheedhara#, H. S. Sachar#, H. Jing#, and S. Das*, “Ionic Diffusoosmosis in Nanochannels Grafted with End-charged Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122, 7450-7461 (2018). (Topic: P)

107. S. Karpitschka, S. Das, M. van Gorcum, H. Perrin, B. Andreotti, and J. H. Snoeijer, “Soft Wetting: Models based on energy dissipation or on force balance are equivalent.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808870115 (2018). (Topic: OSM)

106. S. Sinha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Electrostatically-motivated design of biomimetic nanoparticles: Promoting specific adhesion and preventing nonspecific adhesion simultaneously.” Applied Physics Letters, 112, 243702(1-5) (2018). (Topic: LBL)

105. Y. Wang#, S. Sinha#, K. Ahuja#, P. R. Desai#, J. Dai, L. Hu, and S. Das*, “Dynamics of a Water Nanodrop Through a Holey Graphene Matrix: Role of Surface Functionalization, Capillarity, and Applied Forcing.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, 12243–12250 (2018). (Topic: W2D)

104. G. Chen#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Efficient Electrochemomechanical Energy Conversion in Nanochannels Grafted with End-charged Polyelectrolyte Brushes at Medium and High Salt Concentration.” Soft Matter, 14, 5246-5255 (2018). (Topic: P)

103. S. Sinha#, H. Jing#, H. S. Sachar#, S. Das*, “Surface charges promote non-specific nanoparticle adhesion to stiffer membranes.” Applied Physics Letters, 112, 163702(1-5) (2018).(media coverage: enme.umd.edu)(Topic: LBL)

102. G. Chen#, Y. Gu#, H. Tsang, D. R. Hines, and S. Das*, “The Effect of Droplet Sizes on Overspray in Aerosol-Jet Printing.” Advanced Engineering Materials, 20, 1701084 (2018). (Selected as the Back Cover Article of the August 2018 issue of the journal). (Topic: 3DP)

101. H. Jing# and S. Das*, “Theory of diffusioosmosis in a charged nanochannel.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 10204-10212 (2018). (Topic: FN)

100. P. R. Desai#, S. Sinha#, and S. Das*, “Polyelectrolyte Brush Bilayers in Weakly Interpenetration Regime: Scaling Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Physical Review E, 97, 032503(1-8) (2018). (media coverage: eng.umd.edu; enme.umd.edu) (Topic: P)

99. T. Li, H. Liu, X. Zhao, G. Chen#, J. Dai, G. Pastel, C. Jia, C. Chen, S. Das, R. Yang, and L. Hu, “Scalable and Highly Efficient Mesoporous Wood-Based Solar Steam Generation Device: Localized Heat, Rapid Water Transport”. Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1707134 (2018). (Topic: TW)

98. S. Sinha#, H. S. Sachar#, and S. Das*, “Effect of plasma membrane semi-permeability in making the membrane electric double layer capacitances significant.” Langmuir, 34, 1760-1766 (2018). (Topic: LBL)

97. H. Jing# and S. Das*, “Electric Double Layer electrostatics of lipid-bilayer-encapsulated nanoparticles: Towards a better understanding of protocell electrostatics.” Electrophoresis, 39, 752-759 (2018). (Topic: LBL)

96. H. Liu, C. Chen, G. Chen#, Y. Kuang, X. Zhao, J. Song, C. Jia, X. Xu, E. Hitz, H. Xie, S. Wang, F. Jiang, T. Li, Y. Li, A. Gong, R. Yang, S. Das, and L. Hu, “High-Performance Solar Steam Device with Layered Channels: Artificial Tree with a Reversed Design.” Advanced Energy Materials, 8, 1701616 (2018). (Topic: TW)

2017

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (3); W2D (3); FN (0); LBL (3); TW (4); INT (0); 3DP (2); OSM (3)

95. S. Sinha#, H. Jing#, H. S. Sachar#, S. Das*, “Role of plasma membrane surface charges in dictating the feasibility of membrane-nanoparticle interactions.” Applied Physics Letters, 111, 263702 (2017). (Topic: LBL)

94. C. Jia, Y. Li, Z. Yang, G Chen#, Y. Yao, F. Jiang, Y. Kuang, G. Pastel, H. Xie, B. Yang, S. Das, and L. Hu, “Rich Mesostructures Derived from Natural Woods toward Energy-water Nexus.” Joule, 1, 588-5999 (2017). (Topic: TW)

