Publications

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:

• Ranjan, A., Duryodhan V. S., Patil, N. D. (2024). "A comparative study of passive drug diffusion through human skin via intercellular and sweat duct route: effect of aging", Drug Delivery and Translational Research, Published: 16 February 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-024-01529-6.  

• Yadav, M. K. and Patil, N. D. (2024). "Water droplet impact dynamics comparison on solid and hollow square micropillared substrates", Physics of Fluids, 36, 032107.  

• Gupta, S., Thombare, M. R., Patil, N. D. (2024). "Flow dynamics and size-based sorting of bidispersed colloidal particles in evaporating sessile water droplets: substrate heating and wettability effects", Sādhanā, 49(1), 29. 

• Gupta, M., Patil, N. D., Kundalwal, S. I. (2023). "Active damping of multiscale composite shells using Sinus theory incorporated with Murakami’s zig-zag function", Thin-Walled Structures, 191, 111063. 

• Gupta, S., Thombare, M.R., Patil, N.D. (2023). “Pinning and Depinning Dynamics of an Evaporating Sessile Droplet Containing Mono- and Bidispersed Colloidal Particles on a Nonheated/Heated Hydrophobic Substrate”, Langmuir, 39(8), 3102–3117. (See the Supporting Information available freely at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03270)

• Bange, P. G., Upadhyay, G., Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2022). “Isothermal and non-isothermal spreading of a viscous droplet on a solid surface in total wetting condition”, Physics of Fluids, 34(11), 112115. (This article was selected as Editor's pick)

• Patil, N. D., Shaikh, J., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2022). “Droplet impact dynamics over a range of capillary numbers and surface wettability: Assessment of moving contact line models and energy budget analysis”, Physics of Fluids, 34(5), 052119.

• Gupta, M., Ray, M. C., Patil, N. D., Kundalwal, S. I. (2023). “Effect of orientation of CNTs and piezoelectric fibers on the damping performance of multiscale composite plate”, J. of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 34(2), 194-216.

• Gupta, M., Ray, M. C., Patil, N. D., Kundalwal, S. I. (2022). “Smart damping of a simply supported laminated CNT-based hybrid composite plate using FE approach”, Thin-Walled Structures, 171, 108782.

• Gupta, M., Ray, M. C., Patil, N. D., Kundalwal, S. I. (2021). “Dynamic modelling and analysis of smart carbon nanotube-based hybrid composite beams: Analytical and finite element study”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 14644207211019773.

• Kag, D., Luhadiya, N., Patil, N. D., Kundalwal, S. I. (2021). “Strain and defect engineering of graphene for hydrogen storage via atomistic modelling”, Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (43), pp. 22599-22610.

• Shaikh, J., Patil, N.D., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2021). "Effect of Droplet Size and Surface Tension on the Droplet Coalescence over a Liquid Pool", SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature), 3(3), pp. 292 (Open access). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04275-3 

• Dash, A., Bange, P.G., Patil, N.D., Bhardwaj, R. (2020). "An Image Processing Method to Measure Droplet Impact and Evaporation on a Solid Surface", Sadhana, 45(1), pp. 1-10.

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2019). “Recent Developments on Colloidal Deposits Obtained by Evaporation of Sessile Droplets on a Solid Surface”, Journal of Indian Institute of Science, 99(1), pp. 143–156. (Invited Article).

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2018). “Self-sorting of bidispersed colloidal particles near contact line of an evaporating sessile droplet”, Langmuir, 34(40), pp. 12058–12070. (Cover page article). (The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00427).

• Malla, L., Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Neild, A. (2017). “Droplet bouncing and breakup during impact on microgrooved surfaces”, Langmuir, 33(38), pp. 9620-9631. (The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02183.)

• Patil, N. D., Bange, P. G., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2016). “Effects of substrate heating and wettability on evaporation dynamics and deposition patterns for a sessile water droplet containing colloidal particles”, Langmuir, 32(45), pp. 11958-11972. (The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02769.)

