Dr. Nafisa Begam

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsBiophysics,Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
KeywordsPhase behavior of protein solution, Arrested Dynamics, Glass line, Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Liquid-liquid phase separation
Honours and awards

2019: Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Researchers

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityBengaluru
InstitutionIndian Institute of Science (IISC)
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank SchreiberFakultät für Physik, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Bereich Röntgen- und Neutronenstreung, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank SchreiberInstitut für Angewandte Physik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2019

Program(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2022Sonja Timmermann, Vladimir Starostin, Anita Girelli, Anastasia Ragulskaya, Hendrik Rahmann, Mario Reiser, Nafisa Begam, Lisa Randolph, Michael Sprung, Fabian Westermeier, Fajun Zhang, Frank Schreiber, and Christian Gutt.: Automated matching of two-time X-ray photon correlation maps from protein dynamics with Cahn-Hilliard type simulations using autoencoder networks. In: J. Appl. Cryst., 55, 2022,
2022Anastasia Ragulskaya, Vladimir Starostin, Nafisa Begam, Anita Girelli, Hendrik Rahmann, Mario Reiser, Fabian Westermeier, Michael Sprung, Fajun Zhang, Christian Gutt, and Frank Schreiber: Reverse-engineering method for XPCS studies of non-equilibrium dynamics. In: IUCrJ, 9, 2022,
2021Anastasia Ragulskaya, Nafisa Begam, Anita Girelli, Hendrik Rahmann, Mario Reiser, Fabian Westermeier, Michael Sprung, Fajun Zhang, Christian Gutt, Frank Schreiber: Interplay between Kinetics and Dynamics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in a Protein Solution Revealed by Coherent X-ray Spectroscopy. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12, 2021,
2021Nafisa Begam, Anastasia Ragulskaya, Anita Girelli, Hendrik Rahmann, Sivasurender Chandran, Fabian Westermeier, Mario Reiser, Michael Sprung, Fajun Zhang, Christian Gutt, and Frank Schreiber: Kinetics of network formation and heterogeneous dynamics of an egg-white gel revealed by coherent X-ray scattering. In: Physical Review Letters, 126, 2021,
2021Anita Girelli, Hendrik Rahmann, Nafisa Begam, Anastasia Ragulskaya, Mario Reiser, Sivasurender Chandran, Fabian Westermeier, Michael Sprung, Fajun Zhang, Christian Gutt, Frank Schreiber: Microscopic Dynamics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Domain Coarsening in a Protein Solution Revealed by X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy. In: Physical Review Letters, 126, 2021,
2020Aparna Swain, Nafisa Begam, Sivasurender Chandran, M S Bobji, J K Basu: Engineering interfacial entropic effects to generate giant viscosity changes in nanoparticle embedded polymer thin films,. In: Soft Matter, 16, 2020,
2020Stefano Da Vela, Nafisa Begam, Danylo Dyachok, Richard Santiago Schäufele, Olga Matsarskaia, Michal K Braun, Anita Girelli, Anastasia Ragulskaya, Alessandro Mariani, Fajun Zhang, Frank Schreiber: Interplay between Glass Formation and Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Revealed by the Scattering Invariant,. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11, 2020,
2020Nafisa Begam, Stefano Da Vela, Olga Matsarskaia, Michal K Braun, Alessandro Mariani, Fajun Zhang, Frank Schreiber: Packing and dynamics of a protein solution approaching the jammed state. In: Soft Matter, 16, 2020,
2020Nimmi Das A, Aparna Swain, Nafisa Begam, A Bhattacharyya, J K Basu: Temperature-Driven Grafted Nanoparticle Penetration into Polymer Melt: Role of Enthalpic and Entropic Interactions,. In: Macromolecules, 53, 2020,
2020Nafisa Begam and Olga Matsarskaia, Michael Sztucki, Fajun Zhang, Frank Schreiber: Unification of Lower and Upper Critical Solution Temperature Phase Behavior of Globular Protein Solutions in the Presence of Multivalent Cations. In: Soft Matter, 16, 2020,
2019Nimmi Das A, Nafisa Begam, Mohd Ibrahim, Sivasurender Chandran, Venkat Padmanabhan, Michael Sprung, J K Basu: Viscosity and fragility of confined polymer nanocomposites: a tale of two interfaces. In: Nanoscale, 11, 2019,
2018Mohd Ibrahim, Nafisa Begam, Venkat Padmanabhan, J K Basu: Correlation between grafted nanoparticle-matrix polymer interface wettability and slip in polymer nanocomposites. In: Soft Matter, 14, 2018,
2018Nafisa Begam, Nimmi Das A, Sivasurender Chandran, Mohd Ibrahim, Venkat Padmanabhan, Michael Sprung, J K Basu: Nanoparticle–polymer interfacial layer properties tune fragility and dynamic heterogeneity of athermal polymer nanocomposite films. In: Soft Matter, 14, 2018,
2016Sivasurender Chandran, Nafisa Begam, M Sprung, J K Basu: Coherent X-ray scattering reveals nature of dynamical transitions in nanoparticle–polymer suspensions. In: Polymer, 105, 2016,
2015Nafisa Begam, Sivsurender Chandran, M. Sprung, and J. K. Basu: Anomalous Viscosity Reduction and Hydrodynamic Interactions of Polymeric Nanocolloids in Polymers. In: Macromolecules, 48, 2015,
2015Nafisa Begam, Sivsurender Chandran, Nupur Biswas, and J. K. Basu: Kinetics of dispersion of nanoparticles in thin polymer films at high temperature. In: Soft Matter, 11, 2015,
2015Rupak Bhattacharya, Chaitanya Indukuri, Nafisa Begam, O.H. Seeck, J. K. Basu: Plasmonic Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Enhanced Detection Sensitivity of Biolabeling Fluorophores. In: Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 2015,
2014Sivasurender Chandran, Nafisa Begam, V. Padmanabhan, J. K. Basu: Confinement enhances dispersion in nanoparticle-polymer blend films. In: Nature Communications, 5, 2014,
2014Sivasurender Chandran, Nafisa Begam, J. K. Basu: Dispersion of polymer grafted nanoparticles in polymer nanocomposite films: Insights from surface x-ray scattering and microscopy. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 116, 2014,
2014Goutam Prasanna Kar, Nafisa Begam, J. K. Basu, and Suryasarathi Bose: Thermally induced demixing in an LCST mixture in presence of densely grafted nanoparticles: tuning the graft chain length to induce thermodynamic miscibility. In: Macromolecules, 47, 2014,