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most cited3D photophoretic aircraft made from ultralight porous materials can carry kg-scale payloads in the mesosphere

6 citations · 8 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.flu-dyn2023★ 6 cited

3D photophoretic aircraft made from ultralight porous materials can carry kg-scale payloads in the mesosphere

Thomas Celenza, Andy Eskenazi, Igor Bargatin

We show that photophoretic aircraft would greatly benefit from a three-dimensional (3D) hollow geometry that pumps ambient air through sidewalls to create a high-speed jet. To iden…

math.HO2022

A Beginner's Guide to Homological Algebra: A Comprehensive Introduction for Students

Andy Eskenazi, Kevin You, Will Vauclain +1

Homological algebra is often understood as the translator between the world of topology and algebra. However, this branch of mathematics is worth studying by itself, given that it…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 1 cited

Equitable Optimization of U.S. Airline Route Networks

Arnav Joshi, Andy Eskenazi, Landon Butler +1

Restructuring route networks (i.e., modifying the graph of origin-destination pairs) remains a promising alternative for reducing the airline industry's environmental impact. Howev…

stat.AP2022★ 1 cited

Democratizing Aviation Emissions Estimation: Development of an Open-Source, Data-Driven Methodology

Andy Eskenazi, Landon Butler, Arnav Joshi +1

Through an aviation emissions estimation tool that is both publicly-accessible and comprehensive, researchers, planners, and community advocates can help shape a more sustainable a…

physics.app-ph2020

Controlled photophoretic levitation of nanostructured thin films for near-space flight

Mohsen Azadi, George A. Popov, Zhipeng Lu +5

We report light-driven levitation of macroscopic polymer films whose bottom surface is engineered to maximize the thermal accommodation coefficient. Specifically, we levitated cent…