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2024

43. Non-monotonic frictional behavior in the lubricated sliding of soft patterned surfaces
A. Kargar-Estahbanati and B. Rallabandi. Submitted (2024) [arxiv]

42. Elasto-inertial rectification of oscillatory flow in an elastic tube
X. Zhang and B. Rallabandi. Accepted, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2024) [arxiv]

41. In situ enzymatic control of colloidal phoresis and catalysis through hydrolysis of ATP
E. Shandilya, B. Rallabandi and S. Maiti. Nature Communications (2024) [pdf] [doi]

40. Particle hydrodynamics in acoustic fields: Unifying acoustophoresis with streaming
X. Zhang, J. Minten and B. Rallabandi. Physical Review Fluids (2024) [pdf] [doi]

39. Fluid-elastic interactions near contact at low Reynolds number
B. Rallabandi. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2024) [pdf] [doi]

2023

38. Diffusioosmotic dispersion of solute in a long narrow channel
J. Teng, B. Rallabandi and J. T. Ault. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023) [pdf] [doi]

37. Three-dimensional streaming around an obstacle in a Hele-Shaw cell
X. Zhang and B. Rallabandi, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023) [pdf] [doi]

2022

36. Self-sustained three-dimensional beating of a model eukaryotic flagellum
B. Rallabandi, Q. Wang and M. Potomkin, Soft Matter (2022) [pdf] [doi]

35. Rotation-translation coupling of soft objects in lubricated contact
A. Kargar-Estahbanati and B. Rallabandi, Soft Matter (2022) [pdf] [doi]

34. Coupling of translation and rotation in the motion of finite-length rods near solid boundaries
J. Teng, B. Rallabandi, H. A. Stone and J. T. Ault, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2022) [pdf] [doi]

2021

33. Motion of a tighty-fitting axisymmetric object through a lubricated elastic tube
B. Rallabandi, J. Eggers, M. A. Herrada, and H. A. Stone, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2021) [pdf] [doi]

32. An unrecognized inertial force induced by flow curvature in microfluidics
S. Agarwal, F. K. Chan, B. Rallabandi, M. Gazzola, and S. Hilgenfeldt, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) [pdf] [doi]

31. Lift forces on three-dimensional elastic and viscoelastic lubricated contacts
A. Kargar-Estahbanati and B. Rallabandi, Physical Review Fluids (2021) [pdf] [doi]

30. Inertial forces in the Maxey–Riley equation in nonuniform flows
B. Rallabandi, Physical Review Fluids (2021) [pdf] [doi]

29. CO2-Driven diffusiophoresis for maintaining a bacteria-free surface
S. Shim, S. Khodaparast, C.-Y. Lai, J. Yan, J. T. Ault, B. Rallabandi, O. Shardt and H. A. Stone, Soft Matter (2021) [pdf] [doi]

28. Electrostatic wrapping of a microfiber around a curved particle
J. K. Nunes, J. Li, I. M. Griffiths, B. Rallabandi and H. A. Stone, Soft Matter (2021) [pdf] [doi]

2020

27. Silver-Based Self-Powered pH-Sensitive Pump and Sensor
K. Gentile, S. Maiti, A. Brink, B. Rallabandi, H. A. Stone and A. Sen, Langmuir (2020) [pdf] [doi]

26. Rotation of a submerged finite cylinder moving down a soft incline
B. Saintyves, B. Rallabandi, T. Jules, J. Ault, T. Salez, C. Schönecker, H. A. Stone and L. Mahadevan, Soft Matter (2020) [pdf] [doi]

25. Size-dependent particle migration and trapping in three-dimensional microbubble streaming flows
A. Volk, M. Rossi, B. Rallabandi, C. J. Kähler, S. Hilgenfeldt and A. Marin, Physical Review Fluids (2020) [pdf] [doi]

2019

24. Curvature regularization near contacts with stretched elastic tubes
B. Rallabandi, J. Marthelot, E. Jambon-Puillet, P.-T. Brun and J. Eggers, Physical Review Letters (2019) [pdf] [doi]

23. Effect of swarm configuration on fluid transport during vertical collective motion
M. Martinez, J. Nawroth, B. Rallabandi and J. O. Dabiri, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (2019) [pdf] [doi]

22. Representative subsampling of sedimenting blood
B. Rallabandi, J. K. Nunes, A. Perazzo, S. Gershtein and H. A. Stone, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2019) [pdf] [doi]

21. Pattern formation in oil-in-water emulsions exposed to a salt gradient
Y. Liu, B. Rallabandi, L. Zhu, A. Gupta and H. A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids (2019) [pdf] [doi]

20. Diffusiophoretic and diffusioosmotic velocities for mixtures of valence-asymmetric electrolytes
A. Gupta, B. Rallabandi and H. A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids (2019) [pdf] [doi]

