This page provides a list of publications that have materialized from our research. Several full-text versions are uploaded to the arXiv pre-print server.
Patents:
Prabhat K Agnihotri, Purbarun Dhar, Yugam Singla, Karanvir Singh Prihar, Carbon nanotube enabled superhydrophobic surfaces and a process for the preparation thereof, Indian Patent No. 349338
Purbarun Dhar, Ajay Katiyar, Sarit K Das and Arvind Pattamatta, Graphene nanoflakes based polymeric pastes/gels for mega-electroviscous utilities, Indian Patent No. 352112
Purbarun Dhar, A method of enhancing dielectric breakdown characteristics of insulating fluids by dispersing carbon based nanomaterials, Indian Patent No. 414397
Purbarun Dhar, Ankur Chattopadhyay, A nano-colloidal liquid dielectric medium, Indian Patent No. 440739
Purbarun Dhar, Magnetorheological nanogels and a method for preparation thereof using graphene nanoflakes, Indian Patent No. 459005
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Purbarun Dhar, A system and method for cooling a hotspot detected in a microprocessor, Indian Patent No. 478199
Purbarun Dhar, System and method for cooling micro devices through electric field modulated heat transfer in nanofluids, Indian Patent No. 511395
Research Articles in Peer Reviewed International Journals (in reverse chronology. Underline indicates corresponding author):
Akshay Manoj Bhaskaran, Shubham Agrawal, Korak Sarkar, and Purbarun Dhar, Elasto-compliance of harmonically stimulated soft micro-gaps during electro-magneto-kinetic flows, Soft Matter (2024)
Arnov Paul, Shubhadeep Mondal, and Purbarun Dhar, Droplet evaporation on curved surfaces: transients of internal and external transport phenomena, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2024)
Arnov Paul, Apurba Roy, and Purbarun Dhar, External Stefan and internal Marangoni thermo-fluid-dynamics for evaporating capillary bridges, Langmuir (2024)
Apurba Roy and Purbarun Dhar, Fluid-structure-interactive elasto- and thermo-hydrodynamics of electrokinetic binary fluid flows in compliant confinements, Physics of Fluids (2024)
K Kamaluddin, G Pal, Purbarun Dhar, CS Sharma and Devranjan Samanta, Parallel governing criteria for non-Newtonian droplet rebound suppression on superhydrophobic surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A (2024)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das, and Purbarun Dhar, Thermo-capillarity of immiscible binary fluids within serpentine micro-confinements, Physics of Fluids (2024)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das, and Purbarun Dhar, Wavy Marangoni effect and strategic slip-pattern driven solute transport in sandwiched-liquid microlayers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023)
Neeladri Sekhar Bera and Purbarun Dhar, Oscillatory electro-magneto-kinetics of confined-Stokes-second-problem micro-flows, Physics of Fluids (2023)
G Varaprasad, Purbarun Dhar, and Devranjan Samanta, Triggering of electro-elastic anti-superhydrophobicity during non-Newtonian droplet collision, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2023)
Arnov Paul and Purbarun Dhar, Transients of Marangoni and Stefan advection dynamics during generic sessile droplet evaporation, Physics of Fluids (2023)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das and Purbarun Dhar, Marangoni flows in bilayer liquid micro-film interface on wave-contoured hot substrates, Langmuir (2023)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das and Purbarun Dhar, Thermocapillary oscillations in liquid thin films: interplay of substrate topography and thermal wave, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2023)
Pulak Gupta, Purbarun Dhar, and Devranjan Samanta, Deformation transients of confined droplets within interacting electric and magnetic field environments, Physics of Fluids (2023) (Editor’s pick article)
Shubham Agrawal, Gargi Khurana, Devranjan Samanta and Purbarun Dhar, Jet or wet? – Droplet post-impact regimes on concave contours, European Physical Journal–E (2023)
Gaurav Shakya, Purbarun Dhar, and PK Das, Thermo-fluid-dynamics of inverse Leidenfrost levitation of small liquid/solid spheres over liquid pools, Physics of Fluids (2023)
Arnov Paul, Rajib Dash and Purbarun Dhar, Phenomenology and kinetics of sessile droplet evaporation on convex contours, International Journal of Thermal Sciences (2023)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das, and Purbarun Dhar, Microfluidic soluto-hydrodynamics using interactive patterned wall-slip and oscillatory thermo-capillarity, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (2023)
