Recent Publications of Dr. Kalpana S. Katti group

Publications: 140  peer reviewed publications

 

Books and Book Chapters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal Papers

 

  1. R. Nahire, M. Haldar, S. Paul, A. Mergoum, A. Ambre, K. Katti, K. Gange, D. K. Srivastava, K. Sarkar, S. Mallik, Polymer Coated Echogenic Lipid Nanoparticles with Dual Release Triggers, (2013), to appear in Biomacromolecules

 

  1. A. H. Ambre, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Nanoclays Mediate Stem Cell Differentiation and Mineralized ECM Formation on Biopolymer Scaffolds (2013)  to appear in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A.

  2. C. Gu, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2013) Photoacoustic FTIR spectroscopic study of undisturbed human cortical bone, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 103, 25-37.

 

  1. R. Khanna, D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2012) In Situ Mechanical Response Of Human Osteoblasts On Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, to appear in CMES- Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

  2. S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, D. R.  Katti, Dinesh, (2012), "Structural Hierarchy Controls Deformation Behavior of Collagen" Biomacromolecules, 13 (8), pp 2562–2569

 

  1. S.M.  Pradhan, K. S. Katti and D. R.  Katti (2012), A Multiscale Model of Collagen Fibril In Bone: Elastic Response, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics posted ahead of print July 30, 2012. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000482

  2. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Muniyamuthu and C. Gu (2012) Role of Polymer Interactions with Clays and Modifiers on Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2012, Article ID 341056, 15 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/341056.

  3. P. Daniel.  Russakow, R.Nahire, T.Nandy, A. H. Ambre, K. S. Katti, Sanku Mallik, K. Sarkar (2012) In vitro measurement of attenuation and nonlinear scattering from echogenic liposomes, Ultrasonics 52(7), 962-969.  

  4. K. Alstadt, Kalpana S. Katti and Dinesh R. Katti,(2012) An Insitu FTIR Step Scan Photoacoustic Investigation of Kerogen and Minerals in Oil Shale,  Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 8, 105-113

 

  1. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2012), Experiments in Nanomechanical Properties of Live Osteoblast Cells and Cell-Biomaterial Interface, ASME Journal  of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, 2011, Vol. 2, 041005-5

 

  1. P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2012) An Insight Into Role Of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions On Permeability And Consolidation Behavior Of Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clay ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138 (2), 138-146.

 

  1. S. Pramanik, R. Khanna, K. Katti, J. McEnvoy, E. Khan,  (2011)Effects of Entrapment on Nucleic Acid Content, Cell Morphology, Cell Surface Property and Stress of Pure Cultures Commonly Found in Biological Wastewater Treatment, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 92 ( 2 ) 407-418.

 

  1. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2011) In situ Mineralized Hydroxyapatite with Amino Acid  Modified Nanoclays as Novel Bone Biomaterials Materials Science and Engineering C 31(5) 1017-1029.

 

  1. S. M Pradhan, D. R Katti, K. S Katti, (2011) Steered Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical Response of Full Length and Short Collagen Molecules, ASCE Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics. 1, 104-110.

 

  1. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2011) Bone Nodules on Chitosan-Polygalacturonic Acid-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposite Films Mimic Hierarchy of Natural Bone, ActaBiomaterialia, 7 (2011) 1173–1183.

 

  1. A. H. Ambre, K.S. Katti, D. R Katti, (2010) Nanoclay Based Composite Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Engineering Applications, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology for Engineering and Medicine. 1, 031013.

 

  1. D. R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, K. S. Katti, (2010) Directional Dependence of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Interactions on Mechanics of Collagen, Journal of Biomechanics, 43, 1723-1730.

 

  1. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2010) In situ Degradation of Chitosan-Polygalacturonic acid/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites in Cell Culture Media, International Journal of Polymer Science, 2010, 175264, 12pages

 

  1. D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik (2010) Tailoring Crystallinity and Nanomechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, International Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 8(6), 561-584.

  2. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2010) Osteoblast Adhesion Proliferation and Growth on Polyelectrolyte-Complex-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368, 2083–2097

 

  1. K. S. Katti, A. Ambre, N. Peterka and D. R. Katti (2010) Use of unnatural amino acids for design of novel organomodified clays as components of nanocomposite biomaterials, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368, 1963–1980

  2. P. M. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti,  D. R. Katti, (2009), Nature of Organic Fluid-Montmorillonite Interactions: An FTIR Spectroscopic Study, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science. 337, Pages 97-105

 

  1. D. Verma, K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2009), Polyelectrolyte-Complex Nanostructured Fibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering C. 29, 2079–2084.

