Condensed Matter Theory:

Soft and Biological Matter

 
 


research interests


  1. Stochastic thermodynamics

  2. active particles, pumps, and motors

  3. prokaryotic chromosomes

  4. olfactory neurons

  5. biopolymers

  6. confined system



selected publications





  1. Absence of jamming in ant trails: Feedback control of self-propulsion and noise”, DC and Apoorva Nagar Phys. Rev. E 91, 012706 (2015).


  1. “Active Brownian particles: Entropy production and fluctuation response”, DC, Phys Rev E 90, 022131 (2014).


  1. “Stochastic thermodynamics of active Brownian particles”, Chandrima Ganguly, DC, Phys Rev E 88, 032102 (2013).


  1. “Spontaneous helicity of a polymer with side-loops confined to a cylinder”, DC, Bela M. Mulder, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 268305 (2012).


  1. “A model of fasciculation and sorting in mixed population of axons”, DC, Peter Borowski, and Martin Zapotocky, Phys. Rev. E. 84, 021908 (2011).


  1. “Semiflexible polymers: Dependence on ensemble and boundary orientations", DC, Phys. Rev. E 75, 021803 (2007).


  1. “Constrained Deformation of a Confined Solid: Anomalous Failure by Nucleation of Smectic Bands", DC, Surajit Sengupta, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 115702 (2004).


•“Triple Minima in the Free Energy of Semiflexible Polymers", Abhishek Dhar, DC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 065502 (2002).



citation metrics (google scholar)


• Over 240 citations

  1. h-index      9

  2. i10-index   8

  3. average citation per paper  9