Banuprasad T N

Primary contact : banu@iitkgp.ac.in

Secondary Contact : banuprasad442@gmail.com

Area of Interest : Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, Wettability, Interfacial phenomena.

Summary : Banu graduated in Mechanical Engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore. He received his Master’s degree in Nano Science and Technology form NIT Calicut, Kerala. He joined as a PhD scholar in Prof. Sunando Dasgupta’s group in July, 2017. He is now developing a nanofluidic system with tunable nanoscale diameter, which is mechanically robust, chemically stable, and tunable interior surface properties. His current research involves understanding and controlling the capillary filling dynamics in wettability reversal nanofluidic systems. Besides being a passionate researcher, Banu likes travelling, playing and watching movies.

List of Publications:

1. Banuprasad, T. N. et al. Fast Transport of Water Droplets over a Thermo-Switchable Surface Using Rewritable Wettability Gradient. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 28046– 28054 (2017).

2. T. V. Vinay, T. N. Banuprasad, S. D. George, S. Varghese, S. N. Varanakkottu et al. Additive-Free Tunable Transport and Assembly of Floating Objects at Water-Air Interface Using Bubble-Mediated Capillary Forces. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2017, DOI:10.1002/admi.201601231.

3. Devi Prasad Panigrahi, Somnath Santra, Theneyur Narayanaswamy Banuprasad, Sayan Das, Suman Chakraborty. Interfacial viscosity-induced suppression of lateral migration of a surfactant-laden droplet in a non-isothermal Poiseuille flow. arXiv:1812.05060