 

  1. D. R. Katti, P. Amarasinghe, K. S. Katti, M. Matar, (2009), Multiscale Modeling of Swelling Clays: A Computational and Experimental Approach, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering,  13(4), 243-255

 

  1. R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Molecular interactions of degradable and non-degradable polymers with hydroxyapatite influence mechanics of polymer-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite biomaterials', International Journal of Nanotechnology. 6, 511-529.
  2. D. Sikdar, Dinesh R. Katti, K. S. Katti and B. Mohanty,  (2009), Influence of Backbone Chain Length and Functional Groups of Organic Modifiers on Crystallinity and Nanomechanical Properties of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, International Journal of Nanotechnology,6, 568-592.
  3. R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2009), Mechanisms of Load Deformation Behavior of Molecular collagen Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Molecular System:  A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study,  Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135    413-421.  

 

  1. R. Khanna, K. S. Katti, D.R.  Katti, (2009) Nanomechanics of Surface Modified Nanohydroxyapatite  Biomaterials Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 135    468-478.  

  2. P. M. Amarasinghe, K.S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Hydraulic Property of Montmorillonite:  A Polarized FTIR Spectroscopic Study,  Applied Spectroscopy. 62, no. 12,1303-1313.

 

  1. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, R. Dash, (2008), Synthesis and characterization of a novel chitosan/montmorillonite/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite for bone tissue engineering, Biomedical Materials, 3, 034122.

  2. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2008), Mineral and Protein-Bound Water and Latching Action Control Mechanical Behavior at Protein-Mineral Interfaces in Biological Nanocomposites Journal of Nanomaterials. Volume 2008, Article ID 582973, 8 pages

doi:10.1155/2008/582973

 

  1. R. Bhowmik, K. S. . Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Influence of Mineral on the Load Deformation Behavior of Polymer in Hydroxyapatite- Polyacrylic Acid Nanocomposite Biomaterials: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology..Vol 8, No 4, 2075-2084.

 

33.  D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Molecular Interactions Alter Clay and Polymer Structure in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol 8, No.4, 1638-1657

 

  1. D. Verma, K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, (2008), Effect of Biopolymers on Structure of Hydroxyapatite and Interfacial Interactions in Biomimetically Synthesized Hydroxyapatite/Biopolymer Nanocomposites, Annals of Biomedical Engineering Vol. 36, No. 6, 1024–1032

 

  1. D. Sikdar, S.  Pradhan, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Altered Phase Model for Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Langmuir, 24, 5599‐5607

 

  1. B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), Experimental Investigation of Nanomechanics of the Mineral-Protein Interface in Nacre,  Mechanics Research Communications.35, 17-23.

 

  1. D. Verma, R. Dash, K. S. Katti, D. Schulz, A.N. Caruso, (2008), Role Of Coordinated Metal Ions On The Orientation Of Phthalocyanine Based Coatings. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 7, 1180-118.

 

  1. D. Sikdar, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2008), The Role of Interfacial Interactions on the Crystallinity and Nano-mechanical Properties of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study, J. Appl. Pol. Sci. 107, 3137-3148.

 

39.  D. Verma, K.S.Katti, D.R. Katti, B. Mohanty, (2008), Mechanical Response and Multilevel Structure of Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite/ Polygalacturonic /Chitosan Nanocomposites,  Materials Science and Engineering C. 28 , 399–405.

 

40.  R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Mechanics of Molecular Collagen is Influenced by Hydroxyapatite in Natural Bone, J. Mater. Sci.  42, 8795–8803.

41.  D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, , and B. Mohanty, (2007), Effect of Organic Modifiers on Dynamic and Static Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity of Intercalated Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 105, 790-802.

42.  Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S ., (2007), Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dry and Hydrated Sodium Montmorillonite Interlayer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 44, 425-435.

 

  1. P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2007), Mineral proximity influences mechanical response of proteins in biological mineral-protein hybrid system, Biomacromolecules, 8, 851-856.