G Varaprasad, Mohit Yadav, Purbarun Dhar and Devranjan Samanta, Morphed inception of dynamic Leidenfrost regime in colloidal dispersion droplets, Physics of Fluids (2023)
Mathiyazhagan S, Purbarun Dhar, and LS Maganti, Efficacy of parallel microchannel configurations towards hot-spot thermal management of 8-core microprocessors, Proceedings of IMechE: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2023)
Arnov Paul, Devranjan Samanta, and Purbarun Dhar, Evaporation kinetics of wettability-moderated capillary bridges and squeezed droplets, Chemical Engineering Sciences (2023)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das and Purbarun Dhar, Microfluidic transport in ternary parallel liquid layers due to sinusoidal thermo-capillary actuation, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2023)
G Varaprasad, H Sharma, N Nirmalkar, Purbarun Dhar, and Devranjan Samanta, Augmenting the Leidenfrost temperature of droplets via nano-bubble dispersion, Langmuir (2022)
Purbarun Dhar, Vivek Jaiswal, Hanumant Chate, and Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Influence of competitive electro- and ferro-hydrodynamics on droplet vaporization phenomenology, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (2022)
Apurba Roy and Purbarun Dhar, Micro-imbibition electro-magneto-hydrodynamics of viscoelastic fluids with interactive streaming potential, Journal of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (2022)
Arnov Paul and Purbarun Dhar, Interactive evaporation of neighboring pendant and sessile droplet pair, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer (2022)
Abhishek Kaushal, V Mehandia and Purbarun Dhar, Regulating complex fluid sessile droplet evaporation kinetics by suppression of internal electro-convection, Colloids and Surfaces A (2022)
Shubham Agrawal, PK Das, and Purbarun Dhar, Thermo-capillarity in microfluidic binary systems via phase modulated sinusoidal thermal stimuli, Physics of Fluids (2022)
Purbarun Dhar and Arkadeep Paul, Hydrodynamics of electro-capillarity propelled non-Newtonian droplets through micro-confinements, European Physical Journal E (2022)
G Varaprasad, Purbarun Dhar, and Devranjan Samanta, Postponement of dynamic Leidenfrost phenomena during droplet impact of surfactant solutions, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2022)
Purbarun Dhar and Rupayan Jana, Menisci evaporation of electrokinetic liquid-film flows within inclined micro-confinements, Physics of Fluids (2022)
Abhishek Kaushal, Vivek Jaiswal, Vishwajeet Mehandia and Purbarun Dhar, Competing thermal and solutal advection decelerates droplet evaporation on heated surfaces, European Journal of Mechanics B–Fluids (2022)
Nilamani Sahoo, Purbarun Dhar and Devranjan Samanta, Vertical magnetic field aided droplet-impact-magnetohydrodynamics of ferrofluids, Colloids and Surfaces A (2022)
Arnov Paul and Purbarun Dhar, Evaporation kinetics of sessile droplets morphed by substrate curvature, Physics of Fluids, (2021) (Editor’s pick article)
Nilamani Sahoo, Devranjan Samanta and Purbarun Dhar, Electrohydrodynamics of dielectric droplet collision with different wettability surfaces, Physics of Fluids (2021)
Arnov Paul, Gargi Khurana and Purbarun Dhar, Substrate concavity influenced evaporation mechanisms of sessile droplets, Physics of Fluids (2021)
G Varaprasad, Purbarun Dhar, and Devranjan Samanta, Magneto-elastic effect in non–Newtonian ferrofluid droplets impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces, Langmuir (2021)
S R Mishra, Devranjan Samanta and Purbarun Dhar, Elasto-hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian droplet collision with convex substrates, Physics of Fluids (2021)
Shubham Agrawal, Gargi Khurana and Purbarun Dhar, Droplet collision and jet evolution hydrodynamics in wetting modulated valley configurations, Physics of Fluids (2021)
Dhiraj Kumar, Purbarun Dhar, and Anup Paul, Thermal response of dielectric nanoparticle infused tissue phantoms during microwave assisted hyperthermia, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2021)
Nilamani Sahoo, Gargi Khurana, Devranjan Samanta and Purbarun Dhar, Collisional ferrohydrodynamics of magnetic fluid droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces, Physics of Fluids (2021) (Editor’s pick article)
Abhishek Kaushal, V Mehandia and Purbarun Dhar, Ferrohydrodynamics governed evaporation phenomenology of sessile droplets, Physics of Fluids (2021)
A Oraon, BP Das, M Michael, T Adhikary, Purbarun Dhar, S Aich, S Ghosh, Impact of magnetic field on the thermal properties of chemically synthesized Sm-Co nanoparticles based silicone oil nanofluid, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2021)
