Charge Effects in Active Membranes

Electrostatic and electrokinetic contributions to the elastic moduli of a driven membrane
D. Lacoste, G. I. Menon, M. Z. Bazant, J. F. Joanny
European Physical Journal E 28, 243-264 (2009)
arxiv.org/0806.4321

Interfaces in Nematics

Biaxiality at the Isotropic-Nematic Interface with Planar Anchoring
S. M. Kamil, A. K. Bhattacharjee, R. Adhikari and Gautam I. Menon
arxiv.org/0906.2899
The Isotropic-Nematic Interface with an Oblique Anchoring Condition
S. M. Kamil, A. K. Bhattacharjee, R. Adhikari and Gautam I. Menon
arxiv.org/0908.2517

Numerical Methodologies for Nematics

Fluctuating Nematodynamics using the Stochastic Method of Lines
A. K. Bhattacharjee, Gautam I. Menon and R. Adhikari
arxiv.org/1001.0842
Numerical Method of Lines for the Relaxational Dynamics of Nematic Liquid Crystals
A. K. Bhattacharjee, Gautam I. Menon and R. Adhikari
arxiv.org/0804.4758
Physical Review E (2008)

Statistical Mechanics of Pressurized Polymer Loops

Phase Transitions in Pressurized Semiflexible Polymer Rings
Mithun K. Mitra, Gautam I. Menon and R. Rajesh
Physical Review E Vol. 77, 041802 (2008).
arxiv.org/0708.3318
Asymptotic Behavior of Inflated Lattice Polygons
Mithun K. Mitra, Gautam I. Menon and R. Rajesh J. Stat. Phys. Vol 131, pg 393 (2008)
arxiv.org/0708.3318
Asymptotic behaviour of convex and column-convex lattice polygons with fixed area and varying perimeter
Mithun K. Mitra, Gautam I. Menon and R. Rajesh arxiv.org/1003.2908

Distribution functions in semiflexible polymers: Applications to DNA

Distribution Functions, Loop Formation Probabilities and Force-Extension Relations in a Model for Short Double-Stranded DNA Molecules
P. Ranjith, P.B. Sunil Kumar and Gautam I. Menon
Phys. Rev. Lett 94, 138102 (2005)
cond-mat/0411723

Pattern Formation in Motor Microtubule Mixtures

Self-organized Pattern Formation in Motor-Microtubule Mixtures

Sumithra Sankararaman, Gautam I. Menon and P.B. Sunil Kumar
Phys. Rev. E 70, 031905 (2004)
cond-mat/0307720
Asters, Spirals and Vortices in Mixtures of Motors and Microtubules: The Effects of Confining Geometries on Pattern Formation
Sumithra Sankararaman, Gautam I. Menon and P.B. Sunil Kumar
cond-mat/0311540
Modelling Pattern Formation in Motor-Microtubule Mixtures
Sumithra Sankararaman, Gautam I. Menon and P.B. Sunil Kumar
Proceedings of the International Conference on Unconventional Applications of Statistical Physics, Kolkata, (March, 2003)
Physica Scripta, T106, 26 (2003)
Collective Effects in Models for Interacting Molecular Motors and Motor-Microtubule Mixtures
Gautam I. Menon
Physica A, 372, 96 (2006)
cond-mat/0604163

Active Membranes in Biological Systems

Two-Component Fluid Membranes Near Repulsive Walls: Linearized Hydrodynamics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium States
Sumithra Sankararaman, Gautam I. Menon and P.B. Sunil Kumar
Phys. Rev. E., 66, 031914 (2002)
cond-mat/0202176

Modelling Two-headed Molecular Motors

A Biologically Inspired Model for Two-Headed Brownian Motors
Debasis Dan, Arun M. Jayannavar and Gautam I. Menon
Physica A, 318, 40 (2003)
cond-mat/0205233

Living Polymers

Melts of Living, Semiflexible Polymers: A Lattice Model
Gautam I. Menon, Rahul Pandit and Mustansir Barma
Europhys. Lett., 24, 253, (1993)
Glass formation in a Lattice Model for Living Polymers
Gautam I. Menon and Rahul Pandit
Phys. Rev. Lett, 75, 4638 (1995)
A Lattice model for living polymers
Gautam I. Menon and Rahul Pandit
Phy. Rev. E. 59, 787, (1999)

Sponge Phases

Sponge phase transitions from a lattice model
Gautam I. Menon, Rahul Pandit and Sriram Ramaswamy
Mol Cryst and Liq Cryst, 288, 93, (1996).