Publications

• P. Prakash, Y. Baig, F. J. Peaudecerf, R. E. Goldstein, “Dynamics of an algae-bacteria microcosm: photosynthesis, chemotaxis, and expulsion in inhomogeneous active matter”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2025, 122, 12 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2410225122

• P. Prakash*, M. Vona, R. E. Goldstein, “Feeders and Expellers: two types of pullers with outboard cilia, have distinct surface interactions”, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2024, 9, 103101. *co-corresponding author

DOI: https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.103101 

See highlight from Physical Review Fluids: https://x.com/PhysRevFluids/status/1891382154556285076

• P. Prakash, X. Jiang, L. Richards, Z. Schofield, P. Schäfer, M. Polin, O. Soyer, M. Asally, “Emergence of synchronised growth oscillations in filamentous fungi” J. Roy. Soc. Interface, 2024, 21, 20240574. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0574

• P. Prakash*, M. Varma, “A pedagogical introduction to biomarker detection in surface-based biosensors”, ACS J. Chem. Educ., 2022, 99, 3694–3701. *co-corresponding author

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00606 

• P. Prakash, O. A. Croze, “Photogyrotactic concentration of a population of swimming microalgae across a porous layer” Front. Phys., 2021, 9, 744428.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.744428

• P. Prakash*, A. Z. Abdulla, M. Varma, “Contact force mediated rapid deposition of colloidal microspheres flowing over microfabricated barriers”, Langmuir, 2021, 37, 6915–6922. *co-corresponding author

DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00370 

• P. Prakash*, A. Z. Abdulla, V. Singh, M. Varma, “Swimming statistics of cargo loaded single bacteria”, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 9499–9505. *co-corresponding author

DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/sm/d0sm01066a

• P. Prakash, A. Z. Abdulla, V. Singh, M. Varma, “Tuning the torque speed characteristics of the bacterial flagellar motor to enhance swimming speed”, Phys. Rev. E, 2019, 100, 062609.

DOI: https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.062609 

• P. Prakash, S. Pahal, M. Varma, “Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching in ultrathin polymer films”, Macromol. Chem. and Phys., 2018, 219, 1700543.

See cover page highlight: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.201870019

DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/macp.201700543 

• P. Prakash, M. Varma, “Trapping/Pinning of colloidal microspheres over glass substrate using surface features”, Sci. Rep., 2017, 7, 15754.

DOI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15984-4