26 Sep: Our work on "Ionic flow through partially blocked nanopores" has been accepted in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Congrats Sipra and Hema!
10 Sep: Our work on "phonon thermal transport mechanisms in 2D beryllene" has been published at arXiv:2409.05766. Congrats and all the best to Sapta for its review!
05 Sep: Our work on "proton transport mechanisms in sulfuric acid using abinitio MD" by Suleman and Sipra has been published in J. Phys. Chem. B. Congrats Suleman and Sipra!
31 Aug: Suleman and Sipra have successfully submitted Ph.D. thesis. Both of them are outstanding individuals who have worked very hard, significantly contributing to the growth of our group and making remarkable contributions in their respective research areas. Congratulations to both!
29 Jul: Akash joined our group as Ph.D. student. Welcome to the group!
12 Jul: Hema received Best Poster Award at CCP2024 . Congratulations!!!
7 Jul - 12 Jul: Sipra and Hema presented their research at the XXXV IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2024) Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-12 July, 2024
1 Jul: Sipra and Hema received prestigious APS travel grant to visit Greece next week
27 May - 25 June: Manisha got selected for prestigious Vigyan Vidushi (Physics) 2024, a TIFR Advanced Programme in Physics for women students studying masters physics across India. Way to go!!!π
19 May - 20 Jul: Rakhi got selected for the JNCASR's flagship internship program to work under the guidance of Prof. Rajest Ganapathy. Congrats and all the best!!!π
25 Apr: Rakhi, Manisha, and Dibakar have joined our group for their M.Sc. project. Welcome to the group!
22 Apr - 26 Apr: Sipra presented her work at the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, Seattle, Washington, USA, 22-26 April 2024
14 Apr: Sipra won 1st prize in IIT Jodhpur (semiclassical dance competition). Congratulations!!!π
06 Apr: Our work "Molecular dynamics simulations of the effect of starch on transport of water and ions through graphene nanopores" published in J. Mol . Model. Congratulations to Suleman and Souhitya!π
27 Feb: Our work "Diffusion and Ion-Ion Correlations in EC-LiTFSI Electrolytes: has been published in book series Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Congratulations to Hema and Sipra!π
15 Feb: Our work "Effects of pectin and temperature on the diffusion of ions and water in saltwater membranes" has been published in J. Mol. Liq. Congratulation to Suleman and Salman!π
02 Feb: Our work "Viscosity of Pectin-[BMIM][PF6] electrolytes and the interplay of ion-ion interactions" has been published in J. Mol. Liq. Congratulations to Priyanka and Sipra!π
05 Jan: Our work "Ion transport mechanisms in pectin-containing ECβLiTFSI electrolytes" has been published in Nanoscale. Congratulations to Sira, Hema, Sapta, and Suleman!π
2023
20-24 Dec: Sipra gave an oral talk on "Ionic Conductivity and the Correlation with Viscosity in Pectin Ionic Liquid Electrolytes" at a national conference "DAESSPS 2023" at GITAM University Vishakhapatnam!π
18-20 Dec: Hitesh, Hema, Sipra, and Santosh presented our research at an International conference, "CompFlu2023" at IIT Madras, Chennai
11-14 Dec: Santosh delivered an invited lecture at the DAE-BRNS workshop on atomistic modeling (AMMM2023) during 11-14 December in BARC Mumbai.
25 Nov - 03 Dec: Santosh visited the Department of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat on a collaborative research work with Prof. S. R. Varanasi.
16 Nov: Santosh visited the Department of Physics, SRM-AP, Amaravati and gave a research seminar
12 Oct: Our work "Modeling Interlayer Interactions and Phonon Thermal Transport in Silicene Bilayers" has been accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B. Congratulations to Sapta!π
29 Sep: Our work "Insights into the Structure and Ion Transport of Pectin-[BMIM][PF6] Electrolytes" has ben accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys. Congratulations to Sipra and Sougata!π
01 Sep: Hitesh has been selected to participate in aditya L1 support cell workshop which is organised jointly by ARIES and ISRO from 29 September to 1st October. Congratulations to him!π
07 Aug: Sapta has presented his work titled "Temperature Induced Electronic Structure and Phonon Thermal Properties in Bilayer Silicene" at the 34rd IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics held in Kobe, Japan.
