Manu Prakash

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Manu Prakash is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manu Prakash has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Manu Prakash's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (25 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (7 papers). Manu Prakash is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (25 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (7 papers). Manu Prakash collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. Manu Prakash's co-authors include John W. M. Bush, Neil Gershenfeld, David Quéré, Adrien Benusiglio, Nate Cira, Georgios Katsikis, Matthew S. Bull, William Gilpin, M. Saad Bhamla and Vivek N. Prakash and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Manu Prakash

81 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet

2008 459 citations Manu Prakash, David Quéré et al. Science profile →
Vapour-mediated sensing and motility in two-component droplets

2015 354 citations Nate Cira, Adrien Benusiglio et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manu Prakash

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Manu Prakash. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Manu Prakash based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Manu Prakash. Manu Prakash is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Rapid, antibiotic incubation-free determination of tuberculosis drug resistance using machine learning and Raman spectroscopy 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Babatunde Ogunlade, Loza F. Tadesse, Hongquan Li, (unknown), Niaz Banaei, Amy K. Barczak, Amr A. E. Saleh, Manu Prakash, Jennifer A. Dionne	8
2	Hidden comet tails of marine snow impede ocean-based carbon sequestration 2024 ·Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Kay D. Bidle, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Manu Prakash	8
3	Emergent programmable behavior and chaos in dynamically driven active filaments 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Deepak Krishnamurthy, Manu Prakash	11
4	Active sinking particles: sessile suspension feeders significantly alter the flow and transport to sinking aggregates 2023 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Deepak Krishnamurthy, Rachel E. Pepper, Manu Prakash	4
5	Energetics of the microsporidian polar tube invasion machinery 2023 ·eLife ·Ray Chang, (unknown), Pattana Jaroenlak, Breane Budaitis, Damian C. Ekiert, Gira Bhabha, Manu Prakash	6
6	Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords 2023 ·Cell ·(unknown), Mélanie T. M. Hannebelle, (unknown), A. Dubois, (unknown), (unknown), Maxime Jan, Kunal Sharma, Nicolas Guex, Jessica Sordet‐Dessimoz, Jesús Pérez‐Gil, Manu Prakash, Graham Knott, Neeraj Dhar, John D. McKinney, Vivek V. Thacker	27
7	Effect of age on wingbeat frequency of Aedes aegypti and potential application for age estimation of mosquitoes 2023 ·Medical and Veterinary Entomology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), F. Stephen Dobson, Asheber Abebe, (unknown), Manu Prakash, Byron L. Blagburn, Lindsay A. Starkey, Sarah Zohdy	2
8	Active foam: the adaptive mechanics of 2D air–liquid foam under cyclic inflation 2023 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), Matthew S. Bull, Manu Prakash	1
9	Low cost centrifugal melt spinning for distributed manufacturing of non-woven media 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shailabh Kumar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Manu Prakash	3
10	Collective intercellular communication through ultra-fast hydrodynamic trigger waves 2019 ·Nature ·Arnold J. T. M. Mathijssen, (unknown), M. Saad Bhamla, Manu Prakash	50
11	Coupled Active Systems Encode an Emergent Hunting Behavior in the Unicellular Predator Lacrymaria olor 2019 ·Current Biology ·Scott M. Coyle, (unknown), Hongquan Li, Deepak Krishnamurthy, Manu Prakash	31
12	The dynamics of multi-cellular coordination in a living fossil 2018 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Matthew S. Bull, Shahaf Armon, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash	1
13	The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems 2018 ·Science ·Mark Ilton, M. Saad Bhamla, Xiaotian Ma, S. M. Cox, (unknown), (unknown), Je‐Sung Koh, Deepak Krishnamurthy, Chi‐Yun Kuo, Zeynep Temel, Alfred J. Crosby, Manu Prakash, Gregory P. Sutton, Robert J. Wood, Emanuel Azizi, Sarah Bergbreiter, S. N. Patek	186
14	Ultra Fast Contractions and Emergent Dynamics in a Living Active Solid - The Epithelium of the Primitive Animal Trichoplax adhaerens 2018 ·Biophysical Journal ·Shahaf Armon, Manu Prakash	4
15	Flowtrace: simple visualization of coherent structures in biological fluid flows 2017 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·William Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash	26
16	Synchronous magnetic control of water droplets in bulk ferrofluid 2017 ·Soft Matter ·Georgios Katsikis, (unknown), (unknown), Manu Prakash	21
17	Mapping Load-Bearing in the Mammalian Spindle Reveals Local Kinetochore Fiber Anchorage that Provides Mechanical Isolation and Redundancy 2017 ·Current Biology ·Mary Williard Elting, Manu Prakash, Dylan B. Udy, Sophie Dumont	42
18	Dancing droplets: Contact angle, drag, and confinement 2015 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Adrien Benusiglio, Nate Cira, Manu Prakash	0
19	On a tweezer for droplets 2010 ·Advances in Colloid and Interface Science ·John W. M. Bush, François J. Peaudecerf, Manu Prakash, David Quéré	29
20	Microfluidic bubble logic 2006 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Manu Prakash, Neil Gershenfeld	1

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