Research Interest
- Stability theory
- Reduced-Order Modelling
- Non-Linear Dynamics
- Hydrodynamic stability
- Thin Films
- Electrohydrodynamics
- Multiphase Flows
Education
- B.E.(Hons.), B.I.T.S Pilani, Goa Campus, 2010.
- PhD, IIT Madras, 2010-2015.
- Post-Doc Associate, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2016-19.
Research Overview
Our group works on leveraging interfacial science and instabilities to enhance transport
in diverse technologically relevant areas. A prominent aspect of our research involves
developing reduced-order models for physico-chemical transport processes to gain analytical
or semi-analytical insights. Some of our recent efforts have been aimed at developing
fundamental understanding of wetting alteration using electric fields, investigating
the origin of self-assembled pattern formation in porous anodic oxides, non-linear dynamics
of liquid jet breakup, as well as development of theoretical models for active swimming droplets.
Awards
- Institute Research Award for excellence in research during Ph.D., IIT Madras, 2015.
Publications
- Dipin S Pillai, Kirti Chandra Sahu, Universal scaling law for electrified sessile droplets on a lyophilic surface, Phys. Rev. E, 109, L013101 (2024).
- Shreyank Goel, Dipin S Pillai, Reduced-Order Model for Surfactant-Laden Electrified Sessile Droplets, Langmuir, 39 (43), 15177-15188 (2023).
- Shreyank Goel, Dipin S Pillai, Electrokinetic Thin-Film Model for Electrowetting: The Role of Bulk Charges, Langmuir, 39 (37), 13076-13089 (2023).
- Prateek Dwivedi, Atishay Shrivastava, Dipin Pillai, Naveen Tiwari, Rahul Mangal, Deforming active droplets in viscoelastic solutions, Soft Matter, 19 (21),3783-3793 (2023).
- Prateek Dwivedi, Atishay Shrivastava, Dipin Pillai, Rahul Mangal, Mode switching of active droplets in macromolecular solutions, Soft Matter, 19 (22), 4099-4108 (2023).
- M. A. Kainikkara, D. S. Pillai, K. C. Sahu, Equivalence of sessile droplet dynamics under periodic and steady electric fields, npj Microgravity, 7, 1 (2021).
- D. S. Pillai, K. C. Sahu, R. Narayanan, Electrowetting of a leaky dielectric droplet under a time-periodic electric field, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 073701 (2021).
- D.S. Pillai, R. Narayanan, Electrostatic forcing of thin leaky dielectric films under periodic and steady fields, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 890, A20 (2020).
- D. S. Pillai, R. Narayanan, Nonlinear dynamics of electrostatic Faraday instability in thin films, Journal of Fluid Mechanics Rapids, 855, R4, (2018).
- D. S. Pillai, R. Narayanan, Interfacial dynamics of a confined liquid-vapour bilayer undergoing evaporation, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 857, 1 (2018).
