Soft Matter
Soft Matter
- F. Meng, and E. Terentjev*, "Fluidisation of transient filament networks." Macromolecules 51, 4660–4669 (2018).
- F. Meng, and E. Terentjev*, "Theory of semiflexible filaments and networks." Polymers 9, 52 (2017).
- F. Meng, and E. Terentjev*, "Nonlinear elasticity of semiflexible filament networks." Soft Matter 12, 6749-6756 (2016).
- F. Meng*, M. Saed and E. Terentjev*, "Elasticity and relaxation in full and partial vitrimer networks." Macromolecules52, 7423-7429 (2019).
- J.-H. Chen, D.-D. Hu, Y.-D. Li, F. Meng*, J. Zhu, and J.-B. Zeng*, "Castor oil derived poly (urethane urea) networks with reprocessibility and enhanced mechanical properties." Polymer 143, 79-86 (2018).
- F. Meng, R. H. Pritchard, and E. Terentjev*, "Stress relaxation, dynamics and plasticity of transient polymer networks." Macromolecules 49,2843-2852 (2016).
- F. Meng, and E. Terentjev*, "Transient network at large deformations: elastic-plastic transition and necking instability." Polymers 8, 108 (2016).
- F. Meng*, L. Luo, M. Doi* and Z-C. Ouyang, "Solute based Lagrangian scheme in modeling the drying process of soft matter solutions."European Physical Journal E 39, 22 (2016).
- L. Luo, F. Meng, J. Zhang, and M. Doi*, "Skin formation in drying a film of soft matter solutions -- application of solute based Lagrangian scheme." Chinese Physics B 25, 076801 (2016).
- F. Meng, M. Doi*, and Z-C. Ouyang, "Cavitation in drying droplets of soft matter solutions."Physical Review Letters 113, 098301 (2014).
- F. Meng, J. Z. Y. Chen, M. Doi*, and Z-C. Ouyang, "Critical line in twisting instabilities of soft tubes." Soft Matter 11, 7046-7052 (2015).
- F. Meng, M. Doi, Z-C. Ouyang, X. Zheng, and P. Palffy-Muhoray*, "The 'coin-through-the rubber' trick: an elastically stabilized invagination." Journal of Elasticity 123, 43–57 (2015).
- F. Meng, J. Z. Y. Chen, M. Doi*, and Z-C. Ouyang, "Phase diagrams and interface in inflating balloon." AIChE Journal 60, 1393–1399 (2014).
- D. Qian, F. Meng*, "Modelling Mullins Effect Induced by Chain Delamination and Reattachment", Polymer, 222, 123608 (2021).
- H. S. Varol*, A. Srivastava, S. Kumar, M. Bonn, F. Meng, and S. H. Parekh*, "Bridging chains mediate nonlinear mechanics of polymer nanocomposites under cyclic deformation", Polymer 200, 122529 (2020).
- S. Varol, F. Meng, B. Hosseinkhani, C. Malm, D. Bonn, M. Bonn, A. Zaccone, and S. H. Parekh*, "Nanoparticle amount, and not size, determines chain alignment and nonlinear hardening in polymer nanocomposites." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 114, E3170–E3177 (2017).
- X. Wei#, J. Zhou#, Y. Wang, and F. Meng*, "Modelling elastically mediated liquid-liquid phase separation", Physical Review Letters, 125, 268001 (2020).
Active Matter
Active Matter
1. Collective Responses of the Microswimmers
Magnetic microswimmers have been attracting attentions recently due to their potential use in applications such as drug/cargo delivery in bio-systems. In physics, these microswimmers can have fascinating dynamic responses when subjected to an external magnetic field, such as focusing and clustering of magnetotactic bacteria in a microfluidic channel. We are currently developing both analytic models and numerical simulations to understand their collective behaviours in different circumstances.
- F. Meng, D. Matsunaga, B. Mahault and R. Golestanian*, "Magnetic Microswimmers Exhibit Bose-Einstein-Like Condensation." Physical Review Letters 126, 078001 (2021).
- F. Meng, D. Matsunaga, and R. Golestanian*, "Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow." Physical Review Letters 120, 188101 (2018).
2. Emergent Dynamics of the Colloids, and Rotors
Magnetic colloids can interact with each other via many-body interactions including magnetic dipole-dipole interaction and hydrodynamic interaction. Controlled by external magnetic field, the out-of-equilibrium magnetic colloids and rotors can form complex structures and show interesting emergent dynamics. By comparing the theoretical results and the experimental outcomes, we try to understand how to control the collective responses of magnetic colloids, etc.
- F. Meng#, Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz#, Helena Massana-Cid, Andrej Vilfan, R. Golestanian, and P. Tierno*, "Field synchronized bidirectional current in confined driven colloids." Physical Review Research 2, 012025(R) (2020).
- T. Kawai, D. Matsunaga*, F. Meng*, J. Yeomans, and R. Golestanian, "Degenerate states, emergent dynamics and fluid mixing by magnetic rotors." Soft Matter 16, 6484-6492 (Featured as back cover article) (2020).
- H. Massana-Cid#, F. Meng#, D. Matsunaga, R. Golestanian*, and P. Tierno*, "Tunable self-healing of magnetically propelling colloidal carpets." Nature Communications 10, 2444 (2019).
- D. Matsunaga#, J. Hamilton#, F. Meng, N. Bukin, E. L. Martin, F. Ogrin, J. Yeomans and R. Golestanian*, "Tunable self-healing of magnetically propelling colloidal carpets." Nature Communications 10, 4696 (2019).
3. Cilium and Cilia
Cilia are ubiquitous in bio-systems, and interact with each other via hydrodynamic coupling. By such interaction, cilia move collectively in the form of a metachronal wave, which can be used for self-propulsion of microorganisms such as paramecium and for fluid transportation such as mucus removal in trachea.
- F. Meng#, R. Bennett#, N. Uchida, and R. Golestanian*, "Conditions for metachronal coordination in arrays of model cilia", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 118, e2102828118 (2021).
- F. Meng, D. Matsunaga, J. Yeomans, and R. Golestanian*, "Magnetically-Actuated Articial Cilium: A Simple Theoretical Model." Soft Matter 15, 3864-3871 (Featured as inside back cover article) (2019).
4. Individual Magnetic Ellipsoid
The interplay of magnetic control and hydrodynamic interaction with the confinement can induce useful dynamics of individual magnetic unit such as magnetic ellipsoid, which can be applied for fluid transport and as solution stirrer and particle sorter. By developing analytic theories for such systems, we can propose how to fabricate magnetic units with desired dynamic properties and their controls from the physical perspective.
- D. Matsunaga*, A. Zoettl, F. Meng, R. Golestanian, and J. M. Yeomans, "Far-field theory for trajectories of magnetic ellipsoids in rectangular and circular channels." IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 83, 767–782 (2018).
- D. Matsunaga, F. Meng, A. Zoettl, R. Golestanian, and J. M. Yeomans*, "Focusing and sorting of ellipsoidal magnetic particles in microchannels." Physical Review Letters 119, 019802 (Editors' suggestion; Highlighted in APS Physics Synopsis) (2017).
5. Active Nematics
- B. Martínez-Prat#, R. Alert#, F. Meng, J. Ignes-Mullol, J.-F. Joanny, J. Casademunt*, R. Golestanian*, and F. Sagues*, "Scaling Regimes of Active Turbulence with External Dissipation", Physical Review X, 11, 031065 (2021).