Water induced reversible switching of optical transparency of an elastomer-hydrogel based two-phase composite. Kuldeep Kuhar, Animangsu Ghatak, ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024.
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2024
Water induced reversible switching of optical transparency of an elastomer-hydrogel based two-phase composite. Kuldeep Kuhar, Animangsu Ghatak, ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024.
Self-healing property of a gel-elastomer two-phase composite material Tanima Bhowmick, Pamela Saha, Ekta Srivastava, Ashok Kumar, Animangsu Ghatak, Materialia, 2024, Vol 35, 102129.
Enhancement of the rate of surface reactions by elasto-capillary effect Nitish Singh, Animangsu Ghatak, Langmuir. Langmuir, 2024, Vol 40(17), 8771-8780.
Ultra-sensitive flexible capacitive pressure sensor with structured elastomeric dielectric layers. Gaurav Rawal, Animangsu Ghatak, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2024, Vol 34, 025012.
2023
Speed-dependent vibration-assisted puncturing of soft solid Krishna Kant Kundan, Animangsu Ghatak, Biomedical Materials and Devices. 2023
Studying Kinetics of a Surface Reaction using Elastocapillary Effect Nitish Singh, Ajeet Kumar, Animangsu Ghatak, Journal of Colloids and Interfacial Sciences, 2023, Vol 645, 266-275.
Gecko-Inspired hierarchically rough surface used as a reprintable paper Nitish Singh, Animangsu Ghatak, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. 2022, Vol 12, 100420.
How does a lizard shed its tail? Animangsu Ghatak, Science, 2022. Vol 375(6582), 721-722.
2021
Soft gel-filled composite adhesive for dry and wet adhesion Kuldeep Kuhar, Muhammed Jesbeer, Animangsu Ghatak, ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2021, Vol 3(8), 3755-3765.
Effect of roughness on the conductivity of vacuum coated flexible paper electrodes Gaurav Rawal, Animangsu Ghatak, Nano Select, 2021. Vol 1, 1-12.
2020
Liquid spreading induced by in-situ generation of metallic nano-particles Nitish Singh, Yashaswini Jain, Kaushal Kishore, Animangsu Ghatak, Langmuir, Paper published online
Fingering instability during fracture of a gel block subjected to shear loading Krishna Kant Kundan and Animangsu Ghatak, Physical Review E, 2020, Vol 102, pp 013002-1--9.
Analysis of mixing in helical micro-channel Pravat Rajbanshi and Animangsu Ghatak, Physical Review Fluids, 2020, Vol 5, pp 064502-1—17.
2019
Confinement induced alteration of morphologies of oil-water emulsion Saumita Maiti, Nitish Singh and Animangsu Ghatak, Langmuir 2019, Vol 35(10), 3797-3804.
Vibration assisted puncturing of a soft brittle solid Krishna Kant Kundan, Sukumar Laha and Animangsu Ghatak, Extreme Mechanics Letters 2019, Vol 26, pp. 26-34.
2018
Flow through triple helical microchannel Pravat Rajbanshi and Animangsu Ghatak, Physical Review Fluids, 2018, Vol 3, pp 024201.
Effect of shape on fracture of soft elastic gel subjected to shear load Krishna Kant Kundan and Animangsu Ghatak, Soft Matter, 2018, Vol 14, pp. 1365.
2017
Precipitant-less crystallization of protein molecules induced by incision on substrate Anindita Sengupta Ghatak, Gaurav Rawal Animangsu Ghatak, Crystal, 2017, Vol 7, pp 245.
Polygonal deformation of a metallic foil subjected to impact by an axisymmetric indenter Debapriya Mohanty, L. Rao, Sovan Lal Das and Animangsu Ghatak, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2016, published online.
2016
Precipitant-less Crystallization of Protein Molecules Induced by High Surface Potential Anindita Sengupta Ghatak, Animangsu Ghatak, Journal of Crystal Growth and Design 2016, Vol 16(9), pp 5323-5329.
Generation of Aspherical Optical Lenses via Arrested Spreading and Pinching of a Crosslinkable Liquid Abhijit Chadra Roy, Mridul Yadav, Edward Peter Arul, Anubhav Khanna, Animangsu Ghatak*, Langmuir, 2016, Vol 32, pp 5356-5364.
Effect of Surface Modification on Frictional Properties of Polyester fabric Subrata Mondal, V. Reddy, Arpita Sarkar, P. Aravindakshan, Animangsu Ghatak*, Tribology International 2016, Vol 97, pp 38-48.
2015
15. Estimation of Solid-Liquid Interfacial Tension using Curved Surface of a Soft Solid Subrata Mondal, Monmee Phukan and Animangsu Ghatak*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2015. Vol 112(41), pp 12563-12568.
