Recent Projects

Several collaborations related to the above themes of the Unit have been initiated in the last three years with the world’s leading scientists. These include:

• Driven capillary instabilities and self organized patterning of polymers, British Council (UKIERI), Rs. 2.4 millions (co-PI from UK: Prof. Ullrich Steiner, Cambridge University).

• Carbon MEMS, part of Indo-US Center for Advanced and Futuristic Manufacturing, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, 2006-2008. Rs. 6.4 million (Coordinator: Prof. Amitabha Ghosh; US collaborator: Prof. Marc Madou, UCI).

• Manufacturing Robust Nanostructures: Materials, Methods and Metrology, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Award for collaboration with NIST Rs. 2.5 million. (US co-PI: Christopher Soles).

  Another recent major project grant from the DST has been obtained for additional nano-resources:

• Mesostructured Functional Thin Films and Interfaces of Soft Materials, Department of Science and Technology, 2007--2010. Rs. 49 million.

  Recent industrial linkages in the soft nano are reflected in the following two sponsored projects from very strong R&D companies:

• Understanding adhesion of soft particles, Proctor & Gamble, 2008-2009.

• Particulate Adhesion and Detachment, Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Bangalore, 2004-2006.