Atanu K. Metya

Education / Work History

  • Ph.D. Scholar, 2012-2018
  • M.Tech., IIT Kanpur.
  • B.Tech., University of Calcutta.
  • B.Sc., Chemistry(Hon.), University of Calcutta.

Research Topic / Interest

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation
  • The nucleation behavior of a supercooled water droplet on nanoscale tex- tured surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations.

Current Research Work

Here the effect of volume fraction of nanoparticle in the supercooled liquid and the interaction strength between water and nanoparticles on the behavior of ice nucleation is investigated.

Simulation Snapshot

Publications

These include only those published in our lab.

  1. Metya, A. K., & Singh, J. K. (2018). Nucleation of Aqueous Salt Solutions on Solid Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(15), 8277–8287. https://doi.org/10/gdh4s2
  2. Metya, A. K., Khan, S., & Singh, J. K. (2014). Wetting Transition of the Ethanol–Water Droplet on Smooth and Textured Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(8), 4113–4121. https://doi.org/10/gdtg87
  3. Metya, A. K., Hens, A., & Singh, J. K. (2012). Molecular dynamics study of vapor–liquid equilibria and transport properties of sodium and lithium based on EAM potentials. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 313, 16–24.
  4. Metya, A. K., Khan, S., & Singh, J. K. (2014). Wetting transition of the ethanol–water droplet on smooth and textured surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(8), 4113–4121.
  5. Metya, A. K., Singh, J. K., & Müller-Plathe, F. (2016). Ice nucleation on nanotextured surfaces: the influence of surface fraction, pillar height and wetting states. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(38), 26796–26806.
  6. Metya, A. K., & Singh, J. K. (2018). Nucleation of Aqueous Salt Solutions on Solid Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(15), 8277–8287.
  7. Metya, A. K., & Singh, J. K. (2018). Ice Nucleation on a Graphite Surface in the Presence of Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(33), 19056–19066.
  8. Metya, A. K., & Singh, J. K. (2018). Ice adhesion mechanism on lubricant-impregnated surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations. Molecular Simulation, 1–9.

Conferences

  1. Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K. Singh, “Heterogeneous nucleation of super- cooled water nano-droplet and droplet containing nanoparticles on rough and smooth surfaces: a molecular dynamics investigation” International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (ICNAA2017), June 25, 2017 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.