• Patil, N. D., Gada, V. H., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2016). “On dual-grid level-set method for contact line modeling during impact of a droplet on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 81, pp. 54-66. (1Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: video 1 and 2 – Time-wise comparison of DGLSM simulations with the present experiments (high-speed visualizations) for the droplet non-bouncing (case 1) and bouncing (case 2) on hydrophobic surfaces, respectively. 2 Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: video 3 and 4 – Comparison of numerical simulations of LSMC, DGLSM and LSMF with the present experiments for the droplet-interface shapes during bouncing (case 2) and non-bouncing (case 1), respectively)

• Patil, N.D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2016). “Droplet impact dynamics on micropillared hydrophobic surfaces”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol.74, pp. 195-206. (Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Movie 1 and Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Movie 2)

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2014). “Evaporation of a sessile microdroplet on a heated hydrophobic substrate”, International J. of Micro-Nano Scale Transport, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 51-58.

• Basu, D. N., Patil, N. D., Bhattacharyya S., Das, P. K. (2013). “Hydrodynamics of a natural circulation loop in a scaled-down steam drum-riser-downcomer assembly”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 265, pp. 411-423.

• Patil, N. D., Das, P. K., Bhattacharyya, S., Sahu, S.K. (2012). “An experimental assessment of cooling of a 54-rod bundle by in-bundle injection”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 250, pp. 500-511.

• Basu, D. N., Patil, N. D., Bhattacharyya S., Das, P. K. (2012). “Experimental investigations of droplet carryover from the separator drum of an air-lift loop simulating a scaled-down AHWR”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 42, pp. 163-173.

BOOK CHAPTER:

• Patil N.D., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2017). "Level Set Method Based Simulations on Impact-Dynamics of Bouncing and Non-bouncing Droplet on Super-Hydrophobic Substrates", In: Saha A., Das D., Srivastava R., Panigrahi P., Muralidhar K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research, Chapter 108, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi.

ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/MEETINGS:

• Gupta, S., Thombare, M.R.,  Patil, N. D. (2023). "Flow Dynamics and Size-based Sorting of Bidispersed Colloidal Particles in an Evaporating Sessile Water Droplet: Substrate Heating and Wettability Effects  ", Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 2022, IIT Roorkee, India.

• Thombare, M.R., Gupta, S., Patil, N. D., (2023). "Evaporation dynamics of bidispersed colloidal suspension droplets on hydrophilic substrates under different relative humidity and ambient temperature", Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 2022, IIT Roorkee, India.

• Sahoo, P., Shaikh, J., Patil, N. D., Purnendu Das. (2023). "Influence of Contact Line Velocity Implementation in Dynamic Contact Angle Models for Droplet Bouncing and Nonbouncing Dynamics on a Solid Substrate", Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 2022, IIT Roorkee, India.

• Ranjan, A., Duryodhan V. S., Patil, N. D. (2023). "On the replication of human skin texture and hydration on a PDMS based artificial human skin model", Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 2022, IIT Roorkee, India.

• Ranjan, A., Duryodhan V. S., Patil, N. D. (2023). "Effect of aging on passive drug diffusion through human skin " Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 2022, IIT Roorkee, India.

• Patil, N. D., Gupta, S., Thombare, M. (2022). Effects of substrate heating and particle size variation on the contact line pinning-depinning dynamics of evaporating sessile droplets containing mono-/bidispersed colloidal particles. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, USA. (75th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics) 

• Yadav, A. K., Patil, N. D., (2022). “Design and thermal performance testing of a vapor chamber containing a wettability patterned condenser for high-heat flux applications”, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems,  IEEE ITherm Conference-2022, San Diego, CA, USA, May 31- June 03, 2022.

• Gupta, M., Ray, M.C., Patil, N.D., Kundalwal, S.I. (2022). “Influence of CNT waviness on the effective elastic properties of multiscale hybrid composite”, International conference on Applied Mechanics, Machine Learning and Advance Computation (AMMLAC-2022), NIT Raipur.

• Gupta, M., Ray, M.C., Patil, N.D., Kundalwal, S.I. (2022). “Active damping of high performance multiscale composite plates treated with straight and wavy CNTs”, National Conference in Mechanical Engineering: Advances in Materials and Design (NCMEAMD-2022), VIT Pune. (Accepted)

• Gupta, S., Patil, N. D., (2021). “Leidenfrost droplet evaporation dynamics: from puddles to spherical caps”, 5th International Conference on Droplets 2021, 16th to 18th Aug 2021, Organised online by TU-Darmstadt, Germany.

