Physics
Our faculty collaborate with colleagues across the world and conduct experimental and theoretical research funded by sources including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Petroleum Research Fund.
Recent research awards include:- Professor Charles Agosta: National Science Foundation grant titled “Inhomogeneity and Charge Modulation in Unconventional Superconductors” Professor Michael Boyer: National Science Foundation grant titled “The Nanoscale Effects of Intrinsic and Externally-Applied Strain on Charge Density Wave States”
- Professor Arshad Kudrolli: National Science Foundation grant titled “Intruder dynamics in fluid saturated granular medium”
- Professor Alexander Petroff: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) grant titled “Experimental Investigations of Oxygen Dynamics in Natural Sediment”
Submissions from 2012
Experimental and semiempirical method to determine the Pauli-limiting field in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors as applied to κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2Cu(NCS) 2: Strong evidence of a FFLO state, C. C. Agosta, Jing Jin, W. A. Coniglio, B. E. Smith, K. Cho, I. Stroe, C. Martin, S. W. Tozer, T. P. Murphy, E. C. Palm, J. A. Schlueter, and M. Kurmoo
Shape and dynamics of seepage erosion in a horizontal granular bed, Michael Berhanu, Alexander Petroff, Olivier Devauchelle, Arshad Kudrolli, and Daniel H. Rothman
Flow-induced channelization in a porous medium, A. Mahadevan, A. V. Orpe, A. Kudrolli, and L. Mahadevan
Nucleation and crystal growth in sheared granular sphere packings, Andreea Panaitescu, K. Anki Reddy, and Arshad Kudrolli
Four remarks on the growth of channel networks, Alexander P. Petroff, Olivier Devauchelle, Arshad Kudrolli, and Daniel H. Rothman
Diffusion of granular rods on a rough vibrated substrate, V. Yadava and A. Kudrolli
Submissions from 2011
Anisotropic upper critical field and possible Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin- Ovchinnikov state in the stoichiometric pnictide superconductor LiFeAs, K. Cho, H. Kim, M. A. Tanatar, Y. J. Song, Y. S. Kwon, W. A. Coniglio, C. C. Agosta, A. Gurevich, and R. Prozorov
Building designed granular towers one drop at a time, Julien Chopin and Arshad Kudrolli
Superconducting phase diagram and FFLO signature in λ-(BETS) 2GaCl4 from rf penetration depth measurements, William A. Coniglio, Laurel E. Winter, Kyuil Cho, C. C. Agosta, B. Fravel, and L. K. Montgomery
Aggregation of frictional particles due to capillary attraction, Marie Julie Dalbe, Darija Cosic, Michael Berhanu, and Arshad Kudrolli
Mechanics of membrane bulging during cell-wall disruption in Gram-negative bacteria, Kristopher E. Daly, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Ned S. Wingreen, and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Protein-coat dynamics and cluster phases in intracellular trafficking, Greg Huber, Hui Wang, and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Geometry of valley growth, A. P. Petroff, O. Devauchelle, D. M. Abrams, A. E. Lobkovsky, A. Kudrolli, and D. H. Rothman
Submissions from 2010
Maximum and minimum stable random packings of Platonic solids, Jessica Baker and Arshad Kudrolli
Heterogeneous structure of granular aggregates with capillary interactions, Michael Berhanu and Arshad Kudrolli
Bulk two-dimensional Pauli-limited superconductor, T. Coffey, C. Martin, C. C. Agosta, T. Kinoshota, and M. Tokumoto
Concentration dependent diffusion of self-propelled rods, Arshad Kudrolli
Shear induced diffusion in dense granular flows, Ashish V. Orpe, Chris H. Rycroft, and Arshad A. Kudrolli
Experimental investigation of cyclically sheared granular particles with direct particle tracking, Andreea Panaitescu and Arshad Kudrolli
Spatial distribution functions of random packed granular spheres obtained by direct particle imaging, Andreea Panaitescu and Arshad Kudrolli
Tumbling dynamics of passive flexible wings, Daniel Tam, John W.M. Bush, Michael Robitaille, and Arshad Kudrolli
Submissions from 2009
Upper critical field in the organic superconductor β″ - (H2 CF2 SO3: Possibility of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state, K. Cho, B. E. Smith, W. A. Coniglio, L. E. Winter, C. C. Agosta, and J. A. Schlueter
Red Blood Cell Shapes and Shape Transformations: Newtonian Mechanics of a Composite Membrane, Gerald Lim H. W., Michael Wortis, and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Curvature and shape determination of growing bacteria, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay and Ned S. Wingreen
