Where chaos meets order
What mechanisms render the observed dynamics of an ensemble of self-propelled objects?
Can we unravel the inner workings of the brain from the brainwave dynamics?
Can we engineer active particles that can sense the geometry of their environment?
Can camphor engines be used to mimic different bacterial motion?
Can we replicate the motion of the Janus swimmers at millimeter scale?
May 2025
The paper titled "Blink it to sync it: Experimental evidence of synchronization of human brainwaves subjected to common photic forcing" authored by Aarsh Chotalia, Sapna Yadav, Richa Phogat, P Parmananda has been published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0276609 .
The paper titled "Anticipating synchronization in electrochemical systems" authored by R Vidal, J Escalona, M Rivera, A Flores-Rosas, Fernando Montoya, Tanushree Roy, P Parmananda has been published in Physical Review E. Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.064206 .
April 2025
The paper titled "Brainwaves and their entrainment influence the processing speeds of in-congruent stimuli" Brainwaves and their entrainment influence the processing speeds of in-congruent stimuli authored by Richa Phogat, Sandhya Basu, Aarsh Chotalia, Bidisha Banerjee and P. Parmananda has been published in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals . Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2025.116410 .
March 2025
Dr. Shiva Dixit, a former post-doctoral researcher from our institution, recently visited our lab for collaboration on multiple projects.
The paper titled "Experimental evidence of community switching en route to global synchronization" authored by Sapna Yadav*, Taniya Khatun*, Heirtami Paswet*, and P. Parmananda has been published in Physical Review E. Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.034204 .
Professor Tatsu Sakurai and Dr. Hitoshi Mahara, a former postdoctoral researcher from our group, visited our lab for a week.
February 2025
Dr. Marco has come to our lab for a month to collaborate on several projects.
The paper titled "Run-and-tumble-like motion of a camphor-infused Marangoni swimmer" authored by Pampa Dey*, Abhishek Thakur*, Aarsh Chotalia, Amitabha Nandi, and P. Parmananda has been published in Soft Matter. Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SM01363H.
December 2024
A paper titled "Stationary and libration motion in two coupled rotors: Theoretical and experimental study" authored by, Monish B., Abhishek Thakur, Ratan Sarkar, K. Ujjwal Singh, Jyoti Sharma, Ishant Tiwari, Suresh Kumarasamy, Sangeeta D. Gadre, P. Parmananda and A. Prasad has been published in Physical Review E. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.064208
September 2024
A paper titled "Surface tension gradient invoked path selection" authored by Anjuman Ara Khatun*, Aarsh Chotalia*, Kalpita Das, Shiva Dixit and P. Parmananda, has beem published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP01832J
August 2024
Roxana Vidal from UAEM - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Mexico) is visiting the lab for three months. She will work on synchronization of self-propelled disks.
July 2024
Prof. Punit Parmananda, Pampa Dey and Aarsh Chotalia attended Gordon Research Conference and Seminar held at Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Prof. Parmananda delivered a talk on "Quest for Experimental Chimera-like States". Pampa gave a talk on "Run and tumble like motion of a Marangoni Swimmer" and Aarsh presented a poster on "Chemical Intelligence by active particles".
April 2024
Dr. Shiva Dixit, a former post-doctoral researcher from our institution, recently visited our lab for collaboration on multiple projects.
March 2024
Dr. Tanya Khatun has joined our lab as an institute Post-Doc.
Our group participated in the SymPhy organized by the physics department of IIT Bombay. Pampa gave a talk at this conference whereas Anjuman, Aarsh and Sapna presented posters entailing their works. Furthermore, Aarsh won the best poster award at the conference. Congratulations to all.
Feb 2024
Dr. Marco has come to our lab for a month to collaborate on several projects.
Dr. Tanushree Roy, a distinguished alumnus of the lab, paid a visit to the lab and presented her recent research work.
Jan 2024
Aarsh Chotalia and Pampa Dey presented their work on "Chemical Intelligence" and "Dynamics of run, tumble and rest of a Marangoni swimmer" respectively at conference on CDSA (Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications) organized by ISI ,Kolkata.
Dr. Richa Phogat, a distinguished alumnus of the lab, paid a visit to the lab and presented the recent research work she has been conducting as a post-doc at the University of Newcastle.
Nov 2023
The paper titled "A memory-based approach to model glorious uncertainties of love", authored by Aarsh Chotalia, Shiva Dixit and Punit Parmananda, has been published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science.
Illustrious alumnus Dr. Ishant Tiwari visited the lab and presented his recent work on "Optimal unravelling of tangled filaments".
Sept 2023
Prof. Punit Parmananda gave a talk on "Quest for experimental chimeras" at IIT Bhubaneswar.