M. Du, A. K. Behera, and S. Vaikuntanathan, “Physical Considerations in Memory and Information Storage,” Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., (accepted), 2025
C. Floyd, A. R. Dinner, A. Murugan, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Limits on the computational expressivity of non-equilibrium biophysical processes" arxiv 2024
A. Paikar, X. Li, L. Avram, B. S. Smith, I. Sütő, D. Horváth, E. Rennert, Y. Qiu, Á. Tóth,5 S. Vaikuntanathan, and S. N. Semenov, "Chemical waves in reaction-diffusion networks of small organic molecules" Chem. Science (submitted), 2024
R. Mandal, R. Huang, M. Fruchart, P. G. Moerman, S. Vaikuntanathan, A. Murugan, V. Vitelli, "Learning dynamical behaviors in physical systems" arxiv 2024
C. Floyd, A. R. Dinner, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Learning to control non-equilibrium dynamics using local imperfect gradients" arxiv 2024
A. Lamtyugina, D. S. Banerjee, Y. Qui, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Contractile to extensile transitions and mechanical adaptability enabled by activity in cytoskeletal structures" bioRxiv 2024
M. Du, S. Vaikuntanathan "Hidden nonreciprocity as a stabilizing effective potenital in active matter" arxiv 2024
E. Rennert, S. Vaikuntanathan. "Thermodynamic framework for non-equilibrium self-assembly of branched actin networks" bioRxv 2023
Y. Qiu, E.D. White, E.M. Munro, S. Vaikuntanathan*, A.R. Dinner*. "Elucidating the Role of Filament Turnover in Cortical Flow using Simulations and Representation Learning." arXiv:2310.10819 2023.
A. Behera, M. Rao, S. Sastry, S. Vaikuntanathan. "Enhanced associative memory, classification, and learning with active dynamics" PRX, 2023
C. Floyd, A.T. Molines, X. Lei, J.E. Honts, F. Chang, M. Williard Elting*, S. Vaikuntanathan*, A.R. Dinner*, M.S. Bhamla*. "A unified model for the dynamics of ATP-independent ultrafast contraction." PNAS 2023
(* indicates joint corresponding author)
C.F. Gao, S. Vaikuntanathan, S.J. Reisenfeld. "Dissection and Integration of Bursty Transcriptional Dynamics for Complex Systems." PNAS 2024.
A. Ritchhart, Z. Chen, A. Behera, I. Jeon, K. Chapman, S. Vaikuntanathan, J. Anderson. “Cluster-Spin-Glass Magnetic Behavior and Morphology in the Coordination Polymer Alloys FeyCo1-yBTT.” JACS, 2023.
D. Wang, C. Zhou, A.S. Filatov, W. Cho, F. Lagunas, M. Wang, S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Liu, R. F. Klie, D.V. Talapin. "Direct synthesis and chemical vapor deposition of 2D carbide and nitride MXenes." Science 2023.
B. Cheng, Y. Zhong, Y. Qiu, S. Vaikuntanatha, J. Park. "Giant gateable osmotic power generation from a Goldilocks two-dimensional membrane." JACS 2023.
C. Floyd, S. Vaikuntanathan*, A.R. Dinner*. "Simulating structured fluids with tensorial viscoelasticity." J. Chem. Phys. 2023
(* indicates joint corresponding author)
C. Floyd, A.R. Dinner, S. Vaikuntanathan. "Pattern formation in odd viscoelastic fluids" Phys. Rev. Research 2024
A. Lamtyugina, Y. Qiu, E. Fodor, A. Dinner, S. Vaikuntanathan. "Thermodynamic control of Activity patterns in Cytoskeletal Networks. PRL, 2022
L. Tociu, G. Rassolov, E. Fodor, S. Vaikuntanathan. "Mean-field theory for the structure of strongly interacting active liquids." J. Chem. Phys. J. Chem. Phys. 2022
G. Rassolov, L. Tociu, E. Fodor, S. Vaikuntanathan. "From predicting to learning dissipation from pair correlations of active liquids." J. Chem. Phys. 10.1063/5.0097863 2022
M. Nguyen, S. Vaikuntanathan. "A mean field thermodynamic framework for non-equilibrium self-assembly." arXiv.2110.02382 2021
A. Behera, C. del Junco, S. Vaikuntanathan. "A Mechanism for the generation of robust circadian oscillations through ultrasensitivity and differential binding affinty." J. Phys. Chem. B 10.1021.acs.jpcb.1c05915 2021
Y. Qiu, M. Nguyen, G. Hocky, A. Dinner, S. Vaikuntanathan. "A strong non-equilibrium bound for sorting of crosslinkers on growing biopolymers." PNAS 10.1073/pnas.2102881118. 2021
Z. Liao, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Energy rectification in active gyroscopic networks under time-periodic modulation", Phys. Rev. E 10.1103/101.012410, 2021
M. Nguyen, Y. Qiu, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Organization and self-assembly away from equilibrium: Toward thermodynamic design principles" Annual Reviews of Condensed Matter Physics 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031218-013309, 2021
M. Han, M. Fruchart, C. Scheibner, S. Vaikuntanathan, J de Pablo, V. Vitelli, "Fluctuating hydrodynamics of a chiral active fluid", Nature Physics17,1260–1269 (2021).