Physical test of a particle simulation model in a sheared granular system, Chris H. Rycroft, Ashish V. Orpe, and Arshad Kudrolli
Submissions from 2008
Cell shape and cell-wall organization in Gram-negative bacteria, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Bingni Wen, Zemer Gitai, and Ned S. Wingreen
Exponential sensitivity of noise-driven switching in genetic networks, Pankaj Mehta, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, and Ned S. Wingreen
Lipid localization in bacterial cells through curvature-mediated microphase separation, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Kerwyn Casey Huang, and Ned S. Wingreen
Self-organized periodicity of protein clusters in growing bacteria, Hui Wang, Ned S. Wingreen, and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Particle-hole symmetry and the dirty boson problem, Peter B. Weichman and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Submissions from 2007
Critical dynamics of the dirty boson problem: Revisiting the equality z=d, Peter B. Weichman and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Semisoft nematic elastomers and nematics in crossed electric and magnetic fields, Fangfu Ye, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Olaf Stenull, and T. C. Lubensky
Submissions from 2006
Penetration depth studies of organic and heavy fermion superconductors in the Pauli paramagnetic limit, C. C. Agosta, C. Martin, H. A. Radovan, E. C. Palm, T. P. Murphy, S. W. Tozer, J. C. Cooley, J. A. Schlueter, and C. Petrovic
A curvature-mediated mechanism for localization of lipids to bacterial poles, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, and Ned S. Wingreen
New results for superconductivity in κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 when an applied magnetic field is aligned parallel to the conducting planes, C. Martin, K. Cho, I. Mihut, T. Coffey, C. C. Agosta, S. W. Tozer, H. A. Radovan, E. C. Palm, T. P. Murphy, and J. A. Schlueter
Incoherent Bragg reflection and Fermi-surface hot spots in a quasi-two-dimensional metal, I. Mihut, C. C. Agosta, C. Martin, C. H. Mielke, T. Coffey, M. Tokumoto, M. Kurmoo, J. A. Schlueter, P. Goddard, and N. Harrison
Abrikosov-to-Josephson vortex lattice crossover in heavy fermion CeCoIn5, H. A. Radovan, T. P. Murphy, E. C. Palm, S. W. Tozer, J. C. Cooley, I. Mihut, and C. C. Agosta
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov superconductivity in heavy fermion CeCoIn5, H. A. Radovan, S. W. Tozer, T. P. Murphy, E. C. Palm, N. A. Fortune, S. T. Hannahs, C. C. Agosta, C. Martin, J. L. Sarrao, and J. C. Cooley
Submissions from 2005
Geometry of crumpled paper, Daniel L. Blair and Arshad Kudrolli
Magnetized Granular Materials, Daniel L. Blair and Arshad Kudrolli
Critical field and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 under pressure, C. Martin, C. C. Agosta, S. W. Tozer, H. A. Radovan, T. Kinoshota, and M. Tokumoto
Evidence for the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in CeCoIn 5 from penetration depth measurements, C. Martin, C. C. Agosta, S. W. Tozer, H. A. Radovan, E. C. Palm, T. P. Murphy, and J. L. Sarrao
Optimal path to epigenetic switching, David Marin Roma, Ruadhan A. O'Flanagan, Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Anirvan M. Sengupta, and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Submissions from 2004
Anisotropy-driven dynamics in vibrated granular rods, Dmitri Volfson, Arshad Kudrolli, and Lev S. Tsimring
Submissions from 2003
Clustering transitions in vibrofluidized magnetized granular materials, Daniel L. Blair and A. Kudrolli
Collision statistics of driven granular materials, Daniel L. Blair and A. Kudrolli
Vortices in vibrated granular rods, Daniel L. Blair, T. Neicu, and A. Kudrolli
Submissions from 2002
Resistivity and penetration depth measurements of organic superconductors in high magnetic fields using a tunnel diode oscillator, C. C. Agosta, T. Coffey, Z. Bayindir, I. Mihut, C. Martin, and M. Tokumoto
The study of the magnetic breakdown effect as a function of angle in the organic conductor K-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 in high magnetic fields, I. Mihut, C. C. Agosta, C. H. Mielke, and M. Tokomoto
Clustering, jamming and segregation in cohesive granular materials, Azadeh Samadani, Daniel L. Blair, and A. Kudrolli
Submissions from 2001
Radio frequency measurements of the superconducting transition in κ-(ET)2Cu(NCS)2 using a tunnel diode oscillator in pulsed magnetic fields, Z. Bayindir, C. Martin, I. Minut, L. DeViveiros, T. Coffey, C. C. Agosta, and M. Tokumoto
