Simmons College

Education

Postdoctoral research: "Adhesion and Friction Properties of 30 nm Gold Nanoparticles (GNPs)"
UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854

Research Scientist - Postdoctoral research: "Thermodynamics and Phase transition study of
Liquid Crystals (LCs), Denaturing Kinetics of Proteins, and Induced Thermal Dynamics of
Glassy Aerogels" WPI, Worcester, MA 01610

Doctor of Philosophy: "Electrical, Thermal and Dielectrical Properties of Ag Doped Ion
Conducting Chalcogenide Glasses and Amorphous Thin Films" Physics, Harcourt Butler
Institute of Technology (HBTI), INDIA

Academic Honors and Awards

Journal reviewership from various reputed scientific Journals
PhD thesis reviewership from various universities
NSF CAREER Postdoctoral Fellowship (UML)
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (WPI)
Institute Graduate Research Fellowship (HBTI)
Topped with the highest score in Masters
Obtained 5th position in the University in M.S. among 800 students
Membership of Sigma Xi by nomination
Membership of APS, ACS, BPS, ANS and NATAS
Editor in Chief Position in Research Signpost, a leader in Research Publishing book publishing

Research Interests

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Physics & Chemistry of Materials, Nanoscale science
and Material Science: Order-disorder Phenomena of Liquid Crystals; Phase Transition kinetics
of Liquid Crystals; Thermodynamics of glasses, aerogels, and proteins; Adhesion and Friction
properties of gold nanoparticles; Calorimetry, AFM, SEM, Thin Film Deposition. Teaching and
Learning Methods

Professional Membership

New England Complex Fluid Society (NECF), American Physical Society (APS), Bio-Physical
Society (BPS), International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS), Sigma Xi , American Chemical
Society (ACS), Science (AAAS), Nature, AWIS (Association of Women in Science), Society of
Adhesion, NATAS (North American Thermal Analysis Society), ANS (American Nano Society)

Professional Journal Reviewer

Philosophical Magazine, Philophical Magazine Letters, J. Physical Chemistry, Phase Transitions,
European Physical Journal - Applied Physics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, J. Thermal
Analysis and Calorimetry, J. Modern Optics, Materials Chemistry and Physics, J. Physics and
Chemistry of Solids, J. Materials Science, Vacuum, Solid State Sciences, J. Critical Reviews
in Solid State and Materials Sciences, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, J. Applied Physics, Applied
Physics Letters

Professional PhD Thesis Reviewer:

UP Technical University and HBTI, INDIA

Professional Editor in Chief:

Review research articles and book titles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry in
Research Signpost, Leader in Research Publishing and Journals, Reviews, and eBooks

Publications List:

1. Transient photoconductivity in amorphous thin films of Se75 Te20 Ag5. D. Sharma, R.K. Shukla and A. Kumar Thin Solid Films 357 (1999) 214-217

2. Effect of Ag addition on glass transition and crystallization in Se80 Te20 glass. D. Sharma, R.K. Shukla, A. Singh, A. K. Nagpal and A. Kumar Adv. Mater. Opt. Electron. 10 (2000) 251-259

3. Dielectric Relaxation in glassy Se75 Te20 Ag5. D. Sharma, S.K. Dwivedi, R.K. Shukla and A. Kumar
Materials and Manufacturing Process 18 (2003) 93-104

4. Thermodynamics of Activated Phase Transitions of 8CB: DSC and MC Calorimetry D. Sharma, J. C. Macdonald and G. S. Iannacchione J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 33 (2006) 16679-16684

5. Role of Aerosil Dispersion on Activated Kinetics of LC1-xSilxSystem D. Sharma, J. C. Macdonald and G. S. Iannacchione J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 51 (2006) 26160-26169

6. Induced thermal dynamics in the melt of glycerol and aerosil dispersions Dipti Sharma and Germano S. Iannacchione, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 9 (2007) 094503

7. Effect of Ag additive on the photoelectric and dielectric properties of Se—Te N. Mehta, D. Sharma, A. Kumar
Physica B 391 (2007) 108—112

8. Kinetics of Induced Crystallization of LC(1-x)Sil(x) System D. Sharma and G. S. Iannacchione
J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 8 (2007) 1916-1922

9. Kinetics of nanocolloids in the aligned domain of octylcyanobiphenyl and aerosil dispersion D. Sharma
Liquid Crystals 35, 10 (2008) 1215-1224

10. Calorimetric Study of Activated Kinetics of the Nematic and Smectic Phase Transitions in an Aligned Nano-Colloidal Liquid Crystal +Aerosil Gel D. Sharma Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 93, 3 (2008) 899—906

11. Effect of Alignment on Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transition of Bulk Octylcyanobiphenyl: Possible Solution of Liquid Crystal Display Drawback Dipti Sharma Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009) 134103

12. Adhesion and Friction of Multi-Asperity Contacts M. Ruths, D. Sharma and Y. Yang Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, NSF CMMI Conference, June 22-25, 2009, NSF GRANT # 0645065

