Mohan Srinivasarao Associate Professor Office: MRDC 1 4506 Phone: 404-894-9348 Fax: 404-894-8780 E-mail Mohan Srinivasarao Research Group Web site

Ph.D., Chemistry, 1990, Carnegie Mellon University; M.Sc., Applied Chemistry, 1981, PSG College of Technology (University of Madras, India); B.Sc., Applied Science, 1979, Madurai University, India.

NSF Career Award (1999-2003)

Research Interests

Dr. Srinivasarao specializes in 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, 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).

• Liquid crystaline polymer
• Nanomaterials
• Splashing of complex fluids
• Wetting studies
• Color science
• Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals
• Tracer diffusion
• Supramolecular structures

Publications

Mohan Srinivasarao, David Collings, Alan Philips and Sanjay Patel, "Three-dimensionally ordered array of air bubbles in a polymer film," Science 2001, 292, 79.

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 2000, 33, 7500-7507.

Y. Song, Mohan Srinivasarao, A. Tonelli, C. M. Balik, R. McGregor, "Laser scanning confocal microscopy study of dye diffusion in fibers," Macromolecules 2000, 33:(12), 4478-4485.

Mohan Srinivasarao, "Nano-optics in the biological world: Beetles, butterflies, birds and moths," Chemical Reviews 1999, 99, 1935-1961.

Malgorzata Marjanski, Mohan Srinivasarao and Peter A. Mirau , "NMR characterization of self-assembling polymer films," Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1998, 12, 113.

Ye Song, Mohan Srinivasarao, Alan Tonelli, "Study of dye diffusion in fibers by laser scanning confocal microscopy," Macromolecular Symposia 1999, 148, 395-402.

K. R. Amundson and Mohan Srinivasarao, "Surface anchoring and electro-optics of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films," Phys. Rev. E 1998, 58, R1211.

P. A. Mirau and Mohan Srinivasarao, "NMR characterization of liquid crystal-polymer interactions in polymer dispersed liquid crystals," Appl. Spect. 1997, 51, 1639-43.

A. N. Pargellis, John Mendez, Mohan Srinivasarao and B. Yurke, "Dynamics of monopole annihilation by type-1/2 strings in a nematic liquid crysta,l" Phys. Rev.E 1997, 53, R25-R28.

Mohan Srinivasarao, "Rheology and rheo-optics of polymer liquid crystals," Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, 1995, 9, 2515 -2572.

John M. Guerra, Mohan Srinivasarao, and R. S. Stein, "Photon tunneling microscopy: Applications to the study of polymer surfaces," Science 1993, 262, 1395-1400.