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In the era of bio- and nano-technology there is a strong demand for technological development of novel materials and their applications while it is also important to understand underlying principles, for instance, relevant mechanisms and essential biological processes. Our research sits on such an interface of classical and applied research disciplines.
The laboratory is led by Dr. Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni, at the Centre for Materials Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.
E-mail: cvkulkarni@uclan.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1772 894339
Fax: +44 (0)1772 894981
Our research is mainly focused on nanostructured self-assemblies of lipids and their applications. Some of the forefront projects include developing hybrid/composite nanomaterials, nanostructured lipid formulations and model biomembrane systems. Some of the classical projects involve investigating the lipid phase behaviour, understanding foods and studying interaction of biomolecules with lipid nanostructures.
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 22
2015: Book edited by A. Iglic, C.V. Kulkarni and M. Rappolt, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-802878-0
Facile Preparation of Internally Self-assembled Lipid Particles Stabilized by Carbon Nanotubes
2015: Y.Patil-Sen, A. Sadeghpour, M. Rappolt and C.V. Kulkarni* Journal of Visualized Experiments, In Press.
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 21
2015: Book edited by A. Iglic, C.V. Kulkarni and M. Rappolt, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-802116-3
Wettability Studies of Topologically Distinct Titanium Surfaces
2015: Kulkarni, M*, Y. Patil-Sen, I. Junkar, C.V. Kulkarni, M. Lorenzetti and A.Iglič. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 129, 47-53.
Biomolecules Altering the Lipid Molecular Shape in Model Non-Lamellar Membranes
2015: Kulkarni,C.V*, Y. Patil-Sen, M.V. Kulkarni and A. Iglic. Biophys. J, 108 (2) Supplement 1 p544a.
Lipid-Hydrogel Films for Sustained Drug Release
2015: Kulkarni,C.V*, Z. Moinuddin, Y. Patil-Sen, R. Littlefield, and M. Hood. Int. J. Pharmaceutics, 479, 416-421.
Carbon Nanotubes for Stabilization of Nanostructured Lipid Particles
2015: Nicholas P. Gaunt, Yogita Patil-Sen, Matthew J. Baker, Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni* Nanoscale, 7, 1090-1095.
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 20
2014: Book edited by A. Iglic and C.V. Kulkarni, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-418698-9
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 19
2014: Book edited by A. Iglic and C.V. Kulkarni, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-418699-6
Preface. In Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes
2013: Iglic, A.and C.V.Kulkarni. Eds. Aleš, I.; Chandrashekhar, V. K., Academic Press; Volume 18, p xi.
Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Volume 18
2013: Book edited by A. Iglic and C.V. Kulkarni, Elsevier B.V., ISBN: 978-0-12-411515-6
Lipid Nanoscaffolds in Carbon Nanotube Arrays
2013: Paukner, C.P, Koziol, K.* and C.V. Kulkarni* Nanoscale, 5 (19): 8992-9000.
Pressure Effects on a Protein-Lipid Model Membrane
2013: Kulkarni, C.V.*, O. Ces, R. H. Templer and J. M. Seddon* Soft Matter, 9 (28), 6525 - 6531.
Lipid Nanobilayers to Host Biological Nanopores for DNA Translocations.
2013: K. Göpfrich, C.V. Kulkarni, O.J. Pambos and U.F. Keyser* Langmuir 29: 355-364.
Lipid Crystallization: From Self Assembly to Hierarchical and Biological Ordering.
2012: Kulkarni, C.V.* Nanoscale, 4, (19): 5779-5791.
Enhancing the hydrogen storage capacity of Pd-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
2012: Singh, P., M. V. Kulkarni, S. Gokhale, S. H. Chikkali and C. V. Kulkarni* App.Surf.Sci., 258 (8): 3405-3409.
Hierarchically Structured Lipid Systems.
2012: Kulkarni, C.V.* Encyclopaedia of Biophysics, A Long Entry, Ed. Gordon C. Roberts. Springer Varlag.
Hierarchically Organized Systems Based on Liquid Crystalline Phases.
2012: Kulkarni, C.V. and O. Glatter* Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures: Lyotropic Liquid Crystals,Chapter 6, Eds. N. Garti. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Monoolein: A Magic Lipid?
2011: Kulkarni, C.V.*, W. Wachter, G. R. Iglesias, S. Engelskirchen and S. Ahualli Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13 (8): 3004-3021.
Scattering methods applied to soft matter.
2011: Engelskirchen, S.* and C. V. Kulkarni Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13 (8): 3003-3003.
Immobilization of Nanostructured Lipid Particles in Polysaccharide Films.
