Kaustubh Rane
Department : Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
● Interfacial phenomena at solid-fluid and fluid-fluid interfaces
● Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
● Molecular simulations
Professional Summary
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Sep 2023 to Present)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2016 to Sep 2023)
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Technical University of Darmstadt (2015 – 2016)
Post-doctoral research associate, Technical University of Darmstadt (2014 – 2015)
Publications
1. Spontaneous translation of nanodroplet over a heterogeneous surface due to thermal cycles: role of solid–liquid interfacial fluctuations, doi: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1657191
2. Using isothermal-isobaric Monte Carlo simulation to study the wetting behavior of model systems, doi: 10.1063/1.5089416
3. Transverse correlations near solid-liquid interface: Influence of the crystal structure of solid, doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.10.017
4. Fluctuations and adsorption at liquid–vapor interfaces, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813641-6.00003-0
5. Using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations to Understand the Role of Interfacial Fluctuations on Solvation at the Water–Vapor Interface, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05237
6. Understanding the influence of capillary waves on solvation at the liquid-vapor interface, doi: 10.1063/1.4943781
7. Evaluation of the performance of GAFF and CGenFF in the prediction of liquid-vapor saturation properties of naphthalene derivatives, doi: 10.1021/ie503346m
Complete List of Publications