Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Total – 28; corresponding/senior author – 18; first author – 6, Total citations >800, h-index – 10

Journal Publications

  • Cherukumilli, S., Kirmizitas, F.C., Rivas, D.P. et al. Programmable acoustic modular microrobots. J Micro-Bio Robot 20, 11 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-024-00175-y
  • Wu B, Rivas D, Das S*. “Upstream Mobility and Swarming of Light Activated Micromotors”, Material Advances, (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00814B
  • Beaver L, Sokolich M, Alsalehi S, Weiss R, Das S, Belta C. “Learning a Tracking Controller for Rolling μbots”, Robotics and Automation Letters, (2023) https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3350968
  • Rivas D, Sokolich M, Muller H, Das S*. “Patchy Bubble‐Propelled Colloids at Interfaces”, Advanced Materials Interfaces, (2023) 2300226, https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300226. (Selected for Front Cover)
  • Rivas D, Sokolich M, Das S*. “Spatial Patterning of Micromotor Aggregation and Flux”, Chem Nano Mat, (2023) 9 (8), e20230022, https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202300225.
  • Sokolich M, Rivas D, Shah ZH, Das S*. “Automated Control of Catalytic Janus Micromotors”, MRS Advances (2023), https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-023-00585-3
  • Mallick S, Abouomar R, Rivas D, Sokolich M, Kirmizitas FC, Dutta A, Das S*. “Doxorubicin-Loaded Microrobots for Targeted Drug Delivery and Anticancer Therapy”, Advanced Healthcare Materials (2023), 2300939, https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300939 (Selected for Frontispiece)
  • Shah ZH, Sokolich M, Rivas D, Das S*. “Fabrication and open-loop control of three-lobed non-spherical Janus microrobots” MRS Advances (2023), https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-023-00598-y
  • Shah ZH, Sokolich M, Mallick S, Rivas D, Das S*. “Fabrication of three-lobed magnetic microrobots for cell transportation” J. Mater. Chem. B, (2023) 11, 8926-8932, https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-023-00598-y (Selected for Front Cover, Editor’s Choice)
  • Sokolich M, Rivas D, Yang Y, Duey M, Das S*. “ModMag: A modular magnetic micro-robotic manipulation device”, MethodsX, (2022) 10, 102171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102171
  • Shah ZH, Wu B, Das S*. “Multistimuli-responsive microrobots: A comprehensive review”, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, (2022) 9, 1027415, https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.1027415
  • Das S, Hunter EE, DeLateur NA, Steager EB, Weiss R, Kumar V*. “Cellular expression through morphogen delivery by light activated magnetic microrobots”, J. Micro-Bio Robotics, (2019) 15, 79-90, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-019-00119-x
  • Das S, Steager EB, Hsieh MA, Stebe KJ, Kumar V*. “Experiments and open-loop control of multiple catalytic microrobots”, J. Micro-Bio Robotics, (2018) 14, 25-34, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-018-0106-1
  • Das S, Shklyaev OE, Altemose A, Shum H, Ortiz-Rivera I, Valdez L, Mallouk TE, Balazs AC, Sen A*. “Harnessing catalytic pumps for directional delivery of microparticles in microchambers”, Nature communications, (2017) 8(1), 14384, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14384
  • Das S, Garg A, Campbell AI, Howse J, Sen A, Velegol D, Golestanian R, Ebbens SJ*. “Boundaries can steer active Janus spheres”, Nature communications, (2015), 6(1), 8999, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9999
  • Duan W, Wang W#, Das S#, Yadav V, Mallouk TE, Sen A*. “Synthetic nano-and micromachines in analytical chemistry: sensing, migration, capture, delivery, and separation” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry (2015) 8, 311-33, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-071114-040125
  • Dey KK, Das S#, Poyton MF#, Sengupta S, Butler PJ, Cremer PS, Sen A*. “Chemotactic separation of enzymes”, ACS nano (2014) 8(12), 11941-9, https://doi.org/10.1021/nn504418u (Editor’s Choice)

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

  • F. C. Kirmizitas, M. Sokolich, J. McNeill, A. Maaddi and S. Das, “Acoustically Powered Magnetic Microrobots for Cellular Manipulation,” 2024 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Delft, Netherlands, 2024, pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS61851.2024.10612752
  • N. K. Dezfuli, A. F. Flórez, S. Gallo, D. P. Rivas and S. Das, “Peanut Shaped Microrobots for Anticancer Therapy,” 2024 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Delft, Netherlands, 2024, pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS61851.2024.10612718
  • S. Cherukumilli, F. C. Kirmizitas, D. Rivas, M. Sokolich and S. Das, “Design and Control of a Novel Corkscrew Clawbot for Cell Manipulation,” 2024 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Delft, Netherlands, 2024, pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS61851.2024.10612717
  • Sokolich M, Mallick S, Shah ZH, Rivas D, Das S*. “Cellular cargo manipulation using magnetically steerable microrobots in dense environments”, in Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 20, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610439.
  • Mallick S, Sokolich M. Rivas D, Das S*. ” Targeted Vibration-Induced Necrosis in Liver Cancer Cells using Paramagnetic Microrobots” 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023) pp. 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.10294136 (Best paper award at the conference)
  • Yang Y, Rivas D, Sokolich M, Das S*. “Closed Loop Control of Bubble Microrobots”, 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023) pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.10294166
  • Kirmizitas FC, Rivas D, Mallick S, DePope S, Das S*. “Magnetic Microrobots as a Platform for Cell Clean Up”, 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023), pp. 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.10294141
  • Yang Y, Kirmizitas FC, Sokolich M, Valencia A, Rivas D, Karakan MC, White AE, Malikopoulos AA, Das S*. “Rolling Helical Microrobots for Cell Patterning”, 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023) pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.1029411
  • Cherukumill S, Kirmizitas FC, Sokolich M, Valencia A, Karakan MC, White AE, Malikopoulos AA, Das S*. “Programmable Modular Acoustic Microrobots”, 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023), pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.10294125
  • Beaver L, Shah ZH, Sokolich M, Yilmaz AE, Yang Y, Belta C, Das S*. “Closed-loop Control for a Heterogeneous Group of Magnetically-actuated Microrobots”, 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (2023), pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS58567.2023.10294164
  • Rivas D, Mallick S, Sokolich M, Das S*. “Cellular Manipulation Using Rolling Microrobots,” 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), July 25-29, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2022), pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS55884.2022.9870486.
  • Beaver L, Wu B, Das S, Malikopoulos AA*. “A First-Order Approach to Model Simultaneous Control of Multiple Microrobots,” 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), July 25-29, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2022), pp. 1-7, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS55884.2022.9870476.
  • Rahman MM, Garudadri T, Das S*. Role of Surface Tension in Microrobot Penetration in Membranes, 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), July 25-29, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2022), pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS55884.2022.9870474.
  • Das S, Hunter EE, DeLateur NA, Steager EB, Weiss R, Kumar V*. “Controlled Delivery of Signaling Molecules Using Magnetic Microrobots,” 2018 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Nagoya, Japan (2018) pp. 1-5, doi: https://doi/org/10.1109/MARSS.2018.8481163.
  • Das S, Steager EB, Stebe KJ, Kumar V*. “Simultaneous control of spherical microrobots using catalytic and magnetic actuation,” 2017 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Montreal, QC, Canada, (2017) pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS.2017.8001924.

Patent

Sokolich M, Mallick S, Das S. Cellular Manipulation via Microrobots and Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Control Thereof. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2023/027335.