93. Y. Wang#, S. Sinha#, L. Hu, and S. Das*, “Interaction between Water Drop and Holey Graphene: Retarded Imbibition and Generation of Novel Water-Graphene Wetting States.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 27421-27434 (2017). (Topic: W2D)

92. M. Zhu$, Y. Li$, G. Chen#$, Z. Yang, X. Luo, Y. Wang#, J. Dai, S. D. Lacey, C. Wang, C. Jia, J. Wan, Y. Yao, B. Yang, Z. Yu, S. Das*, L. Hu*, “Tree-Inspired Design for High-Efficiency Water Extraction.” Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704107 (2017). ($: Co-first authors). (media coverage: cemag.us,laboratoryequipment.com, ScienceDaily) (Topic: TW)

91. Y. Gu#, D. R. Hines*, V. Yun, M. Antoniak, and S. Das*, “Aerosol-Jet Printed Fillets for Well-Formed Electrical Connections Between Different Leveled Surfaces.” Advanced Materials Technologies, 2, 1700178 (2017). (Topic: 3DP)

90. A. Pandey, S. Karpitschka, L. A. Lubbers, J. H. Weijs, L. Botto, S. Das, B. Andreotti, and J. H. Snoeijer, “Dynamical Theory of the Inverted Cheerios Effect.” Soft Matter, 13, 6000-6010 (2017). (Topic: OSM)

89. S. Sinha#, H. Jing#, and S. Das*, “Positive zeta potential of a negatively-charged semi-permeable plasma membrane.” Applied Physics Letters, 111, 063702 (2017). (Topic: LBL)

88. Y. Gu#, D. Gutierrez, S. Das*, and D. Hines*, “Inkwells for On-Demand Deposition Rate Measurement in Aerosol-Jet Based 3D Printing.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 27, 097001 (2017). (Topic: 3DP)

87. P. R. Desai#, S. Sinha#, and S. Das*, “Compression of polymer brushes in weak interpenetration regime: Scaling Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Soft Matter, 13, 4159-4166 (2017). (Topic: P)

86. Y. Wang#, J. E. Andrews#, L. Hu, and S. Das*, “Drop Spreading on a Superhydrophobic Surface: Pinned Contact Line and Bending Liquid Surface.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 14442-14452 (2017). (Topic: W2D)

85. J. E. Andrews#, Y. Wang#, S. Sinha#, P. W. Chung, and S. Das*, “Roughness-Induced Chemical Heterogeneity Leads to Large Hydrophobicity in Wetting-Translucent Nanostructures.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 10010-10017 (2017). (Topic: W2D)

84. F. Chen, A. Gong, M. Zhu, G. Chen#, S. Lacey, F. Feng, Y. Li, Y. Wang, J. Dai, Y. Yao, J. Song, B. Liu, K. Fu, S. Das, and L. Hu, “Mesoporous, Three-Dimensional Wood Membrane Decorated with Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Water Treatment.”, ACS Nano, 11, 4275-4282 (2017). (media coverage: IndiaToday, Business Standard, India; phys.org; woodworkingnetwork.com; Business Recorder; Science Daily; News Wise; enme.umd.edu; eng.umd.edu) Youtube Video. (Topic: TW)

83. S. Sinha#, H. Jing#, and S. Das*, “Charge Inversion and External Salt Effect in Semi-Permeable Membrane Electrostatics.” Journal of Membrane Science, 533, 364-377 (2017). (Topic: LBL)

82. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Massively enhanced electroosmotic transport in nanochannels grafted with end-charged polyelectrolyte brushes.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121, 3130-3141 (2017). (Topic: P)

81. H. Jing#, S. Sinha#, and S. Das*, “Elasto-electro-capillarity: Drop equilibrium on a charged, elastic solid.” Soft Matter, 13, 554-566 (2017). (selected as the back cover article) (media coverage: enme.umd.edu; eng.umd.edu) (Topic: OSM)

80. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Thermodynamics, electrostatics, and ionic current in nanochannels grafted with pH-responsive end-charged polyelectrolyte brushes.” Electrophoresis, 38, 720-729 (2017). (Topic: P)