Adhesion-induced instabilities and pattern formation in thin films of elastomers and gels Manoj K. Chaudhury, Aditi Chakrabarti and Animangsu Ghatak*, Euro Physics Journal E, 2015, pp 38-82.
Rolling of an elastomeric cylinder: a Marangoni like effect in solid Subrata Mondal and Animangsu Ghatak*, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2015, Vol 3, pp 24-35.
2014
Co-operative effect of closely spaced intruding objects puncturing into a soft solid Susmita Das, Sukumar Laha and Animangsu Ghatak*, Soft Matter, 2014, Vol 10, pp 6059--6067.
Design of adaptable optofluidic aspherical lens using elasto-capillarity effect Abhijit Chandra Roy and Animangsu Ghatak*, Adv. Opt. Mat., 2014, Vol 2, pp 874–878
Peeling off an adhesive layer with spatially varying topography and modulus Animangsu Ghatak*, Physical Review E, 2014, Vol 89, pp 032407-1--032407-9.
Measurement of Dynamic Surface Tension using Helical Flow of a Viscous Liquid in a Pool of Another Viscous Liquid inside a micro-channel Sambasiva Rao Ganneboyina and Animangsu Ghatak*, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2014.
Bio-inspired adhesion Animangsu Ghatak*, Guest Editorial, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 2014, published online.
2013
Harvesting Energy of Interaction between Bacteria and Bacteriophage in a Membrane-less Fuel cell Ragini Gupta, Wasihun Bekele and Animangsu Ghatak*, Bioresource Technology 2013, 147, pp 654–657.
Multi-helical Micro-channels for Rapid Generation of Drops of Water in Oil Sambasiva Rao Ganneboyina, and Animangsu Ghatak*, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 2013, 15, pp 637–646.
Disordered nano-wrinkle substrates for inducing crystallization over a wide range of concentration of protein and precipitant Anindita Sengupta Ghatak and Animangsu Ghatak*, Langmuir 2013, 29 (13), pp 4373-4380.
Self Oscillating Potential Generated in Patterned Micro-Fluidic Fuel Cell Ravi Kumar Arun, Wasihun Bekele and Animangsu Ghatak*, Electrochimica Acta 2013, 87, pp 489-496.
2012
Generation of Air–Water Two-Phase Flow Patterns by Altering the Helix Angle in Triple Helical Microchannels Sambasiva Rao Ganneboyina and Animangsu Ghatak*, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2012.
Effect of thickness of a sandwiched layer of bitumen between two aggregates on the bond strength: an experimental study Subrata Mondal, Animesh Das and Animangsu Ghatak, 7th International RILEM Conference on Cracking in Asphaltic Pavements, 20-22nd June 2012, Delft, Netherlands
Control of Adhesion via Internally Pressurized Subsurface Microchannels. Edward Peter Arul and Animangsu Ghatak*, Langmuir, 2012, 28(9), 4339-4345.
Surface-Tension-Induced Flattening of a Nearly Plane Elastic Solid. Anand Jagota*, Dadhichi Paretkar, and Animangsu Ghatak*, Physical Review E 2012, 85, 051602-1--051602-6
How to Make a Cylinder Roll Uphill. Dipabali Hore, Abhijit Majumder, Subrata Mondal, Abhijit Roy and Animangsu Ghatak*, Soft Matter, 2012, 8(18), 5038-5042.
Direction specific adhesion induced by subsurface liquid filled microchannels. Abhijit Majumder, Subrata Mondal, Anurag Kumar Tiwari, Animangsu Ghatak* and Ashutosh Sharma, Soft Matter, 2012.
Reusable Antifouling Viscoelastic Adhesive with an Elastic Skin Sandip Patil, Abhinav Malasi, Abhijit Majumder, Animangsu Ghatak, and Ashutosh Sharma*, Langmuir, 2012, 28(1), 42–46
2011
Sub-Surface Fracture of a Thin Metallic Foil under Impact Loading. Debdip Bhandary, Edward Peter Arul and Animangsu Ghatak*, International Journal of Solids and Structure, 2011, 48(20), 2902-2908.
Controlled Crystallization of Macro-molecules using Patterned Substrates in a Sandwiched Plate Geometry. Anindita Sengupta Ghatak and Animangsu Ghatak*, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. (Special Issue in Honor of Professor M. S. Ananth). 2011, 50 (23), 12984–12989.
Microchannel Embedded Elastomeric Layers For Impact Damping. Debdip Bhandary, Vivek Madnani, Subrata Mondal and Animangsu Ghatak*, Journal of Adhesion 2011, 87, 531-546. (Special Issue in Honour of Professor C. Y. Hui).
Puncturing of soft gels with multi-tip needles. Susmita Das and Animangsu Ghatak*, Journal of the Materials Science 2011, 46(9), 2895-2904.
