PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (Selected Publications) Corresponding author(s) * D. Mukherji*, C. M. Marques*, and K. Kremer*, Smart responsive polymers: Fundamentals and design principles Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 11, 271 (2020). C. Chen, K. Wunderlich, D. Mukherji, K. Koynov, M. Raabe, M. Barz, G. Fytas, K. Kremer, D. Y. W. Ng*, and T. Weil*, Precision anisotropic brush polymers by sequence controlled chemistry Journal of the American Chemical Society xyz, xyz (2019). C. Ruscher, J. Rottler, C. Boott, M. MacLachlan, and D. Mukherji*, Elasticity and thermal transport of commodity plastics Physical Review Materials 3, 125604 (2019). D. Bruns, T. E. de Oliveira, J. Rottler, and D. Mukherji*, Tuning morphology and thermal transport of asymmetric smart polymer blends by macromolecular engineering Macromolecules 52, 5510 (2019). D. Mukherji*, M. D. Watson, S. Morsbach, M. Schmutz, M. Wagner, C. M. Marques, and K. Kremer, Soft and smart: Co-nonsolvency-based design of multiresponsive copolymers Macromolecules 52, 3471 (2019). J. Zhang, D. Mukherji, K. Kremer*, and K. C. Daoulas*, Studying polymer solutions with particle-based models linked to classical density functionals: co-non-solvency Soft Matter 14, 9282 (2018). A. Asadujjaman*, T. E. de Oliveira, D. Mukherji*, and A. Bertin*, Polyacrylamide "revisited": UCST-type reversible thermoresponsive properties in aqueous alcoholic solution Soft Matter 14, 1336 (2018). D. Mukherji*, C. M. Marques, and K. Kremer, Collapse in two good solvents, swelling in two poor solvents: defying the laws of polymer solubility? Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 024002 (2018). (An invited contribution for the proceeding of 10th Liquid Matter Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia 2017.) D. Mukherji*, C. M. Marques, T. Stuehn, and K. Kremer*, Depleted depletion drives polymer swelling in poor solvent mixtures Nature Communications 8, 1374 (2017). See also research highlights in MPI-P and CNRS (in French). Our colleague Prof. Carlos Marques was interviewed by the PR department of the University of Strasbourg, see the link at UNISTRA (in French). D. Mukherji*, M. Wagner, M. D. Watson, S. Winzen, T. E. de Oliveira, C. M. Marques*, and K. Kremer*, Reply to comment on "Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol" Soft Matter 13, 7701 (2017). (This work is a reply to the comments on our work published in Soft Matter 12, 7995 (2016). I would also like to call attention to the first paragraph of our reply, which summarizes the complete picture of the ``scientific" content in this comment.) S. Backes, P. Krause, W. Tabaka, M. U. Witt, D. Mukherji, K. Kremer, and R. von Klitzing*, Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels under alcoholic intoxication: When a LCST polymer shows swelling with increasing temperature ACS Macro Letters 6, 1042 (2017). C. C. De Silva, P. Leophairatana, T. Ohkuma, J. T. Koberstein, K. Kremer, and D. Mukherji*, Sequence transferable coarse-grained model of amphiphilic copolymers The Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 064904 (2017). D. Mukherji* and K. Kremer*, How does a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) trigger phase separation in aqueous alcohol? Polymer Science Series C 59, 119 (2017). (An invited contribution for the conference proceeding of the 11th International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes in Moscow, Russia 2016.) A. Riegger, C. Chen, O. Zirafi, N. Daiss, D. Mukherji, K. Walter, Y. Tokura, B. Stoeckle, K. Kremer, F. Kirchhoff, D. Y. W. Ng, P. C. Hermann, J. Münch, and T. Weil*, Synthesis of peptide-functionalized poly(bis-sulfone) copolymers regulating HIV-1 and cancer stem cell migration ACS Macro Letters 6, 241 (2017). D. Mukherji*, M. Wagner, M. D. Watson, S. Winzen, T. E. de Oliveira, C. M. Marques*, and K. Kremer*, Reply to comment on "Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol" Soft Matter 13, 2292 (2017). (This work is a reply to the comments on our work published in Soft Matter 12, 7995 (2016).) T. E. de Oliveira, D. Mukherji*, K. Kremer, and P. A. Netz*, Effects of stereochemistry and copolymerization on the LCST of PNIPAm The Journal of Chemical Physics 146, 034904 (2017). D. Mukherji*, M. Wagner, M. D. Watson, S. Winzen, T. E. de Oliveira, C. M. Marques, and K. Kremer*, Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol Soft Matter 12, 7995 (2016). J. Zhang, D. Mukherji, and K. C. Daoulas*, Studying PMMA films on silica surfaces with generic microscopic and mesoscale models European Physical Journal Special Topics 225, 1423 (2016). (A contribution to the special issue dedicated to Prof. Kurt Kremer on the occasion of his 60th birthday.) T. E. de Oliveira, P. A. Netz, K. Kremer, C. Junghans*, and