David Lacoste

Publications

Papers, chapters and theses

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2026

  1. Growth bistability in small bacterial populations exposed to antibiotics

    Barnabe Ledoux, D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. E 114, 034411 (2026)

    JournalbioRxiv

  2. Debt, growth and the carbon lock-inPreprint

    Silvia Montagnania, Barnabe Ledoux, D. Lacoste

    Preprint

    arXiv

  3. Topological bounds on the dynamical growth rate of chemical reaction networksPreprint

    Praful Gagrani, Jiwei Wang, Yannick De Decker, David Lacoste

    Preprint

    arXiv

  4. Compositional memory matters for early molecular systems

    Barnabe Ledoux, Ryoka Kuwabara, Norikazu Ichihashi, Ryo Mizuuchi, David Lacoste

    PNAS, 123 (16) e2537522123 (2026)

    JournalPress releasebioRxiv

2025

  1. Stability conditions of chemical networks in a linear framework

    A. Despons, J. Unterberger and D. Lacoste

    New J. Phys. 27 124201 (2025)

    JournalarXiv

  2. Universal features of autocatalytic systemsChapter / review

    D. Lacoste and B. Ledoux

    Chapter in Economic principles in cell biology

    ZenodoBook

  3. Inhibition of bacterial growth by antibiotics

    B. Ledoux and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Biol., 22, 066007 (2025)

    JournalarXiv

  4. The trade-off between growth and risk in Kelly's gambling and beyond

    S. Cavallero, A. Rousselot, R. Pugatch, L.Dinis and D. Lacoste

    Physica A, 659, 130316 (2025)

    JournalbioRxiv

2024

  1. Structural constraints limit the regime of optimal flux in autocatalytic reaction networks

    A. Despons, Y. De Decker, and D. Lacoste

    Commun. Phys. (2024)

    JournalarXiv

  2. Emergence of homochirality via template-directed ligation in an RNA reactor

    G. Laurent, T. Göppel, D. Lacoste and U. Gerland

    PRX Life 2, 013015 (2024)

    JournalarXiv

2023

  1. Cell lineage statistics with incomplete population trees

    A. Genthon, T. Nozoe, L. Peliti and D. Lacoste

    PRX Life 1, 013014 (2023)

    JournalarXiv

  2. Cell behavior in the face of uncertaintyChapter / review

    D. Lacoste, O. Rivoire and D. S. Tourigny

    Chapter in Economic principles in cell biology

    ZenodoBook

2022

  1. Pareto-optimal trade-off for phenotypic switching of populations in a stochastic environment

    L. Dinis, J. Unterberger, and D. Lacoste

    J. Stat. Mech., 053503 (2022)

    JournalbioRxiv

  2. Adaptive strategies in Kelly's horse races model

    A. Despons, L. Peliti, and D. Lacoste

    J. Stat. Mech., 093405 (2022)

    JournalarXiv

  3. Branching process with resetting as a model for cell division

    A. Genthon, R. Garcia-Garcia, and D. Lacoste

    J. Phys. A.: Math. Theor. 55, 074001 (2022)

    JournalarXiv

  4. A robust transition to homochirality in complex chemical reaction networks

    G. Laurent, P. Gaspard, and D. Lacoste

    Proc. R. Soc. A 478:20210590 (2022)

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2021

  1. Emergence of homochirality in large molecular systems

    G. Laurent, D. Lacoste, and P. Gaspard

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 118 (2021)

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  2. Universal constraints on selection strength in lineage trees

    A. Genthon, D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. Res., 3, 023181 (2021)

    PDFarXiv

2020

  1. The generality of transient compartmentalization and its associated error threshold

    A. Blokhuis, P. Nghe, L. Peliti and D. Lacoste

    J. Theor. Bio, 487, 110110 (2020)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Fluctuation relations and fitness landscape of growing cell populations

    A. Genthon, and D. Lacoste

    Sci. Rep., 10, 1038 (2020)

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  3. Universal motifs and the diversity of autocatalytic systems

    A. Blokhuis, D. Lacoste, and P. Nghe

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 117, 25230 (2020)

    PDFChemRxiv

  4. Phase transitions in optimal strategies for gambling

    L. Dinis, J. Unterberger, and D. Lacoste

    Eur. Phys. Lett., 131, 60005 (2020)

    PDFarXiv

2019

  1. Survival of self-replicating molecules under transient compartmentalization with natural selection

    G. Laurent, L. Peliti and D. Lacoste

    Life, 9,78 (2019)

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  2. An ordered set of power-efficiency trade-offs

