Penn Complex Fluids Lab

 

Publications

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

(* = denotes student/post-doc advised by PEA)

• A. Koser*, L. Pan*, N.Keim*, and P. E. Arratia "Measuring material relaxation and creep recovery in a microfluidic device" , Lab on a Chip, 13, 1850 (2013) [pdf]

• M. Brust, C. Schaefer, R. Doerr, L. Pan*, M. Garcia*, P. E. Arratia "Rheology of Human Blood Plasma: Viscoelastic Versus Newtonian Behavior" , Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 078305 (2013) [pdf]

• L. Pan* and P. E. Arratia, "A high-shear, low Reynolds number microfluidic rheometer" , Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 14, 885 (2013) [pdf]

• N. Keim*, M. Garcia*, and P. E. Arratia, "Fluid elasticity can enable self-propulsion at low Reynolds number" , Phys. Fluids, 24, 081703 (2012) [arXiv] [pdf]

• L. Pan*, A. Morozov, C. Wagner, P. E. Arratia, "A purely nonlinear elastic instability in parallel shear flows" , Phys. Rev. Lett.,110, 174502 (2012) [pdf]

• X. N. Shen*, J. Sznitman*, Predrag Krajacic, T. Lamitina, P. E. Arratia, "Undulatory locomotion of C. elegans on wet surfaces" , Biophys. J., 102, 2772 (2012) [pdf]

• Predrag Krajacic, X. N. Shen*, Prashant K. Purohit, Paulo Arratia and Todd Lamitina, "Biomechanical Profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Motility", Genetics, 112, 141176 (2012)

• G. Juarez*, T. Gastopoulos*, Y. Zhang*, M. L. Siegel* and P. E. Arratia, "Splash control of drop impacts with small geometric targets", Phys. Rev. E, 85, 026319 (2012) (Featured in APS Kaleidoscope) [pdf] ‡

• G. Juarez* and P. E. Arratia, "Extensional rheology of DNA suspensions in microfluidic devices", Soft Matter, 7, 9444 (2011)
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• X. N. Shen* and P. E. Arratia, "Undulatory swimming in viscoelastic fluids", Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 208101 (2011) [pdf] ‡

• J. Sznitman*, X. N. Shen*, R. Sznitman, and P. E. Arratia, "Propulsive force measurements and flow behavior of undulatory swimmers at low Reynolds number", Phys. Fluids, 22, 121901 (2010) [pdf] †

• G. Juarez*, K. Lu*, J. Sznitman*, and P. E. Arratia, "Motility of small nematodes in wet granular media", Europhys. Lett., 92, 44002 (2010) [pdf] ◊

• J. Sznitman*, X. Shen*, P. K. Purohit and P. E. Arratia, "The effects of fluid viscosity on the kinematics and material properties of C. elegans swimming at low Reynolds number", Experimental Mechanics, 50, 1303-1311 (2010)

• K. N. Nordstrom, E. Verneuil, P. E. Arratia, A. Basu, Z. Zhang, A. G. Yodh, J. P. Gollub, and D. J. Durian, "Microfluidic rheology of soft colloids above and below jamming", Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 175701 (2010) [pdf]

• R. Sznitman, M. Gupta, G. D. Hager, P. E. Arratia, and J. Sznitman*, "Multi-Environment Model Estimation for Motility Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans", PLoS One, 5(7) (2010)

• J. Sznitman*, P. K. Purohit, P. Krajacic, T. Lamitina, and P. E. Arratia, "Material Properties of Caenorhabditis elegans Swimming at Low Reynolds Number ", Biophysical Journal, 98(4) (2010) [pdf]

• P. E. Arratia, L-A Cramer*, J. P. Gollub, and D. J. Durian, "The effects of polymer molecular weight on filament thinning and drop breakup in microchannels", New J. Phys., 11, 115006 (2009) [pdf]

• M. S. Sakar*, C. Lee*, and P. E. Arratia, "Flagellar dynamics in viscous fluids", Phys. Fluids, 21, 091107 (2009) [pdf] †

• F. J. Byfield, Q. Wen, I. Levental, K. Nordstrom, P. E. Arratia, R. T. Miller, and P. A. Janmey, "Absence of Filamin A Prevents Cells from Responding to Stiffness Gradients on Gels Coated with Collagen but not Fibronectin", Biophysical Journal, 96, 5095 (2009)

• M. J. Twardos, P. E. Arratia, M. K. Rivera, G. A. Voth, J. P. Gollub, and R. E. Ecke, "Stretching and mixing near the transition to nonperiodic flows", Phys. Rev. E, 77, 056315 (2008) [pdf]‡

• P. E. Arratia, J. P. Gollub, and D. J. Durian, "Polymer filament thinning and breakup in microchannels", Phys. Rev. E, 77, 036309 (2008) [pdf]‡

• P.E. Arratia, J.P. Gollub, and D.J. Durian, "Polymer drop breakup in microchannels", Chaos, 17, 041102 (2007) [pdf] †

• P. E. Arratia, C. C. Thomas, J. D. Diorio, and J. P. Gollub, "Elastic instabilities of polymeric solutions in cross-channel flows", Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 144502 (2006). [pdf] ‡

• P. E. Arratia and J. P. Gollub, "Predicting the progress of diffusively limited chemical reactions in the presence of chaotic advection",Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 024501 (2006). [pdf] ‡

• P. E. Arratia, J. L. Kukura, J. Lacombe, and F.J. Muzzio, "Mixing of shear-thinning fluids with yield-stress in stirred tanks", AIChE J., 52, 2310-2322 (2006).

