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
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.
This work was tweeted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India on May 09, 2021.
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