D. Mukherji*, C-IBI: Targeting cumulative coordination within an iterative protocol to derive coarse-grained models of (multi-component) complex fluids The Journal of Chemical Physics 144, 174106 (2016). T. E. de Oliveira, P. A. Netz, D. Mukherji*, and K. Kremer*, Why does high pressure destroy co-non-solvency of PNIPAm in aqueous methanol? Soft Matter 11, 8599 (2015). D. Mukherji*, C. M. Marques, T. Stuehn, and K. Kremer*, Co-non-solvency: Mean-field polymer theory does not describe polymer collapse transition in a mixture of two competing good solvents The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 114903 (2015). D. Mukherji, C. M. Marques, and K. Kremer*, Polymer collapse in miscible good solvents is a generic phenomenon driven by preferential adsorption Nature Communications 5, 4882 (2014). See also research highlights in MPI-P and CNRS (in French). D. Mukherji* and K. Kremer*, Coil-globule-coil transition of PNIPAm in aqueous methanol: Coupling all-atom simulations to semi-grand canonical coarse-grained reservoir Macromolecules 46, 9158 (2013). D. Mukherji* and K. Kremer*, "Effective" open boundary molecular dynamics for biologically relevant aqueous mixtures The NIC series, Hybrid Particle-Continuum Methods in Computational Materials Physics, edited by M. H. Müser, G. Sutmann, and R. G. Winkler (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute for Advanced Simulation), vol. 46 pp. 111 - 125 ISBN: 978-3-89336-849-5 (2013). D. Mukherji, N. F. A. van der Vegt, and K. Kremer*, Preferential solvation of triglycine in aqueous urea: An open boundary simulation approach Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 8, 3536 (2012). A. De Virgiliis, L. Kuban, J. Paturej, and D. Mukherji*, Unexpected crossover dynamics of single polymer in a corrugated tube The Journal of Chemical Physics 137, 114902 (2012). P. Ganguly, D. Mukherji, C. Junghans, and N. F. A. van der Vegt*, Kirkwood-Buff coarse-grained force fields for aqueous solutions Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 8, 1802 (2012). D. Mukherji, N. F. A. van der Vegt, K. Kremer, and L. Delle Site*, Kirkwood-Buff analysis of liquid mixtures in an open boundary simulation Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (Letter) 8, 375 (2012). D. Mukherji* and M. H. Müser, Statics and dynamics of single polymers confined between two corrugated walls Proceedings of SAIP2011, the 56th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, edited by I. Basson and A. E. Botha (University of South Africa, Pretoria), pp. 225 - 231 ISBN: 978-1-86888-688-3 (2011). D. Mukherji* and C. F. Abrams, "Slip-stick" fracture and toughness enhancement in thermoset/thermoplastic polymer alloys under shear Europhysics Letters 90, 26003 (2010). D. Mukherji* and C. F. Abrams, Anomalous ductility in thermoset/thermoplastic polymer alloys: An explanation based on overlap concentration and cavity growth Europhysics Letters 88, 56001 (2009). D. Mukherji* and C. F. Abrams, Mechanical behavior of highly cross-linked polymer networks and its links to microscopic structure Physical Review E 79, 061802 (2009). Selected for the virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: Fundamental Polymer Statics/Dynamics, Vol. 17 Issue 12, 2009. D. Mukherji* and C. F. Abrams*, Anomalous ductility in thermoset/thermoplastic polymer alloys Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11, 2113 (2009). (Invited contribution for the PCCP special issue on coarse-grained modeling.) D. Mukherji* and C. F. Abrams, Microvoid formation and strain hardening in highly cross-linked polymer networks Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 78, 050801 (2008). Selected for the virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: Fundamental Polymer Statics/Dynamics, Vol. 16 Issue 10, 2008. D. Mukherji, G. Bartels, and M. H. Müser*, Scaling laws of single polymer dynamics near attractive surfaces Physical Review Letters 100, 068301 (2008). Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: Fundamental Polymer Statics/Dynamics, Vol. 15 Issue 4, 2008. D. Mukherji* and M. H. Müser*, Glassy dynamics, aging in mobility, and structural relaxation of strongly adsorbed polymer films: Corrugation or confinement? Macromolecules 40, 1754 (2007). D. Mukherji and M. H. Müser*, Possible explanation of the Λ-shape anomaly in polymer surface diffusion Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 74, 010601 (2006). THESIS D. Mukherji, Molecular dynamics studies of the diffusion of adsorbed and confined polymer films Ph.D. thesis, University of western Ontario, Department of Physics and Astronomy, AS42.L831 2007.M845 (2007). D. Mukherji, Study of Giant and Colossal Magneto-resistance in doped $La_{1-x}Ca_xMn{O_3}$ thin films M.Sc. thesis, Banaras Hindu University, Department of Physics (2001).