Mohan Srinivasarao
Professor
School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Adjunct)
Center for Advanced Research on Optical Microscopy (CAROM)
Center for Nonlinear Science (CNS)
Phone: (404) 894-9348, FAX (404) 894-9766
e-mail: mohan (AT) ptfe.gatech.edu
Reach Current Research and more at GROUP WEBSITE
POLYMER SOLUTION
CLASS PROPOSALS (Spring 2008)
EDUCATION
Ph. D. in Chemistry (1990), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
M. S. in Polymer Science (1985), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
15213.
M. Sc (Applied Chemistry) (1981), PSG College of Technology, University of
Madras, India
B. Sc (Applied Science) (1979), Madurai University, India.
Areas of specialization: Physical chemistry of polymers, Physics of nematic liquid crystals, Optics of liquid crystals, Rheology/Rheo-optics of polymeric fluids and liquid crystals, Polymer/Liquid crystal dispersions, Breath Figured Templated Assembly of Microporous Polymer Films, Various forms of light microscopy including confocal microscopy and Photon Tunneling Microscopy, Color Science, and Nano-Optics in the biological world (Color of Butterfly wings, Beetles, Moths, and Bird Feathers).
WORK EXPERIENCE
3/07- Professor, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332
3/02-3/07 Associate Professor, Georgia Tech.
8/99-3/02 Assistant Professor, Georgia
Tech.
8/95-8/99 Assistant Professor, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
3/94-7/95 Consultant to AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
4/90-2/94 Research Fellow at University of Massachusetts,Amherst.
1982-1990 Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Fellow of American Physical Society (2007)
Member: American Chemical
Society, Materials Research Society, Optical Society of America, Society of
Rheology, American Association for the Advancement of Science
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS*
(Representative abstracts, including latest publications)
1. Jian Zhou, Jung Ok Park, Gino de Luca, A. D. Rey, and Mohan Srinivasarao, “ Microscopic Observations and Simulations of Bloch Walls in Nematic Thin Films”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97, 157801 (2006) PDF
2. Reduced fluorescence quenching of cyclodextrin-acetylene dye rotaxanes, Park, J. S.; Wilson, J. N.; Hardcastle, K. I.; Bunz, U. H. F.; Srinivasarao, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 7714-7715 (2006) PDF
3. Switchable gratings by spatially periodic alignment of liquid crystals via patterned photopolymerization, Zhou, J.; Collard, D. M.; Srinivasarao, M. Optics Letters, 31 (5): 652-654 (2006) PDF
4. A novel enzymatic technique for limiting drug mobility in a hydrogel matrix, Burke, M. D., Park, J. O. , Srinivasarao, M., Khan, S. A., J. Controlled Release, 104 (1): 141-153 (2005)
5. Saif A. Haque, Jong S. Park, Mohan Srinivasarao & James R. Durrant “Molecular-Level Insulation: An Approach to Controlling Interfacial Charge Transfer” Adv. Mat., 16 (14), 1177 (2004)
6. L. Song, R. K. Bly, J. N. Wilson, S. Bakbak, J. O. Park, M. Srinivasarao, and U. H. F. Bunz, Facile Microstructuring of Organic Semiconducting Polymers by the Breath Figure Method: Hexagonally Ordered Bubble Arrays in Rigid-Rod Polymers, Adv. Materials, 16 (2), 115 (2004) PDF
7. Zhou, J.; Collard, D. M.; Park, J. O.; Srinivasarao, M., “Control of the Anchoring Behavior of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Effect of Branching in the Side Chains of Polyacrylates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 9980-81 (2002)
8. Mohan Srinivasarao, David Collings, Alan Philips and Sanjay Patel, " Three-Dimensionally Ordered Array of Air Bubbles in a Polymer Film", Science, 292, 79 (2001). PDF
9. Matthew D. Burke, Jung O. Park, Mohan Srinivasarao,, and Saad A. Khan , "Diffusion of Macromolecules in Polymer Solutions and Gels: A Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy Study" Macromolecules, 33, 7500-7507 (2000).
10. Song Y, Srinivasarao Mohan, Tonelli A, Balik CM, McGregor R, "Laser scanning confocal microscopy study of dye diffusion in fibers" Macromolecules, 33: (12) 4478-4485 (2000).
11. Mohan Srinivasarao, " Nano-Optics In The Biological World: Beetles, Butterflies, Birds And Moths" Chemical Reviews, 99, 1935-1961 (July1999). PDF
12. Malgorzata Marjanski, Mohan Srinivasarao and Peter A. Mirau ,"NMR Characterization of Self-Assembling Polymer Films" Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 12, 113 (1998).
