International Journals (2026):
Sangeeta Kumari, Aryan Sharma, Chandra Shekhar, Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala, Vishwajeet Mehandia, Manigandan Sabapathy*. Is chemical asymmetry necessary for directed motion in catalytic swimmers? The Journal of Chemical Physics, Accepted for publication. IF: 3.8.
Huluka, A. B., Muthulingam*, S., & Manigandan Sabapathy. Sustainable Ultrafine Fly Ash Bricks with PCM Microcapsules Enhance Indoor Thermal Regulation in Hot Climates. International Journal of Thermofluids, 101615, 2026. Cite score: 9.6.
Pawak, Vishal Singh, Vijay A. Loganathan, and Manigandan Sabapathy*. "Microplastics (< 40 Μm) in Commercial Bottled Drinking Water from India: Advanced Spectroscopic Characterization, Source Attribution and Human Exposure Risk." Source Attribution and Human Exposure Risk. Results in Engineering, 109954, 2026, IF: 7.9.
Kumar, Rajat, Manigandan Sabapathy*, Vishal Singh Pawak, Richa Ranjan, Manohar Kakunuri, and Naveen Veeramani. "Nanoparticles for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Advances in Synthesis, Characterization, and Remediation Applications." Results in Engineering, 2026, 109799. IF: 7.9.
Tiwari, Madhvi, Jagannath Padhi, Manigandan Sabapathy, and Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala. "Effect of particle shape and addition of oppositely charged particles with different wettability on droplet bridging." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 164, 2026, IF: 3.8.
Ranjan, Richa, Monicka Kullappan, Sarang P. Gumfekar, and Manigandan Sabapathy*. "Biodegradable cellulosic aerogels for rapid and efficient adsorptive removal of ciprofloxacin and methylene blue from contaminated water." Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 21, 101015, 2026. IF: 7.7.
International Journals (2025):
Tiwari, M., Sabapathy, M., Basavaraj, M. G., & Dugyala, V. R*. Interfacial engineering of nanoparticles and nanoflakes via bridged microreactors. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 138405, 2025. IF: 5.4.
Faizan Khan, Vishal Singh Pawak, Chandra Shekhar, Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala, Tarak Mondal, and Manigandan Sabapathy*. "Interfacial engineering approach for enhanced degradation of methylene blue using platinum-coated polystyrene rough particles: Flow-regulated catalytic activity and kinetic modeling." Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 101279, 2025. Impact score: 8.12 (2024).
Thota, Kamala, Manigandan Sabapathy, and Manohar Kakunuri. Candle soot/MXene incorporated robust superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic nanofibrous membrane for effective oil-in-water emulsion mixture separation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 137570, 2025. IF: 5.4.
Tiwari, Madhvi, Manigandan Sabapathy, and Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala. Effect of particle surface charge and adhesive force on emulsion droplets bridging. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 136942, 2025. IF: 5.4.
Huluka, A. B., Muthulingam, S*., Manigandan Sabapathy, & Shekhar, C. Synthesizing MePCM from industrial waste-derived nanoparticles via surfactant-free pickering emulsion for building applications under hot climate. Next Research, 2 (2), 100195, 2025.
Kumar, P., Rani, D., Bera, S., Manigandan Sabapathy, & Sarkar, S*. Buckling instability mediated wetting behavior of low-energy ion irradiated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films. Applied Surface Science, 692, 162677, 2025. IF: 6.9.
International Journals (2024):
Faizan Khan; Vishal Singh Pawak; Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala; Tarak Mondal; Manigandan Sabapathy*. Enhanced catalytic degradation of methylene blue using self-propelled Janus micromotors: An insight into decomposing characteristics of passive and active hematite particles studded with Pt nanoparticles. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 161 (22), 2024. IF: 3.6.
Vishal Singh Pawak, Vinod. K Bhatt, Manigandan Sabapathy*, Vijay A Loganathan*. “Multifaceted Analysis of Microplastic Pollution Dynamics in the Yamuna River: Assessing Anthropogenic Impacts and Ecological Consequences.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, 135976, 2024. IF: 12.2.
Kamala Thota, Ramya Araga, Manigandan Sabapathy, Manohar Kakunuri*, "Polystyrene nanofibrous membrane infused with TiO2 nanoparticles by one-step electrospinning process for effective oil-water separation." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63, 14249−14258, 2024. IF: 3.8.
Chandra Shekhar, Vishal Singh Pawak, Vishwajeet Mehandia, Sashikumar Ramamirtham, Monicka Kullappan, Manigandan Sabapathy*. “Mixing dynamics in the synthesis of nanoparticle-stabilized water-in-water emulsion: Impact on size and stability.” Physics of Fluids 36, 021703, 2024. IF: 4.1.
Manjeet Meena, Gudlavalleti VVS Vara Prasad, Chandra Shekhar, Purbarun Dhar, Manigandan Sabapathy, Devranjan Samanta*. “Postponement of dynamic Leidenfrost phenomenon during impact of Oil/water (O/W) emulsions’ droplet.” Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 14-17, 2023, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India.
Faizan Khan, Chandra Shekhar, Tarak Mondal, Manigandan Sabapathy*. “Rapid removal of methylene blue and tetracycline by rough particles decorated with Pt nanoparticles.” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 26, 1-17, 2024. IF: 2.2.
