The research activities in our group belong to the broad umbrella of "Statistical Mechanics" and "Condensed Matter Physics". Under these domains, we focus on understanding the "dynamics of fluids near phase transitions" for various equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena, with motivations from biological microswimmers and technical applications in nano-devices. For this purpose, we use the "Classical Statistical Mechanics" framework and apply various computational techniques, e.g., GPU and CPU based molecular dynamics simulations, Monte Carlo simulations, numerical calculations, etc. Few topics that we work on: droplet coalescence, phase separation, collective dynamics in near-critical fluids, confined fluids, Casimir forces, active Janus colloids, etc.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Medchal District, Hyderabad - 500078
Telangana, India
sutapa <dot> roy <at> hyderabad <dot> bits-pilani <dot> ac <dot> in
Open positions for project and Ph.D students. If you are interested, please contact at the above-mentioned email address.
Keywords: Statistical Mechanics, Soft Condensed Matter, Simulation, Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo, Non-equilibrium dynamics, Phase Separation, Droplet, Phase Transition, Critical Phenomena, Transport, Confined Fluids, Thin Film, Surface effects, Casimir Forces, Janus Colloids, Active Matter.