FACULTY
Biography
"Dr. S. Manigandan is a Chemical Engineer with 5+ years of experience in R&D (Industry and academia) and 3+ years of experience in teaching in a reputed academic institute. Recipient of Shah-Schulman award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Colloid & Interface Science in India for the Year 2017, given by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) at the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, 2018 (CHEMCON-2018). Recipient of ""Institute Research Award-2017"" for the quality and quantity of the research work done at IIT Madras. Recipient of ""pre-doctoral fellowship award-2017"" equivalent to post-doc, issued by the competent authority of IIT Madras. Current Research Interests (Broad area): Colloid & Interfacial Science and soft matter. Name of the Research Lab Established: Advanced colloids & Interfacial Engineering Topics of research: Synthesis of active/anisotropic particles and their self-assembly, Pickering emulsions, Pickering foams, biopolymer, advanced functional nanomaterials for the application in wastewater treatment, rheology of suspensions."
Education
- PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras (2012-2017)
- MS in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (2006-2009)
- B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from University of Madras-Arunai Engineering College (1999-2003)
Teaching
- Interfacial Engineering (CH612)
- Chemical Reaction Engineering (CH302)
Awards
- Recipient of “Shah-Schulman Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of colloid and interface sciences,” issued by the competent authority of IIChE for the year 2017.
- Recipient of “Institute Research Award” for the quality and quantity of research work done during Ph.D, issued by the competent authority of IIT Madras for the year 2017.
Selected Publications
- S. Manigandan, Remya Ann Mathews, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Self-Assembly of Inverse Patchy Colloids with Tunable Patch Coverage”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 19, 2017, 13122-13132. Impact Factor: 4.123.
- S. Yogesh, S Manigandan, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Staggered linear assembly of spherical-cap colloids”, Langmuir, 33, 2017, 6760-6768. Impact Factor: 3.833.
- S. Manigandan, S. Yogesh, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Synthesis of non-spherical patchy particles at fluid-fluid interfaces via differential deformation and their self-assembly”, Soft Matter, 12, 2016, 5950-5958. Impact Factor: 3.798.
- S. Manigandan, V Kollabattula, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Visualization of the equilibrium position of colloidal particles at fluid-water interfaces by deposition of nanoparticles”, Nanoscale, 7 (33), 2015, 13868-13876. Impact Factor: 7.76.
- S. Manigandan, SD Christdoss Pushpam, MG Basavaraj, Ethayaraja Mani*, “Synthesis of Single and Multipatch Particles by Dip-Coating Method and Self-Assembly Thereof”, Langmuir, 31 (4), 2015, 1255-1261. Impact Factor: 3.833.
Projects
- A combined effect of complexation behavior of biopolymers and self-assembly behavior of oppositely charged particles (OCPs) to influence the stabilization of water-in-water (W/W) Pickering emulsion, Funded by SERB, Government of India, through SRG scheme. Total budget: 31.78 Lakhs.
- An experimental investigation of self-propulsion of active colloidal clusters and chains. Funded by IIT Ropar through ISIRD, Phase 2. Total budget: 75 Lakhs.
- Synthesis of colloidal chains with tunability in length using two side flattened colloids. Funded by IIT Ropar through ISIRD, Phase 1. Total budget: 10 Lakhs.