Madan Rao

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Madan Rao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Madan Rao has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 29 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Madan Rao's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (35 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (25 papers). Madan Rao is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (35 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (25 papers). Madan Rao collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. Madan Rao's co-authors include Sriraṁ Ramaswamy, Satyajit Mayor, Robert Simha, Jacques Prost, Jean‐François Joanny, M. Cristina Marchetti, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, Kripa Gowrishankar, R. C. Sarasij and Subhasri Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Madan Rao

109 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

2013 2.8k citations M. Cristina Marchetti, Jean‐François Joanny et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
Nanoscale Organization of Multiple GPI-Anchored Proteins in Living Cell Membranes

2004 686 citations Madan Rao, Satyajit Mayor et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Active drive towards elastic spinodals 2025 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), Madan Rao, Lev Truskinovsky	1
2	Segregation, finite-time elastic singularities, and coarsening in renewable active matter 2025 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), (unknown), Madan Rao	0
3	Reliable and robust control of nucleus centering is contingent on nonequilibrium force patterns 2023 ·iScience ·(unknown), Madan Rao, Phong T. Tran	2
4	Cellular compartmentalisation and receptor promiscuity as a strategy for accurate and robust inference of position during morphogenesis 2023 ·eLife ·K. S. Iyer, (unknown), Satyajit Mayor, Madan Rao	8
5	Unjamming and emergent nonreciprocity in active ploughing through a compressible viscoelastic fluid 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Rituparno Mandal, (unknown), Shashi Thutupalli, Madan Rao	16
6	A random first-order transition theory for an active glass 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Saroj Kumar Nandi, Rituparno Mandal, Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Chandan Dasgupta, Madan Rao, Nir S. Gov	60
7	Soft inclusion in a confined fluctuating active gel 2018 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), Jean-François Rupprecht, G. V. Shivashankar, Jacques Prost, Madan Rao	7
8	Glassy swirls of active dumbbells 2017 ·Physical review. E ·Rituparno Mandal, Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Pinaki Chaudhuri, Madan Rao, Chandan Dasgupta	19
9	Actomyosin dynamics drive local membrane component organization in an in vitro active composite layer 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·D Köster, Kabir Husain, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Bieling, R. Dyche Mullins, Madan Rao, Satyajit Mayor	108
10	A lower bound on the free energy cost of molecular measurements 2016 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Garud Iyengar, Madan Rao	2
11	Phase Segregation of Passive Advective Particles in an Active Medium 2016 ·Physical Review Letters ·Amit Das, Anirban Polley, Madan Rao	29
12	Hydrodynamics of soft active matter breakdown → 2013 ·Reviews of Modern Physics ·M. Cristina Marchetti, Jean‐François Joanny, Sriraṁ Ramaswamy, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, Jacques Prost, Madan Rao, Robert Simha	2781
13	Nonaffine displacements in crystalline solids in the harmonic limit 2013 ·Physical Review E ·(unknown), Surajit Sengupta, Peter Sollich, Madan Rao	36
14	Phase behavior of two-component lipid membranes: Theory and experiments 2012 ·Physical Review E ·Mohammad Arif Kamal, Antara Pal, V. A. Raghunathan, Madan Rao	12
15	Early-time particle dynamics and non-affine deformations during microstructure selection in solids 2011 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Surajit Sengupta, Madan Rao, (unknown)	2
16	Competition between folding and aggregation in a model for protein solutions 2010 ·The European Physical Journal E ·Moumita Maiti, Madan Rao, Srikanth Sastry	4
17	Use of Forster's resonance energy transfer microscopy to study lipid rafts 2005 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Madan Rao, Satyajit Mayor	107
18	Stress Relaxation in a Perfect Nanocrystal by Coherent Ejection of Lattice Layers 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Abhishek Chaudhuri, Surajit Sengupta, Madan Rao	9
19	Rheology of Active-Particle Suspensions 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·Yashodhan Hatwalne, Sriraṁ Ramaswamy, Madan Rao, Robert Simha	358
20	Nucleation of Solids in Solids: Ferrites and Martensites 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·Madan Rao, Surajit Sengupta	24

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