Publications

    Under Review/Submitted Preprints


  1. Non-trivial activity dependence of static length scale and critical tests of active random first-order transition theory - K. Paul, S.K. Nandi and Smarajit Karmakar, arXiv:2111.09829 (2021).

  2. Cavitation instabilities in amorphous solids via secondary mechanical perturbations – U.A. Dattani, R. Sharma, Smarajit Karmakar, and P. Chaudhuri, arxiv:2303.04529 (2023).

  3. Activity-Induced Annealing leads to Ductile-to-Brittle Transition in Amorphous Solids - R. Sharma, Smarajit Karmakar, arXiv:2305.17545 (submitted 2023).

  4. Length-scale Dependence of Stokes-Einstien Breakdown in Active Glass-forming Liquids - A. Mutneja, Smarajit Karmakar, arXiv:2306.10229 (submitted 2023).

  5. Soft Matrix: Extracting Inherent Length Scales in Sheared Amorphous Solids - M. Adhikari, P. Chaudhuri, Smarajit Karmakar, V.V. Krishnan, N. Pingua, S. Sengupta, A. Sreekumari, V.V. Vasisht, arXiv:2306.04917 (under review PNAS Nexus 2023).

  6. Yielding transition of amorphous solids in the presence of aspherical impurities - A. Mutneja, B.P. Bhowmik, Smarajit Karmakar*, arXiv:2307.01002 (submitted 2023).

  7. Athermal quasistatic cavitation in amorphous solids: effect of random pinning - U.A. Dattani, Smarajit Karmakar, P. Chaudhuri, arXiv:2306.05348 (submitted 2023).

  8. Quantum fluctuations lead to glassy electron dynamics in a good metal – S.K. Ojha, S. Hazra, S. Bera, S.K. Gogoi, P. Mandal, J. Maity, A. Gloskovskii, C Schlueter, Smarajit Karmakar, M. Jain, S. Banerjee, V. Gopalan, S. Middey (under review Nature 2023) arXiv:2306.14464.

    9. Peer-reviewed Publications


  9. Soft-Pinning: Experimental Validation of Static Correlations in Supercooled Molecular Glass-forming Liquids - R. Das, B.P. Bhowmik, A.B. Puthirath, T.N. Narayanan, Smarajit Karmakar, Natl. Acad. Sci. Nexus (USA) 2 (9) pgad277(2023).

  10. Dynamic Heterogeneity in active glass-forming liquids in qualitatively different compared to its equilibrium behaviour - K. Paul, A. Mutneja, S.K. Nandi and Smarajit Karmakar, Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 120 (34), e2217073120 (2023).

  11. Enhanced Vibrational Stability in Glass Droplets – S. Chakraborty, V.V. Krishnan, K. Ramola and Smarajit Karmakar*, Natl. Acad. Sci. Nexus (USA) 2 (9) pgad289 (2023).

  12. A Novel Method to Probe the Pronounced Growth of Correlation Lengths in an Active Glass-forming Liquids using Elongated Probe - A Mutneja, S Karmakar, Physical Review E Letters 108 (2) L022601 (2023).

  13. Dependence of the glass transition and jamming densities on spatial dimension - Adhikari, Smarajit Karmakar, S. Sastry, Physical Review Letters 131, 168202 (2023)

  14. Annealing effects of multidirectional oscillatory shear in model glass formers - V.V. Krishnan, K. Ramola, and Smarajit Karmakar, Physical Review Applied 19, 024004 (2023).

  15. Quantifying Dynamical Heterogeneity Length Scales of Interface Water across Model Membrane Phase Transition - S Malik, Smarajit Karmakar, and A Debnath, Journal of Chemical Physics 158, 091103 (2023).

  16. Relaxation time scales of interfacial water upon fluid to ripple to gel phase transitions of bilayers – S Malik, Smarajit Karmakar and A Debnath, Journal of Chemical Physics 158, 114503 (2023).

  17. Giant electroviscous effects in a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal - MP Kumar, J Karcz, P Kula, S Karmakar, S Dhara, Physical Review Applied 19 (4) 044082 (2023).

  18. Kinetic Fragility Directly Correlates with the Many-body Static Amorphous Order in Glass-Forming Liquids - I Tah, Smarajit Karmakar, Physical Review Materials 6 (3) 035601 (2022).

