Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya Assistant Professor B. E., Chem. Engg., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1992 M. E., Chem. Engg., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, 1994 Ph. D. IISc, Bangalore, 2000 Postdoctoral researcher, Chem. Engg. Deptt., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 2000-2001 Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Sc. & Engg. Deptt., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 2001-2002 Postdoctoral researcher, Chem. Engg. Deptt., Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA, 2002-2003 Phone(office): 91-512-2597697 Phone(residence): 91-512-2598648 Fax: 91-512-2590104   email: rajdip[AT]iitk.ac.in

Research Interests

• Nanomaterials: Nanoparticles, porous materials, nanotubes, thin films
• Colloid and Interfacial Science: Self-assembly, surfactants
• Nanocomposites: Silica-polymer, polymer-nanotube, silica-nanoparticle
• Mathematical modeling: Population balance, Monte Carlo simulation
• Aerosols: Measurement, simulation

Awards

• N R Kuloor Memorial Medal, 2002, IISc,  Bangalore.
• Dr. H. L. Roy Memorial Medal, 1992, Jadavpur University, Calcutta

Journal Publications

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Kumar, R., Gandhi, K. S., Ramkrishna, D. Modeling of precipitation in reverse micellar systems, Langmuir, 1997, 13(14),  3610-3620. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Bhowal, A., Datta, S., Sanyal, S., K., A new model of batch-extraction in emulsion liquid membrane: Simulation  of globule-globule interaction and leakage, Chemical Engng. Sc., 1998, 53(15), 2799-2807. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Kumar, R., Gandhi, K. S., Simulation of precipitation reactions in reverse micelles, Langmuir, 2000, 16(18), 7139-7149. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Kumar, R., Gandhi, K. S., Modeling of CaCO₃ nanoparticle formation during overbasing of lubricating oil  additives, Langmuir, 2001, 17(4), 1015-1029. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Nativ-Roth, E., Regev O., Yerushalmi-Rozen, R., Stabilization of individual carbon nanotubes in aqueous solutions, Nano Letters, 2002, 2(1), 25-28. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya R, Nativ-Roth, E., Yerushalmi-Rozen, R., Regev O., Transferable thin films of mesoporous materials, Chem. of Materials, 2003, 15(19), 3619-3624. (Download)
  
  

• Borodin, O., Smith, G. D., Bandyopadhyaya, R., Byutner, O., Molecular dynamics simulation of solid interfaces on poly(ethylene oxide) structure and dynamics, Macromolecules, 2003, 36(20), 7873-7883. (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya, R., Lall, A. A., Friedlander, S. K., Aerosol dynamics and the synthesis of fine solid particles, Powder Technology, 2004, 139(3), 193-199. (Download)
  
  

• Borodin, O., Smith, G. D., Bandyopadhayaya, R., Redfern, P., Curtis, L., S., Molecular dynamics study of nanocomposite polymer electrolyte based on poly(ethylene oxide)/LiBF_4, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Sc. Engng., 2004, 12(3), S73-S89.   (Download)
  
  

• Bandyopadhyaya, R., Rong, W., Friedlander, S. K.,  Dynamics of chain aggregates of carbon nanoparticles in isolation and in polymer films: Implications for nanocomposite materials, Chem. of Materials, 2004, 16, 3147-3154. (Download)

• Ethayaraja, M., Dutta, K., Bandyopadhyaya, R., Mechanism of Nanoparticle Formation in Self-Assembled Colloidal Templates: Population Balance Model and Monte Carlo Simulation, J. Physical Chemistry B, 2006, 110(33), 16471-16481. (download)

• Kulkarni, M.M., Bandyopadhyaya, R., Bhattacharya, B., Sharma, A. Microstructural and mechanical properties of Silica-PEPEG polymer composites Xerogels, Acta Materialia, 2006, 54(19), 5231-5240.
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• EthaYaraja, M., Bandyopadhyaya, R., Population balance models and Monte Carlo simulation for nanoparticle formation in water-in-oil microemulsions: Implications for CdS synthesis, J. American Chemical Society, 2006, 128(51), 17102-17113. (Download Paper || Supplementary Information)

 

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