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BOOK CHAPTERS:  

 

  • S. K. Kalpathy "Polymer Coatings and Patterning techniques" In Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology, 1st Edition (2016) edited by S.Anandhan, S.Bandyopadhyay, Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 9781498718813 

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PATENTS:  

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  • "Polymeric thin film-based heavy transition metal detector",  Sreeram K. Kalpathy, Tiju Thomas, Vidhya K. V., Indian Patent Application No: 202341040751 (Filed provisionally) dated 15/6/2023

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:  

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  • "Thin film below a moving drop", Ananthajit A. Kumar, Anoop Pavithran, Sreeram K. Kalpathy, Baburaj A. Putthenveettil, Proceedings of the 17th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Aug 8 - 12 (2023). Beijing, China​

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  • "Photoinduced and Substrate Wettability-driven Patterning of Azo-based Thin Polymer Films", Swathi Erekath, Sreeram K. Kalpathy. Book of Abstracts - Poster Presentations - 33rd Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society, Sep 8 - 13, (2019), KU Leuven, Belgium. p.72

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  • "Thin Free Liquid Film Stability in Various Interaction Regimes Arising Due to Surface Active Agents", Anjishnu Choudhury, Paidi Venkatesh Kumar, Sreeram K. Kalpathy, Harish N. Dixit. Proceedings of the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting, Oct 28 - Nov 2, (2018) Pittsburg, PA, USA. ID: 273n, ISBN: 978-0-8169-1108-0

 

  • “Structural and Magnetic Properties of Polymorphic Nickel Titanate Nanofibers”, S. K. Balakrishnamurthy, V. C. Gudla, R. Ambat, S. K. Kalpathy, S. Anandhan. Abstracts of the 12th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, May 21–26, (2017) Waikoloa, Hawaii USA. p.92, ID: PACRIM-S17-025-2017

 

  • “Magnetic field-driven dewetting of thin liquid films on topographically patterned surfaces”, S. K. Kalpathy, Navdeep Vyas. Proceedings of the International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, Chennai 396 (2014)

 

  • “Shear-induced suppression of rupture in two-layer thin liquid films”, S. K. Kalpathy, L. F. Francis, and S. Kumar. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 54(19), BQ.00003 (2009), 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN USA

 

 

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: 

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  • "Features of liquid phase deposition of soft thin film coatings onto permeable / porous solids" – Compflu 2022 – Kolkata, India (Dec 2022)

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  • "Photochemical properties and applications of azobenzene-modified polyurea systems" – Compflu 2021 – Virtual conference organized by IIT Gandhinagar, India (Dec 2021)

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  • "Electrocapillary effect in thin liquid films with an electrically charged interface" – Material TECH 2021: An international conference on Materials and Technologies – Raipur, India (Jan 2021)

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  • "Electro-Marangoni and photo-Marangoni effects in thin liquid films – CompFlu 2019 – Bhopal, India (Dec 2019)

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  • “Use of surface-active colloids to suppress wettability-directed interfacial dynamics” – CompFlu 2018 – Roorkee, India (Dec 2018)

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  • “Temperature gradients as a potential strategy for templating in thin liquid films” – CompFlu 2016 – Hyderabad, India (Dec 2016)

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  • “Thermally induced dewetting of thin liquid films consisting of two miscible components” – FluidsChe2015 – International Conference on Fluids and Chemical Engineering – Langkawi, Malaysia (Nov 2015)

 

  • Modeling thin liquid film flows with application to coating and printing on chemically patterned surfaces” – Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME) – Minneapolis, MN - USA (May 2011)

 

  • “Shear-induced delay in rupture of two-layer thin liquid films with application to lithographic printing” – International Coating Science and Technology Symposium (ISCST), St. Paul, MN - USA (Sep 2010)

 

  • “Shear-induced delay in rupture of two-layer thin liquid films” – American Physical Society (APS) Meeting – Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN - USA (Nov 2009)