Purbarun Dhar, Vimal Saini, Ankur Chattopadhyay, and Devranjan Samanta, Electro-viscoelasticity of agarose based electrorheological fluids, Physics of Fluids (2021)
Purbarun Dhar, Raghvendra Dwivedi and A R Harikrishnan, Surface declination governed asymmetric sessile droplet evaporation, Physics of Fluids (2020)
Purbarun Dhar, Soumya Ranjan Mishra, Ajay Gairola and Devranjan Samanta, Delayed Leidenfrost phenomenon during impact of elastic fluid droplets, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2020)
Ankur Chattopadhyay, Raghvendra Dwivedi, A R Harikrishnan and Purbarun Dhar, Ferro-advection aided evaporation kinetics of ferrofluid droplets in magnetic field ambience, Physics of Fluids (2020)
Purbarun Dhar, Advection kinetics induced self–assembly of colloidal nanoflakes into microscale floral structures, Fluid Dynamics Research (2020)
Vivek Jaiswal, Shubham Singh, A R Harikrishnan, and Purbarun Dhar, Competitive electrohydrodynamic and electro-solutal advection arrests evaporation kinetics of droplets, Langmuir (2020)
Abhishek Kaushal, Vivek Jaiswal, Vishwajeet Mehandia and Purbarun Dhar, Soluto-thermal-hydrodynamics influenced evaporation of saline sessile droplets, European Journal of Mechanics B–Fluids (2020)
Purbarun Dhar, Magneto-fibrillation augments the breakdown strength of ferrofluid dielectrics, Journal of Applied Physics (2020)
Nilamani Sahoo, Gargi Khurana, A R Harikrishnan, Devranjan Samanta and Purbarun Dhar, Post impact droplet hydrodynamics on inclined planes of variant wettabilities, European Journal of Mechanics B–Fluids (2020)
Purbarun Dhar, S R Mishra, and Devranjan Samanta, Onset of rebound suppression in non-Newtonian drops post-impact on superhydrophobic surfaces, Physical Review Fluids (2019) (Journal highlight article)
Gargi Khurana, Nilamani Sahoo and Purbarun Dhar, Hydrodynamic collision phenomenology of droplets on wetting and non-wetting spheres, Physics of Fluids (2019)
Vivek Jaiswal and Purbarun Dhar, Interplay of electro-thermo-solutal advection and internal electrohydrodynamics governed enhanced evaporation of droplets, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2019)
Purbarun Dhar, Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, A R Harikrishnan and Chandan Rajput, Enhancing thermal conduction caliber of dielectric nanocolloids employing induced electrophoresis, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (2019)
Ankur Chattopadhyay, Shubhajyoti Samanta, Rajendra Srivastava, Rajib Mondal and Purbarun Dhar, Elemental substitution tuned magneto-elastoviscous behavior of nanoscale ferrite XFe2O4 (X = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) based complex fluids, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2019)
Gargi Khurana, Nilamani Sahoo and Purbarun Dhar, Post-collision hydrodynamics of droplets on cylindrical bodies of variant convexity and wettability, Physics of Fluids (2019) (Editor’s pick article)
Ajay Katiyar, Tandra Nandi, Priyanka Katiyar, N E Prasad and Purbarun Dhar, Enhanced cluster order–disorder transition induced dilatancy in silane functionalized nano-silica colloids, Soft Matter (2019)
Purbarun Dhar, Ankur Chattopadhyay, Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti and AR Harikrishnan, Streamer growth arrest induced amplified AC breakdown strength of graphene and CNT colloids, European Physical Journal – Applied Physics (2019)
Purbarun Dhar, Gargi Khurana, A R Harikrishnan and Vivek Jaiswal, Superhydrophobic surface curvature dependence of internal advection dynamics within sessile droplets, Langmuir (2019)
Ankur Chattopadhyay and Purbarun Dhar, Dielectric characteristics and relaxation behavior of colloidal nanocarbon (Graphene and CNTs) complex fluids, Journal of Applied Physics (2019)
Purbarun Dhar, Thermofluidic transport in droplets under electromagnetic stimulus - a comprehensive review, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (2019) (Invited article)
Purbarun Dhar, Vivek Jaiswal, and A R Harikrishnan, Electromagnetic field orientation and characteristics governed hydrodynamics within pendent droplets, Physical Review E (2018)
Vivek Jaiswal, Raghvendra Dwivedi, A R Harikrishnan and Purbarun Dhar, Magnetohydrodynamic and magnetosolutal effects influenced enhanced evaporation kinetics of paramagnetic pendent droplets, Physical Review E (2018)
A R Harikrishnan, Purbarun Dhar, Sateesh G and SK Das, Oscillatory soluto-thermal convection driven evaporation kinetics of nanoparticle-surfactant based complex fluid pendant droplets, Physical Review Fluids, (2018)
