Publications

Patents

[1] Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Modak, C., Sen, P., "A liquid marble, a device, and methods for growing single crystal." Indian Patent Office. App. No: 202241047688. Patent No: 445807 - Granted on 18 Aug 2023

Journal Papers (⊥ Equal contribution, * Corresponding Author )

[15] Sankar Reddy, B., Dey Modak, C., Sharma, D., Lathia, R., Santosh, A., Bhat, N., Kumar, S., & Sen, P. * (2026). “Direct printing of electronics on flexible porous substrates.” Small, e12003.

[14] Shin, D.⊥, Lathia, R.⊥, Hinduja, C., Cheon H., Park, S., Butt, H.J.*, & Park, J.* (2026). “Salt water drops slide faster: ionic modulation of drop friction.” Advanced Science, e21659.

[13] Lathia, R.⊥, Iyer, P.⊥, Dey Modak, C., Sankar Reddy B. & Sen, P.* (2025). “Hydrophobic particle coating for enhanced droplet deposition.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 139144.

[12] Kotegar, P., Lathia, R., Sankar Reddy B., Sen, P., Chakraborty, M.*, & Chakraborty, S.* (2025). “Particle capturing via droplet impact on superhydrophobic mesh.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 138464.

[11] Lathia, R., Deshmukh, P., Vinaya & Sen, P.* (2024). “Coalescence of liquid marbles on oil-infused surface” Physics of Fluids, 36(3).

[10] Lathia, R.⊥, Nagpal, S.⊥, Dey Modak, C., Mishra S., Sharma D., Sankar Reddy B., Nukala P., Bhat R., & Sen, P.* (2023). "Tunable encapsulation of sessile droplets with solid and liquid shells" Nature Communications, 14, 6445.

[9] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P.* (2023). "Two modes of contact-time reduction in impact of particle-coated droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces" Droplet. 4, e89.

[8] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P.* (2023). "Suppression of Droplet Pinch-off by Early Onset of Interfacial Instability" Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 646, 616-615.

[7] Lathia, R., Nampoothiri, K. N., Sagar, N., Bansal, S., Modak, C. D., & Sen, P.* (2023). "Advances in Microscale Droplet Generation and Manipulation." Langmuir, 39, 7, 2461–2482.

[6] Lathia, R.*, & Sen, P. (2022). "Sol-gel-derived nanoparticles coated liquid entities: liquid marbles, liquid plasticine, and flat interface." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 33, 024002.

[5] Lathia, R.⊥, Sagar, N.⊥, & Sen, P. (2022). "Multi-droplets non-coalescence on open-chip electrowetting platform." The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 1-7.

[4] Lathia, R., & Sen, P.* (2021). "Fabrication of Self-Sealed Circular Microfluidic Channels in Glass by Thermal Blowing Method." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 31(2), 177-179.

[3] Lathia, R., Chauhan, K. V.*, Dobariya, K., Patel, A., & Parmar, V. (2021). "Investigation of post annealed titanium nitride thin films deposited with magneto-sputtering." Materials Performance and Characterization, 10(1), 553-568.

[2] Lathia, R., & Dadhaniya, S.* (2019). "Policy norms and proposed ways to achieve goals of Indian vehicle emission program." Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 1339-1346.

[1] Lathia, R.*, & Mistry, J. (2016). "Process of designing efficient, emission free HVAC systems with its components for 1000 seats auditorium." Pacific Science Review A: Natural Science and Engineering, 18(2), 109-122.

Conference Papers & Presentations

[15] Lathia, R., Leibauer, B., Ratschow, A., Steffen, W., & Butt, H.-J. (2025). "Ice slide electrification" Compflu 2025. Bangalore, India. (Poster Presentation)

[14] Lathia, R. (2024). "Promoting droplet deposition" Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Symposium for Breakthroughs in Physical Sciences, Falling Walls Science Summit. Berlin, Germany. (Oral Presentation)

[13] Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., & Sen, P. (2024). "Tunable encapsulation of the sessile droplet" Liquid Matter Conference. Mainz, Germany. (Poster Presentation)

[12] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P. (2024). "Contact-time reduction in Liquid Marbles" Workshop on Interfacial Engineering at Multiple Spatio-temporal Scales. IISc, India. (Poster Presentation)

[11] Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Dey Modak, C., Sankar Reddy B., & Sen, P. (2023). "LMOI: A Novel Evaporation Tunable Microreactor Platform" The 27th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2023). Katowice, Poland. (Poster Presentation)

[10] Sankar Reddy B., Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., Mishra S., Bhat R., & Sen, P. (2023). "Oil-Infused Sieve-based Trapping System for Versatile 3D Cell Culture and Biochemical Applications" The 27th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2023). Katowice, Poland. (Poster Presentation)

[9] Lathia, R., Deshmukh, P. & Sen, P. (2023). "Merging Dynamics of Oil-Cloaked Particle Coated Droplets" The first Indian Conference on Micro nano fluidics (iCOM 2023). IIT Madras, India. (Poster Presentation)

[8] Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Dey Modak, C., Mishra S., Sharma D., Sankar Reddy B., Nukala P., Bhat R., & Sen, P. (2023). "Tunable Cloaking of the Sessile Droplet" CeNSE annual student symposium. India. (Oral Presentation)

[7] Lathia, R., Nagpal, S., Dey Modak, C., Mishra S., Sharma D., Sankar Reddy B., Nukala P., Bhat R., & Sen, P. (2023). "Tunable Cloaking of the Sessile Droplet for a Novel Solid and Liquid Capsule-manufacturing Platform" 11th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2023). Singapore. (Oral Presentation)

[6] Sankar Reddy B., Dey Modak, C., Lathia, R., Agarwal B., R Abraham E. & Sen, P. (2023). "Direct patterning on porous surface using drop impact printing" 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2023). IEEE, Munich, Germany. (Poster Presentation)

[5] Lathia, R., Sankar Reddy B., Dey Modak, C., Nagpal S. & Sen, P. (2023). "Temperature-responsive microcapsules manufactured by promoting controlled cloaking with the help of micro/nanoparticles." 36th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2023). IEEE, Munich, Germany. (Poster Presentation)

[4] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P. (2022). "Suppressing droplet breakage by promoting fingering instability." Nature Inspired Surface Engineering (NISE 2022) Conference, Seoul, South Korea. (Oral Presentation)

[3] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P. (2022). "Suppressing droplet breakage by promoting fingering instability." CeNSE annual student symposium, India. (Oral Presentation)

[2] Lathia, R., Dey Modak, C., & Sen, P. (2022). "Impact Stability of Particle Coated Droplets." APS March Meeting (Vol. 2022, pp. G11-004), USA. (Oral Presentation)

[1] Lathia, R., Sagar, N., & Sen, P. (2021). "Non-coalescence of oscillating multiple compound droplets on coplanar EWOD platform." 5th International Conference on Droplets (Droplet 2021). TU Darmstadt, Germany (Oral Presentation)