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1. Rheotaxis of microswimmer in colloid-laden channel flow Margam Ramprasad, Shubhadeep Mandal, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physics of Fluids (2026) 38
2. Fluorescence, sensors, and safety: The new era of aflatoxin detection in milk Soorya Srinivasan, Sonu K. Shivanna, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization (2026) Published online: 15 June 2026. DOI
3. Lightweight thermal management strategy for Li-ion pouch cells using localised cold plate and graphite sheet Hemanth Dileep, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Arvind Pattamatta Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (2026) 71 104570.
4. Full-field surface temperature reconstruction of immersion-cooled Li-ion pouch cells from sparse thermocouples using a hybrid ANN-CNN framework Shreyash Acharjee, Hemanth Dileep, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2026) 174 111001.
5. A novel antiparallel flat plate pulsating heat pipe for thermal management of electronics Davis T Vempeny, Laxman Kumar Malla, Hemanth Dileep, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Pankaj Srivastava, and Arvind Pattamatta Experimental Heat Transfer (2026) 39 127-143.
6. Entry and penetration of a superhydrophobic sphere into a deep pool Prasanna Kumar Billa, Cameron Tropea, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physical Review Fluids (2026) 11 014304. DOI
7. Immersion cooling of lithium-ion pouch cells: Comparative heat-transfer performance of dielectric fluids with machine learning based temperature field reconstruction Hemanth Dileep, Shreyash Acharjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Journal of Energy Storage (2026) 152 120739.
8. Mixing of a binary passive particle system using smart active particles Thomas Jacob, Siddhant Mohapatra, Rajalingam A., Sam Mathew, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Scientific Reports (2026) 16 3174. PDF
9. Atmospheric water vapor condensation on a vertical surface: Effects of confinement Tibin M. Thomas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Ranjan Ganguly Applied Thermal Engineering (2025) 281 128760. DOI
10. Integrated graphite–insulation sheet with cold plate for effective thermal management in pouch-type lithium-ion modules Hemanth Dileep, Indrajith Mahadev Patil, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Thermal Engineering (2025) 281 128592.
11. Effect of Ambient Temperature and Proximity on Flat Plate Pulsating Heat Pipes Laxman Kumar Malla, Hemanth Dileep, Davis T Vempeny, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Heat Transfer Engineering (2025) 1-10.
12. Droplet impact on patterned wettable surface: Experiments and numerical analysis Ashok Kumar Raipilli, Nishith Balagirithar, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physics of Fluids (2025) 37 082028.
13. Behavioural response of prey to repeated attacks by non-coordinating predators Siddhant Mohapatra and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Scientific Reports (2025) 15 22977. PDF
14. Motion of a microswimmer in a lattice of obstacles: Effect of thermal fluctuations Margam Ramprasad, Shubhadeep Mandal, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra Physical Review E (2025) 111 065402.
15. Motion of a rigid sphere penetrating a deep pool Prasanna Kumar Billa, Tejaswi Josyula, Cameron Tropea, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2025) 1012 A5.
16. Sustainable humid air condensation: insights into nanoengineered surfaces Mohd Zahid, Ashok Kumar Raipilli, Arvind Pattamatta, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025) 17 16111–16121. DOI
17. Performance assessment of a novel localized cooling system for battery thermal management at high ambient conditions Hemanth Dileep, Praveen Dhanalakota, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Thermal Engineering (2025) 266 125756.
18. Insights into Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Minichannel Surfaces through Point and Field Measurements Praveen Dhanalakota, Md Motiur Rahaman, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Anand A. R., Sarit K. Das, and Arvind Pattamatta ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2025) 147 .
19. A critical review of photovoltaic cell integrated solar chimney: Sustainability and power generation Dipak Kumar Mandal, Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Sandip Sarkar, and Nirmal K. Manna Solar Energy (2024) 284 113032. DOI
20. Conjugate heat transfer analysis of mist-assisted film cooling of a minichannel embedded flat plate Ajay Kumar Jaiswal, P Mallikarjuna Rao, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2024) 159 108204.
21. Thermal characterization of pouch cell using infrared thermography and electrochemical modelling for the design of effective Battery Thermal Management System Hemanth Dileep, Kaushal Kumar Jha, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Energy (2024) 376 124301.
22. Fundamentals and Applications of Surface Wetting Tejaswi Josyula, Laxman Kumar Malla, Tibin M. Thomas, Srinivasa Sagar Kalichetty, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Arvind Pattamatta Langmuir (2024) 40 8293–8326.
