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Microscopic mechanism of thermomolecular orientation and polarization
Alpha A. Lee
Recent molecular dynamics simulations show that thermal gradients can induce electric fields in water that are comparable in magnitude to electric fields seen in ionic thin films a…
Capacitance-Power-Hysteresis Trilemma in Nanoporous Supercapacitors
Alpha A Lee, Dominic Vella, Alain Goriely +1
Nanoporous supercapacitors are an important player in the field of energy storage that fill the gap between dielectric capacitors and batteries. The key challenge in the developmen…
The role of extensibility in the birth of a ruck in a rug
Alpha A. Lee, Clément Le Gouellec, Dominic Vella
Everyday experience suggests that a `ruck' forms when the two ends of a heavy carpet or rug are brought closer together. Classical analysis, however, shows that the horizontal comp…
Sharp Interface Limits of the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Degenerate Mobility
Alpha Albert Lee, Andreas Münch, Endre Süli
In this work, the sharp interface limit of the degenerate Cahn-Hilliard equation (in two space dimensions) with a polynomial double well free energy and a quadratic mobility is der…
Degenerate Mobilities in Phase Field Models are Insufficient to Capture Surface Diffusion
Alpha A Lee, Andreas Münch, Endre Süli
Phase field models frequently provide insight to phase transitions, and are robust numerical tools to solve free boundary problems corresponding to the motion of interfaces. A body…
Fluctuation Spectra and Force Generation in Non-equilibrium Systems
Alpha A. Lee, Dominic Vella, John S. Wettlaufer
Many biological systems are appropriately viewed as passive inclusions immersed in an active bath: from proteins on active membranes to microscopic swimmers confined by boundaries.…