• P. E. Arratia, N. H. Duong, F. J. Muzzio, et al., "A study of the mixing & segregation mechanisms in the Bohle blender via DEM simulations", Powder Tech., 164, 50-57 (2006).

• P.E. Arratia, N.H. Duong, F.J. Muzzio, et al., "Characterizing mixing and lubrication in the Bohle bin blender", Powder Tech., 161, 202-208 (2006).

• P. E. Arratia, G. A. Voth, and J. P. Gollub, "Stretching and mixing of non-Newtonian fluids in time-periodic flows", Phys. Fluids, 17, 053102 (2005). [pdf] †

• P. E. Arratia and J. P. Gollub, "The statistics of stretching distributions in experimental fluid flows exhibiting chaotic advection", J. Stat. Phys., 121, 805-822 (2005).

• O. S. Sudah, P. E. Arratia, A. Alexander, and F.J. Muzzio, "Experiments and 3-D DEM simulations of mixing and segregation in the Gallay tote blender", AIChE J., 51, 836-844 (2005).

• P. E. Arratia, T. Shinbrot, M. M. Alvarez, and F.J. Muzzio, "Mixing of non-Newtonian fluids in steadily forced flows", Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 084501 (2004). [pdf] ‡

• P.E. Arratia, T. Shinbrot, and F.J. Muzzio, "Three dimensional chaotic mixing", Phys. Fluids 16 (2004) - Gallery of Fluid Motion. [pdf] †

• P.E. Arratia, F.J. Muzzio, "Planar laser-induced fluorescence method for analysis of mixing in laminar flows", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 43, 6557-6568 (2004).

• P.E. Arratia, T. Shinbrot, J.P. Lacombe, and F.J. Muzzio, "Segregated regions in continuous laminar stirred tank reactors", Chem. Eng. Sci. 59,1481-1490 (2004).

• E. Szalai, P.E. Arratia, K. Johnson, F.J. Muzzio "Mixing analysis in a fermentor stirred with Ekato Intermig impellers", Chem. Eng. Sci., 59, 3793-3805 (2004).

• J. Kukura, P.E. Arratia, E. Szalai, and F.J. Muzzio "Engineering tools for understanding hydrodynamics of dissolution tests" Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm.  29, 231-239 (2003).

• F.J. Muzzio, C.L. Goodridge, P.E. Arratia, et al. "Sampling and characterization of pharmaceutical powder blends", Int. J. Pharm. 250, 51-64 (2003).

• N.-H. Duong, P.E. Arratia, F.J. Muzzio, et al. "A homogeneity study using NIR spectroscopy: tracking Magnesium Stearate in Bohle Blender" Drug. Dev. Ind. Pharm. 29, 679-687 (2003).

• M. Alvarez, J. Zalc, P.E. Arratia, T. Shinbrot, F.J. Muzzio "The mechanisms of mixing and creation of structure in laminar stirred tanks" AIChE J. 48, 2135-2148 (2002).

• M. Alvarez, P.E. Arratia, and F.J. Muzzio "Laminar mixing in eccentric stirred tank systems" Can. J. Chem. Eng. 80, 547-557 (2002).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications

 

• L. Pan* and P. E. Arratia, "A method to measure the viscosity of liquids in microchannels", Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Jun. (2012)

• J. Sznitman*, X. Shen*, P. K. Purohit, R. Sznitman, P. E. Arratia, "Swimming behavior of the nematode Caenorhabiditis elegans: bridging small-scale locomotion with biomechanics", IFMBE Proceedings, 31 (2010)

• M. Yim, K. J. Kuchenbecker, P. E. Arratia, J. Bassani, J. Fiene, V. Kumar, J. Lukes, "Practice-integrated undergraduate curriculum in Mechanical Engineering", Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. (2008)

Technical/Commerical Magazine Articles

 

• "Characterization of the performance of bin blenders. Part 3: Cohesive Powders", A. Alexander, O. Sudah, P.E. Arratia, F.J. Muzzio et al., Pharm. Tech. 28, 54-74 (2004).

• "Characterization of the performance of bin blenders. Part 2: Free-Flowing mixtures", A. Alexander, O. Sudah, P.E. Arratia, F.J. Muzzio et al., Pharm. Tech. 28, 56-68 (2004).

• "Characterization of the performance of bin blenders. Part 1: Methodology", A. Alexander, P.E. Arratia, C. Goodridge, F.J. Muzzio et al., Pharm. Tech. 28, 70-86 (2004).

• "Experimental and computational methods for understanding pharmaceutical flows, Part I: Laboratory scale devices", J. Kukura, P.E. Arratia, E. Szalai, F.J. Muzzio et al., Pharm. Tech. Europe, March (2003).

• "Experimental and computational methods for understanding pharmaceutical flows, Part II: Large-scale production equipment", J. Kukura, P.E. Arratia, E. Szalai, F.J. Muzzio et al., Pharm. Tech. Europe, April  (2003).

• "Understanding pharmaceutical flows", J. Kukura, E. Szalai, P.E. Arratia, and F.J. Muzzio, Pharm. Tech., 26, 48-72 (2002).

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