 

44.  R. Bhowmik, K.S. Katti, and D.R. Katti, (2007) Molecular Modeling of polyacrylic acid- hydroxyapatite interface,  Polymer, 48, 664-674.

 

  1. R. Bhowmik K.S. Katti, D. Verma and D.R. Katti, (2007), Probing Molecular Interactions in Bone Biomaterials: Through Molecular Dynamics and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy”, Mater. Sci. Eng C 27(3), 352-371.

 

  1. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2007), Nature of water in Nacre: a 2D FTIR spectroscopic study,  Spectrochimica Acta Part A 67 (2007) 784–788.

47.  Sikdar, D., Katti, D. R., and Katti, K. S., (2006), Molecular Model for -caprolactam Based Intercalated Polymer Clay Nanocomposite: Integrating Modeling and Experiments,  Langmuir, 22, 7738-7747.

48.  P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, (2006), Impact of  -sheet conformations on the mechanical response of protein in biocomposites, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 676-682.

49.  K. S. Katti, Phanikumar Turlapati, Devendra Verma, Praveen Kumar Gujjula, Dinesh R. Katti, (2006) “Static and dynamic mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite-polyacrylic acid composites under simulated body fluid”,  American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2 (2), 73-79.

  1. Sikdar, Debashis; Katti, Dinesh R.; Katti, Kalpana S.; and Bhowmik, Rahul, (2006), Insight into molecular interactions between constituents in polymer clay nanocomposites, Polymer, 47, 5196-5205.

 

51.  B. Mohanty, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), “Dynamic nanomechanical properties of nacre”, Journal of Materials Research, 21, 2045-2051.

 

52.  D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), Bioactivity in Insitu Polycaprolactone-Hydroxyapatite composites”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research78A, 772-780.

 

53.  K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty and D. R. Katti, (2006), Nanomechanical properties of nacre, Journal of Materials Research, 21,1237-1242.

 

54.  K. S. Katti, D. Sikdar, D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, D. Verma, (2006) Molecular Interactions In Intercalated Organically Modified Clay In Clay-Polycaprolactam Nanocomposites: Experiments And Modeling, Polymer, 47, 403-414

 

  1. K.S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2006), Silica-Water Interactions In Montmorillonite Using  Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Relationship To Swelling And Swelling Pressure, Langmuir, 22, 532-537

 

  1. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, (2006), Photoacoustic FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Undisturbed Nacre from Red Abalone, Spectrochimica Acta, 64(4),  1051-1057

 

  1. D. Verma, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti,  (2006), Molecular Interactions in Hydroxyapatite/Polyacrylic Acid /Polycaprolactone Composites: A Photoacoustic FTIR Spectroscopy Study, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A, 77, 59-66.

 

  1. K. S. Katti and D. R. Katti, (2006), Why is Nacre so strong and tough? Invited paper: Materials Science and Engineering C, 26, (8), 1317-1324.

 

  1. Schmidt, S., Katti, D., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K., (2005), Evolution of Mechanical Response of Sodium Montmorillonite Interlayer with Increasing Hydration, Langmuir, 21, August, 8069-8076.

 

  1. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S., (2005), Modeling Response of Pyrophyllite Clay Interlayer to Applied Stress Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Clays and Clay Minerals, v52,n2, 171-178.

 

  1. D.R. Katti, P. Ghosh, S. Schmidt and K.S. Katti, (2005) Mechanical properties of sodium montmorillonite interlayer intercalated with amino acids, Biomacromolecules, 6, 3276-3282.

 

62.  K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, J. Tang and M. Sarikaya, Modeling Mechanical Responses In A Laminated Biocomposite, Part II, Nonlinear Responses And Nuances Of Nanostructure, Journal of Materials Science 40, pp 1749-1755 (2005).

 

  1. Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti, K.S., (2005) Modeling Response of Pyrophyllite Clay Interlayer to Applied Stress Using Steered Molecular Dynamics, Clays and Clay Minerals. v52,n2, 171-178.

 

64.  K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, S. M. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, (2005), Platelet interlocks are the key to toughness and strength in nacre, Journal of Materials Research 20 (5) 1097-1100.

