University of Southern California Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science The USC Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering USC
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Malancha Gupta


Assistant Professor
 


Research Topics
  • Functional Polymer Films and Coatings
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Surface Modification and Patterning
  • Biologically-Inspired Nanomaterials, Composites, and Hydrogels
  • Low-Cost Microfluidic Devices  

Research Overview
Contact Information

Web Site: 
http://chems.usc.edu/gupta/
E-mail:                       
malanchg@usc.edu
Mailing Address:      
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Southern California
925 Bloom Walk, HED 216
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211
Office Location:       
 HED 208
Office Phone:
(213) 740-2067          
Fax:                         
(213) 740-8053


Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union, 2002
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Harvard University, 2007-2009

 

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Selected Publications

(1) “Shaped Films of Ionotropic Hydrogels Fabricated Using Templates of Patterned Paper”, P.J. Bracher, M. Gupta, G.M. Whitesides, Advanced Materials, 2009, 21, 445.

 

(2) “FLASH: A Rapid Method for Prototyping Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices”,  A.W. Martinez, S.T. Phillips, B.J. Wiley, M. Gupta, G.M. Whitesides, Lab on a Chip, 2008, 8, 2146.

 

(3) “Egg Beater as Centrifuge: Isolating Human Plasma from Whole Blood in Resource-poor Settings”,  A.P. Wong, M. Gupta, S.S. Shevkoplyas, G.M. Whitesides, Lab on a Chip, 2008, 8, 2032.

 

(4) “Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) of Conformal Polymeric Nanocoatings for the Surface Modification of High-Aspect-Ratio Pores”, M. Gupta, V. Kapur, N.M. Pinkerton, K.K. Gleason, Chemistry of Materials, 2008, 20, 1646.

 

(5) “Decorated Electrospun Fibers Exhibiting Superhydrophobicity”, M. Ma, M. Gupta, Z. Li, L. Zhai, K.K. Gleason, R.E. Cohen, M.F. Rubner, G.C. Rutledge, Advanced Materials, 2007, 19, 255.

 

(6) “Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Poly(Furfuryl Methacrylate)”, G. Chen, M. Gupta, K. Chan, K.K. Gleason, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2007, 28, 2205.

 

(7) “Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) of Polymeric Nanocoatings”,  T.P. Martin, K.K.S. Lau, K. Chan, Y. Mao, M. Gupta, W.S. O’Shaughnessy, K.K. Gleason, Surface & Coatings Technology, 2007, 201, 9400.

 

(8) “Mechanistic Study of the Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) of Poly(1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorodecyl Acrylate) (PPFDA) Thin Films”, M. Gupta, K.K. Gleason, Langmuir, 2006, 22, 10047.

 

(9) “Large Scale Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) Thin Films”, M. Gupta, K.K. Gleason, Thin Solid Films, 2006, 515, 1579.

 

(10) “Superhydrophobic Fabrics Produced by Electrospinning and Chemical Vapor Deposition”, M. Ma, Y. Mao,M. Gupta , K.K. Gleason, G.C. Rutledge, Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 9742.