SCI Journal Articles

1. Phase separation kinetics of ternary fluids: DPD simulation study on the influence of charged and uncharged polymers; Samiksha Shrivastava, Awaneesh Singh (in preparation).

2. Effect of various solvents on polyzwitterion self-assembly through a DPD simulation study; Avinash Chauhan, Devendra Kumar Verma, Awaneesh Singh (in preparation).

3. Insights into phase separation kinetics of fluids within polymer gel; Ashish Kumar Singh, Awaneesh Singh  (in preparation).

4. Effect of chemical reaction on phase separating fluids: insights from DPD simulation study; Devendra Kumar Verma, Avinash Chauhan, Awaneesh Singh (in preparation, 2025). 

5. Effect of random photo illumination on phase-separating dimers: A DPD simulation study; Ashish Kumar Singh, Samiksha Shrivastav, Awaneesh Singh  (in preparation, 2025).

6. Phase separation kinetics of miktoarm star polymers in a solvent: Effect of size and number of arms; Devendra Kumar Verma, Avinash Chauhan, Awaneesh Singh (in preparation, 2025).

7. DPD simulation study of phase separating binary polymeric fluids of varied topologies; Avinash Chauhan, Awaneesh Singh (in preparation).

-----*********************-----

1. Phase separation kinetics in photo-sensitive dimer melt; Vanshika Saini, Ashish Kumar Singh, and Awaneesh Singh (under review, 2025).

2. Shear-driven segregation kinetics in binary polymer blends: Insights from dissipative-particle-dynamics simulations; Ashish Kumar Singh, Samiksha Shrivastav, Awaneesh Singh (under review, 2025).

3. Insights into Stabilizing Pickering Emulsion by Polymer Brush-modified Tricompartmental Anisotropic Particles: A Simulation and Experimental Study; Samiksha Shrivastava, Subhashree Subhasmita Pradhan, Sampa Saha, and Awaneesh Singh (under review, 2025).

-------******************------

1. Self-assembly kinetics of miktoarm star polymers in diverse solvent environments: Insights from Dissipative-Particle-Dynamics simulation; Devendra Kumar Verma, Awaneesh Singh; Soft Matter, --, -- (2025). IF: 3.4 (Accepted as the Front-back Cover of the issue)

2. Architectural influence of polymer brush-modified tri-compartmental anisotropic particles in stabilizing Pickering emulsion; Subhashree Subhasmita Pradhan, Ashank Upadhyay, Samiksha Shrivastava, Awaneesh Singh, and Sampa Saha; Polymer 324, 128222 (2025). IF: 4.9

3. Segregation kinetics and scaling behavior of miktoarm star polymer: A DPD simulation study; Dorothy Gogoi, Avinash Chauhan, Sanjay Puri, Awaneesh Singh; Physical Review E, 110 (3), 034504 (2024). IF: 2.2 

4. Evolution of stable Pickering emulsion by polymer brush-modified Janus particles: insights from DPD simulation and experimental study; Samiksha Shrivastava, Ashank Upadhyay, Subhashree Subhasmita Pradhan, Sampa Saha, Awaneesh Singh; Langmuir, 40 (27), 13920-13934 (2024). IF: 3.9 (Published as the Front Cover of the issue)

5. Architecture-dependent transport behavior of iron (0) entrapped biodegradable polymeric particles for groundwater remediation; Kalpana Pandey, Devendra Kumar Verma, Awaneesh Singh, Sampha Saha; Chemosphere, 357, 141892 (2024). IF: 8.8

6. Photomodulated phase-separation kinetics of block copolymer melts: A DPD Simulation Study; Avinash Chauhan, Ashish Kumar Singh, Awaneesh Singh; Molecular Simulation, 50(5), 394-403 (2024). IF: 2.1

7. Growth kinetics and morphology characterization of binary polymeric fluid under random photo illumination; Ashish Kumar Singh, Avinash Chauhan, Awaneesh Singh; Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, 024907 (2024). IF: 4.4

8. Effect of amphiphilic polymers on phase separating binary mixtures: A DPD simulation study; Avinash Chauhan, Dorothy Gogoi, Sanjay Puri, Awaneesh Singh; Journal of Chemical Physics, 159, 204901 (2023). IF: 4.4

9. Segregation of fluids with polymer additives at domain interfaces: a dissipative particle dynamics study; Dorothy Gogoi, Avinash Chauhan, Sanjay Puri, Awaneesh Singh; Soft Matter, 19 (34), 6433-6445 (2023). IF: 3.4 (Published as the Front Cover of the issue)

10. Phase separation kinetics of block copolymer melts confined under moving parallel walls: A DPD study; Ashish Kumar Singh, Awaneesh Singh, Computational Materials Science, 226, 112224 (2023). IF: 3.572