23. Numerical modelling of dropwise condensation of water vapor from humid air using point sink superposition method Tridibesh Chattoraj, Avishek Chatterjee, Tibin M Thomas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Achintya Mukhopadhyay Sadhana (2024) 49 167.
24. Estimation of the proximal temperature rise of an excited upconversion particle by detecting the wavefront of emission Gokul Nalupurackal, Jaspal Singh, Srestha Roy, Muruga Lokesh, Snigdhadev Chakraborty, Jayesh Goswami, Arijit Bhattacharya, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, A. R. Ganesan, and Basudev Roy Optics Express (2024) 32 6011. DOI
25. Fog harvesting on micro-structured metal meshes: Effect of surface ageing Jasafa Showket, Shibangi Majumder, Nirbhay Kumar, Soumyadip Sett, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Micro and Nano Engineering (2024) 22 100236.
26. A novel integrated flat thermosyphon heat sink for energy-efficient chip-level thermal management in data centers Praveen Dhanalakota, Hemanth Dileep, Laxman Kumar Malla, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Thermal Engineering (2024) 236 121667.
27. Surface Wettability Modifications and Applications in Wickless Heat Pipes Laxman Kumar Malla, Praveen Dhanalakota, Hemanth Dileep, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Arvind Pattamatta Surfaces and Interfaces (2024) 45 103837.
28. Mini-channel embedded film cooled flat plate: conjugate heat transfer analysis and enhancement study Ajay Kumar Jaiswal and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (2024) 34 178-202.
29. Thermal performance comparison of flat plate pulsating heat pipes of different material thermal conductivity using ethanol-water mixtures Laxman Kumar Malla, Davis T. Vempeny, Hemanth Dileep, Praveen Dhanalakota, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Pankaj Srivastava and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Thermal Engineering (2024) 194 121475.
30. Wicking assisted condenser platform with patterned wettability for space application Tibin M. Thomas and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Scientific Reports (2023) 13 18095.
31. Dynamics of liquid flow through fabric porous media: Experimental, analytical, and numerical investigation Subhashis Patari, Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Jitendra Kumar, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physics of Fluids (2023) 35 103305.
32. Massively Parallel High-Throughput Single-Cell Patterning and Large Biomolecular Delivery in Mammalian Cells Using Light Pulses R Gayathri, S Kar, M Nagai, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Tuhin Subhra Santra Small (2023) 2303053.
33. Preferred Mode of Atmospheric Water Vapor Condensation on Nanoengineered Surfaces: Dropwise or Filmwise? Tibin M. Thomas and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Ranjan Ganguly, and Manish K Tiwari Langmuir (2023) 39 5396–5407.
34. Patterning wettability for open-surface fluidic manipulation: fundamentals and applications Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ranjan Ganguly, Aritra Ghosh, Souvick Chatterjee, Sam Lowrey, Andrew D. Sommers, and Constantine M. Megaridis Chemical Reviews (2022) 122 16752–16801.
35. 3D Paper-based milk adulteration detection device Subhashis Patari, Priyankan Datta, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Scientific Reports (2022) 12 13657.
36. Effective thermal management of heat sources in sustainable energy devices using a compact flat thermosyphon Praveen Dhanalakota, Laxman Kumar Malla, Hemanth Dileep, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Arvind Pattamatta Energy Conversion and Management (2022) 268 116041.
37. Single-cell patterning: a new frontier in bioengineering R Gayathri, S Kar, M Nagai, F-G Tseng, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Tuhin Santra Materials Today Chemistry (2022) 26 101021.
38. Thermal and flow characteristics in a flat plate pulsating heat pipe with ethanol-water mixtures: From slug-plug to droplet oscillations Laxman Kumar Malla, Praveen Dhanalakota, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Arvind Pattamatta International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2022) 194 123066.
39. Condensing droplets on the soft surfaces with varying shear modulus Himanshu Pathak, Tibin M. Thomas and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Chemical Engineering Science (2022) 259 117797.
40. Imbibition of liquids through a paper substrate in a controlled environment Subhashis Patari and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Langmuir (2022) 38 4736-4746.
41. A wettability pattern-mediated trapped bubble removal from a horizontal liquid–liquid interface Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Ashis Kumar Sen Physics of Fluids (2022) 34 042109.
42. Internal flow in evaporating water drops: dominance of Marangoni flow Tejaswi Josyula, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* and Arvind Pattamatta Experiments in Fluids (2022) 63 1-15.
