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87
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the basic understanding of Polymer Dynamics in Solutions
  • 1986 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Murugappan Muthukumar is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemistry, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Muthukumar has published extensively, with frequent contributions to notable scientific journals such as:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Macromolecules
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Muthukumar include:

  • "Dynamics of driven polymer transport through a nanopore," 2021, Nature Physics
  • "Coacervation in polyzwitterion-polyelectrolyte systems and their potential applications for gastrointestinal drug delivery platforms," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Theory of Charged Gels: Swelling, Elasticity, and Dynamics," 2021, Gels
  • "Electrostatically Driven Topological Freezing of Polymer Diffusion at Intermediate Confinements," 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • "Dipole-driven interlude of mesomorphism in polyelectrolyte solutions," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Muthukumar has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Di Jia
  • Conor Doss
  • Stephen Z. D. Cheng
  • Richard A. Register
  • Natalie Stingelin

In addition to journal publications, Muthukumar has contributed to book literature with a publication titled "Physics of Charged Macromolecules" released by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

The scientist's career includes recognition through awards such as:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1987, with citation for contributions to the basic understanding of Polymer Dynamics in Solutions
  • John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society, 1986
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1983

Best Publications

  • Competing Interactions and Levels of Ordering in Self-Organizing Polymeric Materials

    M. Muthukumar;C. K. Ober;E. L. Thomas

  • Cononsolvency in mixed aqueous solutions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

    Howard G. Schild;M. Muthukumar;David A. Tirrell

  • Polymer translocation through a hole

    M. Muthukumar

  • Configurational characteristics and scaling behavior of starburst molecules: a computational study

    Robert L. Lescanec;M. Muthukumar

  • 50th Anniversary Perspective: A Perspective on Polyelectrolyte Solutions

    M. Muthukumar

  • Theory of counter-ion condensation on flexible polyelectrolytes: adsorption mechanism.

    M. Muthukumar

  • Screening effect on viscoelasticity near the gel point

    M. Muthukumar

  • Adsorption of a polyelectrolyte chain to a charged surface

    M. Muthukumar

  • Translocation of a confined polymer through a hole.

    M. Muthukumar

  • Entropy and enthalpy of polyelectrolyte complexation: Langevin dynamics simulations.

    Zhaoyang Ou;M. Muthukumar

  • Reaction-controlled morphology of phase-separating mixtures.

    SC Glotzer;Di Marzio Ea;M Muthukumar

  • Tuning the Density Profile of Dendritic Polyelectrolytes

    P Welch;M Muthukumar

  • Effects of entropic barriers on polymer dynamics

    M. Muthukumar;A. Baumgaertner

  • Molecular mechanisms of polymer crystallization from solution.

    P. Welch;M. Muthukumar

  • Electrostatic origin of the genome packing in viruses

    Vladimir A. Belyi;M. Muthukumar

  • High-Bandwidth Protein Analysis Using Solid-State Nanopores

    Joseph Larkin;Robert Y. Henley;Murugappan Muthukumar;Jacob K. Rosenstein

  • Polymer escape through a nanopore

    M. Muthukumar

  • A trapped polymer chain in random porous media

    A. Baumgärtner;M. Muthukumar

  • Langevin dynamics simulations of early-stage polymer nucleation and crystallization

    C. Liu;M. Muthukumar

  • Knottedness in ring polymers.

    Kleanthes Koniaris;M. Muthukumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Podgornik
Rudolf Podgornik University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sam F. Edwards
Sam F. Edwards University of Cambridge
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
George D. Wignall
George D. Wignall Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Manfred Schmidt
Manfred Schmidt Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Charles C. Han
Charles C. Han Shenzhen University
Timothy P. Lodge
Timothy P. Lodge University of Minnesota
Jimmy W. Mays
Jimmy W. Mays University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Richard S. Stein
Richard S. Stein University of Massachusetts Amherst

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