Publications

R&D Areas/Projects

• Current Research Interests:

  • Electro-dynamic /dielectrophoretic/ electro-chemical phenomena
  • Nano materials/Janus particles
  • Biology inspired superhydrophobicity & structured colour /optical effects
  • High carbon efficiency transformation of biomass into renewable enery sources.
  • Development of products and processes involving foods/surfactants/polymeric systems

• Selected publications

  1. Edited Books/Monographs
     
     • Editor(s): Lal, M; Mashelkar, RA; Kulkarni, BD; Naik, V M  
       Title: Structure and Dynamics of Materials in the Mesoscopic Domain   
       Publisher: Imperial College Press, London and The Royal Society, London; 1999
     • Editor(s): Lal, M; Lillford, PJ; Naik, VM; Prakash V   
       Title: Supramolecular and Colloidal Structures in Biomaterials and Biosubstrates 
       Publisher: Imperial College Press, London and The Royal Society, London; 2000
  2. Invited Articles
     
     • Author(s): Naik, VM ; Mukherjee, R; Majmudar,A; Sharma, A     
       Title: Super Functional Materials:Creation and Control of Wettebility, Adhesion and Optical Effects    by Meso Structuring of Surfaces.
       Books:CURRENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE:edited by N. Mankunda; Indian Academy of Sciences, Banglore; 2009
     • Author(s): Naik, VM 
       Title: Nano Phenomena at Work, for Colour Management in Personal Care
       Book: BIONANOTECHNOLOGY; edited by Reisner; CRC Press, NY; 2008
     • Author(s): Zhu, S; Chambers, JG; Naik, VM 
       Title:Soap 
       Book: KIRK-OTHMER CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, 5th dition, Volume 2; John Wiley & Sons, NY; 2007
  3. Selected Papers in Peer-reviewed Journals/Books
     
     • Author(s): Raut, JS; Akella, S.; Singh, A; Naik, VM 
       Title: Catastrophic drop breakup in electric field 
       Source: Langmuir, in press (web 03/2009)
     • Author(s): Lian, G.; Naik, VM; Li, J.  
       Title: Preface to the Complex Materials special issue  
       Source: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(17): 6345-6346 SEPT 2008
     • Author(s): Raut, JS; Bhattad, P; Kulkarni, AC; Naik, VM   
       Title: "Micro-pottery"-Marangoni effect driven assembly of amphiphilic fibers 
       Source: LANGMUIR, 21 (2): 516-519 JAN 18 2005 ( Appeared on Cover page of the Journal)
     • Author(s): Raut, JS; Naik, VM; Jongen, TR  
       Title: Efficient simulation of time-dependent flows: Application to a twin screw extruder  
       Source: AICHE JOURNAL, 49 (8): 1933-1946 AUG 2003
     • Author(s): Suresh, SJ; Naik, VM  
       Title: Theory of dielectric constant of aqueous solutions  
       Source: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 116 (10): 4212-4220 MAR 8 2002
     • Author(s): Suresh, SJ; Naik, VM 
       Title: Hydrogen bond thermodynamic properties of water from dielectric constant data
       Source: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 113 (21): 9727-9732 DEC 1 2000
     • Author(s): Juvekar, VA; Anoop, CV; Pattanayek, SK; Naik, VM 
       Title: A continuum model for polymer adsorption at the solid-liquid interface  
       Source: MACROMOLECULES, 32 (3): 863-873 FEB 9 1999
     • Author(s): Suresh, SJ; Naik, VM 
       Title: Predictive models for interfacial properties of associating systems. A statistical thermodynamic approach  
       Source: LANGMUIR, 12 (25): 6151-6163 DEC 11 1996
     • Author(s): Shouche, SV; Chokappa, DK; Naik, VM; Khakhar, DV 
       Title: Effect of particulate solids on the rheology of a lyotropic gel medium  
       Source: JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY, 38 (6): 1871-1884 NOV-DEC 1994
• Note: Please see the CV attached for the full list of  Publications

Patents