43. Thermal performance of a two-phase flat thermosyphon with surface wettability modifications Praveen Dhanalakota, Satyanand Abraham, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Bahgat Sammakia and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Thermal Engineering (2022) 204 117862.
44. Nonaxisymmetry and flow transition in evaporating water drops Tejaswi Josyula, Y Esther Blesso Vidhya, Nilesh J Vasa, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Arvind Pattamatta Applied Physics Letters (2022) 120 011602.
45. Condensation of humid air on superhydrophobic surfaces: effect of nanocoatings on a hierarchical interface Tibin M. Thomas and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Langmuir (2021) 37 12767–12780.
46. Alignment-mediated segregation in an active-passive mixture Naveen Kumar Agrawal and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physical Review E (2021) 104, 044610.
47. Autonomous transport and splitting of a droplet on an open surface Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Ashis Kumar Sen, Arvind Pattamatta, and Manish K. Tiwari Physical Review Fluids (2021) 6 094003.
48. Effect of microchannel on combined impingement and film cooling of a concave surface Ajay Kumar Jaiswal, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* and Bhamidi VSSS Prasad International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2021) 126 105441.
49. Effect of liquid-air interface on particle cloud dynamics in viscous liquids S Harikrishnan and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physics of Fluids (2021) 33 063306.
50. Pulsed laser assisted high-throughput intracellular delivery in hanging drop based three dimensional cancer spheroids Pallavi Gupta, Srabani Kar, Ashish Kumar, Fan-Gang Tseng, Shantanu Pradhan, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Tuhin Subhra Santra Analyst (2021) 146 4756-4766.
51. Droplet dynamics on a wettability patterned surface during spray impact Tibin M. Thomas, Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, K. Dhivyaraja, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Arvind Pattamatta and Manish K. Tiwari Processes (2021) 9 555.
52. Fabrication of TiO2 microspikes for highly efficient intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation L Mohan, Srabani Kar, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Moeto Nagai and Tuhin Subhra Santra RSC Advances (2021) 11 9336-9348.
53. Shape evolution of drops on surfaces of different wettability gradients Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, and Ashis Kumar Sen Chemical Engineering Science (2021) 229 116136.
54. Insights into the evolution of the thermal field in evaporating sessile pure water drops Tejaswi Josyula, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Arvind Pattamatta Colloids and Surfaces A (2021) 125855.
55. Spatiotemporal dynamics of a self-propelled system with opposing alignment and repulsive forces Siddhant Mohapatra, Sirshendu Mondal, and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physical Review E (2020) 102, 042613.
56. Liquid wicking in the paper strip: an experimental and numerical study Subhashis Patari and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* ACS Omega (2020) 5, 22931–22939.
57. Effect of particle fraction on phase transitions in an active-passive particles system Naveen Kumar Agrawal and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Physical Review E (2020) 101, 042607.
58. Surface treatments to enhance the functionality of PPEs Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Souvick Chatterjee, Manish K. Tiwari, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine M Megaridis Transactions of INAE (2020) 5, 333- 336.
59. Convective heat transfer enhancement: effect of multi-frequency heating Nirmal Kumar Manna, Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (2019) 29, 3822-3856.
60. Confined System Analysis of a Predator-Prey Minimalistic Model Siddhant Mohapatra and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Scientific Reports (2019) 9, 11258 PDF
61. Self-driven droplet transport: Effect of wettability gradient and confinement Imdad Uddin Chowdhury, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* and Ashis Kumar Sen Physics of Fluids (2019) 31, 042111.
62. On the brachistochrone of a fluid-filled cylinder Srikanth Sarma Gurram, Sharan Raja, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Mahesh V Panchagnula Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019) 865, 775-789.
63. Activity induced mixing and phase transitions of self-propelled swimmers Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* and Sam Mathew Physical Review E (2019) 99, 012609
64. A comparative study of flow regimes and thermal performance between flat plate pulsating heat pipe and capillary tube pulsating heat pipe Anand Takawale, Satyanand Abraham, Axel Siela, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, A. Pattamatta and Peter Stephan Applied Thermal Engineering (2019) 149, 613-624.
65. Evaporation kinetics of pure water drops: thermal patterns, marangoni flow and interfacial temperature difference Tejaswi S, Alexandros Askounis, Daniel Orejon, Sivasankaran Harish, Yasuyuki Takata, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and A. Pattamatta Physical Review E (2018) 98, 052804.
66. Wettability-confined liquid-film convective cooling: Parameter study Theodore P. Koukoravas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2018) 126, 667-676.
