Group Publications

Selected Publications

• Joshi, T., Jinugu, M. E., Khristi, A., Thareja, P., & Bagchi, D. (2024). Non-toxic, Printable Starch Hydrogel Composite with Surface Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles Having Wide-Spectrum Antimicrobial Property. BioNanoScience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-024-01491-0

• Esther, M. J., Solanki, R., Thareja, P., Bhatia, D. D., & Dhanka, M. (2024). Self-healing, injectable chitosan-based hydrogels: Structure, properties and biological applications. Materials Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00131a

•  Swarupa, S., & Thareja, P. (2024). Techniques, applications and prospects of polysaccharide and protein based biopolymer coatings: A review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 266, 131104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131104

• Patel, P., & Thareja, P. (2024). Colloids and Interfaces: Where Science Meets Engineering, a Hands-on Learning Approach. Journal of Chemical Education. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01218

• Bisht, S. R., Paul, A., Patel, P., Thareja, P., & Mercado-Shekhar, K. P. (2024). Systematic quantification of differences in shear wave elastography estimates between linear-elastic and viscoelastic material assumptions. the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3), 2025–2036. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025291

• Garg, M., Singhal, R., Swarupa, S., & Thareja, P. (2023). Influence of pH and Heating of Ovalbumin on Interfacial Properties and Rheology of Optimized Volume Fraction Soybean Oil–Water Emulsion Gels. ACS Food Science & Technology, 4(1), 49–58. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00295

• Garg, M., Patel, P., & Thareja, P. (2023). Non-enzymatic glucose detection using free-standing gold nanoparticle loaded carrageenan hydrogel electrodes. Microchemical Journal, 194, 109241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2023.109241

• Nividha, N., Shukla, A. K., Maiti, A., Bharat, B., Jayaprakash, K. R., Khatua, S., Thareja, P., & Dey, K. K. (2023). Rapid Estimation of Ethanol Concentration using Acousto‐Optic Diffraction. Chemistry Select, 8(32). https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202301570

• Patel, P., Mujmer, K., Aswal, V. K., Gupta, S., & Thareja, P. (2023). Structure, rheology, and 3D printing of salt-induced κ-carrageenan gels. Materials Today Communications, 35, 105807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105807

• Prasad, V., Thareja, P., & Mehrotra, S. P. (2023). Influence of Rheology on the Flow Characteristics of Bauxite Slurries During Hydraulic Conveying Through the Pipeline. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-02988-0

• Varghese, S., Chaudhary, J. P., Thareja, P., & Ghoroi, C. (2023). Newly developed nano-biocomposite embedded hydrogel to enhance drug loading and modulated release of anti-inflammatory drug. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 28(3–4), 299–308. https://doi.org/10.1080/10837450.2023.2193254

• Sharma, A., Marapureddy, S. G., Paul, A., Bisht, S. R., Kakkar, M., Thareja, P., & Mercado-Shekhar, K. P. (2023). Characterizing Viscoelastic Polyvinyl Alcohol Phantoms for Ultrasound Elastography. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 49(2), 497–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.09.019

• Gupta, R., Swarupa, S., Mayya, C., Bhatia, D., & Thareja, P. (2023). Graphene Oxide–Carbamoylated Chitosan Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanical Properties for Biological Applications. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 6(2), 578–590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00885

• Patel, P., Gangwar, P., & Thareja, P. (2023). Preparation and rheology of titanium dioxide nanoparticles loaded κ‐carrageenan hydrogel beads strengthened by mixed salts for multipollutant water remediation. Journal of Vinyl & Additive Technology, 29(4), 773–794. https://doi.org/10.1002/vnl.21980

• Kumar, V., Patel, P., Ray, D., Thareja, P., Kuperkar, K., Aswal, V. K., & Bahadur, P. (2023). Physiochemical insight into the solution behavior of cationic gemini surfactant in water and ethanol–water systems. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 26(5), 623–632. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsde.12662