D. R. Scheff, K. L. Weirich, K. Dasbiswas, A. Patel, S. Vaikuntanathan and M. L. Gardel, "Tuning shape and internal structure of protein droplets via biopolymer filaments", Soft Matter 10.1039/C9SM02462J, 2020
E. Fodor, T. Nemoto, S. Vaikuntanathan,"Dissipation controls transport and phase transitions in active fluids: Mobility, diffusion and biased ensembles", New Journal of Physics 10.1088/1367-2630/ab6353, 2020
Z.Liao, M. Han, M. Fruchart, V. Vitelli, S.Vaikuntanathan, "A mechanism for anomalous transport in chiral active liquids", J Chem Phys (Chosen as an Editor's pick) 10.1063/1.5126962 , 2019
C. del Junco, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Robust oscillations in multi-cyclic models of biochemical clocks", J Chem Phys (Chosen as an Editor's pick) 10.1063/1.5143259, 2020
N.B. Ludwig, K. Weirch, E. Aster, T. A. Witten, M. L. Gardel, K. Dasbiswas, S.Vaikuntanathan, "Nucleation and shape dynamics of model nematic tactoids around adhesive colloids", J. Chem. Phys. 10.1063/1.5141997, 2020
Z.Liao, W.T.M.Irvine, S.Vaikuntanathan, "Rectification of energy and motion in non-equilibrium parity violating metamaterials", Physical Review X 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021036 2021
V. Kamysbayev*, V. Srivastava*, N. B. Ludwig*, O. J. Borkiewicz, H. Zhang, J. Ilavsky, B. Lee, K. W. Chapman, S. Vaikuntanathan, D .V. Talapin, "Nanocrystals in Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids: Experimental Observation of Ionic Correlations Extending beyond the Debye Length", ACS Nano 10.1021/acsnano.9b01292. [*: contributed equally]
K. L. Weirich, K. Dasbiswas, T. A. Witten, S. Vaikuntanathan, M. L. Gardel, "Self-organizing motors divide active liquid droplets.", PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1814854116.
L. Tociu, E Fodor, T Nemoto, S.Vaikuntanathan, "How dissipation constrains fluctuations in nonequilibrium liquids? Diffusion, structure and biased interactions", Phys. Rev. X 10.1103/PhysRevX.9.041026, 2019
C. del Junco, S. Vaikuntanathan, "High chemical affinity increases the robustness of biochemical oscillations", Phys. Rev. E 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.012410, 2019
M. Nguyen, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Dissipation induced transitions in elastic strings", arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.04368, (submitted, under review)
A. Souslov, K. Dasbiswas, Michel Fruchart, S. Vaikuntanathan, V. Vitelli, "Topological waves and odd viscosity in chiral active fluids and plasmas",Phys. Rev. Lett. 122,128001
C. del Junco, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Interface height fluctuations and surface tension of driven liquids with time-dependent dynamics", J. Chem. Phys.150, 094708 (2019) (Chosen as an Editors' pick and for a AIP Scilight)
N. B. Ludwig, K. Dasbiswas, D. V. Talapin, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Describing screening in dense ionic fluids with a charge-frustrated Ising model", J. Chem. Phys. 149, 164505 2018 [Chosen as a part of the JCP Editors' choice 2018 collection]
K. Dasbiswas, K. K. Mandadapu, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Topological localization in out-of-equilibrium dissipative systems", PNAS 115 (39) E9031-E9040
C. del Junco, L. Tociu, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Energy dissipation and fluctuations in a driven liquid", PNAS ,115 (14) 3569-3574, 2018
A. Murugan, S. Vaikuntanathan, "Topologically protected modes in non-equilibrium stochastic systems", Nature Comm. 10.1038/ncomms13881, 2017.
M. Nguyen, S. Vaikuntanathan "Design principles for nonequilibrium self assembly", PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1609983113, 2016. [See commentary]
H. Zhang, K. Dasbiswas, N. B. Ludwig, G. Han, B. Lee, S. Vaikuntanathan, D. V. Talapin, "Stable colloids in molten inorganic salts", Nature, 542, 328-331, 2017.
K. L. Weirich, S. Banerjee, K. Dasbiswas, T. A. Witten, S. Vaikuntanathan, M. L. Gardel, "Liquid behavior of cross-linked actin bundles", PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1616133114, 2017.
P. Figliozzi, N. Sule, Z. Yan, Y. Bao, S. Burov, S. K. Gray, S. A. Rice, S. Vaikuntanathan, N. Scherer, "Driven Optical Matter: Electrodynamically Coupled Nanoparticles in an Optical Ring Vortex", Phys. Rev. E, 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.022604, 2017.
G. C. S. S. Caravati, G. Rotskoff, S. Vaikuntanathan, A. Hassanali, "On the Role of Non-Spherical Cavities in Short Length-Scale Density Fluctuations in Water", J. Phys. Chem. A, 121, 370-380, 2017.
*A. Murugan, *S. Vaikuntanathan, "Biological Implications of Dynamical Phases in Non-equilibrium Networks", [* equal contribution], J. Stat. Phys., 162, 1183-1202, 2016.
*S. Katira, *K. K. Mandadapu, *S. Vaikuntanathan, B. Smit, D. Chandler, "Pre-transition effects mediate forces of assembly between transmembrane proteins", [* equal contribution], eLife 10.7554/eLife.13150 2016.