Faculty Directory

 

Nanofluidics and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics (Soft Capillarity and Wetting; Soft Electrokinetics; Micro-nanoscale transport; Drops and Bubbles; Active Flows)

Nanomaterials (Water-2-D Material Interactions; Nanocellulose)

Soft Materials (Polyelectrolyte Brushes; Lipid Bilayers; DNA)

Additive Manufacturing (Aerosol Jet Printing; Nanomaterial-based Inks for Printing; Modelling of 3-D Printing processes)

(# Indicates the Graduate Students of Dr. Das in UMD; $ Indicates the Undergraduate Students or Summer Interns supervised by Dr. Das in UMD; * Indicates corresponding authorship)

(Topic based demarcation: Polymer (P); Water-2D-Material (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): 30

Total number of publications in top 100 h5 journals (List is here): 30

Total number of publications in either Nature-Indexed or top h5 journal: 43 Journals

2024

Major topic wise summary of the number of papers: P (5); 3DP (2); FN (1); OSM (4)

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 (Accepted for Publication) (Topic: OSM).

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

191. S. Das*, “Taylor Dispersion and Concentration Profiles of Solutes in the Capillary Transport of Active Liquids.” Langmuir (Accepted for Publication) (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) (Accepted for Publication).

 

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, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01198 (2023).

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, 8945–8951 (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).

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 (2022) (Accepted for Publication) (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, DOI: 10.1039/D2TC00388K (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, DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02321G (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, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02337 (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, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05056 (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 (2021) (Accepted for Publication).

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 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00922 (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 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01683 (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, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02234 (2020) (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, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa836 (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).

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, DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00200C (2020). (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 (2019). (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)

 

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)

96. 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)

95. 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 (DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201701616) (2017). (Topic: TW)

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)

 

2014

52. S. Das and A. Kumar, “Formation and post-formation dynamics of bacterial biofilm streamers as highly viscous liquid jets”. Scientific Reports, 4, 7126 (2014). (media coverage: enme.umd.edu)

51. S. Das*, S. Chanda#, J. C. T. Eijkel, N. R. Tas, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra, “Filling of charged cylindrical capillaries”. Physical Review E, 90, 043011 (2014).

50. S. Das*, “Explicit interrelationship between Donnan and surface potentials and explicit quantification of capacitance of charged soft interfaces with pH-dependent charge density”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 462, 69 (2014).

49. S. Chanda#, S. Sinha, and S. Das*, “Streaming potential and electroviscous effects in soft nanochannels: Towards designing more efficient nanofluidic electrochemomechanical energy converter”, Soft Matter, 10, 7558 (2014).

48. L. A. Lubbers, J. H. Weijs, L. Botto, S. Das, B. Andreotti, and J. H. Snoeijer, “Drops on soft solids: Free energy and double transition of contact angles Journal of Fluid Mechanics 747, R1 (2014).

 

———— Publications Before Joining University of Maryland, College Park————

 

47. S. Das, T. Thundat, and S. K. Mitra, “Modeling of asphaltene transport and separation in presence of finite aggregation effects in combined electroosmotic-electrophoretic microchannel transport”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 446, 23 (2014).

46. S. Chanda# and S. Das*, “Effect of finite ion sizes in an electrostatic potential distribution for a charged soft surface in contact with an electrolyte solution”, Physical Review E 89, 012307 (2014).

45. M. Mehranfar, R. Gaikwad, S. Das, S. K. Mitra, and T. Thundat, “Effect of temperature on morphologies of evaporation-triggered Asphaltene nanoaggregates” Langmuir 30, 800 (2014).

 

2013

44. S. Das, A. Guha, and S. K. Mitra, “Exploring new scaling regimes for streaming potential and electroviscous effects in a nanocapillary with overlapping Electric Double Layers”, Analytica Chimica Acta 808, 159 (2013).

43. S. Das* and S. K. Mitra, “Electric double-layer interactions in a wedge geometry: Change in contact angle for drops and bubbles”, Physical Review E 88, 033021 (2013).

