List of Publications: Venkat Ganesan

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Editor of the Special Issue of the Journal of Polymer Science. Part B. Polymer Physics Edition based on contributions in the March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Pittsburgh, PA in March 2009.

PUBLICATIONS:

A.  Refereed Archival Journal Publications (In reverse chronological order):

Publications from work at UT Austin:

(63) William Krekelberg, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “Structural signatures of mobility on   intermediate time scales in a supercooled fluid,” Submitted  (2009).


(62) Venkat Ganesan, Chris Ellison and Victor Pryamitsyn, “Coarse-Grained Modeling of Structure and Dispersion of Polymer-Nanoparticle Mixtures,” Invited Review, Submitted To Soft Matter (2009).


(61) Chetan Mahajan and Venkat Ganesan, “Atomistic Simulations of Structure of Solvated Sulfonated Poly(ether ether ketone) Membranes and their Comparisons to NAFION: I. Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Domains,” Submitted (2009).


(60) Chetan Mahajan and Venkat Ganesan, “Atomistic Simulations of Structure of Solvated Sulfonated Poly(ether ether ketone) Membranes and their Comparisons to NAFION: II. Structure and Transport Properties of Water, Hydronium Ions and Methanol,” Submitted (2009).

(59) Manas Shah and Venkat Ganesan, “Correlations Between Morphologies and Photovoltaic Properties of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers,” Macromolecules,  43, 543 - 552 (2010).


(58)  Manas Shah, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Effect of Anisotropic Charge Transport on Device Characteristics of Polymer Solar Cells,” Applied Physics Letters, 95, Article 194101 (2009).


(57)  Hongjun Liu, Sanat Kumar, Athanassios Z Panagiotopoulos, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Modeling the anistropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, Article 221202 (2009). 


(56)  Bokyung Kim, Du Yeol Ryu, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Dewetting properties at interfaces of polymer brushes,” Macromolecules, 42, 7919 - 7923 (2009).


(55)   D. M. Trombly, and V. Ganesan, “Interactions between polymer-grafted particles and bare particles for biocompatibility applications,” J. Pol. Sci. Pol. Phys. B, 47, 2566 – 2577 (2009).


(54)  Y. Sliozberg, J. Andzelm, J. K. Brennan, M. R. VanLandingham, V. Pryamitsyn2, and V. Ganesan, “Modeling Viscoelastic Properties of Triblock Copolymers: A DPD Simulation Study,” J. Pol. Sci. Pol. Phys. B, In press (2009).


(53)  Wen Li, Brent C Norris, Snodgrass P, Prasad K, Stockett AS, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan, Christopher Bielawski, Arumugam Manthiram,” Evaluating the Role of Additive pK(a) on the Proton Conductivities of Blended Sulfonated Poly(ether ether ketone) Membranes,”  J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 10063 - 10067 (2009).


(52) Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Structure of Aggregating Rod Suspensions Under Combined Shear and Electric Fields,” Macromolecules, 42, 7184 (2009).


(51) Pinar Akcora, Hongjun Liu, Sanat K. Kumar, Joseph Moll, Yu Li, Brian C. Benicewicz, Linda S. Schadler,Devrim Acehan, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos,Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan, Jan Ilavsky, Pappanan Thiyagarajan, Ralph H.Colby and Jack F. Douglas, “Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Polymer-Decorated Spherical Nanoparticles,” Nature Materials,  8, 354   (2009).


(50) Manas Shah and Venkat Ganesan, “Chain Bridging in a Model of Semicrystalline Multiblock    Copolymers,” J. Chem. Phys, 130, Article # 054904  (2009).


(49) Landry Khounlavong and Venkat Ganesan, “Influence of Interfacial Layers upon the Barrier Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites,”J. Chem. Phys, 130, Article # 104901 (2009).


(48) Venkat Ganesan, “Some Issues in Polymer Nanocomposites: Theoretical and Modeling   Opportunities for Polymer Physics,” Invited Viewpoint Article, J. Poly. Sci. Pol. Phys. B., 46, 2666   (2008).


(47) Venkat Ganesan, Landry Khounlavong and Victor Pryamitsyn, “Equilibrium Characteristics of  Semiflexible Polymer Solutions Near Probe Particles,” Phys. Rev. E., 78, Article # 051804  (2008).


(46)  Bradley D. Olsen, Manas Shah, Venkat Ganesan and Rachel Segalman, “Universalization of the   Phase Diagram for a Model Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymer,” Macromolecules, 41, 6809 (2008).


