Research

My name is Sanatan Halder, and I am a PhD student in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. I have been working at the Soft and Active Matter Lab. My research focuses on active matter physics, colloids, non-equilibrium statistical physics, numerical simulations, and optical tweezers.

Publications

Preprint
2025

Dynamically stable optical trapping of thermophoretically active Janus colloids

Halder, S., Khan, M.
arXiv preprint
arXiv
Preprint
2025

Interplay between timescales governs the residual activity of a harmonically bound active Brownian particle

Halder, S., Khan, M.
arXiv preprint
arXiv
Book-Chapter
2024

Optical Micromanipulation of Soft Materials: Applications in Devices and Technologies

Halder, S., Chanda, D., Mondal, D., Kundu, S., Khan, M.
Springer Nature Singapore in Soft Materials for Functional Applications (pp. 415-469)
arXiv Springer