13. Ye Song, Mohan Srinivasarao, Alan Tonelli, " Study of dye diffusion in fibers by laser scanning confocal microscopy" Macromolecular Symposia, 148, 395-402 (1999).
14. K. R. Amundson and Mohan Srinivasarao, "Surface Anchoring and Electro-Optics of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films", Phys. Rev. E., 58, R1211 (1998).
15. P. A. Mirau and Mohan Srinivasarao, "NMR Characterization of Liquid Crystal-Polymer Interactions in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals" Appl. Spect., 51, 1639-43 (1997).
16. A. N. Pargellis, John Mendez, Mohan Srinivasarao and B. Yurke, Dynamics of monopole annihilation by type-1/2 strings in a nematic liquid crystal" Phys. Rev.E., 53, R25-R28 (1996).
17. Mohan Srinivasarao, "Rheology and Rheo-optics of Polymer Liquid Crystals" Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, 9, 2515 -2572 (1995).
18. John M. Guerra, Mohan Srinivasarao, and R. S. Stein , "Photon Tunneling Microscopy: Applications to the Study of Polymer Surfaces" Science, 262, 1395-1400 (1993). PDF
Published Books and Parts of Books
Alan Tonelli with Mohan Srinivasarao, "Polymers for the Inside out: An Introduction to Macromolecules", John Wiley, Spring 2001 [ISBN: 0-471-38138-1]
COLLABORATORS*
Prof. Guy Berry, Dept of Chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Prof. Richard Stein, Dept of Chemistry, University of Mass, Amherst, MA
Prof. Peter Lillya, Dept of Chemistry, University of Mass, Amherst, MA
Dr. Karl Amundson, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ
Dr. Sanjay Patel, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ
Prof. Sam Patz, Harvard Med School, Boston, MA
Mr. John Guerra, Polariod Corpn, Cambridge, MA
Prof. Nina Allen, Dept. Of Botany, North Carloina State University, Raleigh, NC
27695
Prof. Helen Ghiradella, Dept. of Biology, SUNY, Albany, NY
Dr. B. Yurke, Lucent Tecnhnologies, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
Dr. Peter A. Mirau, Lucent Tecnhnologies, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
Prof. Ralph McGregor, Dept of TECS, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
Prof. Alan E. Tonelli, Dept. of TECS, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
Prof. Saad Khan, Dept. of Chemical Engg., NCSU, Raleigh, NC
Prof. C. M. Balik, Dept. of Materials Science and Engg, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
Dr. Mitch Albert, Harvard Med School, Boston, MA
Dr. Ron Walsworth, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA
HONORS*
Invited speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Fiber Science (July 1997)
Invited Speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Organic Thin Films (July
1999)
PRF grant on "An Experimental Study of the Statics and Dynamics of
Discotic Nematic LCs" with Prof. Peter Lillya (May 1992- May 1994)
NSF Career Award (1999-2003)
GRADUATE AND POST DOCTORAL ADVISORS
Prof. Guy C. Berry (Graduate)
Prof. Richard S. Stein, Prof. H. H. Winter (Post-doc)
GRADUATE STUDENTS Vivek Sharma, Matije Crne, Xuxia Yao, Minsu Li, Min Sang Park (current students)
Kyoungweon Park (Ph. D.), Graduated Oct 2006, Georgia Tech
Thesis: Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of size tunable gold nanorods
Jong Seong Park (Ph. D.), Graduated Dec 2005, Georgia Tech
Thesis: "Studies on inclusion complexes of cyclodextrin and dyes: I. Synthesis and properties of dye rotaxanes, II. Formation of anisotropic supremolecules"
Lulu Song (Ph. D), Graduated Dec 2004, Georgia Tech
Thesis: “Growth Mechanism of the Irrational Self-Assembly of 3-D Array of Spherical Holes in Polymeric Films”
Jian Zhou (Ph. D), Graduated Feb 2004, Georgia Tech
Thesis: “Study of Anchoring
Behavior at Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interface”
E. Shim (Ph. D), Graduated Jan 2001, NCSU
Thesis: “Fundamental studies of fluid coatings on fibers”
Ye Song (Ph. D), Graduated, NCSU
Thesis: “Study of Dye Diffusion in Fibers by Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy”
Haixia Wu (M. S.), May 2004, Georgia Tech
Thesis: “Interactions of Liquid Crystals with Polymeric Surfaces”
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Nathan Briggs, Holley, Sai (current students)
Josh Benton, Jenny Boyd, Jonathan Gupton , Doug Jones, Nelson Nunalee, Luis
Padilla
Arti Muralidhara , Hillary, Shishir
* Needs update!!