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Soft Matter Group @ IIT Hyderabad
@softmatter-iith.bsky.social
Official bsky handle of Soft Matter Group, IIT Hyderabad.
Group website: https://sites.google.com/che.iith.ac.in/softmatter/home
Group PIs: Alan R Jacob, Mahesh Ganesan, Ranajit Mondal
End of year lab dinner for the soft matter group in 2025. We worked very hard on soft matter this year :). Looking forward to a new year!!
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
International Soft Matter Conference is being held in India for the first time. Looking forward to an amazing participation from the global soft matter community
Website: ge.iitm.ac.in/ismc2026
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Reposted by Soft Matter Group @ IIT Hyderabad
ASAP Article! Thickness & Stiffness of PDMS influences the adhesion of microbes

Congrats to a stellar @schiffmanlab.bsky.social team incl: grad students Brandon & Meng-Chen along w/fantastic undergrads Dylan & Uzo!

Now published in RSC Applied Polymers!

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org
Polydimethylsiloxane gel thickness and stiffness affect the initial adhesion of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
The persistent presence of hospital-acquired bacterial infections and the growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains necessitates a greater understanding of the initial adhesion of b...
pubs.rsc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Finally as a group we have made a foray into blue sky :). All soft matter group @ IITH social media updates will also be available here from now on. Looking forward to interacting with the soft matter scientific community here :).
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM