Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto

Latest papers

Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
ACS nano · 2025
Dynamics of quantum-classical systems in nonequilibrium environments.
The Journal of chemical physics · 2025 · senior author
Chemical Logic Gates on Active Colloids.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024 · senior author

All 66 publications

Latest funding

Reaction and transport in active chemcal systems
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$540,000
Quantum and classical dynamics in condensed phases and complex systems
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$350,000
MPrime Network (formerly MITACS) / Réseau MPrime (autrefois MITACS)
NSERC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$12,553,000

All 15 grants and awards

66 publications.

01

Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.

Ju X, Chen C, Oral CM, Sevim S, Golestanian R, Sun M, Bouzari N, Lin X, Urso M, Nam JS, Cho Y, Peng X, Landers FC, Yang S, Adibi A, Taz N, Wittkowski R, Ahmed D, Wang W, Magdanz V, Medina-Sánchez M, Guix M, Bari N, Behkam B, Kapral R, Huang Y, Tang J, Wang B, Morozov K, Leshansky A, Abbasi SA, Choi H, Ghosh S, Borges Fernandes B, Battaglia G, Fischer P, Ghosh A, Jurado Sánchez B, Escarpa A, Martinet Q, Palacci J, Lauga E, Moran J, Ramos-Docampo MA, Städler B, Herrera Restrepo RS, Yossifon G, Nicholas JD, Ignés-Mullol J, Puigmartí-Luis J, Liu Y, Zarzar LD, Shields CW, Li L, Li S, Ma X, Gracias DH, Velev O, Sánchez S, Esplandiu MJ, Simmchen J, Lobosco A, Misra S, Wu Z, Li J, Kuhn A, Nourhani A, Maric T, Xiong Z, Aghakhani A, Mei Y, Tu Y, Peng F, Diller E, Sakar MS, Sen A, Law J, Sun Y, Pena-Francesch A, Villa K, Li H, Fan DE, Liang K, Huang TJ, Chen XZ, Tang S, Zhang X, Cui J, Wang H, Gao W, Kumar Bandari V, Schmidt OG, Wu X, Guan J, Sitti M, Nelson BJ, Pané S, Zhang L, Shahsavan H, He Q, Kim ID, Wang J, Pumera M

ACS nano2025

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c03911 PMID: 40577644

02

Dynamics of quantum-classical systems in nonequilibrium environments.

Schofield J, Kapral R

The Journal of chemical physics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0250872 PMID: 39991995

03

Chemical Logic Gates on Active Colloids.

Chen JX, Hu JQ, Kapral R

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305695 PMID: 38450886

04

Self-assembly of chemical shakers.

Qiao L, Kapral R

The Journal of chemical physics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0200758 PMID: 38629607

05

Clustering of chemically propelled nanomotors in chemically active environments.

Khatri N, Kapral R

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0188624 PMID: 38427933

06

Multifunctional Chiral Chemically-Powered Micropropellers for Cargo Transport and Manipulation.

McGovern AD, Huang MJ, Wang J, Kapral R, Aranson IS

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2024

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304773 PMID: 37936335

07

Self-organization of active colloids mediated by chemical interactions.

Peng Z, Kapral R

Soft matter2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01272g PMID: 38221884

08

Microscopic theory of a Janus motor in a non-equilibrium fluid: Surface hydrodynamics and boundary conditions.

Robertson B, Schofield J, Kapral R

The Journal of chemical physics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0185361 PMID: 38165093

09

Inertial effects on rectification and diffusion of active Brownian particles in an asymmetric channel.

Khatri N, Kapral R

The Journal of chemical physics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0141696 PMID: 37003720

10

Molecular theory of Langevin dynamics for active self-diffusiophoretic colloids.

Robertson B, Schofield J, Gaspard P, Kapral R

The Journal of chemical physics2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0020553 PMID: 33003702

Reaction and transport in active chemcal systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$540,000

Quantum and classical dynamics in condensed phases and complex systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$350,000

MPrime Network (formerly MITACS) / Réseau MPrime (autrefois MITACS)

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Gupta, Arvind

$12,553,000

Quantum and classical dynamics in condensed phase and complex systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$667,150

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems/Les mathématiques des technologies de l'information et des systèmes complexes

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Gupta, Arvind

$17,419,000

Computer cluster for condensed phase molecular dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$81,731

Condensed phase reaction dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$665,000

Parallel computer for theoretical chemical physics

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 3 (>$325,000)

Principal investigators: Brumer, Paul

$325,000

Condensed phase reaction dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$388,025

Graphics workstation

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Kapral, Raymond

$32,977

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Mathematics
Systems Design Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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Jeremy Schofield

Chemistry

9 shared papers, latest 2025

Katrin Rohlf

Mathematics

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Yu Sun

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Hamed Shahsavan

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Veronika Magdanz

Systems Design Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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