Several research papers were identified as news worthy by the journal editors, and subsequently attracted coverage by several national and international news outlets.
1) Article: “Asymmetric Deposits and Crack Formation during Desiccation of a Blood Droplet on an Inclined Surface” (Langmuir 2025, 41, 19, 11818–11837).
All news sources: https://acs.altmetric.com/details/176116185/news
"How Blood Drops Tell a Tilted Tale: New Study Uncovers Cracking Clues for Forensic Science"
"Blood droplets on inclined surfaces reveal new cracking patterns"
"Blood Droplet Size and Tilt Impact Forensic Bloodstain Patterns, New Study Shows - Modern Sciences"
2) Article: “Self-Assembly and Deposits of Reduced Graphene Oxide and Graphene Oxide Colloids from Desiccating Aqueous Sessile Droplets” (Langmuir 2025, 41, 27, 18265–18291).
News media coverage: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-coffee-saucer-patterns-graphene-oxide.html
3) Letter: “Why coronavirus survives longer on impermeable than porous surfaces” (Phys. Fluids, 33, 021701 (2021))
This research was picked up by the Press Trust of India (PTI) for making a story.
All news Sources: https://aip.altmetric.com/details/99818259/news
This work was mentioned as a scientific evidence in a science brief, designated for general public, released by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, In April 2021. Source: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104762
Invited to speak in VuMedi: an online platform for clinical education having the head quarter in the Oakland, California, USA.
This work was mentioned in safety report of government institute of Brazil: Institute of Food Technology (ITAL), Brazil, designated for general public. Source: https://www.ital.agricultura.sp.gov.br/arquivos/cetea/informativo/v33n2/artigos/v33n2_artigo2.pdf
This work was referred in Science Inventory (safety report) of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, designated for general public. Source: https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=CESER&dirEntryId=353983
This work was refereed in Provincial Hospital Lomza, Poland, designated for general public
Ref: https://www.szpital-lomza.pl/zalaczniki/7-procedura-zastosowania-bipap-w-leczeniu-covid-19-651a5e481e8e3365419615.pdf
4) Article: “Designing antiviral surfaces to suppress the spread of COVID-19” (Phys. Fluids, 052101 (2021))
All news Sources: https://aip.altmetric.com/details/105270524/news
Interviewed by the TechBriefs media group, New York: an online platform for dissemination of new research on evolving technologies. Read the interview here.
This work was tweeted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India on May 09, 2021. See here the facebook post and tweet by the Ministry of Education.
5) Letter: “Evaluating a transparent coating on a face shield for repelling airborne respiratory droplets” (Phys. Fluids, 33, 111705 (2021))
EEEDEXLIVE: “IIT-B's hydrophobic coating for face shields helps limit COVID spread”: https://www.edexlive.com/news/2022/mar/03/iit-bs-hydrophobic-coating-for-face-shields-helps-limit-covid-spread-27689.html
IITB newsletter: “Better face shields, better protection: hydrophobic coating helps mitigate COVID-19 exposure”: https://www.iitb.ac.in/en/research-highlight/better-face-shields-better-protection-hydrophobic-coating-helps-mitigate-covid-19
6) Letter: “Assessing effectiveness and comfortability of a two-layer cloth mask with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) insert to mitigate COVID-19 transmission” (Phys. Fluids., 34, 061703 (2022))
American Institute of Physics (AIP) Scilight: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/sci/article/2022/22/221108/2842857/HEPA-filter-improves-homemade-cloth-mask-to
7) Article: “Size-Dependent Dried Colloidal Deposit and Particle Sorting via Saturated Alcohol Vapor-Mediated Sessile Droplet Spreading” (Langmuir, 38 6128-6147 (2022)).
News coverage: https://sciencex.com/news/2022-08-saturated-alcohol-vapor-colloidal-deposits.html