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RESEARCH UPDATE: IIT Roorkee creates life-like microscopic agents capable of sensing, adapting, and responding to complex environments @iitroorkee educationtimes.com/article/newsro…

Immobilized clusters of a-MCs create large-scale collective solutalflows that can release, transport, and dock passive “cargo” MC between sender and receiver patches. By guiding multiple enzyme-loaded clusters, we even achieved controlled chemical signaling between them.

Mixing active (urease-containing) and passive (no-enzyme) MCs produces an orthogonal assembly. a-MCs set up a dynamic 2D lattice, while passive ones migrate to the fluidic traps between them.

Excited to announce our latest paper accepted in JACS! @J_A_C_S on “Self-Organization of Microcompartments Powered by Enzyme-Driven Solutal Flows at the Water−Oil Interface.” doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5… Grateful to @serbonline, @IndiaDST, STARS @EduMinOfIndia and @iitroorkee

This Diwali, let the bright colors of joy inspire wonderful discoveries - just like this vibrant rangoli! @DCS_Lab_IITR, wishes everyone a very Happy Diwali! 🌟 🪔

Congratulations 🎊 to @pankajpat97 for winning 1st Prize for Best Poster at @iitroorkee Institute Research Scholar Day held on March 20, 2025 . The title of his poster was "Buoyancy-Driven Microgel Oscillators: Beating and Bouncing Dynamics."

Effect of initial density of microgel and density gap between the stratified layers on the behavior of chemomechanical oscillations was investigated. A critical amount of kinetic asymmetry between swelling and deswelling was found to be necessary for prolonged oscillations.

Percoll based 3 layered discontinuous density gradient media provides different stimuli in the layers. Different concentrations of calcium and citrate in the top and bottom layers allowed programming of prolonged and damped chemomechanical oscillatory trajectories of microgels.

Check out our recent research paper in Advanced materials @AdvSciNews on “ Chemomechanical Self-Oscillatory Microgel Motility in Stratified Chemical Media”: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2… We are thankful to our funding agencies @serbonline, @IndiaDST and @iitroorkee. #systemschemistry

Congratulations to @DCS_Lab_IITR , Ph.D. student @preetis1496 for winning the *Best Oral Presentation Award* at the Chem Day 2024, IIT Roorkee! 🏅 Her presentation was on ''Membranized coacervate droplets as smart microreactors and 'LEGO' microcompartments''. #ChemDay #IITR