2011: Kulkarni, C.V., M. Tomsic and O. Glatter* Langmuir, 27(15): 9541-9550.
Nanostructural Studies on Monoelaidin-Water Systems at Low Temperatures.
2011: Kulkarni, C.V.* Langmuir, 27(19):11790-800.
Engineering Bicontinuous Cubic Structures at the Nanoscale– the Role of Chain Splay.
2010: Kulkarni, C.V., T. Y. Tang, A. M. Seddon, J.M. Seddon, O. Ces, and R. H. Templer* Soft Matter, 6: 3191-3194.
Evidence That Membrane Curvature Distorts the Tertiary Structure of Bacteriorhodopsin.
2010: Kulkarni, C.V., A. M. Seddon, O. Ces, and R. H. Templer* Soft Matter, 6: 4339-4341.
Water-in-Oil Nanostructured Emulsions: Towards the Structural Hierarchy of Liquid Crystalline Materials.
2010: Kulkarni, C.V., R. Mezzenga, and O. Glatter* Soft Matter, 6: 5615-5624.
In Cubo Crystallization of Membrane Proteins.
2010: Kulkarni, C.V.* Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Vol.12, Chapter 9, 237-272, Ed. A. Iglic, Academic Press.
Studies on Shrikhand Rheology.
2006: Kulkarni, C., N. Belsare, and A. K. Lele* Journal of Food Engineering, 74(2): 169-177.
Rheology of Shrikhand.
2004: Kulkarni, C.V. and A. K. Lele* Proc. XIVth Int. Congr. on Rheology, Seoul, South Korea, 223, Preprint.
Synthesis of “Designer” Nanofillers with Tailored Surface Functionalities.
2004: Agrawal V., C. V. Kulkarni and K. Guruswamy* MACRO-2004, Int. Conf. on Polymers for Adv. Technologies. Thiruvananthapuram, India, Preprint.
Studies on the Microstructure and Rheology of Shrikhand.
2004: Belsare N., C. V. Kulkarni and A. K. Lele* MACRO-2004, Int. Conf. on Polymers for Adv. Technologies. Thiruvananthapuram, India, Preprint.
Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene-Siloxane Composites.
2004: Deshmukh Y., C. V. Kulkarni and K. Guruswamy* MACRO-2004, Int. Conf. on Polymers for Adv. Technologies. Thiruvananthapuram, India, Preprint.
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Dr. Kulkarni was awarded Bharat Gaurav (Pride of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence by India International Friendship Society for his contribution to the field on 9th January, 2014 in New Delhi, India.
Dr. Kulkarni was awarded Hind Ratan (Jewel of India) Award and Certificate of Excellence by NRI Welfare Society of India to for his research recognition on 25th January, 2014 in New Delhi, India.
Abraham Quarshie, MChem Research Student
Email: AQuarshire@uclan.ac.uk
James Page, MChem Research Student
Email: JPage1@uclan.ac.uk
Zeinab Moinuddin
Research Intern/Research Student
URIS-2014, URIS-2015
Email: ZMoinuddin@uclan.ac.uk
Malavika Arun
Research Student
from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala India
Room no. MB038
Email: MArun@uclan.ac.uk
Shravasti Misra
Project Student (Summer)
from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Email: smisra1@uclan.ac.uk
Yash Agarwal
Project Student (Summer)
from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Email: yagarwal@uclan.ac.uk
Sana Sayed
Graduate Researcher
Room no. JBF101
Email: SFSayed@uclan.ac.uk
Dr. Biraj Kumar Kakati
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow
from Imperial College London
Email: b.kakati@imperial.ac.uk
Amit Manthanwar
Visiting Researcher
from Imperial College London
Email: amit@imperial.ac.uk
Dr. Yogita Patil-Sen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: YPatil-sen@uclan.ac.ac.uk
Nicholas Gaunt
MSc (by Research Student)/Research Intern
Email: NPGaunt@uclan.ac.uk
Rowan Littlefield
Visiting Student from Stetson University, Florida, USA
Email: rmlittle@stetson.edu
Mukta Kulkarni
Visiting from Slovenia
PhD Student-University of Ljubljana
Email: Mukta.Kulkarni@fe.uni-lj.si
Amelia Smith
Bachelor Project Student
Email: AFSmith@uclan.ac.uk
Mitesh Hood
Visiting Researcher/Research Intern
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, UCLan
Email: MHood@uclan.ac.uk
Younes Turki
Visiting Researcher (with Dr. Tapas Sen)
Polytech Paris-UPMC, France
E-mail: turki@polytech.upmc.fr