(45)  William Krekelberg, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “Shear rate dependent structural order and viscosity of a fluid with short range attractions,” Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Communications), Phys. Rev. E., 78, Article # 010201  (2008).


(44) Jamie Kropka, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Relation between glass transition temperatures in polymer nanocomposites and polymer thin films,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, Article #075702 (2008).


(43) William Krekelberg, Thomas Truskett and Venkat Ganesan, “Relationship between shear viscosity and structure of a model colloidal suspension,”Chemical Engineering Communications, 197, 63 - 75(2010).


(42)  William Krekelberg, Jeetain Mittal, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “Structural Anomalies of Fluids: Origins in Second and Higher Coordination Shells,”Phys. Rev. E, 77, Article #041201 (2008).


(41)  Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Dynamics of Probe Diffusion in Rod Suspensions ,” Phys. Rev. Lett.,  100, Article #128302 (2008). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.


(40)  Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Screening of Hydrodynamic Interactions in Brownian Rod Suspensions ,”  J. Chem. Phys, 128, Article #134901 (2008). Featured in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.


(39) Manas Shah and Venkat Ganesan, “Self-Assembly in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers,”  Macromolecules, 41, 218 - 229  (2008).


(38)   William Krekelberg, Jeetain Mittal, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “How short-range attractions impact the struc tural order, self-diffusivity, and viscosity of a fluid,” J. Chem. Phys., 127 Article #044502 (2007).


(37)   Yuefei Tao, Bradley D. Olsen, William R Hudson, Venkat Ganesan and Rachel Segalman, “Domain Size Control by Self-assembly of Blending Rod-Coil Block Copolymers and Homopolymers,” Macromolecules, 40, 3320 - 3327  (2007).


(36)   Jamie Kropka, Karl Putz, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan and Peter F. Green, “Origin of dynamical properties in PMMA-C60 Nanocomposites,” Macromolecules, 40, 5424 - 5432 (2007).


(35)   Manas Shah, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Ordering in Block Copolymer Films Induced by Compressible Solvents,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 402 - 407 (2007).


(34)   Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Dispersion and Percolation of Nanorods in Polymer Solutions,” Macromolecules, 40, 344 - 354 (2006).


(33)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Strong Segregation Theory of Block Copolymer Nanoparticle Composites,” Macromolecules, 39, 8499 - 8510  (2006).


(32)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Mechanisms of Steady-Shear Rheology in Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites,” J. Rheology, 50, 655 (2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.


(31)   Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Polymer Bridged Gels of Nanoparticles in Solutions of Adsorbing Polymers,” J. Chem. Phys., 125, Article #064903 (2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.


(30)   William Krekelberg, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “Model for the free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids,” J. Chem. Phys., 124, Article #214502 (June 2006).


(29)   Venkat Ganesan, Victor Pryamitsyn, Megha Surve and Bharad Narayanan, “Noncontinuum Effects in Nanoparticle Dynamics in Polymers,” J. Chem. Phys. (Letters), 124, Article #221102 (June 2006).


(28)   Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Universality in structure and elasticity of polymer-nanoparticle gels,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, Article #177805 (May 2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.


(27)   Bharad Narayanan and Venkat Ganesan, “Flow Deformation of Polymer Blend Droplets and The Role of Block Copolymer Compatiblizers,” Phys. Fluids, 18, Article #042109 (April 2006). Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.


(26)   William Krekelberg, Venkat Ganesan and Thomas Truskett, “Free volumes and the anomalous self-diffusivity of attractive colloids,” J. Phys. Chem. B (Letters), 110, 5166-5169 (March 2006).


(25)   Bharad Narayanan, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Shear-induced phase transitions in ternary polymer blends,” Phys. Rev. Lett, 96, 028302 (January 2006).


(24)   Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Nanoparticles in Solutions of Adsorbing Polymers: Pair Interactions, Percolation, and Phase Behavior,”Langmuir, 22, 969-981 (January 2006).


(23)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Origins of Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites,” Macromolecules, 39, 844-856 (January 2006).


(22)   Megha Surve, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Depletion and Pair Interactions of Proteins in Polymer Solutions,” J. Chem. Phys., 122, Article #154901 (April 2005). Featured in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.


(21)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “A Coarse-Grained Explicit Solvent Simulation of Rheology of Colloidal Suspensions,” J. Chem. Phys., 122, Article #104906 (March 2005).


(20)   Bharad Narayanan, Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Interfacial Phenomena in Polymer Blends: A Self-Consistent Brownian Dynamics Study,” Macromolecules, 37, 10180-10194 (December 2004).