30 June: Mogurampelly has joined IIT Jodhpur as an Associate Professor. Congratulations! π
16-18 Jun: Santosh presented our research at the Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet 2023 held at the Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
09 June: Priyanka has been selected to participate in "High-end Workshop on Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials" at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Indore. Congratulations to her!π
15 May: Salman has been selected to participate in "Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics - WOST IV" at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste from 18 May 2023 to 26 May 2023. Congratulations to him!π
24 Apr: Priyanka got a Ph.D. position at Comenius University Bratislava under Prof. Stefan Matejcik on the topic βMonitoring of processes initiated by the atmospheric discharges using the methods of IMS and IMS/MS spectrometry". Congratulations to her!π
15 Apr: Sourav's team secures 1st position in "Science Quiz" on Department's Day at Physics Dept.
21 Apr: Sipra received financial assistance through ITS scheme of SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board), India, for attending an international conference, "Seventh International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science, 29 May - 1 June 2023 at Gothenburg, Sweden. Congratulations to her! π
xx Mar: Hitesh joined our group for his M.Sc. project. Welcome to the group!
30-31 March: Prof. Roland R. Netz, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Freie UniversitΓ€t Berlin and Infosys Chair Professor, Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore visited our group and interacted with the group members!
28 Feb: Santosh started a small library for the group members which is a great way to encourage learning and growth.
10 Jan: Sipra attended a CECAM winter school on "Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry" during 6-10 January 2023
2022
28 Dec: Sourav has been offered a Ph.D. position at Saarland University, Germany. Congratulations, Sourav! π
08 Dec: Hema, Sourav and Priyanka are presenting their work at the National Coference on Energy Materials and Devices (EMAD 2022), IIT Jodhpur, 16 Dec-18 Dec. 2022
05 Nov: Sipra has given a talk at the Research Scholar Day 2022, Department of Physics, IIT Jodhpur.
05 Nov: Suleman, Sapta, Hema, Priyanka have presented poster at the Research Scholar Day 2022, Department of Physics, IIT Jodhpur.
30 Sep: Santosh visited Max Planck Institute for structure and dynamics in Hamburg and gaveΒ aΒ seminarΒ talk.
22 Sep: Santosh gave a research seminar on "The interplay of ion-pair and polymer relaxations on ionic diffusivities in different classes of electrolytes" at the Department of Physics, Freie Universitat Berlin.
19-21 Sep: Santosh presented "Ion transport through pectin-graphene membranes and rechargeable battery electrolytes" at the international conference on "Biomembrane Days 2022" organized by the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
10 Sep: Priyanka got selected for the CECAM flagship workshop (for remote participation) on "Reduced Density-Matrix Functional Theory: Improving its foundation and extending its scope" to be held at ECT*, Trento, Italy between 03-14 October 2022.
01 Sep: Santosh arrived Berlin and started working as a Visiting Professor at the Freie Universitat Berlin for a collaborative project with Prof. Roland R. Netz under the SIRE fellowship scheme.
05 Aug: Sapta has delivered a contributed talk titled "Phonon Mediated In-plane and Out-of-plane Thermal Transport in Silicene Bilayers" at the 33rd IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics held at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.
28 June: Priyanka has been selected for IIA Online Summer Programme at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Congratulations to her! π
17 June: Sapta and Hema have presented their Research Proposal Seminar.
17 June: Priyanka has been selected for Vigyan Shala Kalpana (STEM) Programme. Congratulations to her! π
23-25 June: Hema has participated in 3 days national webinar on Lithium-ion batteries and beyond: A perspective for future energy storage and needs organised by the department of ceramic Engineering, NIT Rourkela.
24 May: Souhitya has been selected for a scholarship to undertake Bolt IoT and ML training. Congratulations to him! π
17 May: Sougata has been selected as a Summar Intern at the Bennett University, Greater Noida. Congratulations to him! π
12 May: Santosh received the SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship from SERB. Santosh will visit the research group of Prof. Roland R Netz at the Free University Berlin for three months to work on different aspects of soft matter physics in Germany. Congratulations and kudos to the group!π
11 May: Our work on the "Effect of Succinonitrile on Ion Transport in PEO-based Lithium Ion Battery Electrolytes" has been accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys. Congratulations to Sipra and Shubham from the group. π
23 Apr: Souhitya has been selected for a conference on "Random Matrices, Random Graphs and Statistical Physics for Machine Learning and Inference" organized by the ICTP, Italy. Congratulations, Souhitya! π
28-29 Mar: Sipra, Sapta and Sougata have been presented their works titled "Molecular Dynamics Study of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Based Biocompatible Solid Polymer Electrolyte", "Thermal Transport and the Interplay of Phonon Modes in 2D Layered Materials" and "Ion Transportation Studies of Pectin Containing Ionic Liquid Electrolytes" respectively in Supercaps and Batteries - India 2022.
