|Publications|

Peer reviewed publications

(published or under review)

49) Sustainable bio-based construction: A review of MICP technology and bio-cementation across scales and materials: A. Zendehdel Nobari, M. Jabbarzadeh, N. Bertola, A. Sengupta, A. A. Lavasan, Case Studies in Construction Materials e06100, 2026

48) Ecological memory of hydrodynamic cues shapes growth and migration of motile microorganisms: N. Kakavand and A. Sengupta*, arXiv preprint, 2026

47) Tuning lipid accumulation and fitness of motile algae via hydrodynamic cues: N. Kakavand and A. Sengupta*, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Sec. Bioprocess Engineering) 13, 2026

46) Nascent biofilms on soft surfaces: G. Rani, G.H. Nguyen, R. Wittmann, H. Löwen and A. Sengupta*, arXiv preprint, 2025

45) Phytoplankton Tune Local pH to Actively Modulate Circadian Gravitactic Behavior: A. Ghoshal, S. Mishra, J. Dhar, H. P. Grossart and A. Sengupta*, Advanced Physics Research, e00189, 2025

44) Substrate stiffness governs dynamics and self-organization of nascent biofilms: G. Rani and A. Sengupta*, arXiv preprint, 2025

43) Biogel scavenging slows the sinking of organic particles to the ocean depths: U. Alcolombri, A. Nissan, J. Slomka, S. Charlton, E. Secchi, I. Short, K.S. Lee, F. Peaudecerf, D. Baumgartner, A. Sichert, U. Sauer, A. Sengupta & R. Stocker, Nature Communications 16, 3290, 2025

42) Bacterial Adhesion on Soft Surfaces: The Dual Role of Substrate Stiffness and Bacterial Growth Stage: R. Riedel, G. Rani and A. Sengupta*, Microorganisms 13, 637, 2025.

41) Tipping points in fitness landscape of heterogeneous populations: S. Bhattacharyya, U. Singh, A. Sengupta*, arXiv preprint, 2024

40) Synergistic phenotypic adaptations of motile purple sulphur bacteria Chromatium okenii during lake-to-laboratory domestication: F. Di Nezio, I.L.H. Ong, R. Riedel, A. Ghoshal, J. Dhar, S. Roman, N. Storell, A. Sengupta*, PLoS ONE 19, e0310265, 2024

39) Role of Motility and Nutrient Availability in Drying Patterns of Algal Droplets: A. Pal, A. Sengupta, M. Yanagisawa, Scientific Reports 14, 23481, 2024

38) Growing bacterial colonies harness emergent genealogical demixing to regulate organizational entropy: G. Rani and A. Sengupta*, Biophysical Reports 4, 100175, 2024

37) Toward a realistic model of multilayered bacterial colonies: M. T. Khan, J. Cammann, A. Sengupta, E. Renzi & M. G. Mazza, Condensed Matter Physics 27, 1-8, 2024

36) Microbes in porous environments: From active interactions to emergent feedback: C. Jin and A. Sengupta*, Biophysical Reviews, 2024

35) Planktonic Active Matter: A. Sengupta (under review), arXiv preprint, 2023

34) Gravity modulations induce migratory changes and transcriptional shifts to stress protection and repair in motile phytoplankton: J. D. Wheeler, U. Pfreundt, F. Carrara, A. Sengupta*, R. Stocker* (under review)

33) Motile bacteria leverage bioconvection for eco-physiological benefits in a natural aquatic environment: F. Di Nezio, S. Roman, A. Buetti-Dinh, O. S.Steiner, D. Bouffard, A. Sengupta, N. Storelli, Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (Sec. Aquatic Microbiology), 2023

32) Collective mechano-response dynamically tunes cell-size distributions in growing bacterial colonies: R. Wittmann*, G. H. P. Nguyen, H. Löwen, F. J. Schwarzendahl*, A. Sengupta *, Communications Physics 6, 331, 2023

31) Curvature-mediated Programming of Liquid Crystal Microflows: K. Fedorowicz, R. Prosser, A. Sengupta*, Soft Matter 19, 7084-7092, 2023

30) Spatio-temporal programming of lyotropic phase transition in nanoporous microfluidic confinements: V. Ulaganathan and A. Sengupta *, Journal of Colloid And Interface Science 649, 302-312, 2023

29) Controlled motility in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium regulates aggregate architecture: U. Pfreundt, J. Słomka, G. Schneider, A. Sengupta, F. Carrara, M. Ackermann, R. Stocker, Science 380, 830-835, 2023

28) Drying of Bio-colloidal Sessile Droplets: Advances, Applications, and Perspectives: A. Pal, A. Gope, A. Sengupta, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 314, 102870, 2023

27) Steering self-organisation through confinement: N. Araújo et al., Soft Matter 19, 1695-1704, 2023

26) Curvature in Biological Systems: Its quantification, emergence and implications across the scales: B. Schamberger et al., Advanced Materials 35, 2206110, 2023

25) Active reconfiguration of cytoplasmic lipid droplets governs migration of nutrient-limited phytoplankton: A. Sengupta#*, J. Dhar#, F. Danza, A. Ghoshal, S. Müller, N. Kakavand, Science Advances 8, eabn6005, 2022

