2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Directed droplet motion -- Its versatile nature and anticipated applications
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis, Andrey Milchev
Applications such as digital microfluidics and bio-diagnostics rely on droplet locomotion. A prominent example of such motion is durotaxis, a phenomenon that requires a stiffness g…
cond-mat.soft2024
Effect of simple shear on knotted polymer coils and globules
Andrey Milchev, Maurice P. Schmitt, Peter Virnau
We explore the effect of Couette flow on knotted linear polymer chains with extensive Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Hydrodynamic interactions are accounted for by means of M…