(19)   Serdal Kirmizialtin, Venkat Ganesan, Dmitrii E. Makarov, “Translocation of a b-hairpin-forming Peptide through a Cylindrical Tunnel,” J. Chem. Phys., 121, Article #10268 (November 2004).
(18)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers,” J. Chem. Phys., 120, 5824-5838 (March 2004).


(17)   P. F. Green and V. Ganesan, “Dewetting of Polymeric Films: Unresolved Issues,” Eur. Phys. J. E, 12, 449-454 (2004).


(16)   D. Duechs, F. Schmid, V. Ganesan and G. H. Fredrickson, “Fluctuation Effects in A + B + AB blends,” Macromolecules, 36, 9237-9248 (December 2003).


(15)   T. M. Truskett and Venkat Ganesan, “Ideal Glass Transition in Thin Films: An Energy Landscape Perspective,” J. Chem. Phys. (Letters), 119, 1897-1900 (July 2003).


(14)   Venkat Ganesan and Victor Pryamitsyn, “Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for Inhomogeneous Polymeric Systems,” J. Chem. Phys. (Letters), 118, 4345-4348 (March 2003).


(13)   Victor Pryamitsyn and Venkat Ganesan, “Correlations in Block Copolymers under Shear,” Macromolecules, 35, 9847-9850 (December 2002).


(12)   Venkat Ganesan and Victor Pryamitsyn, “Entanglements in Inhomogeneous Polymeric Phases,” Macromolecules, 35, 9219-9231 (Novmber 2002).

Publications Prior to UT Austin:

(11)   G. H. Fredrickson, V. Ganesan and F. Drolet, “Field Theoretic Computer Simulation Methods for Polymers and Complex Fluids,” Macromolecules, 35, 16-39 (January 2002).


(10)   Venkat Ganesan and Glenn Fredrickson, “Field-Theoretic Polymer Simulations,” Europhys. Lett., 55, 814-820 (September 2001).


(9)     Venkat Ganesan and Glenn Fredrickson, “A Model for the Rheology and Nonlinear Response of Layered Materials,” J. Rheol., 45, 161-185 (January 2001).


(8)     Venkat Ganesan and G. H. Fredrickson, “Reactions in microemulsions: Effect of thermal fluctuations on reaction kinetics,” J Chem. Phys., 113, 2901-2917 (August 2000).


(7)     Howard Brenner and Venkat Ganesan, “Molecular Wall Effects: Are Conditions at a Boundary “Boundary Conditions?,” Phys. Rev. E, 61, 6879-6897 (June 2000).


(6)     Venkat Ganesan and Howard Brenner, “A Diffuse Interface Model of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media,” Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 456, 731-803 (April, 2000).


(5)     Venkat Ganesan and Howard Brenner, “Localization Transition of a Random Polymer at an Interface,” Europhys. Lett., 46, 43-49 (April 1999).


(4)     Venkat Ganesan and Howard Brenner, “Long-time Non-preaveraged Diffusivity and Sedimentation Velocity of Clusters: Applications to Micellar Solutions,” Phys. Rev. E, 59, 2126-2140 (February 1999).


(3)     Venkat Ganesan and Howard Brenner, “Comment on No-slip condition for a mixture of two liquids,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 1333 [one page] (February 1999).


(2)     Venkat Ganesan and Howard Brenner, “Dynamics of Two-Phase Fluid Interfaces in Random Porous Media,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 81, 578 -581(July 1998).


(1)     Venkat Ganesan, Michelle Bryden and Howard Brenner, “Chaotic Heat Transfer Enhancement in Rotating Eccentric Annular-Flow Systems,” Phys. Fluids, 9, 1296-1306 (May 1997).

 

B.   Books, Chapters of Books; Editor of Books

Publications From Work at UT Austin:


(3)     Y. Sliozberg, J. Andzelm, J. K. Brennan, and M. VanLandingham,V. Pryamitsyn, V. Ganesan, “Computational Design Of Biomimetic Gels With Properties of Human Tissues,” Proceedings of Army Science Conference (2008).


(2)     Venkat Ganesan and Glenn Fredrickson “Field-Theoretic Simulations,” Handbook on Methods of Materials Modeling, 2645-2656, 2965 p.(2004) (Author)

 

Publications From Work Prior to UT Austin:

(1)     Venkat Ganesan and Glenn Fredrickson, “Fluctuations Effects in Microemulsion Reaction Media,” Adv. Chem. Eng., 28, 123-148, 493 p. (2001) (Author).