65.  K. S. Katti, (2004), Biomaterials in total hip replacement, Colloids and Interfaces B. Invited paper. 39, 133-142.

 

66.  Katti, D. R., Pradhan, S. and Katti, K. S., (2004), Modeling The Organic-Inorganic Interfacial Nanoasperities In A Model Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 6 pp. 162-168.

 

67.  K. S. Katti and M. W. Urban, (2003),Conductivity model and photoacoustic FT-IR surface depth profiling of heterogeneous polymers, Polymer 44(11)  pp. 3319-3325, (2003)

 

68.  K.S. Katti, M. Qian, F. Dogan,  and  M. Sarikaya, (2002), Dopant Effect on Local Dielectric Properties in Barium Titanate-Based Electroceramics Determined by Transmission EELS”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 85[9], 2236-43.

69.  D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, J. Sopp, and M. Sarikaya, (2001), 3D Finite Element Modeling of Mechanical Response in Nacre-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites, J. Theo. Comp. Poly. Sci. 11 (5), pp. 397-404.

70.  D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, (2001), Modeling Microarchitecture and Mechanical Behavior of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Techniques, Part I: Elastic Properties, J. Mater. Sci., 36(6), 1411-1417.

71.  K.S. Katti, and M.W. Urban, (2000), Effect of Carbon black on adhesion to plastics in solventborne 2K Polyurethanes, J. Coat. Technology, 72[903], (2000) (Paper winner of Roon Award) 35-43.

72.  K.S. Katti, M. Qian, D.W. Frech, and  M. Sarikaya, (1999), Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Dielectric Function of Biological and Geological Polymorphs of CaCO3, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 5 [5], 358-364.

 

73.  K.S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, and M. Miyayama, (1997), Determination of local high frequency dielectric function during the cubic-tetragonal phase transformation in barium titanate, J.  Mater. Res. 12, [6] 1582-1586.

74.  K.S. Katti, and S.H. Risbud, (1992), Quantum Structural Parameters for Electron and Hole carrying Superconductors. Physical Review B, 45 [17].10155-10157

 

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

 

  1. D. R. Katti S. M. Pradhan and K. S. Katti, Collagen Mechanics: Role Of Structural Hierarchy, at BIOMED 2012 Austria
  2. Katti, Dinesh R., and Katti, Kalpana, S. (2011), Molecular Interactions Influence Barrier and Mechanical Properties in Swelling Clays: A Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Investigation, Proc. GeoFrontiers 2011, Dallas, TX.
  3. Katti, Dinesh R., Katti, Kalpana, S., and Patwary, Zillur, R. , (2011), Clay Fluid Molecular Interactions in Na-Montmorillonite Swelling Clays, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Pattaya, Thailand.
  4. K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, Fourier Transform Infrared  Spectroscopy in clays and oil shales, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
  5. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Multiscale Modeling of Clay Fluid Interactions, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 Mumbai.
  6. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, P.M. Amarasinghe, S.M. Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Microstructure and Macroscale Properties of Swelling Clays Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils.
  7. D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti A. H.  Ambre, R. Khanna Mechanics of Tissue Scaffold Interactions  (2010) Proceedings of 18th European Congress on Fracture : Fracture of materials from Micro to Macroscale.
  8. D. R.  Katti, K. S. Katti, S. M.  Pradhan (2010) An Insight into Mechanics of Collagen in the Presence and Absence of Hydroxyapatite in Human Bone Proceedings of 18th European Congress on Fracture : Fracture of Materials from Micro to Macroscale.
  9. D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, and P.M.  Amarasinghe, (2009), Interlayer Fluid Flow and the Role of Clay-Fluid Molecular Interactions on the Swelling Behavior of Montmorillonite Clays, Proc. 4th Biot Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, June 2009.

10.  K. Katti, D. R. Katti, A. P. Bhosle, S. Pradhan, (2005) Experimental Studies on deformation in Nacre. Proc. Of Microscopy Society of America. 2005 annual meeting of microscopy and Microanalysis Hawaii.

11.  Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Ghosh, P. and Schmidt, S., (2004), Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Proc. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, (Keynote Lecture).