International Journals (2023):
Vishal Singh Pawak, Chandra Shekhar, Vijay A Loganathan, Manigandan Sabapathy*, "Separation of nanoplastics from synthetic and industrial wastewater using electrolysis-assisted flotation approach: A green approach for real-time contaminant mitigation." Chemical Engineering Research and Design (CHERD), 198, 184-195, 2023. IF: 3.9.
Chandra Shekhar, Vishwajeet Mehandia, and Manigandan Sabapathy*, "Single-step generation of double emulsions in aqueous two-phase systems." Physics of Fluids, 35 (7), 073109, 2023. IF: 4.6.
Chandra Shekhar, Sai Geetha Marapureddy, Vishwajeet Mehandia, Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala, and Manigandan Sabapathy*. "Probing emulsion-gel transition in aqueous two-phase systems stabilized by charged nanoparticles: A simple pathway to fabricate water-in-water emulsion-filled gels." Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 670 (2023): 131474. IF: 5.518.
Thota, Kamala, Kiran Donthula, Chandra Shekhar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Manigandan Sabapathy, and Manohar Kakunuri*. "Candle soot nanoparticle embedded nanofibrous membrane for separation of miscible and immiscible oil/water mixtures." Polymer Composites. IF: 5.2 (Clarivate).
International Journals (2022):
Sabapathy, Manigandan*, Khalid Zubair Md, Hemant Kumar, Sashikumar Ramamirtham, Ethayaraja Mani, and Madivala G. Basavaraj*. "Exploiting heteroaggregation to quantify the contact angle of charged colloids at interfaces." Langmuir 38, no. 24 (2022): 7433-7441. IF: 4.331
International Journals (2021):
Bharti Verma, Chandrajit Balomajumder, Manigandan Sabapathy*, Sarang P. Gumfekar*, "Pressure-Driven Membrane Process: A Review of Advanced Technique for Heavy Metals Remediation", Processes, 9, 2021, 752. IF: 3.352.
Verma, Bharti, Sarang P. Gumfekar, and Manigandan Sabapathy*. "A critical review on micro‐and nanomotors: Application towards wastewater treatment." The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 100, no. 3 (2022): 540-558. IF: 2.5
Chandra Shekhar, Abhimanyu Kiran, Vishwajeet Mehandia, Venkateshwar Rao Dugyala, Manigandan Sabapathy*, "Droplet-Bijel-Droplet transition in aqueous two-phase systems stabilized by oppositely charged nanoparticles: A simple pathway to fabricate bijels", Langmuir (ACS), 37, 2021, 7055-7066. IF: 4.331
Kiran, Abhimanyu, Chandra Shekhar, Manigandan Sabapathy, Manoranjan Mishra, Lalit Kumar, Navin Kumar, and Vishwajeet Mehandia*. "Effect of Serum Starvation on Rheology of Cell Monolayers". Physics of Fluids, 33, 2021, 71908. IF: 4.980
Book Chapters (2020):
Manigandan, Sabapathy., Rajmohan, K. S., & Varjani, S. (2020). Current trends in gold recovery from electronic wastes (Chapter 16). Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (pp. 307-325). Elsevier.
Vikas S. Hakke, Uday D. bagale, Shirish H. Sonawane, Dipak Pinjari, Manigandan Sabapathy, and Shriram Sonawane. (2020). Self-healing polymeric coating for corrosion inhibition and fatigue repair (Chapter 16). Self-Healing Polymer-Based Systems. Elsevier.
International Journals (2008-2017):
1. S. Manigandan, Remya Ann Mathews, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Self-Assembly of Inverse Patchy Colloids with Tunable Patch Coverage”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 19, 2017, 13122-13132. Impact Factor: 4.123.
2. S. Yogesh, S Manigandan, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Staggered linear assembly of spherical-cap colloids”, Langmuir, 33, 2017, 6760−6768. Impact Factor: 3.833.
3. S. Manigandan, S. Yogesh, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Synthesis of non-spherical patchy particles at fluid-fluid interfaces via differential deformation and their self-assembly”, Soft Matter, 12, 2016, 5950-5958. Impact Factor: 3.798.
4. S. Manigandan, V Kollabattula, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Visualization of the equilibrium position of colloidal particles at fluid–water interfaces by deposition of nanoparticles”, Nanoscale, 7 (33), 2015, 13868-13876. Impact Factor: 7.76.
5. S. Manigandan, SD Christdoss Pushpam, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Synthesis of Single and Multipatch Particles by Dip-Coating Method and Self-Assembly Thereof”, Langmuir, 31 (4), 2015, 1255-1261. Impact Factor: 3.833.
6. S. Manigandan, S Majumder, A Suresh, S Ganguly, K Kargupta* and D Banerjee, “Electric field induced dewetting and pattern formation in thin conducting polymer film”, Sensors and Actuators Part B: Chemical, 144, 2010, 170-175. Impact Factor: 5.401.
7. S. Manigandan, A Jain, S Majumder, S Ganguly and K Kargupta*, “Formation of nanorods and nanoparticles of conducting Polyaniline: Performance study on gas sensor”, Sensors and Actuators Part B: Chemical, 133, 2008, 187-194. Impact Factor: 5.401.
8. S. Manigandan, S Majumder, S Ganguly and K Kargupta*, “Formation of nanorods and nanoparticles of conducting Polyaniline”, Materials Letter, 62, 2008, 2758-2761. Impact Factor: 2.572.