11. Growth kinetics in two-dimensional binary mixtures with bond-disorder: Monte Carlo simulation results; Samiksha Shrivastava, Awaneesh Singh; Phase Transitions, 96, 311-327 (2023). IF: 1.529

12. Dissipative particle dynamics simulation study on ATRP-brush modification of variably shaped surfaces and biopolymer adsorption, S. Shrivastava, S. Saha, A. Singh; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24 (30), 17986-18003 (2022). IF: 3.945 (PCCP Hot Articles-2022; also recommended for the Back Cover of the issue)

13. High Adsorption of α-Glucosidase on Polymer Brush-Modified Anisotropic Particles Acquired by Electrospraying—A Combined Experimental and Simulation Study; Ifra, Awaneesh Singh, Sampa Saha; ACS Applied Bio Materials, 4 (10), 7431-7444 (2021). IF: 3.25

14. Photo-induced bond breaking during phase separation kinetics of block copolymer melts- A dissipative particle dynamics study; Ashish Kumar Singh, Avinash Chauhan, Sanjay Puri, Awaneesh Singh; Soft Matter, 17 (7), 1802-1813 (2021). IF: 4.046 (recommended for the Back Cover of the issue)

15. Kinetics of domain growth in Ising systems with the bond disorder at regularly selected sites; Awaneesh Singh; Bulletin of Materials Science, 43, 185 (2020). IF: 1.878

16. Shape-Shifting of Cup-shaped Particles on Growing Poly (2‐hydroxy ethyl methacrylate) Brushes by “Grafting From” Approach and Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation; Ifra, Awaneesh Singh, and Sampa Saha; ChemistrySelect, 5, (15), 4685-4694 (2020). IF: 2.307

17. Kinetics of phase separation in ternary fluid mixtures: A dissipative particle dynamics simulation study; Amrita Singh, Anirban Chakraborti, and Awaneesh Singh; Soft Matter, 14, 4317-4326 (2018). IF: 4.046

18. Designing polymer gels and composites that undergo bio-inspired phototactic reconfiguration and motion; Olga Kuksenok, Awaneesh Singh, and Anna C. Balazs; Bioinspir. Biomim., 13, 035004 (2018). IF: 2.985

19. Effect of bond-disorder on the phase-separation kinetics of binary mixtures: A Monte Carlo simulation study; Awaneesh Singh, Amrita Singh, and Anirban Chakraborti; Journal of Chemical Physics, 147, (12) 124902 (2017). IF: 4.304

20. Combining ATRP and FRP gels: soft gluing of polymeric materials for the fabrication of stackable gels; Antoine Beziau, Rafael N. L. de Menezes, Santidan Biswas, Awaneesh Singh, J. Cuthbert, Anna C. Balazs, Tomasz Kowalewski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; Polymers (mdpi), 9, 186 (2017). (Featured article 2017) IF: 4.967

21. Photo-regeneration of Severed Gel with Iniferter-mediated Photo-growth; Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok, Jeremiah A. Johnson and Anna C. Balazs. Soft Matter, 13, 1978-1987 (2017). IF: 4.046

22. Living Additive Manufacturing: Transformation of Parent Gels into Diversely Functionalized Daughter Gels Made Possible by Visible Light Photo-redox Catalysis; Mao Chen, Yuwei Gu, Awaneesh Singh, Mingjiang Zhong, Alex Jordan, Santidan Biswas, LaShanda Korley, Anna C. Balazs, and Jeremiah A, Johnson. ACS Central Science, 3, 124-134 (2017). IF: 18.728  (Web highlight of the issue) 

    • Highlighted in the following news articles:
      • Technique enables adaptable 3-D printing written by Anne Trafton http://news.mit.edu/2017/technique-enables-adaptable-3-d-printing-0113; Appears in MIT News; 13 Jan 2017.
      • MIT creates adaptive 3D printing process using light written by Corey Clarke https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/mit-create-adaptive-3d-printing-process-using-light-103345/; Appears in 3dprintingindustry.com; 16 Jan 2017.
      • Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing Now Adapt Post-Production written by William Mckinney https://edgylabs.com/2017/01/26/additive-manufacturing-adaptable/; Appears in edgylabs.com; 26 Jan 2017

23. Modeling the formation of layered, amphiphilic gels; Santidan Biswas, Awaneesh Singh, Antoine Beziau, Tomasz Kowalewski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, and Anna C. Balazs; Polymer (Elsevier), 111, 214-221 (2017). IF: 4.436

24. Embedding Flexible Fibers into Responsive Gels to Create Composites with Controllable Dexterity; Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok, and Anna C. Balazs; Soft Matter, 12, 9170-9184 (2016). IF: 4.046 (Published as the Cover of the issue)

    • ​​Highlighted in the following article:
      • Handy gel grips chemists written by Tom Wilson for Chemistry world https://www.chemistryworld.com/1017615.article; Appears in the Soft Matter blog; 9 Nov 2016.

