Karthik Nayani
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Assistant Professor - Engineering
Also affiliated: Georgia Institute of Technology (2015–2018); University of Wisconsin–Madison (2017); Cornell University (2019–2021); Renewable Bioproducts Institute (2017); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2011)
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Biography and Research Information
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Karthik Nayani's research focuses on the investigation of soft matter, particularly liquid crystals, and their applications in functional materials and sensors. His work explores the fundamental properties of liquid crystal phases, including their spontaneous emergence of chirality and macroscopic alignment through patterned substrates. Nayani has also studied the dynamic and reversible shape response of biological entities, such as red blood cells, within synthetic liquid crystal environments.
His research extends to hierarchical chirality transfer across multiple length scales, demonstrated through the creation of polymer nanohelices. Nayani is the Principal Investigator on an NSF CAREER grant totaling $500,000, which focuses on harnessing liquid-liquid crystal phase separation in rod-shaped particle solutions for the design of novel functional materials. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12, with 48 total publications and 665 citations. Nayani actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Elizabeth Adeogun and Elizabeth S. Greene, among others.
Metrics
- h-index: 13
- Publications: 48
- Citations: 686
Positions
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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2020–presentChemical Engineering ORCID
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Assistant Professor - Engineering publications 2020–2026University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page
Selected Publications
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An Active Matter Pathway for Non-Equilibrium Liquid-Liquid Extractions (2026)
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Thermodynamics of Binding Between Adeno-Associated Viruses and Heparin in Bulk and at Interfaces via Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (2026)
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Introduction to optical microscope and image formation (2025)
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Experiment 4: Liquid crystals, phase transitions, morphologies, and defects (2025)
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Experiment 2: Comparison of a real space image and q-space (diffraction) image for size measurement (2025)
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Experiment 7: Structural color and iridescence of Morpho butterfly (2025)
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Experiment 1: Getting to know your optical microscope (DM 750P) and its basic software (2025)
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Experiment 6: Polymer crystallization (2025)
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Experiment 3: Microporous polymer films and 2D diffraction (2025)
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Through a Modern Microscope (2025)
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Experiment 5: Features in liquid crystal display (LCD) (2025)
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"Empowering Undergraduate and High School Students for Biotechnology Careers through Research, Internships, and Mentorship" (2025)
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Computationally Guided Liquid Crystal‐Based Competitive Binding Sensing Platform for Optical Detection of Spike Protein (2025)
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Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells (2024)
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A liquid crystal-based biomaterial platform for rapid sensing of heat stress using machine learning (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $500,000 total
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Experiment 5: Features in liquid crystal display (LCD)
- Through a Modern Microscope
- Experiment 3: Microporous polymer films and 2D diffraction
- Experiment 6: Polymer crystallization
- Experiment 1: Getting to know your optical microscope (DM 750P) and its basic software
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Experiment 5: Features in liquid crystal display (LCD)
- Through a Modern Microscope
- Experiment 3: Microporous polymer films and 2D diffraction
- Experiment 6: Polymer crystallization
- Experiment 1: Getting to know your optical microscope (DM 750P) and its basic software
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Areas of opportunity related to design of chemical and biological sensors based on liquid crystals
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales
- Sculpting the shapes of giant unilamellar vesicles using isotropic–nematic–isotropic phase cycles
- Effects of heat stress on cyto(chemo)kine and inflammasome gene expression and mechanical properties in isolated red and white blood cells from 4 commercial broiler lines and their ancestor jungle fowl
- A liquid crystal-based biomaterial platform for rapid sensing of heat stress using machine learning
- Thermodynamics of Binding Between Adeno-Associated Viruses and Heparin in Bulk and at Interfaces via Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
- Areas of opportunity related to design of chemical and biological sensors based on liquid crystals
- Sculpting the shapes of giant unilamellar vesicles using isotropic–nematic–isotropic phase cycles
- Effects of heat stress on cyto(chemo)kine and inflammasome gene expression and mechanical properties in isolated red and white blood cells from 4 commercial broiler lines and their ancestor jungle fowl
- A liquid crystal-based biomaterial platform for rapid sensing of heat stress using machine learning
- Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells
- Computationally Guided Liquid Crystal‐Based Competitive Binding Sensing Platform for Optical Detection of Spike Protein
- Areas of opportunity related to design of chemical and biological sensors based on liquid crystals
- Areas of opportunity related to design of chemical and biological sensors based on liquid crystals
- Areas of opportunity related to design of chemical and biological sensors based on liquid crystals
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales
- Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales