RAHUL, Prasanna Misra

Education:

• PhD (Chemical Engineering): Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2021
• B.Tech (Chemical Engineering): Indian Insitute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2013

Research Interests:

• Molecular Simulations and Multiscale Theory
• Thermodynamics of Bulk and Confined Fluids
• Nanoscale Transport Phenomena
• Membrane Separations and Sustainable Technologies

Selected Publications:

Li,^*Y.; Li,^* Z.; Misra,^* R. P.; Liang,^* C.; Gillen, A. J.; Zhao, S.; Abdullah, J.; Laurence, T.; Fagan, J. A.; Aluru, N.; Blankschtein, D.; Noy, A. Molecular transport enhancement in pure metallic carbon nanotube porins. Nature Materials 2024, 23, 1123–1130. 

Li,^* Z.; Misra,^* R. P.; Li, Y.; Yun-Chiao, Y,; Zhao, S.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Blankschtein, D.; Noy, A. Breakdown of the Nernst-Einstein Relation in Carbon Nanotube Porins. Nature Nanotechnology 2023, 18, 177–183.

Misra, R. P.; Blankschtein, D. Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces: Establishing the Coupled Nature of Ion–Solid and Water–Solid Interactions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125 (4), 2666–2679.

Misra, R. P.; Blankschtein, D. Uncovering a Universal Molecular Mechanism of Salt Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces. Langmuir 2021, 37 (2), 722–733.

Misra,^* R. P.; de Souza,^† J. P.; Blankschtein, D.; Bazant, M. Z. Theory of Surface Forces in Multivalent Electrolytes. Langmuir 2019, 35 (35), 11550–11565.

Misra, R. P.; Blankschtein, D. Insights on the Role of Many-Body Polarization Effects in the Wetting of Graphitic Surfaces by Water. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121 (50), 28166–28179.

(*: equal contribution)