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Cain Department of Chemical Engineering | Louisiana State University

Who we are and what we do: Experimental explorers of interfaces

Welcome to the Bharti Research Group at Louisiana State University. We are a team of experimentalists investigating how molecular and colloidal interfaces govern the behavior of materials across length and time scales, often under non-equilibrium conditions. Our research combines precision experiments, advanced imaging and spectroscopy, and modeling to develop a fundamental understanding of interfacial interactions, transport, and dynamics. We use this understanding to engineer materials and processes for advanced manufacturing, directed assembly, selective separations, and microscale manipulation. Supported by the NSF, U.S. DOE, and NASA, our work spans questions ranging from field-driven organization of matter and critical-material recovery to environmental challenges involving microplastics, oil spills, and other emerging contaminants. Through our collaborations with researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), and other institutions, we connect fundamental interfacial science with challenges in materials manufacturing, resource recovery, and environmental resilience. We provide a collaborative atmosphere for postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate researchers interested in understanding fundamental mechanisms and using them to create new ways of controlling and processing matter.