Teaching 

Current semester (Autumn 25-26) : 

Computational Physics

Previous semesters:

• Statistical Physics 

• Computational Physics

• Physics of Waves 

• Electrodynamics 

• Low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics 

• Fluid Mechanics and Elasticity 

Research Group

Ph.D. Students (present) :

• Mr. Shiba Biswas 

• Mr. Ankit Gupta 

• Mrs. Ruby Shakya 

• Mr. Rahul Sinha

• Mr. Bidan Mondal

Ph.D. Students (past) :

• Dr. Ruma Maity  ( completed in 2021 ).   Thesis title: Chemotactic movement of low Reynolds number swimmers

• Dr. Abyaya Dhar ( completed in 2021).   Thesis title: Hydrodynamics of active swimmers: Modelling and Analysis

• Dr. Narender ( completed in 2021).          Thesis title: Diffusion and separation of particles in confined geometries

Publications

[47].  Chiral swimmer with a regular arbitrary active patch

Shiba Biswas, P. S. Burada, and G.P. Raja Sekhar, Fluid Dynamics Research,  57,  045502 (2025).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1873-7005/ade912

[46].  Microscopic machinery for ion-triggered drug release from gold nanoparticles-drug conjugates - Optical spectroscopy and molecular dynamics studies

C.P. Krishnananda and P. S. Burada, S. Dasgupta, and A. Roy, Phys. Rev. E,  111, 054405  (2025).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.054405

[45]. Role of obstacle softness in the diffusive behavior of active particles,  

Ankit Gupta and P. S. Burada, J. Chem. Phys. ,  161, 214901 (2024).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0227294

[44]. Separation of interacting active particles in an asymmetric channel,  

Ankit Gupta and P. S. Burada, Phys. Rev. E,  108, 034605 (2023).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.034605

[43].  Chemotaxis of two chiral squirmers,  

R. Maity and P. S. Burada, Phys. Fluids, 35, 043611 (2023).

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0139016

[42].  Hydrodynamics of a slip-stick sphere with a non-axisymmetric patch,  

S. Biswas, P. S. Burada, and G.P. Raja Sekhar Phys. Fluids, 35, 033613 (2023).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0141819

[41].  Magneto-Electric Supercapacitors,  

A. Chowdhury, S. Biswas, A. Dhar, J. Halder, D. Mandal, P. S. Burada, and A. Chandra.

Book chapter in: Handbook of Nanocomposite Supercapacitor Materials IV. Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol 331, 265-294 (2023). 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23701-0_11

[40].  Near and far-field hydrodynamic interaction of two chiral squirmers,  

R. Maity and P. S. Burada, Phys, Rev. E, 106, 054613 (2022).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.054613

     [39].  Unsteady chiral swimmer and its response to a chemical gradient,  

R. Maity and P. S. Burada, J. Fluid Mech., 940, A13 (2022).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.239

     [38]   Hydrodynamics of chiral squirmers, 

P. S. Burada, R. Maity, and F. Jülicher, Phys. Rev. E, 105, 024603 (2022).

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.024603 

[37]. Diffusion of chiral active particles in a Poiseuille flow,

                    N. Khatri and P. S. Burada, Phys. Rev. E, 105, 024604 (2022).

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.024604 

[36]. Stable Na-ion supercapacitor under non-ambient conditions using maricite-NaMnPO4 nanoparticles,

                    A. Chowdhury, S. Biswas, A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and A. Chandra, Journal of Power Sources, 510, 230679 (2021).

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230679

[35]. Mass separation in an asymmetric channel,

                    N. Khatri and P. S. Burada, Phys. Rev. E, 104, 044109 (2021).

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.044109

[34]. Effective medium model for a suspension of active swimmers,

A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and G. P. Raja Sekhar, Physics of Fluids, 33, 091906 (2021).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062290

[33]. High performance magnetic pseudocapacitors - Direct correlation between specific capacitance and diffusion coefficients, 

A. Chowdhury, S. Biswas, V. Sharma, J. Haldar, A. Dhar, B. Sundaram, B. Dubey,  P. S. Burada, and A. Chandra, Electrochimica Acta, 397, 139252 (2021).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139252

[32]. Interacting Brownian particles exhibiting enhanced rectification in an asymmetric channel,

N. Khatri and P. S. Burada, J. Stat. Mech., 2021, 073202 (2021).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/ac0f62

[31]. Biomolecular response to hour-long ultralow field microwave radiation: An effective coarse-grained model simulation,

A.K. Singh, P. S. Burada, and A. Roy, Phys. Rev. E, 103, 042416  (2021).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042416

[30]. Theoretical model for magnetic supercapacitors – From electrode material to electrolyte ion dependence,

A. Chowdhury, A. Dhar, S. Biswas, V. Sharma, P. S. Burada, and A. Chandra, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 26613 (2020).

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c07538 

[29]. Hydrodynamics of active particles confined in a periodically tapered channel,

A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and G. P. Raja Sekhar, Physics of Fluids, 32, 102005 (2020).

DOI: 10.1063/5.0021661

[28]. Hydrodynamics of an inertial active droplet,

A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and G.P. Raja Sekhar, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 904, A28 (2020).

DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.657

[27]. Confined diffusion in a random Lorentz gas environment, 

N. Khatri and P. S. Burada, Physical Review E 102, 012137 (2020). 

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012137

[26]. Dynamics of a spherical droplet driven by active slip and stress, 

A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and G. P. Raja Sekhar, International Journal of Multiphase Flow 127, 103274 (2020). 

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103274

[25]. Self-propulsion of a sticky sphere partially covered with a surface slip velocity,

A. Dhar, P. S. Burada, and G. P. Raja Sekhar, Physics of Fluids 31, 112004 (2019).

DOI: 10.1063/1.5125567

[24]. Diffusion of interacting particles in a channel with reflection boundary conditions,

N. Khatri, P. S. Burada, The Journal of chemical physics 151, 094103 (2019).

DOI: 10.1063/1.5116330

[23]. A hydrodynamic-stochastic model of chemotactic ciliated microorganisms, 

R. Maity, P. S. Burada, The European Physical Journal E 42, 1 (2019).

DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11780-4

[22]. Microwave-radiation-induced molecular structural rearrangement of hen egg-white lysozyme,

A.K. Singh, P. S. Burada, S. Bhattacharya, S. Bag, A. Bhattacharya, A. Roy, Physical Review E 97, 052416 (2018).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.052416

[21]. Electrophoresis of a soft charged particle in a sparsely packed bed,

Bibaswan Dey, P. S. Burada, G. P. Raja Sekhar, Chemical Engineering Communications 205, 991 (2018).

DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2018.1428569

[20]. From active stresses and forces to self-propulsion of droplets,

R. Kree, P. S. Burada, A. Zeppelius, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 821, 595 (2017).

DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.244

[19]. Escape rate of an active Brownian particle over a potential barrier,

P. S. Burada, B. Lindner, Physical Review E 85 (3), 032102 (2012).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.032102

[18]. Entropic splitter for particle separation,

D. Reguera, A. Luque, P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, J.M. Rubi, P. Hänggi, Physical Review Letters 108, 020604 (2012).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.020604

[17]. Steering the potential barriers: Entropic to energetic,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, Physical Review E 82 (5), 051128 (2010).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.051128

[16]. Entropic transport of finite size particles,

W. Riefler, G. Schmid, P. S. Burada, P. Hänggi, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22, 454109 (2010).

DOI:  10.1088/0953-8984/22/45/454109

[15]. Entropic transport in energetic potentials,

P. S. Burada, Y. Li, W. Riefler, G. Schmid, Chemical Physics 375, 514 (2010).

DOI:  10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.03.019

[14]. Controlling diffusive transport in confined geometries,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, Y. Li, P. Hanggi, Acta Physica Polonica B 41, 935 (2010).

DOI: https://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/R/41/5/935/pdf

[13]. Double entropic stochastic resonance,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, J.M. Rubi, P. Hänggi,  Europhysics Letters 87, 50003 (2009).

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/87/50003

[12]. Entropic transport: a test bed for the Fick–Jacobs approximation,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, P. Hänggi, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 367, 3157 (2009).

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0068

[11]. Entropic stochastic resonance: the constructive role of the unevenness,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, J.M. Rubi, P. Hänggi, The European Physical Journal B 69, 11 (2009).

DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2009-00051-5

[10]. Diffusion in confined geometries,

P. S. Burada, P. Hänggi, F. Marchesoni, G. Schmid, P. Talkner, ChemPhysChem 10, 45 (2009).

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800526 

[9]. Rectification through entropic barriers,

G. Schmid, P. S. Burada, P. Talkner, P. Hänggi, Advances in Solid State Physics, 317 (2009).

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85859-1_25

[8]. Entropic stochastic resonance,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, M.H. Vainstein, J.M. Rubi, P. Hänggi, Physical review letters 101, 130602 (2008).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.130602

[7]. Statistics of work performed on a forced quantum oscillator,

P. Talkner, P. S. Burada, P. Hänggi, Physical Review E 78, 011115 (2008).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011115 

Erratum: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.039902

[6]. Entropic particle transport in periodic channels,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, P. Talkner, P. Hänggi, D. Reguera, J.M. Rubí, BioSystems 93, 16 (2008).

DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.03.006

[5]. Entropic transport in confined media,

P. S. Burada, Ph.D. thesis University of Augusburg (2008).

[4]. Biased diffusion in confined media,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, J.M. Rubí, P. Hänggi, AIP Conference Proceedings 922, 513 (2007).

DOI: 10.1063/1.2759731

[3]. Biased diffusion in confined media: Test of the Fick-Jacobs approximation and validity criteria,

P. S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, J.M. Rubi, P. Hänggi, Physical Review E 75 (5), 051111 (2007).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051111

[2]. Entropic transport: Kinetics, scaling, and control mechanisms,

D. Reguera, G. Schmid, P. S. Burada, J.M. Rubi, P. Reimann, P. Hänggi, Physical review letters 96, 130603 (2006).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.130603

[1]. The many-electron ground state of the adiabatic Holstein model in two and three dimensions,

B. Porrnachandra Sekhar, S. Kumar, P. Majumdar, Europhysics Letters 68, 564 (2004).

DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10226-2