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Vinothan N. Manoharan

Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Applied Physics

Bioengineering

Electrical Engineering

Environmental Science & Engineering

Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Physics

Vinothan N. Manoharan is currently serving as an Applied Mathematics Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics at Harvard University.

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Vinothan N. Manoharan

Harvard University

Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics

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applied physics materials science condensed matter physics biophysics colloid chemistry nanotechnology colloidal systems photonics self-assembly physics microscopy nanomaterials digital holographic microscopy cluster science colloidal particles advanced materials soft matter interface science nanoparticle research particle technology supramolecular assemblies colloidal clusters biomedical imaging holographic method rna biology material chemistry plasmonics optical engineering colloidal materials condensed matter material research liquid interfaces colloidal spheres plasmonic materials nanostructure synthesis dna nanotechnology cluster chemistry adsorption molecular self-assembly nanometrology faraday discussion holographic microscopy nanobiotechnology polymer nanotechnology nanoscale science bacteriophages nanoscale chemistry digital holograms nano energy crystal growth vibrational spectroscopy advanced functional materials radiative transfer defect formation nanoclusters colloidal assembly dna strand displacement angle-independent structural colors structural colors contact-line pinning lightwave technology entropy genetic programming avian biology advanced manufacturing technologies aerosol science optical communications fluid-solid interactions metallic nanomaterials nanofluidics polymer technology relaxation process gold surface length scales dense packing small clusters engineering education science and technology studies civil engineering green engineering science advance applied mathematics system engineering education engineering

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Colloidal Crystallization on Cones. Physical Review Letters (2025)

Jessica H. SunGrace H. ZhangAbigail PlummerCaroline MartinNabila TanjeemDavid R. NelsonVinothan N. Manoharan

biophysicssurface sciencecolloid chemistrycolloidal propertycolloidal systemsdispersion sciencephase separationcrystallographyoptical propertiescolloidal materialscolloidal crystallizationmaterials scienceapplied physics

Measuring Intramolecular Connectivity in Long Rna Molecules Using Two-Dimensional Dna Patch–Probe Arrays. Nucleic Acids Research (2025)

Timothy K ChiangOfer KimchiHerman K DhaliwalDaniel A VillarrealFernando F VasquezVinothan N ManoharanMichael P BrennerRees F Garmann

biophysicslong rna moleculesmicroarray data analysisintramolecular connectivitybioinformaticssystems biologygenomicsrna biologygenome analysismolecular biologystructural biology

Braiding, Twisting, and Weaving Microscale Fibers With Capillary Forces. Soft Matter (2024)

Ahmed SherifMaya Winters FaaborgCheng ZengMichael P. BrennerVinothan N. Manoharan

additive manufacturingcapillary forcesmechanical sciencefiber sciencematerials sciencepolymer sciencesoft mattermicroscale fibers3d printingmechanical engineering

Effect of Coat-Protein Concentration on the Self-Assembly of Bacteriophage Ms2 Capsids Around Rna. Nanoscale (2024)

LaNell A. WilliamsAndreas NeophytouRees F. GarmannDwaipayan ChakrabartiVinothan N. Manoharan

microbiologybacteriophagessupramolecular assembliesbiological engineeringself-assemblymolecular self-assemblyrna biologymolecular biologycoat-protein concentrationnanotechnologynanoscale science

Geometric Frustration of Hard-Disk Packings on Cones. Physical review. E (2023)

Jessica H. SunAbigail PlummerGrace H. ZhangDavid R. NelsonVinothan N. Manoharan

geometric frustrationtopologyhard-disk packingsphysics

Precise Characterization of Nanometer-Scale Systems Using Interferometric Scattering Microscopy and Bayesian Analysis. Applied Optics (2023)

Xander M. de WitAmelia W. PaineCaroline MartinAaron M. GoldfainRees F. GarmannVinothan N. Manoharan

microscopycell biologynanometrologyapplied physicsmaterials scienceprecise characterizationnanometer-scale systemsoptical engineeringnanotechnology

3D-Printed Machines That Manipulate Microscopic Objects Using Capillary Forces. Nature (2022)

Cheng ZengMaya Winters FaaborgAhmed SherifMartin J. FalkRozhin HajianMing XiaoKara HartigYohai Bar-SinaiMichael P. BrennerVinothan N. Manoharan

capillary forces3d printingmicroscopic objectsmaterials sciencenanotechnology

In-Line Holographic Microscopy With Model-Based Analysis. Nature Reviews Methods Primers (2022)

Caroline MartinLauren E. AltmanSiddharth RawatAnna WangDavid G. GrierVinothan N. Manoharan

biophysicsmicroscopybiomedical imagingholographic methodcell biologybiological imagingmicroscopy methodsbiologyin-line holographic microscopynature methodmedical imagingmodel-based analysis