25. Miktoarm Star Copolymers as Interfacial Connectors for Stackable Amphiphilic Gels; Antoine Beziau, Awaneesh Singh, Rafael N. L. de Menezes, Hangjun Ding, Antonina Simakova, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs, Tomasz Kowalewski, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; Polymer (Elsevier), 101, 406-414 (2016). IF: 4.436

26. Tailoring the Structure of Polymer Networks with Iniferter-Mediated Photo-Growth; Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok, Jeremiah A. Johnson, and Anna C. Balazs;  Polymer Chemistry, 7, 2955-2964 (2016). IF: 5.364

27. Ordering Dynamics in Neuron Activity Pattern Model: An Insight to Brain Functionality; Jasleen Gundh, Awaneesh Singh, and R. K. Brojen Singh;  PloS one, 10(10), e0141463 (2015). IF: 3.752

28. Phase Separation in Ternary Fluid Mixtures: A Molecular Dynamics Study; Awaneesh Singh, and Sanjay Puri; Soft Matter, 11, 2213-2219 (2015). IF: 4.046 (Soft Matter Hot Articles-2015)

29. Kinetics of Microphase Separation in Block Copolymers: A Molecular Dynamics Study; Awaneesh Singh, Raishma Krishnan, and Sanjay Puri; Europhysics Letters, 109, 26006 (2015). IF: 1.947

30. Kinetics of Phase Separation in Polymer Mixtures: A Molecular Dynamics Study; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Chandan Dasgupta; Journal of Chemical Physics, 140, 244906 (2014). IF: 4.304

31. Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Quark Matter; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Europhysics Letters, 102, 52001 (2013). IF: 1.947

32. Domain Growth in Chiral Phase Transitions: Role of Inertial Dynamics; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Nuclear Physics A, 908, 12 (2013). IF: 1.916

33. Growth Kinetics of Nanoclusters in Solution; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Chandan Dasgupta; Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 4519 (2012). IF: 3.466

34. Domain Growth in Chiral Phase Transitions; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Nuclear Physics A, 864, 176-202 (2011). IF: 1.916 

35. Control of Structure Formation in Phase-Separating Systems; Awaneesh Singh, A. Mukerjee, H. M. Vermeulen, G. Barkema, and Sanjay Puri; Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, 044910 (2011). IF: 4.30

Conference Proceedings

1. ATRP-brush modification of variably shaped surfaces and biopolymer adsorption: Dissipative particle dynamics simulation study; A Singh Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2023).

2. Tailoring the Structure of Polymer Networks with Photo-Controlled Radical Polymerization; Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Anna C. Balazs; Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2016).

3. Photo-Regeneration of Severed Gel Using Photo-Controlled Radical Polymerization; Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Anna C. Balazs; Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2016).

4. Covalent Fusion of Layered Incompatible Gels in Immiscible Solvents; Santidan Biswas, Awaneesh Singh, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Anna C. Balazs; Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2016).

5. Kinetics of chiral transitions and domain growth in quark matter; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Proceedings of Science, (CPOD 2013) 022.

6. Domain Growth and Ordering Kinetics in Dense Quark Matter; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Presented in Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement - CPOD 2010; Physics of Atomic Nuclei: Elementary Particles and Fields, Vol. 75, 6, 689 (2012).

7. Kinetics of Chiral Phase Transitions in Quark Matter; Awaneesh Singh, Sanjay Puri, and Hiranmaya Mishra; Gribov-80 Memorial Volume: Quantum Chromodynamics and Beyond; Edited by Yu L. Dokshitzer, P. Lèvai, and J. Nyìri; (World Scientific, pp. 527-540, 2011).

8. Control of Structure Formation in Phase Separation; Awaneesh Singh, Anupam Mukherjee, Sanjay Puri, and G. Barkema; American Institute of Physics Conference Series; 1091, 293 (2009).