    H. Vroylandt, D. Lacoste and G. Verley

    J. Stat. Mech, 054002 (2019)

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  3. Linking lineage and population observables in biological branching processes

    R. Garcia-Garcia, A. Genthon and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. E, 042413 (2019)

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  4. A case study of thermodynamic bounds for chemical kineticsChapter / review

    K. Proesmans, L. Peliti and D. Lacoste

    in "Chemical kinetics beyond the textbook", World Scientific Publishers (2019)

    arXiv

2018

  1. Mechanical factors affecting the mobility of membrane proteinsChapter / review

    V. Démery and D. Lacoste

    in "Physics of biological membranes", Springer (2018)

    arXiv

  2. Degree of coupling and efficiency of energy converters far-from-equilibrium

    H. Vroylandt, D. Lacoste and G. Verley

    J. Stat. Mech, 023205 (2018)

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  3. Selection dynamics in transient compartmentalization

    A. Blokhuis, D. Lacoste, P. Nghe and L. Peliti

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 120,158101 (2018)

    PDFarXiv

  4. Reaction kinetics in open reactors and serial transfers between closed reactors

    A. Blokhuis, D. Lacoste, P. Gaspard

    J. Chem. Phys., 148, 144902 (2018)

    PDFarXiv

2017

  1. Information-theoretic analysis of the directional influence between cellular processes

    S. Lahiri, P. Nghe, S. Tans, ML. Rosinberg and D. Lacoste

    PLOS One 12 (11), e0187431 (2017)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Length and sequence relaxation of copolymers under recombination reactions

    A. Blokhuis and D. Lacoste

    J. Chem. Phys., 147, 094905 (2017)

    PDFarXiv

2016

  1. Thermodynamic bounds on equilibrium fluctuations of a global or local order parameter

    J. Guioth and D. Lacoste

    EPL, 115, 60007 (2016)

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  2. Thermodynamic inference based on coarse-grained data or noisy measurements

    R. Garcia-Garcia, S. Lahiri and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. E, 93, 032103 (2016)

    PDFarXiv

  3. An update on active membranesChapter / review

    D. Lacoste and P. Bassereau

    CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group, Abington, UK, 271 (2016)

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2015

  1. Glucans monomer-exchange dynamics as an open chemical network

    R. Rao, M. Esposito and D. Lacoste

    J. Chem. Phys., 143, 174501 (2015)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Kinetics and thermodynamics of reversible polymerization in closed systems

    S. Lahiri, Y. Wang, M. Esposito and D. Lacoste

    New J. Phys., 17, 085008 (2015)

    PDFarXiv

  3. Fluctuation relations for equilibrium states with broken discrete or continuous symmetries

    D. Lacoste and P. Gaspard

    J. Stat. Mech., P11018 (2015)

    PDFarXiv

  4. Stochastic thermodynamics of a tagged particle within an harmonic chain

    D. Lacoste and M. A. Lomholt

    Phys. Rev. E, 91, 022114 (2015)

    PDFarXiv

2014

  1. Isometric Fluctuation Relations for equilibrium states with Broken Symmetry

    D. Lacoste and P. Gaspard

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 113, 240602 (2014)

    PDFSuppl.arXiv

  2. Energy versus information based estimations of dissipation using a pair of magnetic colloidal particles

    S. Tush, A. Kundu, G. Verley, T. Blondel, V. Miralles, D. Lacoste and J. Baudry

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 112, 180604 (2014)

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  3. Shape matters in protein mobility within membranes

    F. Quemeneur, J. K. Sigurdsson, M. Renner, P. J. Atzberger, P. Bassereau and D. Lacoste

    Proc. Nat. Acad. Science USA, 111, 5083 (2014)

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2013

  1. Non-invasive estimation of dissipation from non-equilibrium fluctuations in chemical reactions

    S. Muy, A. Kundu and D. Lacoste

    J. Chem. Phys., 139, 124109 (2013)

    PDFarXiv

2012

  1. Fluctuation theorems and inequalities generalizing the second law of thermodynamics out of equilibrium

    G. Verley and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. E, 86, 051127 (2012)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Fluctuations and response from a Hatano-Sasa approach

    G. Verley and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Scr., 86, 058505 (2012)

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  3. History-dependent depolymerization of actin filaments

    I. Jain, D. Lacoste, D. Panda and R. Padinhateeri

    Biochemistry, 51, 7580 (2012)

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  4. Inequalities generalizing the second law of thermodynamics for transitions between non-stationary states

