Students

Ph. D students:

Namita Shokeen: “Colloidal dynamics within polymer solutions and complex fluids”, Completed July 2019 (Currently, Intel Corp, OR).

Publications:
Diffusion of Nanoparticles within a Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solution. Kavindya K. Senanayake, Namita Shoken, Ehsan Akbari Fakhrabadi, Matthew W. Liberatore, and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Soft Matter DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01313J (2019).

Comparison of nanoparticle diffusion using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and differential dynamic microscopy within concentrated polymer solutions. N. Shokeen, C. Issa, and A. Mukhopadhyay, Appl. Phys. Lett., 111, 63703, (2017).

Kavindya Senanayeke: “Diffusion of gold nanoparticles within polymer solutions and gels”, Completed July 2019 (Currently, Lecturer Northern Kentucky University)

Nanoparticle Diffusion within Dilute and Semidilute Xanthan Solutions. Kavindya K. Senanayake and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Langmuir, 35, 7978-7984 (2019).

Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Entangled Poly(vinyl alcohol) Solutions and Gels. Kavindya K. Senanayake, Ehsan Akbari Fakhrabadi, Matthew W. Liberatore, and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Macromolecules, 52, 787-795 (2019).

Sharmine Alam: “Dynamics of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles in Synthetic and Biopolymer Solutions”, Completed August, 2015. (Currently, Intel Corp, OR).

Publications:
Translational Anisotropy and Rotational Diffusion of Gold Nanorods in Colloidal Sphere Solutions. Sharmine Alam and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Langmuir, 31, 8780 (2015).

Translational and Rotational Diffusions of Nanorods within Semidilute and Entangled Polymer Solutions. Sharmine Alam and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Macromolecules 47, 6919 (2014).

The Conjugation of Gold Nanorods with Bovine Serum Albumin Protein. Sharmine Alam and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 27459 (2014).

Interaction and diffusion of gold nanoparticles in bovine serum albumin solutions I. Kohli, S. Alam, B. Patel, & A. Mukhopadhyay. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 203705 (2013).

Indermeet Kohli: “Dynamics of Gold Nanoparticles in Synthetic and Biopolymer Solutions”, Completed July, 2013 (Currently, Ford Health Systems, MI. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Wayne State University)

Publications:

Contrasting Nanoparticle Diffusion in Branched Polymer and Particulate Solutions: More than Just Volume Fraction. I. Kohli & A. Mukhopadhyay. Soft Matter 9, 8974-8978 (2013).

Interaction and diffusion of gold nanoparticles in bovine serum albumin solutions. I. Kohli, S. Alam, B. Patel, & A. Mukhopadhyay. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 203705 (2013).

Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Semidilute Polymer Solutions: The Effect of Different Length Scales. Indermeet Kohli and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Macromolecules 45, 6143-6149 (2012)

Discrepancy between Different Estimates of the Hydrodynamic Diameter of Polymer Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Solution. R. Regmi, V. Gumber, V. Subba Rao, I. Kohli, C. Black, C. Sudakar, P. Vaishnava, V. Naik, R. Naik, A. Mukhopadhyay, G. Lawes. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13, 6869-6875 (2011).

Rami Omari: “Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Complex Fluids”, Completed August 2011 (Lecturer, Grand Valley State University, MI).

Publications:

Effect of Surface Curvature on Critical Adsorption. R. Omari, C. Grabowski, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Physical Review Letters. 103, 225705 (2009).

Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Semidilute and Entangled Polymer Solutions. R. Omari, A. Aneese, C. Grabowski, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Letters) 113, 8449 (2009).

Venkatesh Subba Rao (co-advised with Hoffmann): “A Novel Integrated Platform Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy” Completed April 2011 (Initially, Micron Corp, Boise,ID )

Publications:

Tracer Diffusion in Nanofluids Measured by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. V. Subba Rao, P. M. Hoffmann, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13, 6313 (2011).

Christopher Grabowski: “Dynamical studies of Polymers and Confined Fluids” Completed March, 09 (Research scientist, AFSOR, OH)

Publications:

The Size-Effect of Nanoparticle Diffusion in a Polymer Melt. Christopher A. Grabowski and Ashis Mukhopadhyay. Macromolecules 47, 7238 (2014).

Effect of Surface Curvature on Critical Adsorption. R. Omari, C. Grabowski, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Physical Review Letters. 103, 225705 (2009

Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Semidilute and Entangled Polymer Solutions. R. Omari, A. Aneese, C. Grabowski, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Letters) 113, 8449 (2009).

Dynamics of Gold Nanoparticles in a Polymer Melt. C. Grabowski and A. Mukhopadhyay. Applied Physics Letters 94, 021903 (2009).

Diffusion of polystyrene chains and fluorescent dye molecules in semidilute and concentrated polymer solutions. C. Grabowski and A. Mukhopadhyay. Macromolecules 41, 6191-6194 (2008).

Comparing the Activation Energy of Diffusion in Bulk and Ultrathin Fluid Films. C. Grabowski and A. Mukhopadhyay. J. Chem. Phys. 127, 171101-4 (2007).

Contraction and Re-swelling of a Polymer Chain near the Critical Point of a Binary Liquid Mixture. C. Grabowski and A. Mukhopadhyay. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 207801-4 (2007).

Combined Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Studies of Interfacial Fluids. S. Patil, G. Matei, C. Grabowski, P. M. Hoffmann, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Langmuir 23, 4988-4992 (2007).

M.S/M. A students

Gilbert Ayuk Master of Science, “Ellipsometric Studies of Polymer Surface Glass Transition”, Completed Aug, 08.

Manvinder Kaur, Master of Science, “Hydrodynamic Properties of Magnetic Nanoparticles”, Completed Aug, 06.

Purushottam Bhandari, Master of Arts, “Applications of Photon Counting Histogram (PCH) Techniques for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Experiments”, Completed Aug, 2005.

Undergraduate students

Adrian Lorenzana (Chemical Engineering major): Supported by Barbar Summer grant. Studied colloidal phase transition onto curved surfaces.

Alena Jalics (Biomedical Engineering major): Supported by Barbar Summer grant. Used confocal microscopy to study colloidal dynamics. Learned image processing using MatLab.

Eric Hedquist (Biomedical Physics major): Worked on Hons. Thesis. Completed Dec 2017. Particle tracking data analysis using C++ and MatLab

Kristiaan Hector (Physics major): Completed Hons. Thesis (Dec 2016). Implementation of Image Correlation Spectroscopy.

Christopher Issa (Biomedical Physics major) Developed differential dynamic microscopy system. Completed Hons. Thesis, Summer 2018.

Publication
Comparison of nanoparticle diffusion using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and differential dynamic microscopy within concentrated polymer solutions. N. Shokeen, C. Issa, and A. Mukhopadhyay, Appl. Phys. Lett., 111, 63703, (2017).

Avik Chakraborty (Mechanical Engineering major) is developing a Matlab program for data analysis.

Bhavdeep Patel (Biomedical Physics & Computer Engineering major is working on the adsorption properties of nanoparticles under flow condition (2011-2012).

Publication
Interaction and diffusion of gold nanoparticles in bovine serum albumin solutions. I. Kohli, S. Alam, B. Patel, & A. Mukhopadhyay. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 203705 (2013).

Sam James (Biomedical Engineering major): Wrote a computer program for 3D scanning of a piezo stage. Simultaneously microscope images can be captured (2012).

Andrew Aneese (Biomedical Physics major) have studied the transport properties of nanoparticles in a polymer solution. He received an undergraduate summer research scholarship from Wayne State University Honors College (2009).

Publication
Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Semidilute and Entangled Polymer Solutions. R. Omari, A. Aneese, C. Grabowski, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Letters) 113, 8449 (2009).

Laura Gunther (Biomedical Physics major) is learning the preparation and characterization of Janus particles. She presented a poster at Argonne National Laboratory (2009) and won an award at the undergraduate research conference at Physics department, Wayne State University.

Shivani Pututunda (Physics major) have studied the two-dimensional critical phenomena using lipid molecules.

Aarti Patel (physics major) had worked in my laboratory for two semesters during 2005. She used spin coater to prepare polymer surfaces.

Christian Hamill (physics major) used Langmuir Blodgett technique to prepare Hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces.

Esha Rank (biology major) worked on a project to assemble a flow pump with a microfluidic device.

Bijoy Adhikary (physics major) wrote a computer program in LabVIEW, which is used currently to perform three-dimensional scanning of a microscope stage.

Publication:

Dynamics of Gold Nanoparticles in a Polymer Melt. C. Grabowski, B. Adhikary, and A. Mukhopadhyay. Applied Physics Letters 94, 021903 (2009).