Vartika Parihar

Primary contact : pari92vartika@iitkgp.ac.in

Secondary Contact : pari92vartika@gmail.com

Area of Interest : Interfacial phenomena, microfluidics

Summary : My current research focuses on the mask-less and stamps-less facile fabrication of the microstructured surfaces and their realization in various microfluidic applications. Furthermore, now-a-days most of the lab-on-a-chip devices involve EWOD set-up; however, it is limited by either dielectric breakdown or higher demand of voltages. Thus, the main objective is to overcome the existing gap in EWOD and provide a cost effective low power consuming Digital Microfluidic platform. In addition, the investigation of interfacial phenomenon involves contact angle measurement, different wetting states etc. thus the present work carries immense potential for microfluidic applications.

List of Publications and Conferences:

1. Parihar, V.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Das, S.; DasGupta, S. Anisotropic Electrowetting on Wrinkled Surfaces: Enhanced Wetting and Dependency on Initial Wetting State. Langmuir 2018, 34 (5), 1844–1854.

2. Parihar, V., Das, S., and DasGupta, S., Wetting on strain induced microstructured surfaces, Annual Meeting AIChE 2017, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, USA.