 

  • “Depositing coatings on chemical surface patterns”- Meeting of Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME) Minneapolis, MN - USA (May 2010)

 

 

FUNDED PROJECTS: â€‹

  • "Indigenous binder jetting additively manufactured sand printer" - Research based industrial project (Galvano Track Solutions Private Limited, India, Rs. 27.91 lakhs) - As Co-PI.  (PI: Dr. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, Co-PI2: Dr. Saravana Kumar)

  • "Formulation and Testing of Inks for Digital Printing" - Research based industrial project (Rajdeep Digital Prints, India, Rs. 10 lakhs), (Co-PI: Dr. Bhuvanesh Srinivasan)

  • Industrial consultancy project on "Polymer material characterization" (HCLTech India Pvt. Ltd., Rs. 23110)

  • Industrial consultancy project on "Epoxy Crack Investigation" (BorgWarner Cooling Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., Rs. 70000)

  • "Morphology prediction maps for coating of colloidal suspensions: Role of wettability, solvent evaporation, rheology and particle size" (Research-based industrial project, Saint Gobain Research India, Rs. 19.72 lakhs). - As PI.  

  • "Plasmonic solar distillation of agro-waste contaminated water and sludge valorization via amorphous carbon production" (Swachhta Action Plan scheme, Ministry of Education, Gov. of India, Rs. 73.03 lakhs). - As Co-PI.  (PI: Dr. Tiju Thomas)

  • "Portable sensors with cellphone interfacing for heavy metal detection in water and soil" (Swachhta Action Plan scheme, Ministry of Education, Gov. of India, Rs. 53.48 lakhs). (Co-PI: Dr. Tiju Thomas)

  • "Farmer-friendly, point of use, heavy metal sensors with cellphone interface: A new technical aid for the agricultural sector" (Socially Relevant Projects Scheme, IC&SR, IIT Madras, Rs. 3 lakhs). (Co-PI: Dr. Tiju Thomas)

  • "Farmer-friendly, point of use, portable heavy metal sensors for agricultural soil: Proof of concept and field testing" (Rural Technology Action Group - Tamil Nadu, Rs. 90,000)

  • "IR Reflective Polymer/PCM Encapsulations for Rendering Perovskite Photovolataics Environmentally Robust: aging, durability and efficiency studies through solar simulations, spectroscopy and ab initio simulations" (DST - Indo Hungarian Joint Project, Rs. 11.64 lakhs) - As Co-PI.   (PI: Dr. Tiju Thomas)

  • Industrial consultancy project on "Failure analysis of a door handle made of polypropylene-talc-CaCO3 composite material" (Hanon Automotive Systems India Private Limited, Rs. 59,000). (Co-PI: Prof. M. Balasubramanian)

  • "Non-noble Plasmonics and BaTaO2-xNy/CuO Quantum Dot Heterostructure based Photocatalysts for Tandem Grey Water Reactors" (DST-SERB, Rs. 36.10 lakhs) - As Co-PI.   (PI: Dr. Tiju Thomas, Co-PI 2:  Prof. Indumathi M. Nambi)

  • "Polymer thin film based point-of-use soil meter for detecting heavy transition metals in agricultural soil" (IC&SR, IIT Madras, Rs. 9.72 lakhs).  (Co-PI: Prof. Raghuram Chetty). 

  • "Physical and mathematical modeling of centrifugal atomization process for powder production" (DST-SERB, Rs. 42.43 lakhs) - As Co-PI.  (PI: Dr. Sabita Sarkar)

  • "Ordered patterns of colloids and polymers on porous substrates" (DST-SERB, Rs. 45.28 lakhs)

  • "Photochemically induced dewetting of thin polymer films" (New Faculty Seed Grant, IITM - Rs. 29.16 lakhs)

  • "On the role of surface-active contaminants in coating and printing processes" (New Faculty Initiation Grant, IITM - Rs. 5 lakhs)

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