Ankur Chattopadhyay and Purbarun Dhar, Deterministic role of amplitude, frequency and concentration regimes on the complex dielectric response of colloidal complex fluids, Colloids and Surfaces A (2018)
Purbarun Dhar, Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti and A R Harikrishnan, Electrohydrodynamic fibrillation governed enhanced thermal transport in dielectric colloids under field stimulus, Soft Matter, (2018)
M Aravinthan, S Sarkar, Purbarun Dhar, SK Das and A R Balakrishnan, Superhydrophobicity induced enhanced flow boiling heat transfer in minitubes, Heat Transfer Engineering, (2018)
A R Harikrishan, Purbarun Dhar, PK Agnihotri, Sateesh G and SK Das, Correlating contact line capillarity and dynamic contact angle hysteresis in surfactant-nanoparticle based complex fluids, Physics of Fluids (2018) (Editor’s pick article)
A R Harikrishan, Purbarun Dhar, Sateesh G, SK Das, Governing Influence of Thermodynamic and Chemical Equilibria on the Interfacial Properties in Complex Fluids, Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2018)
Ankur Chattopadhyay, P Rani, R Srivastava and Purbarun Dhar, Electro-elastoviscous response of functionalized nanoporous zeolite based colloidal dispersions, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science (2018)
Vivek Jaiswal, A R Harikrishnan, Gargi Khurana and Purbarun Dhar, Ionic solubility and solutal advection governed augmented evaporation kinetics of salt solution pendent droplets, Physics of Fluids, (2018)
Beant Kaur Billing, Narinder Singh, Purbarun Dhar and Prabhat K Agnihotri, Augmenting static and dynamic mechanical strength of soft CNT/epoxy nanocomposites via modulation of purification and functionalization routes, Soft Matter, (2018)
Lakshmi Sirisha, Purbarun Dhar, T Sundararajan and SK Das, Mitigating Non Uniform Heat Generation Induced Hot Spot(s) in Multicore Processors Using Nanofluids in Parallel Microchannels, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, (2018)
A R Harikrishnan and Purbarun Dhar, Optical thermogeneration induced enhanced evaporation kinetics in pendent nanofluid droplets, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2018)
A R Harikrishnan, Purbarun Dhar, Sateesh G, SK Das, Diffusion guided contact line spreading dynamics of surfactant infused sessile nanocolloidal droplets, Langmuir, (2017)
Purbarun Dhar, Ajay Katiyar, Arvind Pattamatta and SK Das, Anomalous room temperature magnetorheological behavior of graphene nanogels, Colloids and Surfaces A, (2017).
A R Harikrishnan, SK Das, PK Agnihotri and Purbarun Dhar, Particle and Surfactant Modulated Polar and Dispersive Components of Interfacial Energies in Nanocolloids, Journal of Applied Physics, (2017).
Purbarun Dhar and Lakshmi Sirisha, Predicting thermal history a-priori for magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia of internal carcinoma, Journal of Applied Physics, (2017).
Nimit Shah, Purbarun Dhar, Sampath K C, Martin Geier and Arvind Pattamatta, A Cascaded Collision Lattice Boltzmann Model (CLBM) for simulating fluid and heat transport in porous media, Numerical Heat Transfer B, (2017)
Harikrishnan A R, Purbarun Dhar, PK Agnihotri, Sateesh G and SK Das, Wettability of complex fluids and surfactant capped nanoparticle induced quasi-universal wetting behaviour, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, (2017)
Ajay Katiyar, AR Harikrishnan and Purbarun Dhar, Influence of temperature, concentration and proton content on the effective pH of nanofluids, Colloid and Polymer Science (2017)
Nilamani Sahoo, Arunn Narasimhan, Purbarun Dhar and Sarit Kumar Das, Non–Fourier thermal transport induced structural hierarchy and damage to collagen phantoms subjected to laser irradiation, International Journal of Hyperthermia, (2017).
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, T Nandi, and SK Das, Role of fibrillation on the magnetorheological and viscoelastic effects in Fe, Ni and Co nanocolloids, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, (2017).
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Purbarun Dhar, T Sundararajan and SK Das, Heat spreader with parallel microchannel configurations for near-active cooling of MEMS, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2017).
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, T Nandi, and SK Das, Magnetoviscoelastic characteristics of superparamagnetic oxides (Fe, Ni) based ferrofluids, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, (2017).
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Purbarun Dhar, T Sundararajan and SK Das, Selecting optimal parallel microchannel configurations for near-active cooling of MEMS, ASME Trans. Journal of Heat Transfer, (2017).
