Monmee Phukan - Publications and Conferences

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Monmee Phukan

Journal Publications:

Phukan, M., Rana, J., Patne, R., Elastocapillary instability in sheared flow through a deformable tube (in preparation)
Phukan, M., Rana, S., Rana, J. and Patne, R., 2026. Absolute instability in the proximal airways. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1032(A75), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2026.11416
Phukan, M., Haritha, P., Roy, T.R. and Iyer, B.V., 2022. Mechanical response of networks formed by end-functionalised spherical polymer grafted nanoparticles. Soft Matter, 18(45), pp.8591-8604. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01174C
Phukan, M., Anjikar, A. and Iyer, B.V., 2020. Effect of grafting density on local dynamics in functionalized polymer-grafted nanoparticle systems. Bulletin of Materials Science, 43, pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-020-02147-x
Mondal, S., Phukan, M. and Ghatak, A., 2015. Estimation of solid–liquid interfacial tension using curved surface of a soft solid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112(41), pp.12563-12568. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502642112

Conferences/symposiums attended:

Presented a poster titled “Universal reentrant behavior of polymer from bridging crowders” at International Soft Matter Conference 2026, organized at K.K. Birla Institute of Technology and Science Goa, 2026.
Presented a poster titled “Investigating Pulling Mechanics of Fibrinogen using Anisotropic Elastic Network Model” at Modeling and Tackling Complex Biological Systems 2.0, organized by IMSc Chennai, 2026.
Presented a poster and a flash talk on “Role of crowder size on polymer collapse - depletion and bridging effects” at CompFlu-2025, organized by IISc Bangalore, 2025.
Presented a poster titled “Investigating intrinsic mechanics of Fibrinogen using Elastic Network Models” at Fracmeet-2025, organized jointly by SRM-AP University, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad, and IMSc Chennai, 2025.
Presented a poster titled “Effect of number of grafted arms, strain rate of deformation and crosslinking energy on the mechanics of hybrid polymer-particle networks” at CompFlu-2022, organized by Indian Society of Rheology and IIT Kharagpur, 2022.
Presented an e-poster titled “Connecting mechanical response to structural rearrangements in cross-linked polymer-grafted nanoparticle networks” in CompFlu-2021, organized by Indian Society of Rheology and IIT Gandhinagar, 2021.
Delivered an oral talk on “Effect of grafting density on the local dynamics of functionalized polymer grafted nanoparticle systems” on Virtual Polymer Physics Symposium 2021, organized by University of Illinois, University of Chicago and Princeton University, 2021.
Presented a poster titled “Local and Bulk Mechanical Response of Cross-Linked Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Networks” at CompFlu-2019, organized by Indian Society of Rheology and IISER Bhopal, 2019.