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Author/sPublication TitleReferenceYear
R Granek, I Hoffmann, EG Kelley, M Nagao, PM Vlahovska, A Zilman Dynamic structure factor of undulating vesicles: finite-size and spherical geometry effects with application to neutron spin echo experimentsThe European Physical Journal E 47 (2), 122024
RB Reboucas, HA Faizi, MJ Miksis, PM Vlahovska Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations Soft Matter 20 (10), 2258-22712024
Z Wang, MJ Miksis, PM VlahovskaElectrostatic force on a spherical particle confined between two planar surfacesSoft Matter 19 (39), 7663-76722023
Mina Aleksanyan, Hammad A Faizi, Maria-Anna Kirmpaki, Petia M Vlahovska, Karin A Riske, Rumiana DimovaAssessing membrane material properties from the response of giant unilamellar vesicles to electric fieldsAdvances in Physics: X 8 (1), 21253422023
Z Zhou, PM Vlahovska, MJ MiksisDrag force on spherical particles trapped at a liquid interfacePhysical Review Fluids 7 (12), 1240012022
C Sorgentone, PM VlahovskaTandem droplet locomotion in a uniform electric fieldJournal of Fluid Mechanics 951:R22022
Z Wang, MJ Miksis, PM VlahovskaParticle-surface interactions in a uniform electric fieldPhysical Review E 106 (3), 0346072022
Hammad A Faizi, Annie Tsui, Rumiana Dimova, Petia M VlahovskaBending Rigidity, Capacitance, and Shear Viscosity of Giant Vesicle Membranes Prepared by Spontaneous Swelling, Electroformation, Gel-Assisted, and Phase Transfer Methods: A Comparative StudyLangmuir:38, 10548–105572022
G. Kokot, H. Faizi, G. Pradillo, A. Snezhko, and P. M. Vlahovska Spontaneous Self-propulsion and Nonequilibrium Shape Fluctuations of a Droplet Enclosing Active ParticlesCommunications Physics 5:1-72022
H. A. Faizi, R. D. Dimova and P. M. Vlahovska A vesicle microrheometer for high-throughput viscosity measurements of lipid and polymer membranesBiophysical Journal 121: 910-9182022
S. Heyden, P. M. Vlahovska, E. R. DufresneA robust method for quantification of surface elasticity in soft solidsJ. Mechanics and Physics Solids 161: 104786 2022
M. Firouznia, M. J. Miksis, P. M. Vlahovska, D. SaintilanInstability of a planar fluid interface under a tangential electric field in a stagnation point flowJ. Fluid Mech. , 931: A25 2022
M. Jacobs, H. Faizi, J. Peruzzi, P. Vlahovska, and N. Kamat EPA and DHA differentially modulate membrane elasticity in the presence of cholesterolBiophysical Journal 120:2317-23292021
B. Zhang, H. Karani, P. M. Vlahovska and A. SnezkoPersistence length regulates emergent dynamics in active roller ensemblesSoft Matter 17: 4818-48252021
Y. Hu, P. M. Vlahovska and M. J. MiksisElectrohydrodynamic assembly of colloidal particles on a drop interfaceMathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 18: 2357-23712021
H. A. Faizi, R. Dimova and P. M. Vlahovska Electromechanical characterization of biomembranes using electrodeformation of vesiclesElectrophoresis 42:2027–20322021
C. Sorgentone, J. I. Kach
A. S. Khair, L. M. Walker , P. M. Vlahovska

Numerical and asymptotic analysis of the three-dimensional electrohydrodynamic interactions of drop pairsJournal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 914: Special JFM volume in celebration of the George K. Batchelor centenary , 10 May 2021 , A22021
B. Wagoner, P. M. Vlahovska, M. Harris and O. BasaranElectrohydrodynamics of Lenticular Drops and Equatorial StreamingJ. Fluid Mechanics 925: A36 2021
C. Sorgentone and P. M. Vlahovska Pairwise interactions of surfactant-covered drops in a uniform electric fieldPhys. Rev. Fluids, 6: 0536012021
C. Reeves, I. Aranson and P. M. Vlahovska Emergence of Lanes and Turbulent-like Motion in Active Spinner FluidCommunications Physics 4:1-9 2021
W. Kim , G. Zou , W. Pan , N. Fricke , H. A. Faizi , S.M. Kim, R. Khader,S.L. Lee, K. Lee , I. Escorba, P. M. Vlahovska,H. Gao, F. M. Ausubel, E. Mylonakis The Neutrally Charged Diarylurea Compound PQ401 Kills Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Tolerant Staphylococcus aureusMBIO, 11: e01140-202020
