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Animangsu Ghatak
PhD (Lehigh University)
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Email: aghatak[AT]iitk.ac.in
Office Phone: 0512-259-7146
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Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Specialization
Mechanics of soft materials, Adhesion, friction and fracture at soft interfaces, Locomotion of soft bodied objects, Fracture of soft gels, Multiphase flow through micro-channels, Membraneless fuel cell, Design of universal nucleant for crystallization of protein molecules.
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Education
- Post Doctoral Research at Cambridge University, UK & Harvard University, USA, 2003-2004
- PhD, Lehigh University, 2003
- M.Tech, IIT Kanpur, 1998
- B.Tech (Hons.), IIT Kharagpur, 1994
Website(s)
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Ghatak, A. S. and Ghatak A. Disordered nano-wrinkle substrates for inducing crystallization over a wide range of concentration of protein and precipitant, Langmuir, 2013, Vol 29 (13), pp 4373–4380.
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Hore, D., Majumder, A., Mondal, S., Roy, A. and Ghatak, A. How to make a cylinder roll uphill. Soft Matter, 2012, Vol 8(18), pp. 5038-5042. Royal Society of Chemistry press release: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/polymer-cylinder-rolls-uphill.asp Nature Physics Research Highlight: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n3/full/nphys2265.html
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Hore, D., Majumder, A., Mondal, S., Roy, A. and Ghatak, A. How to make a cylinder roll uphill. Soft Matter, 2012, Vol 8(18), pp. 5038-5042. Royal Society of Chemistry press release: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/polymer-cylinder-rolls-uphill.asp Nature Physics Research Highlight: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n3/full/nphys2265.html
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Ghatak, A. and Das, A. L., Kinking instability of a highly deformable elastic cylinder. Physical Review Letters, 2007, Vol. 99, pp. 076101-1-076101-4.
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Verma, M. K. S., Majumder, A. and Ghatak, A. Embedded template assisted fabrication of complex micro-channels in PDMS and design of a micro-fluidic adhesive. Langmuir, 2006, Vol. 22, pp. 10291-10295.
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Invited speaker at Gordon Research Conference, Adhesion Science of, 2011.
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Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2010.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Research Fellowship, 2009-2012.
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Diamond Jubilee Young Achiever's Award of the Indian Institution of Chemical Engineering, 2007.
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Young Engineer Award of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2006.
Office
Department of Chemical
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Office Phone: 0512-259-7146 / 6045 (O)
Email: aghatak[AT]iitk.ac.in
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