Varanasi Group http://varanasi.mit.edu Lab for Nanoengineered Surfaces, Interfaces, & Coatings Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:19:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Article on Frost Formation on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces appears in Langmuir http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/04/article-on-frost-formation-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/04/article-on-frost-formation-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:32:22 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1344 “Mechanism of Frost Formation on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces” by Konrad Rykaczewski, Sushant Anand, Srinivas Bengaluru Subramanyam and K. K. Varanasi & Kripa K. Varanasi is now online!

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/04/article-on-frost-formation-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/feed/ 0 Article on Contact Line mechanics published in Nature Communications http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/02/self-similarity-of-contact-line-depinning-from-textured-surfaces-published-in-nature-communications/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/02/self-similarity-of-contact-line-depinning-from-textured-surfaces-published-in-nature-communications/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:37:21 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1305 “Self-similarity of contact line depinning from textured surfaces” by Adam T. Paxson & Kripa K. Varanasi is now online!

Read more on it at MIT News

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/02/self-similarity-of-contact-line-depinning-from-textured-surfaces-published-in-nature-communications/feed/ 0 Discovery on Inherently Hydrophobic Ceramics published in Nature Materials http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/discovery-of-inherently-hydrophobic-ceramics-published-in-nature-materials/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/discovery-of-inherently-hydrophobic-ceramics-published-in-nature-materials/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:20:11 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1291 “Hydrophobicity of rare-earth oxide ceramics” by Gisele Azimi, Rajeev Dhiman, Hyuk-Min Kwon, Adam T. Paxson & Kripa K. Varanasi is now online!
The paper that appeared in Nature Materials shows for the first time, that there are ceramics that are intrinsically hydrophobic.

Read more on it at MIT News , Nature , MRS Bulletin

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/discovery-of-inherently-hydrophobic-ceramics-published-in-nature-materials/feed/ 0 Paper in Soft Matter featured as Front Cover and among Most-Read articles http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-is-cover-of-soft-matter-and-among-most-read-articles/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-is-cover-of-soft-matter-and-among-most-read-articles/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:50:01 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1284 “Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces” is featured as Front Cover
The paper is also amongst the Most Read Articles

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2013/01/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-is-cover-of-soft-matter-and-among-most-read-articles/feed/ 0 LiquiGlide featured among ‘Best Food Innovations of 2012′ by Forbes Magazine http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/liquiglide-featured-among-best-food-innovations-of-2012-by-forbes-magazine/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/liquiglide-featured-among-best-food-innovations-of-2012-by-forbes-magazine/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:36:47 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1278 LiquiGlide has been listed by Forbes Magazine in its list of Best Food Inventions-2012! Read more here
Also read what Business Insider has to say!

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/liquiglide-featured-among-best-food-innovations-of-2012-by-forbes-magazine/feed/ 0 “Condensation on Hierarchical Superhydrophobic Surfaces” published in Langmuir http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/condensation-on-hierarchical-superhydrophobic-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/condensation-on-hierarchical-superhydrophobic-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:50:59 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1271 “Multimode Multidrop Serial Coalescence Effects during Condensation on Hierarchical Superhydrophobic Surfaces” by Konrad Rykaczewski, Adam T Paxson, Sushant Anand, Xuemei Chen, Zuankai Wang, and Kripa K Varanasi is now online!

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/condensation-on-hierarchical-superhydrophobic-surfaces-published-in-langmuir/feed/ 0 “Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces” published in Soft Matter http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-soft-matter/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-soft-matter/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:07:57 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1267 “Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces” by Jonathan D. Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Sushant Anand, Ernesto Reza-Garduno, Robert E. Cohen, Gareth H. McKinley and Kripa K. Varanasi is now online!

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/12/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-published-in-soft-matter/feed/ 0 Prof. Varanasi receives the 2013 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/prof-kripa-varanasi-receive-the-2013-outstanding-young-manufacturing-engineer-award/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/prof-kripa-varanasi-receive-the-2013-outstanding-young-manufacturing-engineer-award/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:19:36 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1254 Prof. Kripa Varanasi has received the 2013 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is one of only seven recipients of the award this year, which is conferred in recognition of Prof. Varanasi’s achievements and leadership in the field.

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/prof-kripa-varanasi-receive-the-2013-outstanding-young-manufacturing-engineer-award/feed/ 0 “Droplet Mobility on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces” accepted in Soft Matter http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-accepted-in-soft-matter/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-accepted-in-soft-matter/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:22:21 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1245 “Droplet Mobility on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces” by Jonathan D. Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Sushant Anand, Ernesto Reza-Garduno, Robert E. Cohen, Gareth
H. McKinley and Kripa K. Varanasi has been accepted at Soft Matter

]]> http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/droplet-mobility-on-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-accepted-in-soft-matter/feed/ 0 Condensation using LIS covered in Popular Science, Economist http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/condensation-using-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-covered-in-popular-science/ http://varanasi.mit.edu/2012/11/condensation-using-lubricant-impregnated-surfaces-covered-in-popular-science/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:13:16 +0000 sushant1206 http://varanasi.mit.edu/?p=1237 Condensation using Lubricant Impregnated Surfaces (LIS) featured in Popular Science and Economist

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