67. Precise liquid transport on and through thin porous materials Souvick Chatterjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ali Ibrahim, Ranjan Ganguly, Richard Dodge, Lisha Yu and Constantine M Megaridis Langmuir (2018) 34, 2865–2875.
68. Surface-wettability patterning for distributing high-momentum water jets on porous polymeric substrates Uddalok Sen, Souvick Chatterjee, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ranjan Ganguly, Richard Dodge, Lisha Yu and Constantine M Megaridis ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018) 10, 5038–5049.
69. Analysis of heat transfer and pumping power for bottom-heated porous cavity saturated with Cu-water nanofluid Nirmalendu Biswas, Nirmal K. Manna, Priyankan Datta and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* Powder Technology (2018) 326, 356-369.
70. Heatlines and other visualization techniques for confined heat transfer systems Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2018) 118, 1069-1079.
71. Effect of particle shape and slip mechanism on buoyancy induced convective heat transport with nanofluids Pranit Joshi, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^* and Arvind Pattamatta Physics of Fluids (2017) 29, 122001.
72. Transitions between multiple dynamical states in a confined dense active-particle system Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Sam Mathew, Mahesh V. Panchagnula, and Srikanth Vedantam Physical Review E (2017) 95, 062610.
73. Rapid, self - driven liquid mixing on open-surface microfluidic platforms Jared M. Morrissette, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis Scientific Reports (2017) 7, 1800 PDF
74. Merit of non-uniform over uniform heating in a porous cavity Nirmalendu Biswas, Nirmal K. Manna and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 78, 135-144.
75. Enhanced thermal energy transport using adiabatic block inside lid-driven cavity Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 100, 407-427.
76. Buoyancy-driven fluid and energy flow in protruded heater enclosure Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna Mechanica (2015) 51, 2159–2184.
77. Thermal instability driven multiple solutions in a grooved channel Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna, Koushik Ghosh and Pankaj Wahi Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A (2016) 70, 776-790.
78. The effect of size distribution mixing of wet granular materials in a belt-driven enclosure Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Sam Mathew, Mahesh V. Panchagnula, and Srikant Vedantam Granular Matter (2016) 8, 1-12.
79. Spatially-selective cooling by liquid jet impinging orthogonally on a wettability-patterned surface Theodore P. Koukoravas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 95, 142-152.
80. Proper orthogonal decomposition of thermally-induced flow structure in an enclosure with alternately active localized heat sources Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Souvick Chatterjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 94, 373-379.
81. Key design and operating parameters for enhancing dropwise condensation through wettability patterning Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly and Constantine Megaridis International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2016) 92, 877–883.
82. Heat transfer and entropy generation in a porous square enclosure in presence of an adiabatic block Priyankan Datta, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra^*, Koushik Ghosh, Nirmal K. Manna and Swarnendu Sen Transport in Porous Media (2016) 111(2), 305-329.
83. Thermal Management of Heating Element in a Ventilated Enclosure Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2015) 66, 84-92.
84. Influence of Heater Aspect Ratio on Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Prokash C. Roy Heat Transfer Engineering (2015) 37(2), 125-139.
85. Heat transfer partitioning model of film boiling of particle cluster in a liquid pool: Implementation in a CFD code Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh Heat and Mass Transfer (2015) 51 (8), 1149-1166.
86. Mixed convection in a baffled grooved channel Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh Sadhana (2015) 40(3), 835-849.
87. Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Grooved Channel with Injection Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A (2015) 68(6), 663-685.
88. Effect of active wall location in a partially heated enclosure Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2015) 61, 69-77.
89. Heat Transfer assessment of an alternately active bi-heater undergoing transient natural convection Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna, Koushik Ghosh and Achintya Mukhopadhyay International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2015) 83, 450-464.
90. Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Grooved Channel in Presence of Baffle Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A (2015) 67(10), 1097-1118.
91. Analysis of Entropy Generation during Convective Quenching of cluster of balls Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A (2014) 66 (6), 689-711.
92. Heat Transfer Enhancement and Entropy Generation in a Square Enclosure in the Presence of Adiabatic and Isothermal Blocks Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Somnath De, Koushik Ghosh, Nirmal K. Manna and Achintya Mukhopadhyay Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A (2013) 64 (7), 576-597.
93. Hydrodynamic and thermal interactions of a cluster of solid particles in a pool of liquid of different Prandtl numbers using two-fluid model Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh Heat and Mass Transfer (2013) 49 (11), 1659-1679.