14 Mar: Our collaborative work on the solubility of gases has been published in Ind. Eng. Chem.
19 Feb: Sipra and Sapta's abstract has been selected for Supercaps and Batteries- India 2022.
18 Feb: Sapta got ankle injury while playing Badminton. Get well soon Sapta!
18 Feb: Shubham has been offered a Ph.D. position in the Max Planck IMPRS-UFAST, Germany. Congratulations, Shubham! π
15 Feb: Sourav, Priyanka and Salman have joined our group for their M.Sc. project. Welcome to the group!
28 Jan: Sapta and Hema have presented in their State of the Art Seminar (SOTA).
10 Jan: Megha has joined our group as an intern working on ionic conductivity. Welcome Megha!
07 Jan: Our work on deep eutectic solvents has been published in J. Mol. Mod..
2021
11 Dec: Sapta and Sipra have presented their work at Condensed Matter Days 2021 (CMDays-2021).
Hema's talk has been adjudged as the Best Mini Talk at Soft Matter Young Investigators e-Meet (e-SMYIM) - 2021. Congratulations to her! π
Sipra and Hema have presented their work at Soft Matter Young Investigators e-Meet (e-SMYIM) - 2021.
Hema has appeared in the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination.
14 Sep: Santosh gave a Webinar on "Advanced Sampling Methods: A Short Course on Fundamental Concepts" at a Workshop on "Advanced Molecular Dynamics Simulations 2021" jointly organized by the International School of Photonics, CUSAT, India, Department of Physics, and the Green Club of Thoughts, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
22 July: Sougata, Souhitya and Shobhit have joined our group for their M.Sc. project. Welcome to our group!
19 July: Suleman and Sipra presented their Research Proposal.
Hema completed Ph.D. course work.
05 May: Our work on Existence of Ξ²-diketone form of curcuminoids has been published in Food Chem.
30 Apr: Sapta appeared in the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination.
28 Feb: Sapta completed Ph.D. course work.
Our work on Computational and spectroscopic studies of biologically active coumarin-based fluorophores has been published in Luminescence.
2020
30 Dec: Sipra and Suleman has presented in their State of the Art Seminar (SOTA).
08 Oct: Sipra and Suleman has appeared in the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination.
Our work on Quantum chemical and solvatochromic studies of biological active 1, 3, 4-thiadiazol coumarin derivatives has been published in Chem. Data Collect.
A review paper on DNA mechanics has been publised in Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. .
01 Sep: Sapta and Hema has joined IIT Jodhpur for their Ph.D. degree. A warm welcome to the group!
Our work with UT Austin and UIC Chicago on phosphorene-loaded polymer electrolytes has been published in Adv. Funct. Mater.
29 July: Shubham has joined our group for his M.Sc. project. Welcome to our group!
30 June: Suleman and Sipra completed Ph.D. course work.
Santosh has given two invited lectures at the workshop, "Winter School on Computational Modelling (WISCOM-2020)".
18-20 Feb: Santosh has presented poster titled "Multiscale Modeling of Soft Matter Physics: My Scientific Adventures with Mike" at the international conference on "Modern Approaches in Chemistry and Biology (MACB2020)" at Bangalore, India. A moment of celebration of Mike's 80th birthday.
13 Jan: Our work on R-VAPOL-phosphoric acid based 1 H and 13 C-NMR for sensing of chiral amines and acids has been published in RSC Adv.
2019
08 Nov: Santosh gave a seminar presentation on the group's research, simulation methods, and Hands-on teaching session at the University of Seoul, South Korea.
03-06 Nov: Santosh gave a keynote seminar at the prestigious "5th International Conference on Molecular Simulation (ICMS 2019)" held at Jeju, South Korea.
22 July: Suleman and Sipra has joined IIT Jodhpur for their Ph.D. degree. Welcome to the group!
10 June: Aman Sriperumbuduru (UG student from SNIST) has joined the group for Summer Internship. First member of the group!