Guest Lecture

How do forces transmitted from a cell’s environment affect DNA organization?

Mpemba effect: An anomalous relaxation phenomenon By R Rajesh - The Institute of Mathematical Sciences Abstract Consider two systems at different temperatures that are instantaneously quenched to the same final…

Exploring Novel Properties in Polymer systems - In continuation with the previous talk by Prof. Dillip Kumar Satapathy Abstract Polymers under confinement display intriguing properties that differ from those observed…

Coupled Photo-Mechanics of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers About Speaker Speaker: Mr AKASH PATIL, (ME21S017)MS Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT MadrasGuide: Dr Ratna Kumar Annabjattula Abstract In this study, we…

Exploring Novel Properties in Confined Polymer Systems Abstract Polymers under confinement display intriguing properties that differ from those observed in their bulk form. The imposition of an interface or geometrical…

Capillary (hydro)dynamics in microfluidics: the different faces of dynamic contact angles

Oil spills: Why is it not easy to clean Abstract This will be a short talk for 30 min max. highlighting some of the research problems that we can try…

Dipole-driven Self-assembly and Dynamics in Solutions of Charged Macromolecules By M. Muthukumar University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA Abstract Control of self-assembled structures of charged macromolecules in aqueoussolutions is…

Spatio-temporal scaling laws in a heated egg yolk – new Abstract Denaturation, aggregation and gelation of proteins and lipids are biologically relevant out-of equilibrium processes which are coupled by a…

Talk by Prof. Abhijit Deshpande