  19. Universal mechanical instabilities in the energy landscape of amorphous solids: Evidence from athermal quasistatic expansion - UA Dattani, S Karmakar, P Chaudhuri Physical Review E 106 (5), 055004 (2022).

  20. Thermodynamics and its correlation with dynamics in a mean-field model and pinned systems: A comparative study using two different methods of entropy calculation - U.k. Nandi, P. Patel, M. Moid, M.K. Nandi, S. Sengupta, Smarajit Karmakar, P.K. Maiti, C. Dasgupta, S.M. Bhattacharyya, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156, 014503 (2022).

  21. Universal non-Debye low-frequency vibrations in sheared amorphous solids - Vishu V Krishnan, Kabir Ramola, and Smarajit Karmakar, Soft Matter 18, 3395 (2022).

  22. Enhanced Phonon Peak in Four-point Dynamic Susceptibility in the Supercooled active Glass-forming Liquids - S. Dey. A. Mutneja, and Smarajit Karmakar, Soft Matter 18, 7309 (2022).

  23. Dynamics of Rod like Particles in Supercooled Liquids--Probing Dynamic Heterogeneity and Amorphous Order – Anoop Mutneja and Smarajit Karmakar, Physical Review Applied 16 (3), 034022 (2021).

  24. Translational dynamics of rod-like probe in supercooled liquids: an experimentally realisable method to study Stokes-Einstein breakdown, dynamic heterogeneity, and amorphous order, Anoop Mutneja and Smarajit Karmakar, Soft Matter 17, 5738 (2021).

  25. Spatial Dimensionality Dependence of Heterogeneity, Breakdown of the Stokes–Einstein Relation, and Fragility of a Model Glass-Forming Liquid- M. Adhikari, Smarajit Karmakar, S. Sastry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 125, 10232 (2021).

  26. Understanding Slow and Heterogeneous Dynamics in Model Supercooled Glass-forming Liquids – I Tah, A Mutneja, and Smarajit Karmakar, ACS Omega 6(11), 7229 (2021) (Invited Review Article).

  27. Cavity formation in deformed amorphous solids on the nanoscale – K Paul, R Dasgupta, J Horbach and Smarajit Karmakar*, Physical Review Research 2, 042012 (2020).

  28. Time Scales of Fickian Diffusion and Lifetime of Dynamic Heterogeneity – R Das, C. Dasgupta and Smarajit Karmakar*, Frontiers in Physics 8, 210 (2020).

  29. Signature of Dynamical heterogeneity in Spatial correlations of particle displacement and its Temporal evolution in Supercooled liquids, I. Tah and Smarajit Karmakar*, Physical Review Research, 2, 022067 (2020).

  30. Cusp singularities in Hessian element distributions of amorphous media - VV Krishnan, Smarajit Karmakar, K Ramola, Physical Review Research 2, 042025 (2020).

  31. Dynamic coupling of hydration layer to a fluid phospholipid membrane: intermittency and multiple time-scale relaxations - A Srivastava, S Malik, Smarajit Karmakar, and A Debnath, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 21158 (2020).

  32. Effect of pinning on the Yielding Transition of Amorphous Solids – BP. Bhowmik, P. Chaudhuri and Smarajit Karmakar*, Physical Review Letters 123, 185501 (2019).

  33. Particle pinning suppresses spinodal criticality in the shear banding instability - BP. Bhowmik, Smarajit Karmakar, I Procaccia, and C Rainone - Physical Review E 100, 052110 (2019).

  34. Quantification of patio-temporal scales of dynamical heterogeneity of water near lipid membranes above supercooling - A Srivastava, Smarajit Karmakar, and A Debnath. Soft Matter 15, 9805 (2019).

  35. Role of α and β Relaxation in Collapsing Dynamics of Polymer Chain in Supercooled Glass-forming Liquids – M. Mukherjee, J. Mondal and Smarajit Karmakar*, Chem. Phys. 150, 114503 (2019).

  36. Non-Gaussianity of van Hove Function and Dynamic Heterogeneity Length Scale – BP Bhowmik, I Tah and Smarajit Karmakar*, Rev. E 98, 022122 (2018).

  37. Glass Transition in Supercooled Liquids with Medium Range Crystalline Order – I Tah, S Sengupta, S Sastry, C Dasgupta and Smarajit Karmakar*, Rev. Lett. 121, 085703 (2018).

  38. Possible Universal Relation Between Short time β Relaxation and Long time α Relaxation in Glass-forming Liquids. – R. Das, I. Tah and Smarajit Karmakar*, Chem. Phys. 149, 024501 (2018).

  39. Plastic deformation of a permanently bonded network: Stress relaxation by pleats - S. Ganguly, D. Das, J. Horbach, P. Sollich, Smarajit Karmakar, S. Sengupta, Chem. Phys. 149, 184503 (2018).

  40. Do Thermodynamically Stable rigid solids exist? – P. Nath, S. Ganguly, J. Horbach, P. Sollich, Smarajit Karmakar and S. Sengupta, Nat’l. Acad. Sci. 115, E4322 (2018).

  41. Block Analysis for the Calculation of Dynamic and Static Length Scales in Glass-Forming Liquids – S Chakrabarty, I Tah, Smarajit Karmakar* and C Dasgupta Phys. Lett. 119 (20) 205502 (2017).

  42. Equilibrium and Dynamic Pleating of a Crystalline bonded Network – S Ganguly, P Nath, J Horbach, P Sollich, Smarajit Karmakar*, and S Sengupta, Journal of Chem. Phys. 146 (12), 124501 (2017).

  43. Pinning Susceptibility: A Novel Method to Study Growth of Amorphous Order in Glass-forming Liquids – R Das, S Chakrabarty, and Smarajit Karmakar*, Soft Matter 13, 6929-6937 (2017).

  44. An Overview on Short and Long Time Relaxations in Glass-forming Supercooled Liquids – Smarajit Karmakar*, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 759 (1), 012008 (2016).

  45. Understanding the Dynamics of supercooled liquids with Random Pinning within the Random First Order Transition Theory – S Chakrabarty, R Das, Smarajit Karmakar*, C Dasgupta, Chem. Phys. 145, 034507 (2016).

  46. Understanding Stokes-Einstein in Supercooled Liquids using Random Pinning – BP Bhowmik, R Das and Smarajit Karmakar*, Stat. Mech. : Theory and Experiments 074003 (2016).

  47. Excess Vibrational Density of States and the Brittle to Ductile Transition in Crystalline and Amorphous Solids – JS Babu, C Mondal, S Sengupta, Smarajit Karmakar*, Soft Matter 12(4), 1210 (2016).

  48. Short-time β-relaxation in glass-forming liquids is cooperative in nature – Smarajit Karmakar*, C Dasgupta, S Sastry, Rev. Lett. 116, 085701 (2016).

  49. The Static lengthscale characterizing the glass transition at lower temperatures- R Gutierrez, Smarajit Karmakar, YG. Pollak and I Procaccia, Lett. 111(5), 56009 (2016).

  50. Length scales in glass forming liquids and related systems" by Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta, S Sastry, Report on Progress in Physics 79, 016601 (2015).

  51. Vanishing of configurational entropy may not imply an ideal glass transition in randomly pinned liquids- S Chakrabarty, Smarajit Karmakar*, C Dasgupta, Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), 201512745 (2015).

  52. Dynamics of glass forming liquids with randomly pinned particles - S Chakrabarty, Smarajit Karmakar*, C Dasgupta, Scientific reports 5 (2015).

  53. Glass-like slow dynamics in a colloidal solid with multiple ground states - C Mondal, Smarajit Karmakar, S Sengupta, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119 (34), 10902–10910 (2015).

  54. Distribution of diffusion coefficients and connection to Stokes-Einstein Violation in Super cooled liquids – S Sengupta and Smarajit Karmakar*, The Journal of Chemical Physics 140 (22), 224505 (2014).

  55. Growing Length Scales at the Glass Transition - Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta and S Sastry, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 5, 1 (2013).

  56. Comparison of Static Length Scales Characterizing the Glass Transition - G Biroli, Smarajit Karmakar*, and I Procaccia, Rev. Lett. 111, 165701 (2013).

  57. Breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein relation in two, three and four dimensions – S Sengupta, Smarajit Karmakar, C Dastupta and S Sastry, Chem. Phys. 138, 12A548 (2013).