Velocity correlations in dense granular gases, Daniel L. Blair and A. Kudrolli
Swarming ring patterns in bacterial colonies exposed to ultraviolet radiation, Anna M. Delprato, Azadeh Samadani, A. Kudrolli, and L. S. Tsimring
Superconducting properties and fermi-surface topology of the quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor λ-(BETS)2GaCl4 (BETS ≡ bis(ethylene-dithio)tetraselenafulvalene), Charles Mielke, John Singleton, Moon Sun Nam, Neil Harrison, C. C. Agosta, B. Fravel, and L. K. Montgomery
Spectral properties of a mixed system using an acoustical resonator, T. Neicu, K. Schaadt, and A. Kudrolli
Angle of repose and segregation in cohesive granular matter, Azadeh Samadani and A. Kudrolli
First-row transition metal complexes of 3-phenyl-4-hydroxycyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione (phenylsquarate), Avril Williams, Bert D. Alleyne, Hazel Ann Hosein, Hema Jaggernauth, Lincoln A. Hall, Bruce M. Foxman, Laurence K. Thompson, and Charles Agosta
Submissions from 2000
Measuring radio frequency properties of materials in pulsed magnetic fields with a tunnel diode oscillator, T. Coffey, Z. Bayindir, J. F. DeCarolis, M. Bennett, G. Esper, and C. C. Agosta
Segregation transitions in wet granular matter, Azadeh Samadani and A. Kudrolli
Submissions from 1999
Anomalous superconducting phase diagram of (BEDO-TTF)2ReO4·H2O, C. C. Agosta, S. Ivanov, Z. Bayindir, T. Coffey, N. D. Kushch, E. B. Yagubskii, T. Burgin, and L. K. Montgomery
Size segregation of granular matter in silo discharges, Azadeh Samadani, A. Pradhan, and A. Kudrolli
Experimental investigation of universal parametric correlators using a vibrating plate, K. Schaadt and A. Kudrolli
Submissions from 1997
Studies of the organic superconductor (BEDO)2ReO4H2O at high pressures and high magnetic fields, S. Ivanov, T. Coffey, C. C. Agosta, S. T. Hannahs, C. Immer, N. D. Kushch, and E. B. Yagubskii
Electronic-transport studies of the organic metals α-(BET Hg(SCsand α-(BET KHg(SCsin high magnetic fields, where BETS is bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene, S. Ivanov, C. Mielke, T. Coffey, D. Howe, C. Agosta, B. Fravel, and L. Montgomery
Synthesis and preliminary characterization of new conducting salts derived from bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene (BETS), L. K. Montgomery, B. W. Fravel, J. C. Huffman, C. C. Agosta, and S. A. Ivanov
Submissions from 1996
Experimental techniques for pulsed magnetic fields, Fritz Herlach, Charles C. Agosta, Ria Bogaerts, Willy Boon, Igne Deckers, Alain De Keyser, Neil Harrison, Alexander Lagutin, Liang Li, Lieven Trappeniers, Johan Vanacken, Luc Van Bockstal, and Ann Van Esch
Submissions from 1995
Pressure effects on the electronic structure and low-temperature states in the -(BEDT-TTF)2MHg(SCN)4 organic-conductor family (M=K, Rb, Tl, NH4), J. S. Brooks, X. Chen, S. J. Klepper, S. Valfells, G. J. Athas, Y. Tanaka, T. Kinoshita, N. Kinoshita, M. Tokumoto, H. Anzai, and C. C. Agosta
Submissions from 1994
New structure in the angular and field dependencies of the magnetoresistance of (BEDT-TTF)2TlHg(SCN)4, C. C. Agosta, S. A. Ivanov, C. H. Mielke, D. A. Howe, M. A. Antia, F. M. Morgan, V. N. Laukhin, and N. D. Kushch
Magnetoresistance and SdH Oscillation of α-(BEDT-TTF)2RbHg(SCN)4 at low temperatures and high pressures, X. Chen, S. J. Klepper, J. S. Brooks, I. Bradaric, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, and C. C. Agosta
Submissions from 1993
Magneto-oscillatory behavior and magnetism in quasi-two-dimensional organic conductors, J. S. Brooks, S. J. Klepper, C. C. Agosta, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, S. Uji, H. Aoki, G. J. Athas, X. Chen, and H. Anzai
Fermi surface and magnetic properties of low-dimensional organic conductors, J. S. Brooks, S. J. Klepper, C. C. Agosta, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, S. Uji, H. Aoki, A. S. Perel, G. J. Athas, X. Chen, D. A. Howe, and H. Anzai
Pressure-induced nesting in the low-dimensional organic superconductor α-(BEDT-TTF)2NH4Hg(SCN)4, S. J. Klepper, J. S. Brooks, X. Chen, I. Bradaric, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, and C. C. Agosta
Magnetic quantum oscillations in low-dimensional organic conductors (BEDT-TTF)2X, M. Tokumoto, A. G. Swanson, J. S. Brooks, C. C. Agosta, S. T. Hannahs, N. Kinoshita, H. Anzai, M. Tamura, H. Tajima, H. Kuroda, A. Ugawa, and K. Yakushi
Magnetic breakdown in the organic conductor (BEDT-TTF)2KHg(SCN)4, S. Uji, H. Aoki, J. S. Brooks, A. S. Perel, G. J. Athas, S. J. Klepper, C. C. Agosta, D. A. Howe, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, and H. Anzai
