Microfluidics & Microswimmers Lab
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Welcome to the Microfluidics and Microswimmers Lab @ IISc
We are a research group working on Microfluidics and Microswimmers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Our research activity revolves around understanding the transport and locomotion of micron-sized particles (colloids, droplets and organisms) suspended in complex fluidic environments. These tiny particles can be passive or active/motile depending on the physicochemical interaction between the particle surface and the suspending fluid. Often, these particles encounter complex environments such as non-Newtonian suspending media, external flow/field, crowded and heterogeneous flow geometry, etc. We use mathematical modelling and microfluidic experiments to understand the low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics of these systems.
Research Themes
Currently, we are working on the following topics:
Particle Microfluidics: Particles in non-Newtonian fluids
Droplet Microfluidics: Active droplets
Biomicrofluidics: Swimming/locomotion of motile cells
Computational Microfluidics: MPCD, LBM
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Contact Information
Mailing Address
Dr. Shubhadeep Mandal
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
CV Raman Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, INDIA
Email: smandal@iisc.ac.in | Phone: +918022932484
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