Vivek M. Prabhu

Dr. Vivek M. Prabhu

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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 January 2018 in Gels
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Samim AliSamim Ali
Samim Ali
VPVivek M. Prabhu
Vivek M. Prabhu
Complexation between anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes results in solid-like precipitates or liquid-like coacervate depending on the added salt in the aqueous medium. However, the boundary between these polymer-rich phases is quite broad and the associated changes in the polymer relaxation in the complexes across the transition regime are poorly understood. In this work, the relaxation dynamics of complexes across this transition is probed over a wide timescale by measuring viscoelastic spectra and zero-shear viscosities at varying temperatures and salt concentrations for two different salt types. We find that the complexes exhibit time-temperature superposition (TTS) at all salt concentrations, while the range of overlapped-frequencies for time-temperature-salt superposition (TTSS) strongly depends on the salt concentration (Cs) and gradually shifts to higher frequencies as Cs is decreased. The sticky-Rouse model describes the relaxation behavior at all Cs. However, collective relaxation of polyelectrolyte complexes gradually approaches a rubbery regime and eventually exhibits a gel-like response as Cs is decreased and limits the validity of TTSS.

1 March 2019 in ACS Macro Letters
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Samim AliSamim Ali
Samim Ali
MBMarkus Bleuel
Markus Bleuel
VPVivek M. Prabhu
Vivek M. Prabhu


14 April 2010 in Macromolecules
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SKShuhui Kang
Shuhui Kang
WWWen-Li Wu
Wen-Li Wu
KCKwang-Woo Choi
Kwang-Woo Choi
ASAnuja De Silva
Anuja De Silva
COChristopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober
VPVivek M. Prabhu
Vivek M. Prabhu

9 September 2019 in Macromolecules
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SASabin Adhikari
Sabin Adhikari
VPVivek M. Prabhu
Vivek M. Prabhu
MMMurugappan Muthukumar
Murugappan Muthukumar

13 February 2018 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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YYYin Yang
Yin Yang
VRVytas Reipa
Vytas Reipa
GLGuo Liu
Guo Liu
YMYuan Meng
Yuan Meng
XWXiaohong Wang
Xiaohong Wang
JSJirun Sun
Jirun Sun