24) Self-regulation of phenotypic noise synchronizes emergent organization and active transport in confluent microbial environments: J. Dhar, A.L.P. Thai, A. Ghoshal, L. Giomi, A. Sengupta*, Nature Physics 18, 945-951, 2022

23) Surface anchoring mediates bifurcation in nematic microflows within cylindrical capillaries: P. Steffen, E.Stellamanns, A. Sengupta* , Physics of Fluids 33, 072005, 2021

22) Bistability in oxidative stress response determines the migration behavior of phytoplankton in turbulence: F. Carrara#, A. Sengupta#,*, L. Behrendt, A. Vardi, R. Stocker*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118, e2005944118, 2021

21) Time dependent lyotropic chromonic textures in microfluidic confinements: A. Sharma, I. L. H. Ong, A. Sengupta*, Crystals 11, 35, 2021 (invited article in Early Career Stars of the Decade special issue)

20) Microbial Active Matter: A Topological Framework: A. Sengupta, Frontiers in Physics 8, 184, 2020

19) Mono-to-multilayer transition in growing bacterial colonies: Z. You, D. J. G. Pearce, A. Sengupta, L. Giomi, Physical Review Letters 123, 178001, 2019

18) Emergent biaxiality in nematic microflows illuminated by a laser beam: J-C. Eichler, R. A. Skutnik, A. Sengupta, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, Molecular Physics 117, 3715, 2019

17) Dark aerobic sulfide oxidation by anoxygenic phototrophs in anoxic waters: J. S. Berg,..., A. Sengupta,..., M. M. M. Kuypers, Environmental Microbiology 21, 1611, 2019

16) Geometry and Mechanics of Microdomains in Growing Bacterial Colonies: Z. You, D. J. G. Pearce, A. Sengupta*, L. Giomi*, Physical Review X 8, 031065, 2018

15) Bacteria-induced mixing in natural waters: T. Sommer, F. Danza, J. S. Berg, A. Sengupta, G. Constantinescu, T. Tokyay, H. Bürgmann, Y. Dressler, O.R. Sepúlveda Steiner, C. J. Schubert, M. Tonolla, A. Wüest, Geophysical Research Letters 44, 9424, 2017

14) Cross-talk between topological defects in different fields revealed by nematic microfluidics: L. Giomi, Ž. Kos, M. Ravnik, A. Sengupta*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 114, E5771, 2017

13) Hydrodynamic cavitation in Stokes flow of anisotropic fluids: T. Stieger, H. Agha, M. Schoen, M. G. Mazza*, A. Sengupta*, Nature Communications 8, 15550, 2017

12) Phytoplankton can actively diversify their migration strategy in response to turbulent cues: A. Sengupta#, F. Carrara#, R. Stocker, Nature 543, 555, 2017

11) Topological Microfluidics - Present and Prospects: A. Sengupta, Liquid Crystals Today 24, 70, 2015

10) Liquid crystal microfluidics - surface, elastic and viscous interactions at micro-scales: A. Sengupta*, S. Herminghaus,* Ch. Bahr,* Liquid Crystals Reviews 2, 73, 2014 (invited review)

9) Topological constraints in a microfluidic platform: A. Sengupta, Liquid Crystals 41, 290, 2014

8) Tuning fluidic resistance via liquid crystal microfluidics: A. Sengupta, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 22826, 2013

7) Topological microfluidics for flexible micro-cargo concepts: A. Sengupta*, Ch. Bahr, S. Herminghaus Soft Matter 9, 7251, 2013

6) Liquid crystal microfluidics for tunable flow shaping: A. Sengupta*, U. Tkalec, M. Ravnik, J. Yeomans, Ch. Bahr, S. Herminghaus, Physical Review Letters 110, 048303, 2013

5) Flow of a nematogen past a cylindrical micro-pillar: A. Sengupta*, C. Pieper, J. Enderlein, Ch. Bahr, S. Herminghaus, Soft Matter 9, 1937, 2013

4) Opto-fluidic velocimetry using liquid crystal microfluidics: A. Sengupta*, S. Herminghaus, Ch. Bahr, Applied Physics Letters 101, 164101, 2012

3) Functionalization of microfluidic devices for investigation of liquid crystal flows: A. Sengupta*, B. Schulz, E. Ouskova, Ch. Bahr, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 13, 941, 2012

2) Nematic liquid crystals and nematic colloids in microfluidic environment: A. Sengupta*, S. Herminghaus, Ch. Bahr, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 547, 203, 2011

1) Nematic textures in microfluidic environment: A. Sengupta*, U. Tkalec, Ch. Bahr, Soft Matter 7, 6542, 2011

Book chapters/Monographs

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1) Planktonic Active Matter: A. Sengupta (under review), arXiv preprint, 2023

2) Liquid Crystals at Interfaces and Under Flow: Recent Advances and Trends: A. Sengupta and M. G. Mazza, World Scientific Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ISBN: 978-981-121-807-1, Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale, Germany, 2020

3) Topological Microfluidics: A. Sengupta, Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-00857-8, Switzerland, 2013

PhD Thesis

Liquid Crystals and Nematic Colloids in Microfluidic Environment: A. Sengupta, University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Germany, 2012 (link to thesis, here)