    G. Verley, R. Chetrite and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 108 120601 (2012)

    PDFarXiv

  5. The random release of phosphate controls the dynamic instability of microtubules

    R. Padinhateeri, A. Kolomeisky and D. Lacoste

    Biophys. J, 102, 1274 (2012)

    PDFarXiv

2011

  1. Modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem for general non-stationary states and application to the Glauber-Ising chain

    G. Verley, R. Chétrite and D. Lacoste

    J. Stat. Mech., P10025 (2011)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Condensation of actin filaments pushing against a barrier

    K. Tsekouras, D. Lacoste, K. Mallick and J.F. Joanny

    New J. Phys., 13, 103032 (2011)

    PDFarXiv

  3. A planar lipid bilayer in an electric field: membrane instability, flow field and electrical impedanceChapter / review

    F. Ziebert and D. Lacoste

    Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, 14, 63 (2011)

    PDFarXiv

  4. Modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem for non-equilibrium steady states and applications to molecular motors

    G. Verley, K. Mallick and D. Lacoste

    Europhys. Lett., 93, 10002 (2011)

    PDFarXiv

  5. Fluctuation relations and fluctuation-response for molecular motorsProceedings

    G. Verley and D. Lacoste

    AIP Conference Proceedings, 1332, 247-8 (2011)

2010

  1. A Poisson-Boltzmann approach for a lipid membrane in an electric field

    F. Ziebert and D. Lacoste

    New J. Phys., 12, 095002 (2010)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Fluctuation relation for molecular motorsChapter / review

    D. Lacoste and K. Mallick

    In Biological Physics, Poincaré Seminar 2009 (B. Duplantier, V. Rivasseau, eds.), Progress in Mathematical Physics 60, Birkhäuser (2010)

    PDFarXiv

  3. Role of ATP-hydrolysis in the dynamics of a single actin filament

    P. Ranjith, K. Mallick, JF. Joanny, and D. Lacoste

    Biophys. J, 98, 1418 (2010)

    PDFarXiv

  4. Effective zero-thickness model for a conductive membrane driven by an electric field

    F. Ziebert, M. Z. Bazant, and D. Lacoste

    Phys. Rev. E, 81, 031912 (2010)

    PDFarXiv

2009

  1. Fluctuation Theorem for the flashing ratchet model of molecular motors

    D. Lacoste and K. Mallick

    Phys. Rev. E, 80, 021923 (2009)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Thermal expansion within a chain of magnetic colloidal particles

    D. Lacoste, C. Brangbour, J. Bibette and J. Baudry

    Phys. Rev. E, 80, 011401 (2009)

    PDFarXiv

  3. Stochastic model for nucleosome sliding in the presence of DNA ligands

    L. Mollazadeh-Beidokhi, J. Deseigne, D. Lacoste, F. Mohammad-Raffie and H. Schiessel

    Phys. Rev. E, 79, 031922 (2009)

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  4. Non-equilibrium self-assembly of a filament coupled to ATP/GTP hydrolysis

    P. Ranjith, D. Lacoste, K. Mallick and JF. Joanny

    Biophys. J., 96, 2146 (2009)

    PDFarXiv

  5. Measuring colloidal forces with the magnetic chaining technique

    R. Dreyfus, D. Lacoste, J. Bibette, and J. Baudry

    Eur. Phys. J. E, 28, 113 (2009)

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  6. Electrostatic and electrokinetic contributions to the elastic moduli of a driven membrane

    D. Lacoste, G. I. Menon, M. Z. Bazant and J.-F. Joanny

    Eur. Phys. J. E, 28, 243-264 (2009)

    PDFarXiv

  7. Membrane tension lowering induced by protein activity

    M. D. El Alaoui, D. Lacoste, J. Pécréaux, JF. Joanny, J. Prost, and P. Bassereau

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 038102 (2009)

    PDFarXiv

  8. Habilitation: De la matière molle aux milieux biologiques : quelques applications en Physique Statistique. [ ]Thesis

    D. Lacoste

    Habilitation à diriger des recherches

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2008

  1. Fluctuation Theorem and large deviation function for a solvable model of a molecular motor

    D. Lacoste, A. W. C. Lau, and K. Mallick

    Phys. Rev. E, 78, 011915 (2008)

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2007

  1. Non-equilibrium fluctuations and mechanochemical couplings of a molecular motor

    A. W. C. Lau, D. Lacoste, and K. Mallick

    Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 158102 (2007)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Fluctuations of a driven membrane in an electrolyte

    D. Lacoste, M. Cosentino Lagomarsino, and JF. Joanny

    Europhys. Lett., 77, 18006 (2007)

