Research

 SMNP group is interested in understanding fundamental interactions in soft materials from the molecular level and relating them to the bulk state properties. The specialty of the group is to characterize the colloidal dispersions/microstructures in detail with extensive scattering techniques and to relate them to dynamics at the interface and physical properties in bulk.

 The current interests include dispersions of colloids and polymers in non-equilibrium states, interfacial properties of block copolymers and polymer nanocomposites, and dispersions of 2D colloids.