I am interested in experimentally studying the morphology of the lubricant coated slippery systems (inspired by Nepenthes pitcher plants) and their numerical modelling when the external fluid in the form of drop comes in contact with them.

Surface Evolver simulation of a water dropon a chemically patterned surface
Side view of a glycerol drop on a silicone oil coated OTS grafted glass
Optical microscopy image of adewetted lubricant
A water drop on a chemically patterned surfaces
An inhouse thickness measurement setup employing an inverting microscope and a spectrometer 
Lubricant profile under a water drop using Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy

Publications:

• M. Sharma, B. Bhatt, S. Gupta, R. Pant, & K. Khare (2020). Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Aqueous Drops on Thin Lubricating Fluid-Coated Slippery (LCS) Surfaces. Bulletin of Materials Science, 43(1), 1-7. 

• M. Sharma, S. Gupta, B. Bhatt, G. Bhatt, S. Bhattacharya, & K. Khare (2021). Anisotropic Motion of Aqueous Drops on Lubricated Chemically Heterogeneous Slippery Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(5), 2001916. 

• B. Bhatt, S. Gupta, M. Sharma, & K. Khare (2022). Dewetting of Non-Polar Thin Lubricating Films Underneath Polar Liquid Drops on Slippery Surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 607, 530-537. 

• B. Bhatt, S. Gupta, V. Sumathi, S. Chandran & K. Khare (2022). Electric Field Driven Reversible Spinodal Dewetting of Thin Liquid Films on Slippery Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(8), 2202063. 

•   S. Gupta, B. Bhatt, M. Sharma, & K. Khare (2023). Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Static Wetting Morphologies of Aqueous Drops on Lubricated Slippery Surfaces Using a Quasi-Static Approach. Soft Matter, 19(6), 1164-1173. 

•   C. Majhi, B. Bhatt, S. Gupta, & K. Khare (2023). Effect of externally deposited nanoscale heterogeneities in thin polymer films on their adhesion behavior. arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.01627.