    PDFarXiv

2005

  1. Dynamics of active membrane with internal noise

    D. Lacoste and A. Lau

    Europhys. Lett., 70 (3), 418 (2005)

    PDFarXiv

2004

  1. Fluctuation spectrum of fluid membranes coupled to an elastic meshwork: jump of the effective surface tension at the mesh size

    J.-B. Fournier, D. Lacoste, E. Raphaël

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 018102 (2004)

    PDFarXivCNRS news

  2. Geometric depolarization in patterns formed by backscattered light

    D. Lacoste, V. Rossetto, F. Jaillon and H. Saint-Jalmes

    Optics Letters, 29 (17), 2040-2 (2004)

    PDFarXiv

  3. Depolarization of backscattered linearly polarized light

    L-F. Rochas Ochoa, D. Lacoste, R. Lenke, P. Schurtenberger and F. Scheffold

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 21 (9), 1799-1804 (2004)

    PDFarXiv

2003

  1. Field-induced structures in miscible ferrofluid suspensions with and without latex spheres

    M. Islam, K. Lin, D. Lacoste, T. Lubensky and A. Yodh

    Phys. Rev. E, 67, 021402 (2003)

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  2. Recent trends in the theory of magneto-scattering of light in Recent Trends in Theory of Physical Phenomena in High Magnetic FieldsProceedings

    B. A. van Tiggelen, G. Rikken, F. Pinheiro and D. Lacoste

    edited by I.D. Vagner et al, Kluwer Academic (2003, pp 323-331)

2002

  1. Phase transitions in lyotropic nematic gels

    D. Lacoste, A. Lau and T. Lubensky

    Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 403 (2002)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Effective index of refraction, optical rotation, and circular dichroism in isotropic liquid crystals

    D. Lacoste, P. Collings and T. Lubensky

    Phys. Rev. E, 65, 031717 (2002)

    PDFarXiv

2001

  1. Phase transitions in a ferrofluid at magnetic field induced microphase separation

    D. Lacoste and T. Lubensky

    Phys. Rev. E, 64, 041506 (2001)

    PDFarXiv

2000

  1. Coherent Backscattering of light in a magnetic field

    D. Lacoste and B. van Tiggelen

    Phys. Rev. E, 61 (4), 4556-65 (2000)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Transport mean free path for magneto-transverse light diffusion: an alternative approach

    D. Lacoste

    Waves in Random Media, 10 (3), 367-372 (2000)

    PDFarXiv

  3. Magneto-Optics with diffuse light

    D. Lacoste and B. van Tiggelen and G. Rikken

    Physica B, 279 13-16 (2000)

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  4. Photonic Hall effect in ferrofluids: theory and experiments

    D. Lacoste, F. Donatini, S. Neveu, S. Serughettti and B. van Tiggelen

    Phys. Rev. E, 62 (3), 3934-43 (2000)

    PDFarXiv

  5. The Photonic Hall Effect in absorbing media

    S. Wiebel, A. Sparenberg, G. Rikken, D. Lacoste and B. van Tiggelen

    Phys. Rev. E, 62 (6), 8636-9 (2000)

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1999

  1. Transport Mean Free Path for Magneto-Transverse Light Diffusion

    D. Lacoste and B. van Tiggelen

    Europhys. Lett., 45 (6), 721-725 (1999)

    PDFarXiv

  2. Stokes parameters for light scattering from a Faraday-active sphereProceedings

    B. van Tiggelen and D. Lacoste

    Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 63:305-19,(1999)

    PDFarXiv

  3. PhD thesis: Light scattering in magneto-optical and chiral mediaThesis

    D. Lacoste

    Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (supervisor: B. van Tiggelen)

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1998

  1. Optics of a Faraday Mie sphere

    D. Lacoste, B. van Tiggelen, G. Rikken and A. Sparenberg

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 15 (6), 1632-42 (1998)

    PDFarXiv

1996

  1. Growth and Collapse of Bubbles in Superfluid 4HeProceedings

    P. Roche, H. Lambare, E. Rolley, D. Lacoste, S. Balibar, C. Guthmann and HJ. Maris

    Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, Suppl S1, Czech. J. Phys., 46, 381-2 (1996)

1995

  1. Sonoluminescence from Single Bubbles in Nonaqueaous Liquids: New Parameter Space for Sonochemistry

    K. Weninger, R. Hiller, BP. Barber, D. Lacoste and S. Putterman

    J. Phys. Chem. 99, No. 39, 14195-7 (1995)

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