Harikrishnan A R, Purbarun Dhar, P K Agnihotri, Sateesh G and SK Das, Effects of interplay of nanoparticles, surfactants and base fluid on the surface tension of nanocolloids, European Physical Journal E (2017) (Journal cover page article)
Nithya M, Purbarun Dhar, T Panda and SK Das, Interplay of chemical and thermal gradient on bacterial migration in a diffusive microfluidic device, Biomicrofluidics (2017).
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti and Purbarun Dhar, Consequences of flow configuration and nanofluid transport on entropy generation in parallel microchannel cooling systems, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2017).
Purbarun Dhar, Ajay Katiyar, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K Das, Large electrorheological response of graphene nano–gels, Nanotechnology (2017)
Karthik M, Purbarun Dhar, Role and significance of wetting pressures during droplet impact on structured superhydrophobic surfaces, European Physical Journal E (2016).
Purbarun Dhar, A Katiyar and Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Smart viscoelastic and self healing characteristics of graphene nanogels, Journal of Applied Physics, (2016)
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Purbarun Dhar, T Sundararajan and Sarit K Das, Thermally smart characteristics of nanofluids in parallel micro-channel systems for mitigating hot spots in MEMS, IEEE Trans. Components, Packaging and Manufacturing (2016)
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, T Nandi, Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti and Sarit K Das, Enhanced dielectric breakdown performance of anatase and rutile titania based nano-oils, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (2016)
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, T Nandi and Sarit K Das, Effects of nanostructure permittivity and dimensions on the increased dielectric strength of nano–insulating liquids, Colloids and Surfaces A (2016)
Purbarun Dhar, Anup Paul, Arunn Narasimhan and Sarit K Das, Predicting sub–surface thermal history in translucent tissue phantoms during plasmonic photo–thermotherapy, Journal of Thermal Biology (2016)
Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Purbarun Dhar, T. Sundararajan and Sarit K Das, Concentration and thermo-hydraulic maldistribution of nanofluids in parallel microchannel systems, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (2016)
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, Sarit K Das and T Nandi, Magnetic field induced enhanced thermal conduction in magneto-nanocolloids, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2016)
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, T Nandi and Sarit K Das, Enhanced heat conduction characteristics of Fe, Ni and Co nanofluids influenced by magnetic field, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences (2016)
Kalpana Sarojini, Purbarun Dhar, Sarit K Das and Susy Varughese, Coalescence dynamics of PEDOT:PSS droplets impacting at offset on substrates for inkjet printing, Langmuir (2016)
Savithiri S., Purbarun Dhar, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K. Das, Particle–fluid interactivity governed buoyancy driven thermal transport in nano -suspensions: A multi component lattice Boltzmann formulation, Numerical Heat Transfer A (2016)
Purbarun Dhar, Ajay Katiyar, Lakshmi Sirisha Maganti, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K Das, Superior dielectric breakdown strength of graphene and carbon nanotube infused nano–oils, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (2016)
Purbarun Dhar, Soujit Sengupta, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K. Das, Bridging thermal and electrical transport in dielectric nanocolloids, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, (2015)
Purbarun Dhar, Soumya Bhattacharya, Suprabha Nayar and Sarit K. Das, Anomalously Augmented Charge Transport Capabilities of Collagen Intercalated Graphene Based Bio-nanocolloids, Langmuir, (2015).
Ajay Katiyar, Purbarun Dhar, Sarit K Das and T. Nandi, Near-field magnetostatics and Neel–Brownian interactions mediated magnetorheological characteristics of highly stable nano–ferrocolloids, Soft Matter, (2015).
Purbarun Dhar, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K. Das, Trimodal charge transport in polar liquid-based dilute nanoparticulate colloidal dispersions, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, (2014).
Soumya Bhattacharya, Purbarun Dhar, Sarit K. Das, Ranjan Ganguly, Thomas J. Webster and Suprabha Nayar, Colloidal graphite/graphene nanostructures using collagen showing enhanced thermal conductivity, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 9, 1287–1298 (2014)
Purbarun Dhar, Mohammad Hasan Dad Ansari, Soujit Sen Gupta, V. Manoj Siva, T. Pradeep, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K. Das, Percolation network dynamicity and sheet dynamics governed viscous behavior of polydispersed graphene nanosheet suspension, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, (2013).
Purbarun Dhar, Soujit Sengupta, Saikat Chakraborty, Arvind Pattamatta and Sarit K. Das, The Role of Percolation and Sheet Dynamics during Heat Conduction in Polydispersed Graphene Nanofluids, Applied Physics Letters, (2013).