12.  D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, “Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

13.  D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, K. S. Katti, “Evaluation of Deformation Mechanisms at Mineral-Protein Composite Interface Using Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. Fall 2004 meeting(2005)

14.  D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Computational Mechanics Routes to Explore the Origin of Mechanical Properties in a Biological Nanocomposite: Nacre, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. Fall 2004 meeting (2005)

15.  R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, “Effect of Molecular Interactions at Polymer-Mineral Interfaces on Mechanical Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. 194-200, (2005)

16.  P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. Fall 2004 meeting (2005).

17.  K.S. Katti, P. Turlapati and R. Bhowmik, Control of Polymer-Mineral Interfacial Behavior in Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Bone Replacement , Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003

18.   K.S. Katti, A. Bhosle, and D.R. Katti, Experimental Studies In The Failure Mechanisms Of A Model Bio-Nanocomposite-Nacre, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003

19.   K.S. Katti and D.R. Katti, Effect of Clay-Water Interactions on Swelling in Montmorillonite Clay,  Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003

20.   D.R. Katti, S. Schmidt, P. Ghosh and K.S. Katti, Molecular Modeling of Pyrophyllite Clay and Modeling Response to Applied Stress Using Molecular Dynamics, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 2003

21.  D.R. Katti, S.M. Pradhan and K.S. Katti , Role Of Nanoscale Asperities In Hybrid Bio-Nanocomposites : A Multiscale Modeling Approach, Proc. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle, WA, 2003

22.   K.S. Katti, P. Gujjula, Control Of Mechanical Responses In Insitu Polymer-Hydroxyapatite  Composites For Bone Replacement, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY.2002.

23.   D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, J. Tang, M. Sarikaya, Effect of Nanostructure in nacre: A multiscale modeling approach, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY. 2002.

24.  M.Sarikaya, H.Fong, J. M. Sopp, K. S. Katti, and G. Mayer, Biomimetics: Nanomechanical Design of Materials Through Biology, 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Proceedings, Columbia University, NY, NY.2002.

25.   K. S. Katti, P. Gujjula, A. Ayyarsamy, T. Arens, In-Situ Mineralization Of Hydroxyapatite For A Molecular Control Of Mechanical Responses In Hydroxyapatite-Polymer Composites For Bone Replacement.  Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 711, Pages 219-224, 2002

26.   D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, and V. Shanmugasundaram, Role Of Clay-Solvent Inter And Intraparticle Interactions On Swelling Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Nano-Meso-Micro Scale Particulate Systems, Materials Research Society Symposium – Proceedings, 704, Pages 257-262, 2002. 

27.  D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti, J. Tang, J.M. Sopp, and M. Sarikaya, Evaluating Effects of Nanostructural Nuances on Bulk Mechanical Properties of Nacre Using 3D Finite Element Modeling, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 677, Pages AA7.8.1-AA7.8.6, 2001.

28.   K.S. Katti, and M.W. Urban,  Effect of Inclusions in polymeric coatings on quantitative depth profiling using step-scan photoacoustic spectroscopy, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Proceedings of annual meeting of American Chemical Society, 85. 2001.

29.  K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, J.M. Sopp, W.M. Mercer, and M. Sarikaya, “Nano-Meso_Macro Scale Response Simulation of Biomimetic Nanocomposites”, Proc. 10th. Conference – International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Tucson, 2001.

30.  K. S. Katti, and M. W. Urban, Effect Of Pigments On Interfacial Behavior Of Polyurethane Coatings On Plastic Substrates, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Proceedings of annual meeting of American Chemical Society, 84. 2000.

31.   J.M. Sopp, W.M. Mercer, H. Fong, M. Sarikaya, K.S. Katti, D.R. Katti, and M. Sarikaya, (2000) “Nanomechanical properties of a biocomposite , mollusk shell nacre,” Proc. Microscopy  Society of America,  58th Annual Meeting.

32.  D.R. Katti, and K.S. Katti, Three Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Microstructural Development of Nacre in Seashells and Implication on Mineralization of CaCO3, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 599, Pages 231-236, 2000

33.   K.S. Katti, M. Qian, D.W. Frech, and  M. Sarikaya, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Dielectric Function of Biological and Geological Polymorphs of CaCO3,Proceedings of Microscopy Society of America, MSA 56th annual meeting, 1998.

34.  K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, "Determination of Local Dielectric Function in Donor Doped Barium Titanate", paper winner of Presidential award to K. S. Katti, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis, MSA 54th annual meeting, 1996

35.  K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya,  "Low Loss Transmission Electron Spectroscopic Studies in Donor Doped Barium Titanate", Electrically Based Microstructural Characterization, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding, 411, 191-196, 1996.