• Patil, N. D., Stoeber, B. (2018). “Particle Deposition Patterns from the Evaporation of a Sessile Droplet Containing Bi-Dispersed Colloidal Particles” Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 63, 18th to 20th November 2018, Atlanta, GA, USA (71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics) 

• Bange, P. G., Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2018). “Impact dynamics of a droplet on a heated surface”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer, Niagara Falls, Canada, June 7-9, 2018. (DOI: 10.11159/ffhmt18.129)

• Bhardwaj, R., Patil, N. D., Sharma, A. (2017). “Self-sorting of bi-dispersed colloidal particles near contact line of an evaporating sessile droplet”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 62, 19th to 21st November 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA (70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics).

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2016). “Fluid dynamics and deposit patterns in evaporating sessile drop containing microparticles: substrate heating and wettability effects”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 61, 20th to 22nd November 2016, Portland, OR, USA (69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics).

• Bange, P. G., Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2016). “Spreading of droplets on solid surface”, Proceedings of 6th International Conference & 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(FMFP-2016), December 15-17, 2016, MNNIT, Allahabad, India.

• Bange, P. G., Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R. (2016). “Evaporation of droplets on solid surface”, Proceedings of 6th International Conference & 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power(FMFP-2016), December 15-17, 2016, MNNIT, Allahabad, India.

• Patil N. D., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2015). “Level set method based simulations on impact-dynamics of bouncing and non-bouncing droplet on superhydrophobic substrates”, Proceedings of 5th International and 41st National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 12-14, 2014, IIT Kanpur, India, Volume-II, Springer Publication. (Eds: A. K. Saha. D. Das, R. Srivastava, P. K. Panigrahi, K. Muralidhar).

• Patil, N. D., Shaikh, S., Bhonsale, S. V., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2013). “Evaporation of a microdroplet on a hydrophobic surface”, Proceedings of 11th International and 22nd National ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conf., December 28-31, 2013, IIT Kharagpur, India.

• Patil, N. D., Sahu, S.K., Das, P. K., Bhattacharyya, S. (2013). “Rewetting of a single heater rod with and without counter current flow”, Proceedings of 11th International and 22nd National ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conf., December 28-31, 2013, IIT Kharagpur, India.

• Patil, N. D., Basu, D.N., Bhattacharyya S., Das, P. K. (2011). “A scaled down two phase natural circulation loop (NCL) for the appraisal of some hydrodynamic issues of an AHWR” Proceedings of 4th National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Technology, March 4-6, 2011, organized by BARC, Mumbai, India.

• Basu, D. N., Patil, N. D., Bhattacharyya S., Das, P. K. (2011). “Scaling criteria for an advanced heavy water reactor for entrainment analysis”, Proceedings of 4th National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Technology, March 4-6, 2011, organized by BARC, Mumbai, India.

• Patil, N. D., Das, P. K., Bhattacharyya, S. (2010). “Analysis of conduction controlled rewetting considering different regimes of boiling”, Proceedings of 9th International and 20th National ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conf., January 4-6, 2010, organized by IIT-Bombay, pp. 1483-1490.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS IN WORKSHOPS

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2015). “Bouncing and non-bouncing droplets on micropillared hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces”, Industry Academia Collaboration on Technology (IACT) 2015, IIT Bombay, organized by General Electric (India) and IITB. (Best Research Poster Winner Award)

• Patil, N. D., Sharma, A., Bhardwaj, R. (2015). “On dual-grid level set method for impact-dynamics of droplet on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces”, Industry Academia Collaboration on Technology (IACT) 2015, IIT Bombay, organized by General Electric (India) and IITB. (Best Research Poster Winner Award)

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2015). “Bouncing and non-bouncing droplets on micropillared hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces”, Mumbai-Pune Soft Matter Meeting, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

• Patil, N. D., Bhardwaj, R., Sharma, A. (2016). “Evaporation dynamics and deposition patterns for a sessile water droplet containing colloidal particles: effects of substrate heating and substrate wettability”, Advances in Phase Change Thermal System, 29th November to 01st December 2016, Khajuraho (MP), India, Organized by: IIT Kanpur, India and INSA-Lyon, France.