Publications

Journal Publications [Citations: 75, h-index: 6, i10-index: 3]

• Unraveling Nanoscale Mechanics of Multi-component Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles.
  Pal, S., Khumbhojkar, G., Chen, W., & Keten, S.
  (In preparation).

• Molecular Investigation of Freshly-made Cement Paste Rheology for 3D-printing Application.
  Pal, S., Wu, Z., Joodaki, F., Cusatis, G., & Keten, S.
  (In preparation).

• Real-Time Visualization of Polymer Single Chain Conformational Change in Bulk State Using Super-Resolution Microscopy.
  Xiao, R., Pal, S., Rademacher, C., Chen, J., Wang, Q., Chen, W., Keten, S., Shull, K. R., & Wang, M.
  Physical Review Letters, 2025. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.148101 [Editor’s Suggestions]

• Engineer Reversible Nanocomposite by Programming Amorphous Polymer Conformation Under Nanoconfinement.
  Chen, T., Qian, Y., Laine, A., Kwon, J., Liu, L., Pal, S., Gupta, S., Vargo, E., Su, G. M., Ritchie, R. O., Keten, S., Wang, R., Salmeron, M., & Xu, T.
  Advanced Materials, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202415352

• Nanoconfinement Release Toughens Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Assemblies Through Better Interdigitation and Entanglements.
  Moussavi, A., Wu, Z., Pal, S., & Keten, S.
  Nano Letters, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00680

• Network Topology and Percolation in Model Covalent Adaptable Networks.
  Hafner, B., Pal, S., Lewis, B., Keten, S., & Shull, K.
  ACS Macro Letters, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00523

• Micro-Ballistic Response of Thin Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Films.
  Pal, S., & Keten, S.
  Soft Matter, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00718B [Soft Matter Pioneering Investigators series]

• Characterizing the Shear Response of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles.
  Moussavi, A., Pal, S., Wu, Z., & Keten, S.
  Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024. DOI: 10.1063/5.0188494

• Predictive Molecular Modeling of Hardener Composition Effects on Epoxy Resin Fracture Properties.
  Pal, S., Dansuk, K. C., Giuntoli, A., Sirk, T., & Keten, S.
  Macromolecules, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02577

• A catch bond mechanism with looped adhesive tethers for self-strengthening materials.
  Dansuk, K. C., Pal, S., & Keten, S.
  Communications Materials, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s43246-023-00387-y

• Implicit Chain Particle Model for Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles.
  Wu, Z., Pal, S., & Keten, S.
  Macromolecules, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02272

• Shock wave propagation through air: a reactive molecular dynamics study.
  Pal, S., & Mitra, N.
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2021. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0676

• Stretch-induced helix-to-coil transition of crystalline α-phase isotactic polypropylene: A molecular dynamics study.
  Pal, S., Mitra, N., Sarkar, P. K., & Prasad, D.
  Polymer Crystallization, 2020. DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10143

• Integration of image processing and crowd simulation for understanding crowd dynamics in Kumbh Mela.
  Karthika, P. S., Verma, A., & Pal, S.
  Transportation Research Procedia, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.229

Conference presentations

• Society of Engineering Science (SES) — Atlanta, GA — 2025
• US National Concress for Computation Mechanics 18 (USNCCM18) — Chicago, IL — 2025
• Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference — Anaheim, CA — 2025
• APS March Meeting (Frank J. Padden, Jr. Award Symposium) — Anaheim, CA — 2025
• Ryan Fellows Meeting — Evanston, IL — 2024
• APS March Meeting — Minneapolis, MN — 2024
• SES Annual Technical Meeting — Minneapolis, MN — 2023
• CHiMaD Annual Meeting — Chicago, IL — 2023
• APS March Meeting — Chicago, IL — 2022
• APS March Meeting — Denver, CO — 2020