79. Y. Wang, G. Sun, J. Dai, G. Chen#, J. Morgenstern, Y. Wang#, S. Kang, M. Zhu, S. Das, L. Cui, and L. Hu, “High-Performance, Low Tortuosity Wood Carbon Monolith Reactor.” Advanced Materials, 29, 1604257 (2017).(Topic: TW)

78. S. Sinha#, V. Padia#, K. I. Bae#, G. Chen#, and S. Das*, “Effect of electric double layer on electro-spreading dynamics of electrolyte drops” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 514, 209-217 (2017). (Topic: OSM)

2016

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (4); W2D (1); FN (1); LBL (0); TW (0); INT (0); 3DP (0); OSM (6)

77. M. Razi, S. Sinha#, P. R. Waghmare, S. Das*, and T. Thundat, “Effect of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) produced water properties on oil/water transient interfacial tension.” Energy and Fuels, 30, 10714-10720 (2016). (Topic: OSM)

76. H. Li#, G. Chen#, and S. Das*, “Electric double layer electrostatics of pH-responsive spherical polyelectrolyte brushes in the decoupled regime.” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 147, 180-190 (2016). (Topic: P)

75. S. Sinha#, L. Myers#, and S. Das*, “Effect of solvent polarization on electroosmotic transport in a nanofluidic channel.” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 20, 119 (2016). (Topic: FN)

74. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Anomalous shrinking-swelling of nano-confined end charged polyelectrolyte brushes: Interplay of confinement and electrostatic effects.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, 6848-6857 (2016). (Topic: P)

73. J. Andrews#, S. Sinha#, P. W. Chung, and S. Das*, “Wetting dynamics of a water nanodrop on graphene.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 23482-23493 (2016). (Selected as the Inside Front Cover Article) (media coverage: enme.umd.edu) (Topic: W2D)

72. G. Chen#, H. Li#, and S. Das*, “Scaling relationships for spherical polymer brushes revisited.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, 5272-5277 (2016). (Topic: P)

71. S. Karpitschka, A. Pandey, L.A. Lubbers, J.H. Weijs, L. Botto, S. Das, B. Andreotti, and J.H. Snoeijer, “Inverted Cheerios effect: Liquid drops attract or repel by elasto-capillarity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 113, 7403-7477 (2016) (media coverage: New York Times, Clarke School, phys.org, sciencedaily.com, utwente.nl, eurekalert.com, enme.umd.edu) youtube_movie (Topic: OSM)

70. Z. Liu, Y. Wang, K. Fu, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, J. Wan, J. Dai, S. Das*, and L. Hu, “Solvo-thermal microwave-powered two-dimensional materials exfoliation.” Chemical Communications, 52, 5757-5760 (2016). (Topic: OSM)

69. S. Sinha# and S. Das*, “Role of Shuttleworth effect in adhesion on elastic surfaces.” MRS Advances (DOI: 10.1557/adv.2016.218) (2016). (Topic: OSM)

68. Z. Liu, L. Zhang, R. Wang, S. Poyraz, J. Cook, M. Bozack, S. Das, X. Zhang, and L. Hu, “Ultrafast microwave nano-manufacturing of fullerene-like metal chalcogenides.” Scientific Reports, 6, 22503(1-8) (2016). (media coverage: enme.umd.edu) (Topic: OSM)

67. S. Sinha#, K. I. Bae#, and S. Das*, “Electric Double Layer effects in water separation from water-in-oil emulsions.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 489, 216-222 (2016). (Topic: OSM)

66. J. Patwary#, G. Chen#, and S. Das*, “Efficient electrochemomechanical energy conversion in nanochannels grafted with polyelectrolyte layers with pH-dependent charge density.” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 20, 37 (2016). (Topic: P)

2015

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (7); W2D (0); FN (0); LBL (0); TW (0); INT (0); 3DP (0); OSM (6)

65. S. Sinha# and S. Das*, “Under-water adhesion of rigid spheres on soft, charged surfaces.” Journal of Applied Physics, 118, 195306 (2015). (Topic: OSM)

64. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Scaling laws and ionic current inversion in polyelectrolyte-grafted nanochannels.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119, 12714-12726 (2015). (Topic: P)

63. J. Liu, R. Giakwad, A. Hande, S. Das, and T. Thundat, “Mapping and quantifying surface charges on clay nanoparticles.” Langmuir, 31, 10469-10476 (2015). (Topic: OSM)

62. S. Sinha#, K. A. Mahmoud, and S. Das*, “Conditions for spontaneous oil-water separation with oil-water separators.” RSC Advances, 5, 80184-80191 (2015). (Topic: OSM)

61. S. Das*, M. Banik, G. Chen#, S. Sinha#, and R. Mukherjee, “Polyelectrolyte brushes: Theory, modelling, synthesis, and applications.” Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01962A (2015). (Topic: P)

60. M. Hassanpourfarda, Z. Nikakhtari, R. Ghosh, S. Das, T. Thundat, Y. Liu, and A. Kumar, “Bacterial floc mediated rapid streamer formation in creeping flows.” Scientific Reports 5, 13070(1-12) (2015). (media coverage: ualberta.ca) (Topic: OSM)

59. S. Karpitschka, S. Das, M. van Gorcum, H. Perrin, B. Andreotti and J.H. Snoeijer, “Droplets move over viscoelastic substrates by surfing a ridge.” Nature Communications 4, 7891(1-6) (2015). (media coverage: nanowerk.com; phys.org; enme.umd.edu; utwente.nl; (Topic: OSM)

58. J. Andrews# and S. Das*, “Effect of finite ion sizes in electric double layer mediated interaction force between two soft charged plates.” RSC Advances, 5, 46873-46880 (2015). (Topic: P)

57. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Electroosmotic transport in polyelectrolyte-grafted nanochannels with pH-dependent charge density.” Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 185304 (2015). (Topic: P)

56. K. McDaniel#, F. Valcius#, J. Andrews#, and S. Das*, “Electrostatic potential distribution of a soft spherical particle with a charged core and pH dependent charge density”. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 127, 143 (2015) (Selected as cover article for March issue of the journal). (media coverage: enme.umd.edu;) (Topic: P)

55. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Streaming potential and electroviscous effects in soft nanochannels beyond Debye-Hückel linearization”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 445, 357 (2015). (Topic: P)

54. R. Gaikwad, A. Hande, S. Das, S. K. Mitra, and T. Thundat, “Determination of charge on asphaltene nano-aggregates in air using electrostatic force microscopy”. Langmuir, 31, 679 (2015). (Topic: OSM)

53. G. Chen# and S. Das*, “Electrostatics of soft charged interfaces with pH-dependent charge density: Effect of consideration of appropriate hydrogen ion concentration distribution”. RSC Advances, 5, 4493 (2015). (Topic: P)

2010

17. S. Das*, J. H. Snoeijer, and D. Lohse, “Effect of impurities in description of surface nanobubbles”, Physical Review E 82, 056310 (2010). (This paper has been selected for the November 15, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology in the section “Surface and Interface Properties”)

16. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Effect of confinement on the collapsing mechanism of a flexible polymer chain”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 174904 (2010). (This paper has been selected for the Novemeber 15, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research in the section “Fundamental Polymer Statics/Dynamics”).

15. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Effect of conductivity variations within the Electric Double Layer on the streaming potential estimation in narrow fluidic confinements”, Langmuir 26, 11589 (2010).

14. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Transport of flexible molecules in narrow confinements”, International Journal of Micro-Nanoscale Transport Processes 1, 97 (2010) (Invited Review).

13. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Augmented surface adsorption characteristics by employing patterned microfluidic substrates in conjunction with transverse electric fields”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 8, 313 (2010).

2009

12. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Influence of streaming potential on the transport and separation of charged spherical solutes in nanochannels subjected to particle-wall interactions”, Langmuir 25, 9863 (2009).

11. T. Das, S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Influences of streaming potential on cross stream migration of flexible polymer molecules in nanochannel flows”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 130, 244904 (2009).

2008

10. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Transport and separation of charged macromolecules under nonlinear electromigration in nanochannels”, Langmuir 24, 7704 (2008).

9. S. Chakraborty and S. Das, “Streaming field induced convective transport and its influence on the electroviscous effects in narrow fluidic confinements beyond the Debye Huckel limits”, Physical Review E 77, 037303 (2008).

8. R. Lambert, S. Das, M. Madou, S. Chakraborty and R. Rangel, “Simulation of a moving mechanical actuator for fast biomolecular synthesis process”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51, 4367 (2008).

7. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Separation of charged macromolecules in nanochannels within the continuum regime: Effects of wall interactions and hydrodynamic confinements”, Electrophoresis 29, 1115 (2008).

2007

6. S. Das, K. Subramanian, and S. Chakraborty, “Analytical investigations on the effects of substrate kinetics on macromolecular transport and hybridization through microfluidic channels”, Colloids and Surfaces B, 58, 203 (2007).

5. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Transverse electrodes for improved DNA hybridization in microchannels”, AIChE Journal, 53, 1086 (2007).

2006

4. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Augmentation of macromolecular adsorption rate through transverse electric fields generated across patterned walls of a microfluidic channel”, Journal of Applied Physics 99, 1 (2006). (This paper has been selected for the July 15, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research in the section “Instrumentation Development).

3. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Analytical solutions for velocity, temperature and concentration distribution in electroosmotic microchannel flows of a non-Newtonian bio-fluid”, Analytica Chimica Acta 559, 15 (2006).

2. S. Das, T. Das, and S. Chakraborty, “Analytical solutions for the rate of DNA hybridization in a microchannel in the presence of pressure-driven and electro-osmotic flows”, Sensors and Actuators B, 114, 957 (2006).

1. S. Das, T. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Modeling of coupled momentum, heat and solute Transport during DNA hybridization in a microchannel in presence of electro-osmotic effects and axial pressure gradients”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 2, 37 (2006).

Journal Covers

JFM Front Cover Article (June 2021)

Soft Matter Back Cover Article (January 2017)

Book Chapters

3. S. Das, T. Das, and S. Chakraborty, “Micfrofluidics based DNA hybridization” in Microfluidics and Microscale Transport Processes Ed. Suman Chakraborty, Taylor and Francis (2012).

2. S. Das, J. Chakraborty, and S. Chakraborty, “Electrokinetics in narrow confinements”, in Microfluidics and Microscale Transport Processes Ed. Suman Chakraborty, Taylor and Francis (2012).

1. S. Das and Suman Chakraborty, “Polymer transport in nanochannels”, in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Fabrication, Implementation and Applications-Vol II. Eds. Sushanta K. Mitra and Suman Chakraborty, Taylor and Francis (2012).

Submitted Journal Papers

#Denotes Postdocs and Graduate/Undergraduate students and summer interns working/worked with Prof. Das in SMIEL

*Denotes the corresponding authorship

7. A. Bera#, V. S. Sivasankar#, and S.Das*, “Coalescence and Mixing of a Polymeric Drop Impacting on a Dissimilar, Miscible Polymeric Liquid Film.”

6. T. S. Akash#, R. Ishraaq#, and S. Das*, “Significant Enhancement in Conductivity in Ethylene Oxide-based Branched Polymer Electrolytes in Presence of Sodium Salt.”

5. R. Ishraaq# and S. Das*, “Anti-Electrophoretic Response Driven Bending-Tilting Deformation of Cationic Polyelectrolyte Brushes Drives Massively Non-Linear Electroosmotic Transport in Brush-Grafted Nanochannels.”

4. S. Das*, “Capillary Annular Flows of Immiscible Active and Non-Active Liquids.”

3. J. Little, A. Chen, A. Kamali, T. Akash#, C-S. Park, D. Liu, S. Das*, T. Woehl*, and P-Y. Chen*, “Drying Controlled Synthesis of Catalytic Metal Nanocrystals within 2D-Material Nanoconfinements.”

2. S. Das*, “Thermally Fully Developed Pipe Flows of Active Liquids.”

1. B. Zhao#, H. Abusalma, S. Subudhi#, A. Dasgupta, and S. Das*, “Ultra-high Frequency, Ultra-wideband, Robust, and Flexible Printed Carbon-Nanotube-Based Patch Antennae Deployable on Curvilinear and Deformable Surfaces.”

Contributions/Interviews in Science Magazines, Popular Magazines, and Newspapers

Interview as a Soft Matter Emerging Investigator published in the Soft Matter journal Blog. (Link)
Interview (as an expert) in ChemistryWorld in a story focusing on a paper published in SCIENCE on rapid water transport through fluorous nanochannels. (Link)
Interview (as an author) in New York Times in a story on my 2016 PNAS paper on “Inverted Cheerios Effect” (Link)
Interview (as an author) in the cooking website MyRecipes ina story on my 2016 PNAS paper on “Inverted Cheerios Effect” (Link)

Students’ Thesis

PhD Thesis

Bhargav Sai Chava (Defended: Spring 2023; Thesis Title: ATOMISTIC EXPLORATION OF WATER AND SALT CONFINED IN SUB-NANOMETER AND NANOMETER WIDE BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES; Abstract)
Vishal Sankar Sivasankar (Defended: Spring 2023; Thesis Title: SIMULATION OF POLYMERIC DROP DYNAMICS: EFFECT OF PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION, IMPACT VELOCITY, AND MULTI-MATERIAL COALESCENCE; Abstract)
Sai Ankit Etha (Defended: Spring 2023; Thesis Title: MOLECULAR-SCALE EXPLORATION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DROPS AND PARTICLES WITH A POLYMERIC LAYER; Abstract)
Beihan Zhao (Graduated: Fall 2022; Thesis Title: EXPLORATIONS OF CARBON-NANOTUBE-GRAPHENE OXIDE INKS: PRINTABILITY, RADIO-FREQUENCY AND SENSOR APPLICATIONS, AND RELIABILITY; Abstract)
Parth Rakesh Desai (Graduated: Spring 2022; Thesis Title: EFFECT OF MISMATCHED BASE PAIRS ON DNA PLECTONEMES; Abstract)
Md. Turash Haque Pial (Graduated: Spring 2022; Thesis Title: ATOMISTIC EXPLORATION OF DENSELY-GRAFTED POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES: EFFECT OF APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD AND MULTIVALENT SCREENING COUNTERIONS; Abstract)
Harnoor Singh Sachar (Graduated: Spring, 2021; Thesis Title: ATOMISTIC AND THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF LIQUID FLOWS IN POLYELECTROLYTE-BRUSH-GRAFTED NANOCHANNELS; Abstract)
Haoyuan Jing (Graduated: Fall, 2020; Thesis Title: PHOSPHOLIPID BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICS IN CURVED BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; Abstract)
Yanbin Wang (Graduated: Fall, 2019; Thesis Title: WATER, ION, AND GRAPHENE: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH THE MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; Abstract)
Shayandev Sinha (Graduated: Summer, 2018; Thesis Title: BILAYER MEMBRANE ELECTROSTATICS AND CHARGE-REGULATED MEMBRANE-NANOPARTICLE INTERACTIONS; Abstract)
Guang Chen (Graduated: Spring, 2017; Thesis Title: NANOCONFINED POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES: THERMODYNAMICS, ELECTROSTATICS AND TRANSPORT; Abstract)

MS Thesis

Vishal Sankar Sivasankar (Graduated: Summer, 2020; Thesis Title: ELECTROKINETIC TRANSPORT IN NANOCHANNELS GRAFTED WITH BACKBONE CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES; Abstract)
Neil Dalal (Graduated: Fall, 2018; Thesis Title: INFLUENCE OF GAS FLOW RATES ON TRACE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY IN A SELECTED CONDUCTOR INK PRINTED WITH AN AEROSOL JET PRINTER; Abstract)
Jahin Patwary (Graduated: Summer, 2018; Thesis Title: ENERGY CONVERSION IN NANOCHANNELS GRAFTED WITH POLYELECTROLYTE AND POLYZWITTERION BRUSHES; Abstract)
Raja Sampath Maheedhara (Graduated: Summer, 2018; Thesis Title: ENHANCED DIFFUSIOOSMOSIS AND THERMOOSMOSIS IN POLYELECTROLYTE-BRUSH-FUNCTIONALIZED NANOCHANNELS; Abstract)
Joseph Eugene Andrews (Graduated: Fall, 2016; Thesis Title: WETTING OF GRAPHENE; Abstract)

BS Thesis (GEMSTONE)

Team GECKO (Graduated: Spring, 2022; Thesis Title: FABRICATION OF SOFT, FERROMAGNETIC FILMS AND DEVICES AND THEIR PROPERTIES, PRINTABILITY, AND APPLICATIONS; Abstract)
Team BACTERIA (Graduated: Spring, 2018; Thesis Title: USING ENZYMATIC COMBINATIONS TO REDUCE ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; Abstract)