Professional Experience:

(i) Associate Professor: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi (Dec 2024 – present)

(ii) Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi (May 2018 – Dec 2024)

(iii) Assistant Professor (UGC): Department of Physics, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai-400019 (March 2017-May, 2018)

(iv) Postdoctoral Experience:

1. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA (Dec 2014 – Oct 2016). Group Leader: Prof. Anna C Balazs
2. School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (Sep 2013 – Oct 2014). Group Leader: Prof. Sanjay Puri
3. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA (Dec 2011 – Aug 2013). Group Leader: Prof. Murugappan Muthukumar
4. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India (Oct 2010 – Nov 2011). Group Leader: Prof. Chandan Dasgupta

Education:

1. Ph.D. (Physics), School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India (July 2010).
       Thesis Title: Kinetics of Phase Transitions: From Quark Matter to Polymers.
       Thesis Advisor: Prof. Sanjay Puri

2. M.Sc. (Physics), School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India (May 2003).

Funding Type

1. Early Career Research Award (ECRA): ECR/2017/002529 from the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, Delhi, India. 
   • Total fund: Approx. INR 46,54,375.00. Duration: 11-2018 to 05-2022
2. Core Research Grant (CRG): CRG/2023/001311 from the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, Delhi, India. 
   • Total fund: Approx. INR 37,76,102.00. Duration: 03-2024 to 03-2027

*******************  Evolving *******************

Ph.D. Thesis:

1. Devendra Kumar Verma (Roll No: 21171003) (SRF)
   • ​​Topic: Regulation of phase-separating structures in soft materials
2. Vanshika Saini (Roll No: 22171516) (JRF & PMRF)
   • Phase separation kinetics in complex soft materials
3. Ankita Gupta (Roll No: 23171005) (TA & PMRF)
   • Regulating nanostructure and dynamic properties of phase-separating materials
4. Kanika Kumari (Roll No: 24171014) (JRF)
   • Segregation kinetics of polymers: effect of topology, architecture, size, and affinity
5. Ayushi Choudhary (TA via CRG project)
   • Kinetics of self-assembly and structural transitions in complex soft materials
6. Sarvendra Singh Yadav (Roll No: 24171505) (TA)
   • Kinetics of charged macromolecules
7. Sanjeev Kumar (Roll No: 24171515) (JRF)
   • ​​​​​​​Phase separating charged polymer fluids

M. Tech. Thesis​:

1. Sameer Wanjari (Roll No.: 21174028)

   • Topic: Segregation Kinetics of Charged Polymeric Fluids
2. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Rishikesh Sahu (Roll No: 21174019)
   • Topic: Dance of macromolecules: effect of topology and electrostatics    ​​​​​​​  

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​M.Sc. Thesis:

1. Abhinash Mondal (Roll No: 23177001)
   • Topic: Dynamics and self-assembly of polymers

UG Project:

1. Ishaan Vivek Goel (Roll No: 22174010)
   • ​Topic: Machine learning of phase ordering kinetics: nonconserved systems
2. Yashaswini Singh (Roll No: 22174025)
   • ​Topic: Machine learning of phase ordering kinetics: conserved systems  

Exploratory Project:

*******************  Completed *******************

Ph.D. Thesis: 

1. Avinash Chauhan (Roll No:  18171504);  Thesis Title: Morphology evolution and kinetics of phase-separating block copolymer systems
   • Current position: Postdoc at Physics Department, IISER Mohali, Punjab.
2. Samiksha Shrivastav (Roll No: 19171001); Thesis Title: Segregation kinetics and applications of brush-modified surfaces
   • Current position: Postdoc at Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
3. ​​Ashish Kumar Singh (Roll No: 19171023); Thesis Title: Self-assembly of polymer fluids under external stimuli
   • Current position: Postdoc at Molecular and Statistical Biophysics group, SISSA (Trieste, Italy)

M.Sc. Thesis:

1. Abinash Mondal (Roll No: 23177001)
2. Kuldeep Kumar (Roll No: 22177012)
3. Ankita Gupta (Roll No.: 21177005) (pursuing PhD from IIT(BHU), PMRF Fellow)
4. Anish Kumar (Roll No: 20177003) (pursuing PhD from IIT(BHU), PMRF Fellow)
5. Sachin Verma (Roll No: 20177020) (pursuing PhD from IIT(BHU), PMRF Fellow)
6. Kamlesh Mishra (Roll No: 19177006) (pursuing PhD from JNCASR)

M.Tech Thesis:

1. Ritika Mishra (Roll No: 20174015)
2. Kushagra Sachan (Roll No: 18173009)
3. Abhinash Daulaguphu (Roll No: 17173001)
4. Aditya N Meshram (Roll No: 16173003)

UG Project:

1. Sameer Wanjari (Roll No: 21174028)
2. Sushant Baranawal (Roll No: 20174020)
3. Aman Jain (Roll No: 17173004)
4. Prabhat Kumar (Roll No: 17173011)

Exploratory Project:

1. Satyam Sinha (Roll No: 23174030)
2. Yashaswini Singh (Roll No: 22174025)
3. Ajeya P. Krishna (Roll No: 17173003)