Adhesives with patterned sub-surface microstructures. Edward Peter Arul and Animangsu Ghatak*, Journal of the Material Science 2011, 46(3), 832-838.
2010
Peeling off an adhesive layer with spatially varying modulus. Animangsu Ghatak*, Physical Review E 2010, 81, 021603.
Microchannel induced surface bulging of soft elastomeric layer. Abhijit Majumder, Anurag Kumar Tiwari, KrishnaraoKorada and Animangsu Ghatak*, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 2010, 24, 2681-2692.
A Bio-inspired Wet/Dry Microfluidic Adhesive for Aqueous Environments. Abhijit Majumder, Ashutosh Sharma* and Animangsu Ghatak* , Langmuir 2010, 26(1), 521 – 525
2009
Bio-inspired Design of Hierarchically Structured Adhesive. Edward P. Arul and Animangsu Ghatak*. Langmuir 2009, 25(1), 611 -- 617.
Hysteresis of Soft Joints Embedded with Fluid Filled Microchannels. Animangsu Ghatak*, Abhijit Majumder and Rajendra Kumar. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2009, 6, 203--208.
2008
Three Dimensional Multi-helical Micro-fluidic Mixers for Rapid Mixing of Liquids. Mohan Verma, Sambasiva Ganneboyina, Vinayak Rakshith, Animangsu Ghatak*, Langmuir, 2008, 24(5), 2248-2251.
2007
Microfluidic Adhesion Induced by Sub-surface Micro-structures. Abhijit Majumder, Animangsu Ghatak* and Ashutosh Sharma, Science, 2007, 318, 258-261.
Kinking Instability of a Highly Deformable Elastic Cylinder. Animangsu Ghatak* and Apurba Lal Das, Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99, 076101-1 -- 076101-4.
Critical Confinement and Elastic Instability in Thin Solid Films. Animangsu Ghatak* and Manoj K. Chaudhury, Journal of Adhesion 2007, 83(7), 679-704.
Generation of Sub-micrometer-scale Patterns by Successive Miniaturization Using Hydrogels. Apurba Lal Das, Vivek Katiyer, Rabibrata Mukherjee, Manish Kulkarni, Animangsu Ghatak* and Ashutosh Sharma*. Advanced Materials 2007, 19 (15), 1943-1946.
2006
Embedded Template-Assisted Fabrication of Complex Microchannels in PDMS and Design of a Microfluidic Adhesive. Mohan K. S. Verma, Abhijit Majumder, and Animangsu Ghatak*. Langmuir 2006, 22, 10291-10295.
Confinement induced instability of thin elastic film. Animangsu Ghatak*, Physical Review E. 2006, 73, pp.041601.
2005
Solenoids and plectonemes in stretched and twisted elastomeric filaments. Animangsu Ghatak and L. Mahadevan*, Physical Review Letters, 2005, 95(5), pp. 057801-1 ?057801- 4.
Measuring the work of adhesion between a soft confined film and a flexible plate. Animangsu Ghatak, L. Mahadevan and M. K. Chaudhury*, Langmuir, 2005, 21, pp. 1277-1281.
1999-2004
Peeling from a biomimetically patterned thin elastic Animangsu Ghatak, L. Mahadevan, J. Y. Chung, M. K. Chaudhury and V. Shenoy, Proceedings of Royal Society, London, Ser. A. 2004, 460, pp. 2725-2735.
54. Crack street: the cycloidal wake of a cylinder ripping through a thin solid sheet. Animangsu Ghatak and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 2003, 91(21), pp. 215507-1 ?215507- 4.
Paper highlighted by Nature Science Update and Nature Physics Update, 2nd December, 2003.
Adhesion induced instability in thin confined elastic film. Animangsu Ghatak and M. K. Chaudhury, Langmuir, 2003, 19(7), pp. 2621-2631.
A kinetic approach to study the hydrolytic stability of polymer-metal adhesion. Apinan Namkanisorn, A. Ghatak, M. K. Chaudhury, and D. H. Berry,Journal of Adhesion Sci. Tech., 2001, 15(14), pp. 1725-1745.
Meniscus Instability in Thin elastic film. Animangsu Ghatak, M. K. Chaudhury, V. Shenoy, and A. Sharma, Physical Review Letters, 2000, 85(20), pp. 4329-4332.
Interfacial rate dependent processes in adhesion and friction. Animangsu Ghatak, K. Vorvolakos, H. She, D. L. Malotky and M. K. Chaudhury, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2000, 104(17), pp. 4018-4030.
Dynamics and morphology of holes in dewetting of thin films. Animangsu Ghatak, R. Khanna and A. Sharma, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 1999, 212 , pp. 483-494.