Publications

Publications during PhD (PMRF) at IIT Madras (2019 - )

18. Akhil R Peeketi, Edwin Joseph, Narasimhan Swaminathan, Ratna K Annabattula. "Photo-activated dynamic isomerization induced large density changes in liquid crystal polymers: A molecular dynamics study." The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (2024): 104902. 

17. Akhil R Peeketi, Narasimhan Swaminathan, Ratna K Annabattula. "Design of partially covered bilayer thin film actuators." Mechanics of Materials 187 (2023): 104816. 

16. Divya Jayoti*, Akhil R Peeketi*, Pramod Y Kumbhar, Narasimhan Swaminathan, Ratna K Annabattula, "Geometry Controlled Oscillations in Liquid Crystal Polymer Films Triggered by Thermal Feedback", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (2023):18362–18371 (* shared first authorship)

15. Akhil R Peeketi, Jeroen AHP Sol, Narasimhan Swaminathan, Albert PHJ Schenning, Micheal G Debije, Ratna K Annabattula, "Calla Lily flower inspired morphing of flat films to conical tubes", Journal of Polymer Science  61 (2023): 1065-1073.

14. Divya Jayoti, Akhil R Peeketi, Ratna K Annabattula, S K Prasad, "Dynamics of the photo-thermo-mechanical actuations in NIR-dye doped liquid crystal polymer networks". Soft Matter 18 (2021): 3358-3368. 

13. Marc Pozo, Jeroen AHP Sol, Stefan van Uden, Akhil R Peeketi, Sean Lugger, Ratna K Annabattula, Albert Schenning, Micheal Debije, "Patterned Actuators via Direct Ink Writing of Liquid Crystals."  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 (2021): 59381-59391

12. Adithya Ramgopal, Akhil R Peeketi, Ratna K Annabattula. "Numerical analysis and design of light-driven liquid crystal polymer-based motorless miniature cart." Soft Matter 17 (2021): 7714-7728. 

11. Akhil R Peeketi, Narasimhan Swaminathan, Ratna K Annabattula. "Modeling the combined photo-chemo/thermo-mechanical actuation in azobenzene-doped liquid crystal thin films." Journal of Applied Physics 129 (2021): 145107

10. Marina Pilz da Cunha, Akhil R Peeketi, Adithya Ramgopal,  Ratna K Annabattula,  Albert P. H. J. Schenning. "Light-driven continual oscillatory rocking of a polymer film". ChemistryOpen 9 (2020): 1149-1152 

9.  Kanishk Mehta*, Akhil R Peeketi*, Ling Liu*, Dirk Broer, Patrick Onck, Ratna K Annabattula. “Design and applications of light responsive liquid crystal polymer thin films.” Applied Physics Reviews 7 (2020): 041306 (* shared first authorship)

8.  Raghuram K Desu*, Akhil R Peeketi*, Ratna K Annabattula. “Influence of bed conditions on the effective thermal conductivity of ceramic breeder pebble beds using thermal DEM (TDEM).” Fusion Engineering and Design 159 (2020): 111767 (* shared first authorship)

7.  Kanishk Mehta, Akhil R Peeketi, Jeroen AHP Sol, Michael G Debije, Patrick R Onck, Ratna K Annabattula. “Modeling of surface waves in photo-responsive viscoelastic liquid crystal thin films under a moving light source.” Mechanics of Materials 147 (2020): 103388

Publications during Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) at IIT Madras (2014-19)

6.  Akhil R Peeketi, Marigrazia Moscardini, Simone Pupeschi, Yixiang Gan, Marc Kamlah, Ratna K Annabattula. “Analytical estimation of the effective thermal conductivity of a granular bed in a stagnant gas including the Smoluchowski effect.” Granular Matter 21 (2019): 93

5.  Marina Pilz da Cunha, Akhil R Peeketi, Kanishk Mehta, Dirk J Broer, Ratna K Annabattula, Albert PHJ Schenning, Michael G Debije. “A self-sustained soft actuator able to rock and roll.” Chemical Communications 55 (2019): 11029-11032

4.  Akhil R Peeketi, Raghuram K Desu, Pramod Kumbhar, Ratna K Annabattula. “Thermal analysis of large granular assemblies using a hierarchical approach coupling the macro-scale finite element method and micro-scale discrete element method through artificial neural networks.” Computational Particle Mechanics 6 (2019): 811-822

3.  Raghuram K Desu*, Akhil R Peeketi*, Ratna K Annabattula. “Artificial Neural Network-based prediction of effective thermal conductivity of a granular bed in a gaseous environment.” Computational Particle Mechanics 6 (2019): 503-514 (* shared first authorship)

2. Jeroen AHP Sol, Akhil R Peeketi, Nihit Vyas, Albertus PHJ Schenning, Ratna K Annabattula, Michael G Debije. “Butterfly proboscis-inspired tight rolling tapered soft actuator.” Chemical Communications 55 (2019): 1726-1729

1.  Akhil R Peeketi, Marigrazia Moscardini, Akhil Vijayan, Yixiang Gan, Marc Kamlah, Ratna K Annabattula. “Effective thermal conductivity of a compacted pebble bed in a stagnant gaseous environment: An analytical approach together with DEM.” Fusion Engineering and Design 130 (2018): 80-88