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Krishnacharya
PhD (Max-Planck Institute)
Professor, Department of Physics
SL-202,
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Soft Matter Physics
Education
PhD, Max-Planck Institute, Gottingen, Germany (2004-2007)
M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi (2001-2003)
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. (1998- 2000)
Selected Publications
J. Barman, D. Swain, B. M. Law, R. Seemann, S. Herminghaus and Krishnacharya "Electrowetting Actuated Microfluidic Transport in Surface Grooves with Triangular Cross Section" in press Langmuir (2014)
R. Pant, S. Singha, A. Bandyopadhyay and Krishnacharya "Investigation of static and dynamic wetting transitions of UV responsive tunable wetting surfaces" Applied Surface Science 292, 777 (2014)
C. Jin, Krishnacharya, S. Vajpayee, S. Yang, A. Jagota and C.-Y. Hui "Adhesive contact between a rippled elastic surface and a rigid spherical indenter: from partial to full contact" Soft Matter 7, 10728 (2011)
R. Seemann, M. Brinkmann, S. Herminghaus, Krishnacharya, B. M. Law, S. McBride, K. Kostourou, E. Gurevich, S. Bommer, C. Herrmann and D. Michler "Wetting morphologies and their transitions in grooved substrates" Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 184108 (2011)
Krishnacharya, S. Vajpayee, S. Yang, C.-Y. Hui and A. Jagota "Adhesion selectivity using rippled surfaces" Advanced Functional Materials 21, 547 (2011)
S. Yang, Krishnacharya and P.-C. Lin "Harnessing surface wrinkle patterns in soft matter" Advanced Functional Materials 20, 2550 (2010)
Krishnacharya, J. Zhou and S. Yang "Tunable open-channel microfluidics on soft poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrates with sinusoidal grooves" Langmuir 25, 12794 (2009)
Krishnacharya, S. Herminghaus, J.-C. Baret, B. M. Law, M. Brinkmann and R. Seemann, "Switching liquid morphologies on linear grooves" Langmuir 23, 12997 (2007)
Krishnacharya, M. Brinkmann, B. M. Law, E. Gurevich, S. Herminghaus and R. Seemann, "Dewetting of liquid filaments in wedge shaped grooves" Langmuir 23, 12138 (2007)
Awards & Fellowships
Max-Planck Research Fellowship during PhD
DST Young Scientist Research Award
DAE Young Scientist Research Award
Director's commendation for outstanding teaching at IITK - numerous times
Research Grants
- "Fabrication of tunable wetting surfaces based on responsive polymers" DAE Research Award for Young Scientists (2011-2014) (17 Lakh)
- "Fabrication of responsive surfaces with tunable nano-roughness and study of wetting transitions" DST NanoMission (2011-2016) (50 Lakh)
- Received CARE-2011 from IIT Kanpur to purchase a high end "Automated dynamic contact angle goniometer" (2011) (44 lakhs)
- "Investigation of slip-length of Newtonian fluids from dewetting dynamics in triangular grooves" DST Fast track Scheme for Young Scientists (2012-2015) (23 Lakh)
- "Stable Superhydrophobic Coating on Steel Surfaces for Corrosion Prevention And Water Drag Reduction" Research grant from Tata Steel (2013-2014) (20 Lakh)
- "Investigation and fabrication of self-cleaning and slippery surfaces with low water friction" Research grant from Unilever R&D (2013-2014) (15.45 Lakh)
- "Fabrication of lubricating liquid based slippery surfaces on hydrophilic samples" Research grant from Unilever R&D (2014-2015) (18.25 Lakh)