Selected Publications
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Biofluid Dynamics - Flow in Microfluidics
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Y. Wang and P. Dimitrakopoulos
``Capsule migration and deformation in a converging micro-capillary''
Processes, 9(3), 452 (2021).
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A. Koolivand and P. Dimitrakopoulos
``Motion of an elastic capsule in a trapezoidal microchannel under Stokes flow conditions''
Polymers, 12(5), 1144 (2020).
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P. Dimitrakopoulos
``Dumbbell formation for elastic capsules in nonlinear extensional Stokes flows''
Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2, 063101 (2017).
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A. Koolivand and P. Dimitrakopoulos
``Deformation of an elastic capsule in a microfluidic T-junction: settling shape and
moduli determination''
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 21, 89 (2017).
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N. Boruah and P. Dimitrakopoulos
``Motion and deformation of a droplet in a microfluidic cross-junction''
J. Colloid Interface Sci., 453 216-225 (2015).
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P. Dimitrakopoulos and S. Kuriakose
``Determining a membrane's shear modulus, independent of its area-dilatation modulus,
via capsule flow in a converging micro-capillary''
Soft Matter, 11, 2782-2793 (2015).
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K. Jiang, A. X. Lu, P. Dimitrakopoulos, S. R. Raghavan and D. L. DeVoe
``Microfluidic generation of uniform water droplets using gas as the continuous
phase''
J. Colloid Interface Sci., 448, 275-279 (2015).
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2014
``Properties of the spindle-to-cusp transition in extensional capsule dynamics''
Europhys. Lett., 106, 48003.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2014
``Effects of membrane hardness and scaling analysis for capsules
in planar extensional flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 745, 487-508.
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Park Sun-Young and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2013
``Transient dynamics of an elastic capsule in a microfluidic constriction''
Soft Matter, 9, 8844-8855.
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Kuriakose S. and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2013
``Deformation of an elastic capsule in a rectangular microfluidic channel''
Soft Matter, 9, 4284-4296.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2012
``Analysis of the variation in the determination of the shear modulus of the
erythrocyte membrane: Effects of the constitutive law and membrane modeling''
Phys. Rev. E, 85, 041917 (10 pages).
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2012
``Tank-treading of swollen erythrocytes in shear flows''
Phys. Rev. E, 85, 021922 (9 pages).
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2011
``Comment on "Tank-treading and tumbling frequencies of capsules and red
blood cells"''
Phys. Rev. E, 84, 058301 (2 pages).
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2011
``Oscillatory tank-treading motion of erythrocytes in shear flows''
Phys. Rev. E, 84, 011913 (12 pages).
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Kuriakose S. and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2011
``Motion of an elastic capsule in a square microfluidic channel''
Phys. Rev. E, 84, 011906 (22 pages).
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2010
``Tank-treading of erythrocytes in strong shear flows via a non-stiff
cytoskeleton-based continuum computational modeling''
Biophys. J., 99, 2906-2916.
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2009
``Dynamics of strain-hardening and strain-softening capsules
in strong planar extensional flows via an interfacial spectral
boundary element algorithm for elastic membranes''
J. Fluid Mech., 641, 263-296.
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Takemura F., Magnaudet J. and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2009
``Migration and deformation of bubbles rising in a wall-bounded shear flow
at finite Reynolds number''
J. Fluid Mech., 634, 463-486.
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2008
``Spindles, cusps and bifurcation for capsules in Stokes flow''
Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 208102.
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``A three-dimensional spectral boundary element algorithm for
interfacial dynamics in Stokes flow''
Phys. Fluids, 18, 082106(1-16).
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``Nature of the hemodynamic forces exerted on vascular endothelial
cells or leukocytes adhering to the surface of blood vessels''
Phys. Fluids, 18, 087107(1-14).
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``Normal force exerted on vascular endothelial cells''
Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 028106.
Dynamics of Multiphase Flows: Flow in Porous Media
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2012
``Low-Reynolds-number droplet motion in a square microfluidic channel''
Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn., 26, 361-379.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2007
``Gravitational effects on the deformation of a droplet adhering
to a horizontal solid surface in shear flow''
Phys. Fluids, 19, 122105(1-14).
