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Suman Chakraborty has research interests in the area of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, and CFD. Through a serious of investigations, he resolved one of the outstanding paradoxes on interfacial slip in nanoscale transport, by demonstrating the exact mechanism by which less dense phases may be segregated within nanometer length scales adhering to solid-liquid interface. He further extended this model to understand electrohydrodynamics in presence of hydrophobic interactions, resolving outstanding anomalies on massive amplification in electrokinetic pumping in nanochannels. Extending the above fundamental scientific principles, Chakraborty has been the pioneer to agglomerate the science of microscale fluid mechanics with the complex biophysics of cells. Chakraborty has also been the first researcher to develop a fundamental theory on electrokinetic transport of blood through microfluidic conduits, and to translate the same towards the development of an original device for analyzing the flow of blood from a droplet into a microfluidic capillary, together with the effects of suspended red blood cells and dynamically evolving contact angle on the underlying non-intuitive flow features under the complex coupling of electrokinetics, interfacial phenomena and fluid rheology. One aspect which distinguishes Chakraborty’s research work from many others’ is the strong link between outstanding fundamental scholarly work and innovative technology development relevant to industries and society. His contributions on fluid flows in miniaturized devices, leading to the development of low cost medical diagnostic devices, is expected to revolutionize rapid, portable, accurate, and inexpensive medical diagnostics with very low sample consumption, thereby addressing perhaps the most challenging proposition of the underdeveloped world. In recognition of his pioneering research contributions in Engineering Sciences, he has been conferred the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, the highest scientific honour from the Government of India. He has also become Fellow of various National Academies of Science and Engineering, and a fellow of ASME, APS and the FRSC.
Slippery to Sticky Transition of Hydrophobic Nanochannels by C. Bakli, S. Chakraborty Nano Letters 15 - (2015)
Electro-osmosis of superimposed fluids in presence of modulated charged surfaces in narrow confinements by S. Mandal, U. Ghosh, A. Bandopadhyay, S. Chakraborty Journal of Fluid Mechanics 776 - (2015)
Nonlinear amplification in electrokinetic pumping in nanochannels in the presence of hydrophobic interactions by S. Chakraborty, D. Chatterjee, C. Bakli Physical Review Letters 110 - (2013)
Electrokinetics with paper-and-pencil devices by P. Mandal, R. Dey, S. Chakraborty Lab on a Chip 12 - (2012)
Order parameter description of electro-chemical-hydrodynamic interactions in nanochannels by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters 101 - (2008)
Generalization of interfacial electrohydrodynamics in the presence of hydrophobic interactions in narrow fluidic confinements by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters 100 - (2008)
Order parameter modeling of fluid dynamics in narrow confinements subjected to hydrophobic interactions by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters 99 - (2007)
Towards a generalized representation of surface effects on pressure-driven liquid flow in microchannels by S. Chakraborty Applied Physics Letters 90 - (2007)
Transport mechanisms of falling crystals detached from the freezing front during solidification of a hypereutectic binary mixture by S. Chakraborty and A. Kumar Physical Review Letters 95 - (2005)
Dynamics of capillary flow of blood into a microfluidic channel by S. Chakraborty Lab on a chip 5 - (2005)
Nanoscale Transport and Biological Interfaces INDO-US SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM, NEW DELHI
Indo-Korean Joint Network Centre on Computational Materials Department of Science and Technology (International Bilateral Cooperation Division)
Diffusion Limited SRES for High-Efficiency Biomedical Devices IIT KHARAGPUR
CRYOPSY : Biopsy Tool with In-vivo Snap-freezing and Cooling of Surrounding Tissue to Reduce Bleeding and Escalate Patient Recovery and Comfort DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF SC. and TECH
Microfluidics Diagnostics for Water Quality - Applications in Decentralised Water Treatment The Royal Academy of Engineering
Development of Radiometric Device for Transdermal Blood Perfusion Imaging Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Affordable and Rapid Paper-Based Test Kits for Antimicrobial Suscpectibility Assays Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI)
Extreme Point of Case Diagnostics on a CD MHRD
Development of Smartphone Integrated Generic Microfluidic Devices for Rapid, Portable and Affordable Point-of-Care Diagnostics (Project ID: 4429) Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Modelling Heat Transport in Biological Tissue for Magnetic Hyperthermia Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Characterization of Dengue Virus Entry, Assembly & Tropism Using Dengue Virus - Like Particles & Engineering Dengue VLP Based Vaccine Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Centre of Excellence in Research and Training for Developing Low Cost Medical Diagnostic Devices The Royal Academy of Engineering
Development of an Optoelectronics Assisted Microfluidic Lab on a Chip for Cell Fusion Towards Cancer Immunotherapy Global Innovation and Technology Alliance
Centre of excellence for training and research in Microfluidics IIT KHARAGPUR
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) MHRD
Paper Based Point of Care Multiplex Bioanalytes Detection Device for Whole Blood Analysis IIT KHARAGPUR
Aditya Choubey Centre for Re-Water Research Mr. Aneesh Reddy and Mr. Anant Choubey
Electrothermal Flows for Thermal Management of Electronics Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Nanotelectronics Network for Research and Application (NNetRA) - IIT Kharagpur Department of Science and Technology(DST)
Targeted Evaporative Cooling of Hot Spots Using Patterned Surfaces KCSTC
Bio-electronics Innovation Laboratory SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR
Bioartificial Liver on a Chip Using Dielectrophoresis Based 3D Cell Patterning DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF SC. and TECH
IMPRINT Activities Related to Health Care Domain at IIT Kharagpur MHRD, Department of Higher Education, NMEICT, New Delhi
Uttam Rana
Area of Research: Microcombustion
Joyjyoti Das
Area of Research: Biomicrofluidics
Kiran Raj M
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Saunak Sengupta
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Saumyadwip Bandyopadhyay
Area of Research: Microfluidics and soft matter
Sayan Das
Area of Research: Dynamics of evaporating droplets
Sankha Shuvra Das
Area of Research: Microfabrication and microfluidics
Sumit Kumar
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Golak Kunti
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Jyotsana Priyadarshani
Area of Research: Modeling of blood physiology
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Kalyan Saha
Area of Research: Bio-Fluid Mechanics
Nalinikanta Behera
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Somnath Santra
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Tanoy Kahali
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Pratyaksh Karan
Area of Research: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Ankit Agarwal
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Anjali
Area of Research: Microfluidics for biochemical analysis
Sujay Kumar Biswas
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Banuprasad T N
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Victor Pakira
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Pritam Rudra
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Antarip Poddar
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Guttapalli Naveen Kumar
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Rahul Roy
Area of Research: Computational multiphase flows
Saurabh Dhopeshwar
Area of Research: Computational multiphase flows
Rahul Agarwal
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Debdeep Bhattacharjee
Area of Research: Droplet microfluidics
Udita Ringania
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Sampad Laha
Area of Research: Microfluidics