• Prasad, V., Mehrotra, S. P., & Thareja, P. (2022). Rheological characteristics of concentrated Indian coal ash slurries and flow through pipelines. Construction & Building Materials, 361, 129624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129624

• Vadodaria, S., & Thareja, P. (2022). Editorial. Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2, 100069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fhfh.2022.100069

• Kumar, V., Mitchell-Koch, K. R., Marapureddy, S. G., Verma, R., Thareja, P., Kuperkar, K., & Bahadur, P. (2022). Self-Assembly and Micellar Transition in CTAB Solutions Triggered by 1-Octanol.  the  Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, 126(40), 8102–8111. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05636

• Marapureddy, S. G., & Thareja, P. (2022). Synergistic effect of chemical crosslinking and addition of graphene-oxide in Chitosan—Hydrogels, films, and drug delivery. Materials Today Communications, 31, 103430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103430

• Hivare, P., Gangrade, A., Swarup, G., Bhavsar, K., Singh, A., Gupta, R., Thareja, P., Gupta, S., & Bhatia, D. (2022). Peptide functionalized DNA hydrogel enhances neuroblastoma cell growth and differentiation. Nanoscale, 14(24), 8611–8620. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07187d

• Shah, J., Ranjan, M., Thareja, P., & Estellé, P. (2022). Tailoring stability and thermophysical properties of CuO nanofluid through ultrasonication. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147(19), 10319–10328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11266-y

• Patel, P., & Thareja, P. (2022). Hydrogels differentiated by length scales: A review of biopolymer-based hydrogel preparation methods, characterization techniques, and targeted applications. European Polymer Journal, 163, 110935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110935

• Shah, J., & Thareja, P. (2021). Design Your Experiment (DYE) – Project based learning in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. Asean Journal of Engineering Education, 5(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.11113/ajee2021.5n1.60

• Marapureddy, S.G., Hivare, P., Sharma, A., Chakraborty, J., Ghosh, S., Gupta, S. and Thareja, P., 2021. Rheology and direct write printing of chitosan-graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogels for differentiation of neuroblastoma cells. Carbohydrate Polymers, p.118254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118254

• Kumar, V., Sai, G.M., Verma, R., Mitchell-Koch, K.R., Ray, D., Aswal, V.K., Thareja, P., Kuperkar, K. and Bahadur, P., 2021. Tuning cationic micelle properties with an antioxidant additive: a molecular perspective. Langmuir, 37(15), pp.4611-4621. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00290

• Kulkarni, S., Kumar, S. and Thareja, P., 2021. Colloidal and fumed particles in nematic liquid crystals: self-assembly, confinement and implications on rheology. Journal of Molecular Liquids, p.116241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116241

• Kumar, S., Marapureddy, S.G. and Thareja, P.,  Electrorheology and shear dependent reversible gelation of elongated α-FeOOH suspensions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 621, p.126579, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126579

• Marapureddy, S. G., Hivare, P., Kumar, S., Gupta, S., & Thareja, P., Carbamoylated chitosan hydrogels with improved viscoelastic properties and stability for potential 3D cell culture applications, Biomedical Materials, 16(4), 045019, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/abf88c

• A. Ojha and P. Thareja, Electrolyte induced rheological modulation of graphene oxide suspensions and its applications in adsorption, Applied Surface Science 435:786-798, 2017.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.11.157

• B. Panjwani, S.Gupta and P. Thareja, Ovalbumin at oil–water interfaces:Adsorption and emulsification, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2017.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2017.1384387

• S. Kulkarni and P. Thareja,Suspensions of titania nanoparticle networks in nematic liquid crystals: rheology and microstructure, Rheologica Acta 56:825-840, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-017-1039-7

• S. Kulkarni and P. Thareja, Surfactant induced interfacial anchoring transitions in nematic liquid crystal droplets on glass surfaces, Surface Review and Letters 24: 175044, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218625X17500445

• S. Kulkarni, A. Verma, N. Mishra and P. Thareja, Partitioning and self assembly of silica and hematite particles at grain boundaries of hexagonal liquid crystals: Implications on rheology, Journal of Rheology 61:311-325, 2017.  https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4975333

• S. Modak, G. Krishnakumar, S. Gupta and P. Thareja, Influence of Phosphorylation on the Foamability and Stability of Bovine Serum Albumin and Citrus Peel Pectin Mixed Foams, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 38: 1266-1275, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2016.1234382.