36.  K. S. Katti, M. Qian, M. Sarikaya, " A Novel Technique to Study the Paraelectric to Ferroelectric Transformation in Barium Titanate using Transmission EELS", In situ Electron and Tunneling Microscopy of Dynamic Processes; Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 404, 101-106, 1996. 

37.   K.S. Katti, M. Qian, and M. Sarikaya, "Dynamic Behavior of Twins in Barium Titanate"  Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Ceramics: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 357, 121-126, 1995.

38.  D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, “Role of Nanostructure on Mechanical Properties of nacre,” Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid an Solid Mechanics, June 17-20, 2003, MIT Cambridge MA 02139 USA.

39.  D. R. Katti and K. S. Katti, “Nacre: An Inspiration for Novel Nanocomposite Systems”, International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Composites, Chennai India, 2003.

40.  K. S. Katti, “Biomimetic Nanocomposite Biomaterials for Bone Replacement”, International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Composites, Chennai India, 2003.

41. K. S. Katti and P. Turlapati, “Mechanical Responses In Biomimetic Polymer Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites,” Proc. Annual meeting of Society of Plastics Engineers, ANTEC 2004, Chicago, IL.

42. Katti, D.R., Ghosh, P., Schmidt S. and Katti,K.S., (2004) Characteristics Of Montmorillonite Clay Amino Acid Interfaces: Evaluation Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference Delaware.

43.  Katti, D.R., Schmidt, S., Ghosh, P., and Katti,K.S., (2004) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Hydrated Montmorillonite Interlayer, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

44.  Ghosh, P., Katti, D.R., and Katti, K.S., (2004) Mechanical Response Of b-Sheet Conformations In Protein: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware.

45.  K. S. Katti, R. Bhowmik, (2004) Force Field Parameters For Hydroxyapatite To Study Hydroxyapatite-Polymer Interactions In Nanocomposite Systems, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Delaware

46.  K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, S. Pradhan, A. P. Bhosle, Influence Of Nanostructure At Organic-Inorganic Interfaces In Nacre On The Mechanical Response Of Nacre,   ICEM12- 12th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics 29 August - 2 September, 2004 Politecnico di Bari, Italy

47.  Katti, D.R., Katti, K.S., Ghosh, P. and Schmidt, S., (2004), Exploring Mineral Biopolymer Interactions to Model Mechanical Response of Interfaces in Bio-Nanocomposite, Nacre, Proc. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, (Keynote Lecture).

48.  D. Verma, K. S. Katti, B. Mohanty, “Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering” Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

49.  D. R. Katti, P. Ghosh, K. S. Katti, “Evaluation of Deformation Mechanisms at Mineral-Protein Composite Interface Using Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

50.  D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, Computational Mechanics Routes to Explore the Origin of Mechanical Properties in a Biological Nanocomposite: Nacre, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

51.  R. Bhowmik, K. S. Katti, D. R. Katti, “Effect of Molecular Interactions at Polymer-Mineral Interfaces on Mechanical Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

52.  P. Ghosh, D. R. Katti, K. S. Katti, “Influence of Protein Structures on Mechanical Response”, Proc. Materials Research Society Vol 844. (2005)

53.  Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti; Investigating the Interfacial Interactions Between Organic and Inorganic Phases and Their Influence on the Mechanics of Organic Phase in Natural Bone. Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.

54.  Bedabibhas Mohanty, Devendra Verma, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti Time Dependent Nanomechanical Response of Nacre. At Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired materials Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.

55.  Dinesh R Katti, Kalpana S Katti and Pijush Ghosh Multiscale Mechanics of Nacre: From Micro Scale to Molecular. At Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired materials Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.

56.  Pijush Ghosh, Dinesh R Katti and Kalpana S Katti Influence of Mineral on the Deformation Mechanism of Protein in Natural Biocomposite, Nacre Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.

57.  Devendra Verma, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti Biopolymer Polyelectrolyte Complex-hydroxyapatite Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering. At Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired materials Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.

58.  Influence of Mineral -polymer Interactions on Molecular Mechanics of Polymer in Composite Bone Biomaterials. Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S Katti and Dinesh R Katti, Proc. Materials Research Society Fall 2006 meeting Boston MA.