dr. H.R. Vutukuri PhD (Hanumantha Rao)

We are interested in addressing fundamental questions in the dynamic self-organization of living matter, bio-membrane mechanics,  and active particle transport in complex fluids from a soft matter perspective. Our group research expertise lies at the interface between the physicochemical manipulation (e.g., interaction potential, shape, and chemistry) of soft matter systems (e.g., lipid membranes, active vesicles, artificial microswimmers or self-propelled particles, colloids, nanoparticles, and emulsions) and the fabrication of bio-inspired functional materials.

 

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1. S. Marín-Aguilar, F. Camerin, S. van der Ham, A. Feasson, H. R. Vutukuri & Marjolein Dijkstra  A colloidal viewpoint on the finite sphere packing problem: the sausage catastrophe, is published in Nature Communications, 2023.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43722-0  

2. H. R. Vutukuri, M. Hoore, C. Abaurrea-Velasco, A. Dutto, T. Auth, D. A. Fedosov,  G. Gompper,J. Vermant, Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles, Nature, 586, 52-56 (2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2730-x 

3. H. R. Vutukuri, M. Hoore, C. Abaurrea-Velasco, A. Dutto, T. Auth, D. A. Fedosov,  G. Gompper,J. Vermant, Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles, Nature, 586, 52-56 (2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2730-x 
4. H. R. Vutukuri,  M. Licski, E. Lauga, J. Vermant, Light-switchable propulsion of active particles with reversible interactions, Nature Communi. 11, 2628(2020). 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15764-1 
5. H. R. Vutukuri, B. Bram, M. Dijkstra, and W. T. S. Huck, Rational design and dynamics of self-propelled colloidal bead chains: from rotators to flagella, Scientific Reports, 7, 16758 (2017).  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-16731-5  
 6. A. F. Demirörs, P. Beltramo, H. R. Vutukuri; Colloidal Switches by Electric and Magnetic Fields, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, 17238 (2017).            https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b02619  
7.  H. R. Vutukuri, Z. Peseleir, M. Dijkstra and W. T. S. Huck, Dynamic self-organization of side-propelling colloidal rods: experiments and simulations, Soft Matter, 12, 9657(2016).  
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/SM/C6SM01760F#!divAbstract  
8.  H. R. Vutukuri, S. Badiare, D. Winter, A. Imhof, and A. van Blaaderen, Directed self-assembly of micron-sized gold nanoplatelets into oriented flexible stacks with tunable interpolate distance, Nano Letters, 15, 5617 (2015).          https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02384  
 9.  H. R. Vutukuri, A. Imhof, and A. van Blaaderen, Fabrication of polyhedral particles from spherical particles and their self-assembly into rotator phases, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 13830(2014). (Won the competition and selected as the cover page of the SoftmatterWorld calendar 2015). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201409594    
10. H. R. Vutukuri, F. Smallenburg, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen, and M. Dijkstra; An experimental and   simulation study on the self-assembly of colloidal cubes in external electric fields, Soft Matter. 10, 9110 (2014).   
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2014/sm/c4sm01778a             
11. S. Mellouli, B. Monterroso, H. R. Vutukuri, E. Brinke, V. Chokkalingam, W. T. S. Huck; Self-organization of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ in confined environments, Soft Matter, 9, 10943(2013).           https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2013/sm/c3sm51163d  
12. H. R. Vutukuri, A. F. Demirörs, B. Peng, P. D. J. van Oostrum, A. Imhof, and A. van Blaaderen; Colloidal analogues of charged and uncharged polymer chains with tunable stiffness, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 51, 11249 (2012). (Featured on the cover page of the November 2012 issue of the journal).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.201202592   
13.  H. R. Vutukuri, J. Stiefelhagen, T. Vissers, A. Imhof, and A. van Blaaderen; Bonding assembled colloids without loss of colloidal stability, Advanced Materials 24, 412 (2012).   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.201104010  
                                                                                                                          

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Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

 

• 193599010 - Internship
• 201700185 - Internship
• 201800344 - Master's Assignment: Physics Aspects
• 201800345 - Master's Assignment: General Aspects
• 202000716 - Bachelor Assignment
• 202001433 - Bachelor’s Assignment AM-AP

• 193599010 - Internship
• 201700185 - Internship
• 202000716 - Bachelor Assignment
• 202001413 - Soft Matter Physics
• 202001433 - Bachelor’s Assignment AM-AP

If you are a Bachelor's or Master's student and looking for a potential internship or thesis, we have several projects. We welcome students from a wide range of disciplines, including (but not limited to) soft matter physics, physical chemistry, chemical, mechanical, materials engineering, and biophysics. Are you interested in working with us? Please email me to discuss the opportunities.

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Highlighted our work in Applied physics and mathematics focus theme@Nature Communications
https://www.nature.com/collections/hjhbgijcei  
  Highlighted in New Scientist 
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407999-tiny-balls-fit-best-inside-a-sausage-physicists-confirm/  

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• Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Nanobiophysics (NBP)