Prathima Nalam
PhD
Research Topics
Tribology; soft mechanics; surface and interfacial forces; atomic force microscopy
Refereed Contributions
- Harnessing dried mycelium membranes for rapid and efficient lead cleanup in soils Mruganka Sandip Parasnis, Anna Paltseva, Katarzyna Kordas, Olga Wodo, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Alexandra Judelsohn, Prathima C. Nalam. Chemosphere 2025, Vol. 387, 144676
- High-Performance Ti3C2Tx-MXene/Mycelium Hybrid Membrane for Efficient Lead Remediation: Design and Mechanistic Insights. Mruganka Sandip Parasnis, Yu Fu, Erda Deng, Anthony Butler, Chu Te Chen, Ruveen Dias, Haiqing Lin, Fei Yao, Prathima C Nalam. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2025, 17(5), 7838-7848.
- Heavy Metal Remediation by Dry Mycelium Membranes: Approaches to Sustainable Lead Remediation in Water. Mruganka Sandip Parasnis, Erda Deng, Mengqi Yuan, Haiqing Lin, Katarzyna Kordas, Anna Paltseva, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Alexandra Judelsohn, and Prathima C. Nalam. Langmuir 2024, 40, 12, 6317–6329.
- Gradient porous structures of mycelium: a quantitative structure–mechanical property analysis. Eric Olivero, Elzbieta Gawronska, Praveena Manimuda, Devyani Jivani, Faemia Zullfikar Chaggan, Zachary Corey, Thaicia Stona de Almeida, Jessica Kaplan-Bie, Gavin McIntyre, Olga Wodo, Prathima C Nalam. Scientific Reports, 2023 13 (1), 19285.
- Adsorption Behavior of Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Hydrophobic Surface: A Combined Molecular Characterization and Simulation Study. Tashfia M Mohona, Zhijiang Ye, Ning Dai, Prathima C Nalam. Water Research, 2023 Vol. 239 120074.
- Surface Modifications of High-Performance Polymers Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) to Improve Its Biological Performance in Dentistry. Bidhari Pidhatika, Vania Tanda Widyaya, Prathima C. Nalam, Yogi Angga Swasono, Retno Ardhani. Polymers, 2022 14(24), 5526.
- Nanoscale Friction Characteristics of Layered-Structure Materials in Dry and Wet Environments. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani*, Prathima Nalam, and Kyriakos Komvopoulos. Front. Mech. Eng., 2022 Vol 8, 965877.
- Load-dependent Friction Hysteresis for Graphitic Surfaces in n-hexadecane. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani*, Ashutosh Pitkar, Zhijiang Ye, Prathima C Nalam. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022 9(30), 2201249.
- Comparative Degradation Kinetics Study of Polyamide Thin Films in Aqueous Solutions of Chlorine and Peracetic Acid Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Tashfia M Mohona*, Ning Dai, Prathima C Nalam. Langmuir, 2021 37 (48), 14214-14227.
- Effect of structural transitions of n-hexadecane in nanoscale confinement on atomic friction. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani*, Nethmi De Alwis, Zhijiang Ye, Prathima C. Nalam. Carbon, 2021 183, 428-437.
- Effects of Nanoscale Roughness on the Lubrication Behavior of an Ionic Liquid. Prathima C. Nalam, Alexis Sheehan, Mengwei Han, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2020 7 (17), 2000314.
- Prediction of Nanoscale Friction for Two-Dimensional Materials Using a Machine Learning Approach. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani*, Zhijiang Ye, Kristofer G. Reyes, Prathima C. Nalam. Tribology Letters 2020 68, 57.
- Data-driven visualization schema of a materials informatics curriculum: Convergence of materials science and information science. Erik Einarsson, Olga Wodo, Prathima C. Nalam, Scott R. Broderick, Kristofer G. Reyes, E. Bruce Pitman, and Krishna Rajan. MRS Advances, 2020 5, 293-303.
- Correlation between the adsorption and the nanotribological performance of fatty acid based organic friction modifiers on stainless steel. Zita Zachariah, Prathima C. Nalam, Amogha Ravindra, Archana Raju, Anupama Mohanlal, Kaiyu Wang, R. Veronica Castillo, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Tribology Letters, 2020, 68, 11.