19. Migration of ferrofluid droplets in shear flow under a uniform magnetic field
J. Zhang, M. R. Hassan, B. Rallabandi, and C. Wang, Soft Matter (2019) [pdf] [doi]

18. Autophoresis of two adsorbing/desorbing particles in an electrolyte solution
F. Yang, B, Rallabandi and H. A. Stone, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019) [pdf] [doi]

2018

17. Membrane induced hydroelastic migration of a particle surfing its own wave
B. Rallabandi, N. Oppenheimer, M. Y. Ben Zion and H. A. Stone, Nature Physics (2018) [pdf] [doi]

16. Enhanced boiling heat transfer using self-actuated nano-bimorophs
S. Shin, G. Choi, B. Rallabandi, D. Lee, D. I. Shim, B. S. Kim and H. H. Cho, Nano Letters (2018) [pdf] [doi]

15. Inertial particle attraction and repulsion near oscillating interfaces
S. Agarwal, B. Rallabandi and S. Hilgenfeldt, Physical Review Fluids (2018) [pdf] [doi]
– Editor’s Suggestion

14. Foam-driven fracture
C.-Y. Lai, B. Rallabandi, A. Perazzo, Z. Zheng, S. Smiddy and H. A. Stone, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018) [pdf] [doi]

13. Reciprocal theorem for the prediction of the normal force induced on a particle translating parallel to an elastic membrane
A. D.-M. Ider, B. Rallabandi, S. Gekle and H. A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids (2018) [pdf] [doi]
– Editor’s Suggestion

2017

12. Formation of sea ice bridges in narrow straits in reposnse to wind and water stresses
B. Rallabandi, Z. Zheng, M. Winton and H. A. Stone, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2017) [pdf] [doi]

11. Rotation of an immersed cylinder sliding near a thin elastic coating
B. Rallabandi, B. Saintyves, T. Jules, T. Salez, C. Shönecker, L. Mahadevan and H. A. Stone, Physical Review Fluids (2017) [pdf] [doi]

10. Wind-driven ice bridge formation in straits
B. Rallabandi, Z. Zheng, M. Winton and H. A. Stone, Physical Review Letters (2017) [pdf] [doi]

9. Analysis of optimal mixing in open-flow mixers with time-modulated vortex arrays
B. Rallabandi, C. Wang and S. Hilgenfeldt, Physical Review Fluids (2017) [pdf] [doi]

8. Fast inertial manipulation of particles in oscillatory flows
R. Thameem, B. Rallabandi and S. Hilgenfeldt, Physical Review Fluids (2017) [pdf] [doi]

7. Hydrodynamic force normal to an obstacle on a sphere in a non-uniform flow
B. Rallabandi S. Hilgenfeldt and H. A. Stone, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2017) [pdf] [doi]

6. Entry and exit flow in curved pipes
J. T. Ault, B. Rallabandi, O. Shardt, K. K. Chen and H. A. Stone, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2017) [pdf] [doi]

2016

5. Particle migration and sorting in microbubble streaming flows
R. Thameem, B. Rallabandi and S. Hilgenfeldt, Biomicrofluidics (2016) [pdf] [doi]

2015

4. Three-dimensional streaming flows in confined geometries
B. Rallabandi, A. Marin, M. Rossi, C. J. Kähler, and S. Hilgenfeldt, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2015) [pdf] [doi]

3. Three-dimensional phenomena in microbubble acoustic streaming
A. Marin, M. Rossi, B. Rallabandi, S. Hilgenfeldt, and C. J. Kähler, Physical Review Applied (2015) [pdf] [doi]

2014

2. Two-dimensional streaming flows driven by sessile semicylindrical microbubbles
B. Rallabandi, C. Wang and S. Hilgenfeldt, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2014) [pdf] [doi]

2013

1. Frequency dependence and frequency control of microbubble streaming flows
C. Wang, B. Rallabandi, and S. Hilgenfeldt, Physics of Fluids (2013) [pdf] [doi]

40. We analyze the motion of particles suspended in acoustic fields — and show how this motion reverses with frequency!
39. We review mechanisms of interaction between fluids and soft solids close to contact.
37. We show how 2D oscillations drive 3D flows around obstacles in narrow channels.
36. We develop a 3D chemo-mechanical model for flagellar beating.
35. We show how fluid mechanics and elasticity lead to rolling without slip.
33. We develop a nonlinear shell theory for the flow of objects through soft tubes.
24. We discover that stretching regularizes contact singularities of curved elastic shells.
17. We show that elastic interfaces repel moving particles due to interactions between fluid flow and bending elasticity.
11. Elasticity couples the translation and rotation of particles.
10. Sea ice jams as it flows through a strait, forming “ice bridges”. We develop a new understanding of this phenomena using continuum theory.
9. We show how to optimize fluid micromixing by pulsing microbubbles with ultrasound.
4. Bubbles produces 3D flows when exposed to ultrasound. The trajectories are complicated nested torii!
1. We quantify how sessile bubbles produce flow under ultrasound.
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