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most citedDynamically stable optical trapping of thermophoretically active Janus colloids

3 citations · 7 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

Active Brownian motion in a single-relaxation viscoelastic fluid

Sanatan Halder, Manas Khan

Active Brownian particles (ABPs) in viscoelastic (VE) media exhibit fascinating dynamical phenomena set by self-propulsion, thermal fluctuations, and fluid viscoelasticity. We exte…

cond-mat.soft2026

Identifying the signatures of residual activity in harmonically bound active Brownian dynamics

Sanatan Halder, Manas Khan

A confined self-propelled particle exhibits a range of intriguing dynamical phenomena dictated by the interplay between the intrinsic activity of the particle and the imposed confi…

cond-mat.soft2026

Realizing microrheological response of configurable viscoelastic media with a dynamic optical trap

Sanatan Halder, Manas Khan

The local viscoelastic (VE) environment governs the motion of an embedded microsphere and consequently, pertinent dynamical phenomena. However, studying such phenomena with varying…

cond-mat.soft2025

Emulating microbial run-and-tumble and tactic motion by stochastically reorienting synthetic active Brownian particles

Sandip Kundu, Dibyendu Mondal, Arup Biswas +2

Replicating efficient and adaptable microbial navigation strategies, such as run and tumble (RnT) and tactic motions to synthetic active agents has been an enduring quest. To this…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 3 cited

Dynamically stable optical trapping of thermophoretically active Janus colloids

Sanatan Halder, Manas Khan

The ability to optically trap and manipulate artificial microswimmers such as active Janus particles (JPs) provides a breakthrough in active matter research and applications. Howev…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Interplay between timescales governs the residual activity of a harmonically bound active Brownian particle

Sanatan Halder, Manas Khan

Active microparticles in confining potentials manifest many complex dynamical phenomena as their activity competes with confinement. The steady-state position distributions of harm…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 2 cited

Optical Micromanipulation of Soft Materials: Applications in Devices and Technologies

Sanatan Halder, Debojit Chanda, Dibyendu Mondal +2

Since its invention by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues at Bell Labs in the 1970s, optical micromanipulation, also known as optical tweezers or laser tweezers, has evolved remarkably t…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 1 cited

Entropic crystallization of Brownian squares through pathways governed by orientational dynamics

Debojit Chanda, Thomas G. Mason, Manas Khan

In dense systems of hard-interacting colloidal particles having anisotropic shapes, crystallization pathways represent an interesting frontier. The translational and rotational dyn…