Soft Matter and Statistical Physics (Experiment)
Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi
Associate Professor
1505
Joined: 2019
Research: Soft-matter physics; active matter systems; mechanobiology
Ph.D. Students
| Name | Roll No. | Year Joined | Supervisor | Cosupervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Vincent | 222204005 | 2022 | Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi | — |
| Athira K | 222314003 | 2023 | Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi | — |
| Najma Nazrin | 222604001 | 2026 | Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi | — |
Publications
2026
- Photoinduced morphological transformation in azobenzene-cored hybrid peptides, Navdeep Singh Thayat, Hanuman Singh, Sameer Dhawan, Janeesh M. George, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, and V. Haridas, Chemical Communications (2026).
- Cellular mechanosensing on a cell-scale stiffness gradient substrate, Indrajit Bhattacharjee, Gautam V. Soni, and Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, Soft Matter (2026).
2025
- Curvature-dependent dynamics of a bacterium confined in a giant unilamellar vesicle, Olivia Vincent, Aparna Sreekumari, Manoj Gopalakrishnan, Vishwas V. Vasisht, and Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, Physical Review E (2025).
- p-Cymene-Ru(II)-organometallic conjugates based on 'V-shaped' 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base scaffolds: Synthesis, photophysics, bioimaging, and BSA/HSA binding studies, Binduja Mohan, Anna Jose, Indrajit Bhattacharjee, Saravanan Raju, Mannanthara Kunhumon Noushija, Mintu Porel, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, Dalton Transactions (2025).
- Mapping the L-tryptophan Capped Copper Nanocluster Mediated Binding and Targeted pH-Responsive Release of Doxorubicin via Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Anna Sebastian, Kavya Pandarathodi, Indrajit Bhattacharjee, Abhishek Singh Shekhawat, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, Supratik Sen Mojumdar, Materials Advances (2025).
2024
- Wearable threads for monitoring sanitizer quality using dye displacement assay, Pratham Joshi, Akhiya Shinde, Sukanya Sudhiram, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, and Naresh Kumar Mani, RSC Advances (2024).
- Diffusion mediated rigidity-gradient hydrogel substrate for cellular mechanosensing, I. Bhattacharjee, S. Sudhiram, M. Nithya, B. Kumar, and Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, The European Physical Journal Special Topics (2024).
2023
- Kinetics of Nisin-Induced Pore Formation in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles, Nithya M, Olivia Vincent, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, and Bharat Kumar, Langmuir (2023).
- Rapid Detection of Ag(I) via Size-Induced Photoluminescence Quenching of Biocompatible Green-Emitting, l-Tryptophan-Scaffolded Copper Nanoclusters, Aarya, Telna Thomas, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, and Supratik Sen Mojumdar, ACS Omega (2023).
- Lysozyme protected copper nano-cluster: A photo-switch for the selective sensing of Fe2+, Anna Sebastian, Aarya, Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, and Supratik Sen Mojumdar, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (2023).