Predicting the Structural Colors of Films of Disordered Photonic Balls. ACS Photonics (2022)

Anna B. StephensonMing XiaoVictoria HwangLiangliang QuPaul A. OdorisioMichael BurkeKeith TaskTed DeisenrothSolomon BarkleyRupa H. DarjiVinothan N. Manoharan

structural colorsfilmphotonicsdisordered photonic balls

Programming Directed Motion With Dna-Grafted Particles. ACS Nano (2022)

Emily W. GehrelsW. Benjamin RogersZorana ZeravcicVinothan N. Manoharan

motion synthesisnanomaterialsbiomolecular engineeringbiological engineeringdna-grafted particlesnanoengineeringdna nanotechnologynanobiotechnologynanotechnology

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Vinothan N. Manoharan

Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Applied Physics

Bioengineering

Electrical Engineering

Environmental Science & Engineering

Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Physics

Vinothan N. Manoharan is currently serving as an Applied Mathematics Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics at Harvard University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Vinothan N. Manoharan

Harvard University

Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Physics

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Colloidal Crystallization on Cones. Physical Review Letters (2025)

Jessica H. SunGrace H. ZhangAbigail PlummerCaroline MartinNabila TanjeemDavid R. NelsonVinothan N. Manoharan

Measuring Intramolecular Connectivity in Long Rna Molecules Using Two-Dimensional Dna Patch–Probe Arrays. Nucleic Acids Research (2025)

Timothy K ChiangOfer KimchiHerman K DhaliwalDaniel A VillarrealFernando F VasquezVinothan N ManoharanMichael P BrennerRees F Garmann

biophysicslong rna moleculesmicroarray data analysisintramolecular connectivitybioinformaticssystems biologygenomicsrna biologygenome analysismolecular biologystructural biology

Braiding, Twisting, and Weaving Microscale Fibers With Capillary Forces. Soft Matter (2024)

Ahmed SherifMaya Winters FaaborgCheng ZengMichael P. BrennerVinothan N. Manoharan

additive manufacturingcapillary forcesmechanical sciencefiber sciencematerials sciencepolymer sciencesoft mattermicroscale fibers3d printingmechanical engineering

Effect of Coat-Protein Concentration on the Self-Assembly of Bacteriophage Ms2 Capsids Around Rna. Nanoscale (2024)

LaNell A. WilliamsAndreas NeophytouRees F. GarmannDwaipayan ChakrabartiVinothan N. Manoharan

microbiologybacteriophagessupramolecular assembliesbiological engineeringself-assemblymolecular self-assemblyrna biologymolecular biologycoat-protein concentrationnanotechnologynanoscale science

Geometric Frustration of Hard-Disk Packings on Cones. Physical review. E (2023)

Jessica H. SunAbigail PlummerGrace H. ZhangDavid R. NelsonVinothan N. Manoharan

geometric frustrationtopologyhard-disk packingsphysics

Precise Characterization of Nanometer-Scale Systems Using Interferometric Scattering Microscopy and Bayesian Analysis. Applied Optics (2023)

Xander M. de WitAmelia W. PaineCaroline MartinAaron M. GoldfainRees F. GarmannVinothan N. Manoharan

microscopycell biologynanometrologyapplied physicsmaterials scienceprecise characterizationnanometer-scale systemsoptical engineeringnanotechnology

3D-Printed Machines That Manipulate Microscopic Objects Using Capillary Forces. Nature (2022)

Cheng ZengMaya Winters FaaborgAhmed SherifMartin J. FalkRozhin HajianMing XiaoKara HartigYohai Bar-SinaiMichael P. BrennerVinothan N. Manoharan

capillary forces3d printingmicroscopic objectsmaterials sciencenanotechnology

In-Line Holographic Microscopy With Model-Based Analysis. Nature Reviews Methods Primers (2022)

Caroline MartinLauren E. AltmanSiddharth RawatAnna WangDavid G. GrierVinothan N. Manoharan

biophysicsmicroscopybiomedical imagingholographic methodcell biologybiological imagingmicroscopy methodsbiologyin-line holographic microscopynature methodmedical imagingmodel-based analysis

Predicting the Structural Colors of Films of Disordered Photonic Balls. ACS Photonics (2022)

Anna B. StephensonMing XiaoVictoria HwangLiangliang QuPaul A. OdorisioMichael BurkeKeith TaskTed DeisenrothSolomon BarkleyRupa H. DarjiVinothan N. Manoharan

structural colorsfilmphotonicsdisordered photonic balls

Programming Directed Motion With Dna-Grafted Particles. ACS Nano (2022)

Emily W. GehrelsW. Benjamin RogersZorana ZeravcicVinothan N. Manoharan

motion synthesisnanomaterialsbiomolecular engineeringbiological engineeringdna-grafted particlesnanoengineeringdna nanotechnologynanobiotechnologynanotechnology

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