Soft matter and Active matter Group

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India

The main aim of this group is synthesis of different anisotropic particles and study the particle shape effects on different fields, such as Pickering emulsions which includes stability of transparent emulsions, double emulsions, food emulsions, particle behaviour at the liquid-liquid interface, self-propulsion behaviour of the active particles in bulk and at the interface, the simulation study for self propulsion of the Janus particles, capillary suspension, self-assembly, and  crack patterns.

Recent Updates

Placement/PhD offer: Jatin Bhumarkar completed his MS thesis in April 2024 and received a PhD offer from CRPP-CNRS University of Bordeaux, France. 


Conference: Madhvi Tiwari, delivered a oral presentation in 39th M.P. Young Scientist Congress program held by Madhya Pradesh state governement at MITS Gwalior in Feb 2024.

Conference: Dr.  Dugyala Venkateshwar Rao, delivered a talk in an international conference COMPFLU 2023 held at IIT Madras in Dec 2023.

Conference: Megha Varma, PhD student presented a poster in an international conference COMPFLU 2023 held at IIT Madras in Dec 2023.

Conference: Madhvi Tiwari, PhD student presented a poster in an international conference COMPFLU 2023 held at IIT Madras in Dec 2023.

JRF: Jagannath Padhi  joined Dr. D V Rao' lab as JRF in January 2024, under the CRG granted (SERB) project titled 'Capillary suspension: Role of particle shape on strength and stability'.

JRF: Purandas Mudavath joined Dr. D V Rao' lab as JRF in Dec 2024, under the CRG granted (SERB) project titled 'Capillary suspension: Role of particle shape on strength and stability'.

PhD Scholar: Kalyani Kulkarni joined Dr. D V Rao' lab as PhD student in July 2023.

JRF: Kalyani Kulkarni joined Dr. D V Rao' lab as JRF in May 2023, under the CRG granted (SERB) project titled 'Capillary suspension: Role of particle shape on strength and stability'.