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2007
``Deformation of a droplet adhering to a solid surface in shear flow:
onset of interfacial sliding''
J. Fluid Mech., 580, 451-466.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 2003
``On the displacement of fluid bridges from solid surfaces in viscous
pressure-driven flows''
Phys. Fluids, 15 (10), 3255-3258.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 2001
``On the displacement of three-dimensional fluid droplets adhering to a plane wall
in viscous pressure-driven flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 435, 327-350.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 1999
``On the gravitational displacement of three-dimensional fluid droplets
from inclined solid surfaces''
J. Fluid Mech., 395, 181-209.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 1998
``On the displacement of three-dimensional fluid droplets from solid surfaces
in low-Reynolds-number shear flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 377, 189-222.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 1997
``Displacement of fluid droplets from solid surfaces in low-Reynolds-number
shear flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 336, 351-378.
Biophysics and Microrheology: Dilute Solutions of Biopolymers
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Dissanayake, I. D. and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``Stress, birefringence and conformational relaxation
of an initially straight stiff bead-rod polymer''
Phys. Rev. E, 74, 021918(1-14).
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2004
``Longitudinal relaxation of initially straight flexible and stiff
polymers''
Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 217801.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2004
``Stress and configuration relaxation of an initially straight
flexible polymer''
J. Fluid Mech., 513, 265-286.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2003
``Conformational evolution of initially straight flexible and stiff polymers
over extended time periods via the scaling law methodology ''
J. Chem. Phys., 119 (15), 8189-8196.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., Brady, J. F. and Wang, Zhen-Gang, 2001
``Short- and intermediate-time behavior of the linear stress relaxation
in semiflexible polymers''
Phys. Rev. E., 64 (5), 050803(R).
Numerical Analysis: Development of Efficient Computational Methodologies
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2010
``Tank-treading of erythrocytes in strong shear flows via a non-stiff
cytoskeleton-based continuum computational modeling''
Biophys. J., 99, 2906-2916.
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2010
``Computational studies of interfacial dynamics in microfluidics via
a 3D spectral boundary integral algorithm''
In Proceedings of the ASME 2009 2nd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer
International Conference,
December 18-21, 2009, Shanghai, China,
MNHMT2009, 3, 659-662.
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Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2009
``Dynamics of strain-hardening and strain-softening capsules
in strong planar extensional flows via an interfacial spectral
boundary element algorithm for elastic membranes''
J. Fluid Mech., 641, 263-296.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2007
``Interfacial dynamics in Stokes flow via a three-dimensional
fully-implicit interfacial spectral boundary element algorithm''
J. Comp. Phys., 225, 408-426.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., and Wang Jingtao, 2007
``A spectral boundary element algorithm for interfacial dynamics in
two-dimensional Stokes flow based on Hermitian interfacial smoothing''
Eng. Anal. Bound. Elem., 31, 646-656.
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Wang Yechun and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``A three-dimensional spectral boundary element algorithm for
interfacial dynamics in Stokes flow''
Phys. Fluids, 18, 082106(1-16).
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Wang Yechun, Dodson W. R. III and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``Dynamics of multiphase flows via spectral boundary elements and
parallel computations''
In Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Theory and Applications,
A. Deane, G. Brenner, A. Ecer, D. Emerson, J. McDonough, J. Periaux,
N. Satofuka and D. Tromeur-Dervout (Eds.).
Elsevier/North-Holland, 405-412.
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Dissanayake I. D. and Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2006
``Dynamics of biological and synthetic polymers through large-scale
parallel computations''
In Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Theory and Applications,
A. Deane, G. Brenner, A. Ecer, D. Emerson, J. McDonough, J. Periaux,
N. Satofuka and D. Tromeur-Dervout (Eds.).
Elsevier/North-Holland, 211-218.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P., 2003
``Conformational evolution of initially straight flexible and stiff polymers
over extended time periods via the scaling law methodology ''
J. Chem. Phys., 119 (15), 8189-8196.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 1998
``On the displacement of three-dimensional fluid droplets from solid surfaces
in low-Reynolds-number shear flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 377, 189-222.
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Dimitrakopoulos, P. and Higdon, J.J.L., 1997
``Displacement of fluid droplets from solid surfaces in low-Reynolds-number
shear flows''
J. Fluid Mech., 336, 351-378.
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