  58. Random Pinning Glass Model – Smarajit Karmakar and G Parisi, Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 110, 2752 (2013).

  59. Finite Size Scaling for the Glass Transition: The Role of a Static Length Scale - Smarajit Karmakar* and I Procaccia, Physical Review E 86, 061502 (2012).

  60. The nature of the β-peak in the loss modulus of amorphous solids – Y Cohen, Smarajit Karmakar, I Procaccia, and K Samwer, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 100, 36003 (2012).

  61. Relaxation Mechanisms in Glassy Dynamics: the Arrhenius and Fragile Regimes - HGE. Hentschel, Smarajit Karmakar, I Procaccia and J Zylberg, Rev. E 85, 061501 (2012).

  62. Adam-Gibbs relation for glass-forming liquids in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions – S Sengupta, Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta and S Sastry, Physical Review Letters 109, 095705 (2012).

  63. Universality of Plastic Instability in Strained Amorphous Solids – R Dasgupta, Smarajit Karmakar, I Procaccia, Physical Review Letters 108, 075701 (2012).

  64. An Athermal Brittle to Ductile Transition in Amorphous Solids- O Dauchot, Smarajit Karmakar, I Procaccia, and J Zylberg – Physical Review E 84, 046105 (2011).

  65. Direct Estimate of the Static Length-Scale Accompanying the Glass Transition - Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, and I Procaccia, Physica A, 391, 1001 (2012).

  66. Do Athermal Amorphous Solids Exist? - H.G.E. Hentschel, Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia – Physical Review E 83, 061101 (2011).

  67. Effect of the Inter-particle Potential on the Yield Stress of Amorphous Solid – Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia, and J Zylberg – Physical Review E 83, 046106 (2011).

  68. Statistical Physics of the Yielding Transition in Amorphous Solids – Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner and I Procaccia - Physical Review E Rapid Comm. 82, 055103(R) (2010).

  69. Statistical Physics of Elasto-Plastic Steady States in Amorphous Solids: Finite Temperatures and Strain Rates - Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia, J Zylberg – Physical Review E. 82, 031301 (2010).

  70. Time Scales in the Theory of Elasto-Plasticity of Amorphous Solids - L Boue, P Harrowell, Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia, I Regev, J Zylberg - arXiv:0911.4646.

  71. Athermal Nonlinear Elastic Constants of Amorphous Solids - Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, and I Procaccia, Physical Review E 82, 02615 (2010).

  72. Plasticity-Induced Anisotropy in Amorphous Solids: The Bauschinger Effect – Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia, Physical Review E. 82, 02614 (2010).

  73. Comment on “Scaling Analysis of Dynamic ..... Liquid” by Stein and Andersen – Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta, S Sastry, Physical Review Letters 105, 019801 (2010).

  74. Analysis of dynamic heterogeneity in a glass former from the spatial correlations of mobility - Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta, S Sastry, Physical Review Letters 105, 015701 (2010).

  75. Predicting plastic flow events in athermal shear-strained amorphous solids – Smarajit Karmakar, A Lemaitre, E Lerner and I Procaccia, Physical Review Letters, 104, 215502 (2010).

  76. Size of Plastic Events in Strained Amorphous Solids at Finite Temperatures – HGE. Hentschel, Smarajit Karmakar, E Lerner, I Procaccia, Physical Review Letters, 104, 025501 (2010).

  77. Growing length and time scales in glass forming liquids - Smarajit Karmakar, C Dasgupta, and S Sastry, Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 106, 3675 (2009).

  78. Signatures of Dynamical Heterogeneity in the Structure of Glassy Free-energy Minima – P Chaudhuri, Smarajit Karmakar and C Dasgupta, Physical Review Letters 100, 125701 (2008).

  79. Equilibrium Glassy Phase in a Polydisperse Hard-Sphere System - P Chaudhuri, Smaraji Karmakar, C Dasgupta, HR Krishnamurthy, and AK Sood - Physical Review Letters 95, 248301 (2005).

  80. Physics of Disordered Systems - Smarajit Karmakar, Resonance 27 (1), 19-38 (2022).

  81. Interplay of Disorder and Fluctuations in Physical Systems - Celebrating the Science of Giorgio Parisi, Physics Nobel laureate 2021, - S.K. Nandi and Smarajit Karmakar, Physics News 4 (2022).