42.  S. Das and S. K. Mitra, “Different regimes in vertical capillary filling”, Physical Review E 87, 063005 (2013).

41. P. R. Waghmare, S. Das, and S. K. Mitra, “Drop deposition on under-liquid low energy surfaces”, Soft Matter 9, 7437 (2013). (Selected as a Cover Article). (media coverage: phys.org; redorbit.com;, ualberta.ca;)

40. P. R. Waghmare, S. Das, and S. K. Mitra, “Under-water superoleophobic glass: Unexplored role of surfactant-rich solvent”, Scientific Reports 3, 1862 (2013). (media coverage: phys.org, redorbit.com)

39. S. Das, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra, “Contribution of interfacial electrostriction in surface tension”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 400, 130 (2013).

38. R. P. Misra, S. Das, and S. K. Mitra, “Electric Double Layer force between charged surfaces: Effect of solvent polarization”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 114703 (2013).

37. S. Das, T. Thundat, and S. K. Mitra, “Analytical model for zeta potential of asphalting”, Fuel 108, 543 (2013).

 

2012

36. S. Das, P. R. Waghmare, S. K. Mitra, “Early regimes of capillary filling”, Physical Review E 86, 067301 (2012).

35. S. Das, S. K. Mitra, and S. Chakraborty, “Ring stains in the presence of electromagnetohydrodynamic interactions”, Physical Review E 86, 056317 (2012).

34. A. Marchand, S. Das, J. H. Snoeijer, and B. Andreotti, “Contact Angles on a Soft Solid: From Young’s Law to Neumann’s Law”, Physical Review Letters 108, 094301 (2012).

33. S. Das, R. P. Misra, T. Thundat, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra,”Modeling of asphaltene transport and separation in presence of finite aggregation effects in pressure-driven microchannel flow”, Energy and Fuels 26, 5851 (2012).

32. S. Das, S. K. Mitra, and S. Chakraborty, “Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter states of an electrolytic drop on charged surfaces”, Physical Review E 86, 011603 (2012).

31. S. Das, P. R. Waghmare, M. Fan, N. S. K. Gunda, S. S. Roy, and S. K. Mitra, “Dynamics of liquid droplets in an evaporating drop: Liquid droplet “Coffee Stain” effect”, RSC Advances 2, 8390 (2012).

30. S. Das, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra, “Magnetohydrodynamics in narrow fluidic channels in presence of spatially non-uniform magnetic fields: Framework for combined magnetohydrodynamic and magnetophoretic particle transport”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 13, 799 (2012).

29. S. Das, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra, “Redefining electrical double layer thickness in narrow confinements: Effect of solvent polarization”, Physical Review E 85, 051508 (2012).

28. S. Das, S. Chakraborty, and S. K. Mitra, “Ring stains in the presence of electrokinetic interactions”, Physical Review E, 85, 046311 (2012).

27. S. Das*, P. Dubsky, A. van den Berg, J. C. T. Eijkel, “Concentration polarization in translocation of DNA through nanopores and nanochannels”, Physical Review Letters 108, 138101 (2012).

26. A. Marchand, S. Das, J. H. Snoeijer, and B. Andreotti, “Capillary pressure and contact line force on a soft solid”, Physical Review Letters 108, 094301 (2012)

25. S. Das*, “Electric-double-layer potential distribution in multiple layer immiscible electrolytes: Effect of finite ion sizes”, Physical Review E 85, 012502 (2012).

 

2011

24. B. Andreotii, A. Marchand, S. Das, and J. H. Snoeijer, “Elastocapillary instability under partial wetting conditions: Bending versus buckling”, Physical Review E 84, 061601 (2011).

23. S. Das*, “Effect of added salt on preformed surface nanobubbles: A scaling estimate”, Physical Review E 84, 036303 (2011).

22. S. Das* and S. Hardt, “Electric-Double-Layer potential distribution in multiple-layer immiscible electrolytes”, Physical Review E 84, 022502 (2011).

21. S. Das, A. Marchand, B. Andreotti and J. H. Snoeijer, “Elastic deformation due to tangential capillary forces”, Physics of Fluids 23, 072005 (2011).

20. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Steric-effect-induced enhancement of electrical-double-layer overlapping phenomena”, Physical Review E 84, 012501 (2011).

19. S. Das*, “Effect of impurities in the description of surface nanobubbles: Role of non-idealities in the surface layer”, Physical Review E 83, 066315 (2011).

18. S. Das and S. Chakraborty, “Probing the solvation decay length for characterizing hydrophobicity-induced bead-bead attractive interactions in polymer chains”, Journal of Molecular Modeling 17, 1911 (2011).

 

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).