13. A Comparative Kinetic Investigation for the Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transition of the n — cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal D. Sharma Proceedings of the NATAS Conference held on Sept 2009 in TX

14. A Non-isothermal Kinetics of Melting and Nematic and Isotropic Phase Transitions of 4-Pentyl-4-cyanophenyl
D. Sharma, J Thermal Analysis of Calorimetry, 102 (2010) 627—632

15. Friction of Nanoparticle-Covered Surfaces Sharma, D., Yang, Y., and Ruths, M. Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC2010, October 17-20, 2010, San Francisco, CA

16. Non-Isothermal Kinetics of the Crystalline to Smectic A Transition of the Aligned Octylcyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal D. Sharma Proceedings of the NATAS 38th Annual Conference held on August 15 — 18, 2010, Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania

17. Adhesion and Friction of Multi-Asperity Contacts II M. Ruths, D. Sharma and Y. Yang Proceedings of 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, NSF GRANT # 0645065, 2011

18. Non — Isothermal Unfolding Kinetics of Egg White Protein D. Sharma Proceedings of the NATAS 39th Annual Conference, 2011

19. A Non-Isothermal Activated Kinetics of K-SmA Transition of the Aligned Octylcyanobiphenyl D. Sharma
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1360-9 J Thermal Analysis of Calorimetry, 109, (2012) 331-335

20. Non — Isothermal Unfolding/Denaturing Kinetics of Egg White Protein D. Sharma DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2225-6 J Thermal Analysis of Calorimetry, 109 (3), (2012) 1139-1143

21. Effect of Alignment on Smectic A to Nematic Phase Transition of the Aligned Octylcyanobiphenyl Nano-Liquid Crystal D. Sharma Proceedings of the NATAS 40th Annual Conference, 2012 Aug 12-15, Orlando, Florida

22. High-Quality Smectic A to Nematic Phase Transition of the magnetized Octylcyanobiphenyl Nano-liquid Crystal D. Sharma J. Applied Physics (2012) Under Review

23.Time Dependent Adsorption of Gold Nanoparticles on Thiol and ATP mono-layered Surface
D. Sharma and M. Ruths In preparation (2013)

24. Adhesion and Friction Properties of Gold Nanoparticles on ATP Monolayer Studied by AFM
D. Sharma and M. Ruths, In preparation (2013)

25. Adhesion and Friction of GNPs on Mono and Dithiol SAMs D. Sharma and M. Ruths, J. Colloid and Interface, In preparation (2013)

26. Modulation Calorimetry of Membrane Protein Folding: Rate Effects D. Sharma and G. S. Iannacchione, In Preparation (2014)

27.Dielectric heating calorimetry study of quenched random disorder effects on liquid crystal phase transitions
In Preparation, Physical Review E (2014)

Recent Presentations and Abstracts

Effect of Alignment on Nematic to Isotropic Phase transition of 8CB
D. Sharma,
APS March Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 15-19, 2010

Smectic A to Nematic Phase Transition of the Aligned Octylcyanobiphenyl Could Bring Faster Response in Smectic Liquid Crystal Devices
D. Sharma,
42 NECF meeting, Yale University, CT, March 5, 2010

Activated Kinetics of the Melting or Crystallization Transition of the Octylcyanobiphenyl under the Effect of Magnetic Field
D. Sharma
Proceeding of Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Conference, April 17, 2010 at New Haven, CT

Friction of Nanoparticle-Covered Surfaces
Sharma, D., Yang, Y., and Ruths, M.

Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference,
IJTC2010, October 17-20, 2010, San Francisco, CA

Non — Isothermal Unfolding Kinetics of Egg White Protein
D. Sharma
Proceedings of the NATAS 39th Annual Conference, 2011

Adhesion and Friction of Multi-Asperity Contacts
M. Ruths, D. Sharma and Y. Yang

Proceedings of 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
NSF GRANT # 0645065, 201

Teaching Physics Effectively to Undergraduates using Online Tools
D. Sharma
Foundation of Online Teaching with Online Tools, July 28, 2011; MassArts, Boston, MA

Principles of Online Teaching
D. Sharma
TLC Seminar; Oct 28, 2011, MCPHS, Boston, MA

Effect of Alignment on smectic A to nematic phase transition of the aligned octylcyanobiphenyl nano-liquid crystal
D. Sharma
50th NECF meeting, Yale University, CT, March 16, 2012

Activated Kinetics of Aligned Smectic A to Nematic Phase Transitions of Aligned 8CB Nano-Liquid Crystals

D. Sharma
NATAS 40th Annual Conference, Aug 2012

Effectiveness of a Lacrosse Helmet
D. Sharma, T. Post, C. Lefebvre, N. Farrar, K. Farah
53rd NECF meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Nov 30, 2012

The Physics behind a Horse Jumping
D. Sharma, A. Scrutchfield, J.Reich, A. Berking, K. Farah
53rd NECF meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Nov 30, 2012

Newtonian Box Jumps
D. Sharma, N. Carroll & M. Michel, K. Farah
53rd NECF meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Nov 30, 2012