Soft Nanotechnology Lab
Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Our aim is to design and fabricate soft materials with various nanoscale structures by using top-down and bottom-up approaches to utilize them in multiple applications.
Latest News from the Lab:
Congratulations to Soumya Mattupalli for winning the best post award at Vidwanostav 2024, PhD fest of BITS Pilani Hyderabad (July 2024)
Jashaswinee Swain's work on durable oil water separation techniques clears the Talent Filter-1 round of the MaterialNEXT 5.0 by TATA Steel (January 2024)
Soumya Mattupalli wins the first prize at Sci-Art Competition at Chemference 2023, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus (October 2023)
Lab Facilities:
1. Programmable Spin Coater (Apex Instruments, Kolkata)
2. Precision Dip Coater (Apex Instruments, Kolkata)
3. Expanded Plasma Cleaner (Harrick Plasma, USA)
4. Probe Sonicator
5. Optical Microscope
Current Research Activities:
Development of superomniphobic surfaces for self-cleaning and antimicrobial applications
Studying durability of hydrophobic surfaces.
Studying polymer thin film instability in multi-component films and using soft lithography for the spatial organization of nano-structures
Alignment and control of phase separation in polymer blends
Evaporative drying of drops on different surfaces
Studying self-assembly and spatial organization of biomolecules