Research

• Sedimentation
• Classical Diamagnetism
• Fluctuation Theorems
• Molecular motors
• Cytoskeletal Polymeric Networks

Publications

• Is Diamagnetism possible classically?, N. Kumar and K. Vijay Kumar, Europhysics News, Vol. 40, No. 4, 10 (2009).


• Classical Langevin dynamics of a charged particle moving on a sphere and diamagnetism: A surprise, N. Kumar and K. Vijay Kumar, EPL, 86, 17001 (2009).
  • Editor's Choice Article
  • arXiv:0811.3071


• Exact solution of a Brownian inchworm model for self-propulsion, Adrian Baule, K. Vijay Kumar and Sriram Ramaswamy, J. Stat. Mech., P11008 (2008).
  • arXiv:0903.1572


• Active elastic dimers : Self-propulsion and current reversals, K. Vijay Kumar, S. Ramaswamy and M. Rao, Phys. Rev. E, 77, 020102(R), (2008).
  • Selected for additional publication in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics
  • arXiv:0708.1802v3


• Classical Angular Momentum of Light: A Paradox and its resolution, K. Vijay Kumar and N. Kumar, Resonance, Vol. 8, No. 10, 69-75 (2003).