• S. Kumar and P. Thareja, Influence of electric field and shear on the rheology of fumed alumina in silicone oil suspensions, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects, 511:339-350, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.10.006

• S. Kulkarni and P. Thareja, Experimental study of surfactant driven nematic liquid crystal (NLC) anchoring transitions at solid surfaces: Role of solid surface energy and anisotropic NLC - solid interfacial energy, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 30:1370-1391, 2016.                                                                             https://doi.org/10.1080/01694243.2016.1145784

• S. Kulkarni and P. Thareja, Rheology of colloidal particles-in-lyotropic hexagonal liquid crystals: Role of particle loading, shape and phase transition kinetics, Rheologica Acta, 55: 23-36, 2016. 10.1007/s00397-015-0896-1

• A. Ojha, M. Thakker, D.O Shah and P. Thareja, Flow directed assembly of non-spherical titania nanoparticles into superhydrophilic thin films, Frontiers of Material Science,10: 1-7, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-016-0321-4

• P. Thareja, Rheology and Microstructure of Pastes with Crystal Network, Rheologica Acta, 52:515–527, 2013.  Special issue of Novel Trends in Rheology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-016-0321-4

• P. Thareja, A. Golematis, C. Street, M. Vethamuthu, K.D. Hermanson, K.P. Anathapadmanabhan and N.J. Wagner, Influence of Surfactants on the Rheology and Stability of Crystallizing Fatty Acid Pastes, J. Amer. Oil. Chem. Soc. 90: 273-283, 2012.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-012-2161-4

• P. Thareja, I. Hoffmann, M. Helgeson, M.W. Liberatore, T.Y. Hu, M. Gradzielski and N. J Wagner, Shear induced phase separation (SIPS) and shear banding in solutions of cationic surfactant and salt, Journal of Rheology, 55:1375-1399, 2011.  https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3641517

• P. Thareja, C.Street, M. Vethamuthu, K.P. Anathapadmanabhan and N.J. Wagner Development of an in-situ rheological method to characterize fatty acid crystallization in complex fluids. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects, 388:12-20, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.07.038

• P. Thareja, K.M. Moritz and S. Velankar, Interfacially active particles in droplet/matrix blends of model immiscible homopolymers: Particles can increase or decrease drop size, Rheologica Acta, 49: 285-298, 2010.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-009-0421-5

• M.M.W. Mascatello, L.E. Stunja, P. Thareja, L.Wang, J.J, Bohn, S. Velankar, S. A. Asher, Dependence of photonic crystal nanocomposite: Elasticity on Crystalline Colloidal Array particle size. Macromolecules, 42, 2009, 4403-4406 https://doi.org/10.1021/ma900919y

• P. Thareja, S. Velankar, Rheology of immiscible blends with particle-induced drop clusters” Rheologica Acta, 47, 2008, 189-200 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-007-0231-6

• P. Thareja, S. Velankar, Interfacial activity of particles at PI/PDMS and PI/PIB interfaces: Analysis based on Girifalco Good theory, Colloid and Polymer Science, 286, 2008, 1257-1264 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-008-1884-0

• P. Thareja, B P. Ising, S.J. Kingston and S. Velankar, Polymer foams stabilized by particles adsorbed at the air/polymer interface. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 29, 2008, 1329-1334  https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200800262

• P. Thareja, S. Velankar, Particle-induced bridging in immiscible polymer blends. Rheologica Acta, 46, 2007, 405-512 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-006-0130-2