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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering research, inspirational teaching, and the development of novel technology in colloidal processing and interfacial rheology.
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Darsh T. Wasan is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research contributions span primarily across engineering, materials science, and chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as materials chemistry, computational mechanics, organic chemistry, ocean engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work concentrates on several interconnected topics within the broad area of fluid and interface science. These topics include:

  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Recent publications by Darsh T. Wasan illustrate ongoing research into the behavior and manipulation of liquid films, colloidal stability, and wetting phenomena. Selected works include:

  • "Marangoni flow alters wetting: Coffee ring and superspreading," 2020, published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • "DLVO surface forces in liquid films and statistical mechanics of colloidal oscillatory structural forces in dispersion stability," 2023, published in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Nanofluid Structural Forces Alter Solid Wetting, Enhancing Oil Recovery," 2022, published in Colloids and Interfaces
  • "The foam film's stepwise thinning phenomenon and role of oscillatory forces," 2022, published in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Methods to monitor water-in-oil film thinning and stability: An application to bitumen demulsification," 2021, published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

The scientist frequently publishes in specialized venues related to colloid and interface science, including:

  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Colloids and Interfaces
  • AIChE Journal

Darsh T. Wasan has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Alex Nikolov
  • Pingkeng Wu
  • Jongju Lee
  • T. S. Ramakrishnan
  • Hua Zhang

Awards and recognitions include being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012. They are also a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2004, recognized for pioneering research and development in colloidal processing and interfacial rheology, as well as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Interfacial transport processes and rheology

    David A. Edwards;Howard Brenner;Darsh T. Wasan;Andrew M. Kraynik

  • Spreading of nanofluids on solids

    Darsh T. Wasan;Alex D. Nikolov

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Using Nanoparticle Dispersions: Underlying Mechanism and Imbibition Experiments

    Hua Zhang;Alex Nikolov;Darsh Wasan

  • The wetting and spreading of nanofluids on solids: Role of the structural disjoining pressure

    Darsh Wasan;Alex Nikolov;Kirti Kondiparty

  • Spreading of nanofluids driven by the structural disjoining pressure gradient.

    Anoop Chengara;Alex D. Nikolov;Darsh T. Wasan;Andrij Trokhymchuk

  • Ordered Micelle Structuring in Thin Films Formed from Anionic Surfactant Solutions

    A.D Nikolov;D.T Wasan

  • A possible mechanism of stabilization of emulsions by solid particles

    N.D Denkov;I.B Ivanov;P.A Kralchevsky;D.T Wasan

  • Superspreading driven by Marangoni flow

    Alex D Nikolov;Darsh T Wasan;Anoop Chengara;Kalman Koczo

  • Effect of oil on foam stability: Aqueous foams stabilized by emulsions

    K Koczo;L.A Lobo;D.T Wasan

  • Role of Silicone Surfactant in Flexible Polyurethane Foam.

    X.D Zhang;C.W Macosko;H.T Davis;A.D Nikolov

  • Wetting and spreading of nanofluids on solid surfaces driven by the structural disjoining pressure: statics analysis and experiments.

    Kirti Kondiparty;Alex Nikolov;Stanley Wu;Darsh Wasan

  • Equilibrium and dynamics of adsorption of surfactants at fluid-fluid interfaces

    R.P. Borwankar;D.T. Wasan

  • Effect of demulsifier partitioning on the destabilization of water-in-oil emulsions

    Young H. Kim;Darsh T. Wasan

  • A Simple Calculation of Structural and Depletion Forces for Fluids/Suspensions Confined in a Film

    Andrij Trokhymchuk;Douglas Henderson;and Alex Nikolov;Darsh T. Wasan

  • Dispersion stability due to structural contributions to the particle interaction as probed by thin liquid film dynamics

    A.D. Nikolov;D.T. Wasan

  • Chemical demulsification of petroleum emulsions using oil-soluble demulsifiers

    Mark A. Krawczyk;Darsh T. Wasan;Chandrashekar Shetty

  • The Effect of Oil on Foam Stability: Mechanisms and Implications for Oil Displacement by Foam in Porous Media

    A.D. Nikolov;D.T. Wasan;D.W. Huang;D.A. Edwards

  • The kinetics of adsorption of surface active agents at gas-liquid surfaces

    R.P. Borwankar;D.T. Wasan

  • Nanoparticle Self-Structuring in a Nanofluid Film Spreading on a Solid Surface

    Alex Nikolov;Kirti Kondiparty;Darsh Wasan

  • Ordered micelle structuring in thin films formed from anionic surfactant solutions: II. Model development

    A.D Nikolov;P.A Kralchevsky;I.B Ivanov;D.T Wasan

  • EMULSIONS AND EMULSION STABILITY

    P. J. Breen;D. T. Wasan;Y.-H. Kim;A. D. Nikolov

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitri Gidaspow
Dimitri Gidaspow Illinois Institute of Technology
Douglas Henderson
Douglas Henderson Brigham Young University
Peter A. Kralchevsky
Peter A. Kralchevsky Sofia University
William B. Krantz
William B. Krantz University of Colorado Boulder
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis University of Delaware
Kenjiro Miyano
Kenjiro Miyano National Institute for Materials Science
Kwong-Yu Chan
Kwong-Yu Chan University of Hong Kong
Charles R. Wilke
Charles R. Wilke University of California, Berkeley
Dinesh O. Shah
Dinesh O. Shah University of Florida

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