B. Wagoner, P.M Vlahovska, M. Harris, O. BasaranElectric-field-induced transitions from spherical to discocyte and lens-shaped dropsJ. Fluid Mech., Volume 904 , 10 December 2020 , R42020
H. A. Faizi, C. J. Reeves, V. N. Georgiev, P. M. Vlahovska, R. DimovaFluctuation spectroscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal and phase contrast microscopySoft Matter 16: 8996-9001 2020
C. Sorgentone, A.-K. Tornberg, P. M. Vlahovska A 3D boundary integral method for the electrohydrodynamics of surfactant-covered dropsJ. Comp. Physics, 389:111-127 2019
H. A. Faizi, S. Frey, J. Steinkuhler, R. Dimova, P. M. Vlahovska Bending rigidity of charged lipid bilayersSoft Matter 5:6006 - 60132019
G. Pradillo, H. Karani, P. M. Vlahovska Quincke rotor dynamics in confinement: rolling and hoveringSoft Matter 15: 6564 - 6570 2019
W. Kim , G. Zou , T. P. A. Hari , I. K. Wilt , W. Zhu , N. Galle , H. A. Faizi , G. L. Hendricks , K. Tori , W.Pan , X. Huang , A. D. Steele , E. E. Csatary , M. M. Dekarske , J. L. Rosen , N. de Queiroz Ribeiro , K. Lee , J. Port , B. B. Fuchs , P. M. Vlahovska , W. M. Wuest , H. Gao, F. M. Ausubel, E. Mylonakis A Selective Membrane-targeting Repurposed Antibiotic with Activity Against Persistent Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureusProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1162019
Y. Hu, P. M. Vlahovska, M. J. MiksisDielectric spherical particle on an interface in applied electric fieldSIAM J Appl. Math.79: 850-8752019
P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamics of drops and vesiclesAnnual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 51, p. 305-330 26 p.2019
H. Karani, G. Pradillo, P. M. VlahovskaTuning the Random Walk of Active Colloids: From Individual Run-and-Tumble to Dynamic ClusteringPhysical Review Letters, 123: 208002 (Editor’ suggestion, Featured in Physics) 2019
Y. Hu, P. M. Vlahovska, M. J. MiksisColloidal particle electrorotation in a non-uniform electric fieldPhysical Review E 97: 0131112018
P. M. Vlahovska, W. Kim et al.Discovery and Optimization of nTZDpa as an Antibiotic Effective Against Bacterial PersistersACS Infectious Diseases. 4, 11, p. 1540-1545 6 p.2018
A. Farutin, P. M. Vlahovska, et al.Optimal cell transport in straight channels and networksPhysical Review Fluids. 3, 10, 103603.2018
Z. Shen; T. M. Fischer; A. Farutin; P. M. Vlahovska; J. Harting; C. MisbahBlood Crystal: Emergent Order of Red Blood Cells under Wall-Confined Shear FlowPhysical review letters. 120, 26, 268102.2018
W. Kim, W. Zhu, G. L. Hendricks, D. Van Tyne, A. D. Steele, C. E. Keohane, N. Fricke, A. L. Conery, S. Shen, W. Pan, K. Lee, R. Rajamuthiah, B. B. Fuchs, P. M. Vlahovska, W. M. Wuerst, M. Gilmore, H. Gao, F. M. Ausubel, E. MylonakisA new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics effective against bacterial persisters Nature2018
Q. Brosseau, G. Hickey, P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamic instabilities of viscous drops Physical Review Fluids 2: 0141012017
Q. Brosseau and P. M. VlahovskaEquatorial streaming of a drop in an electric fieldPhysical Review Letters 119: 0345012017
Q. Brosseau; G. Hickey; P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamic Quincke rotation of a prolate ellipsoidPhysical Review Fluids. 2, 1, 014101.2017
A. Darvish, G. Goyal, R. V. K. Sundaram, R. N. Arora, K. D. Lee, C. W. Ahn, Ki-B. Kim, I. Chaiken, P. M. Vlahovska and M. J. KimNanoparticle mechanics: deformation detection via nanopore resistive pulse sensingNanoscale 8: 14420-144312016
K. Yeo, E. Lushi and P. M. VlahovskaDynamics of inert spheres in active suspensions of micro-rotorsSoft Matter 12: 5645-56522016
P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamic instabilities of viscous dropsPhysical Review Fluids 1: 060504 2016
W. Kim, N. Fricke, A. L. Conery, B. B. Fuchs, R. Rajamuthiah, E. Jayamani, P. M. Vlahovska, F. M. Ausubel, E. MylonakisNH125 kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus persisters by lipid bilayer disruptionFuture Medicinal Chemistry, 8: 257-2692016
E. Lushi and P. M. VlahovskaPeriodic and chaotic orbits of micro-rotors in creeping flowsJ Nonlinear Sci. 25:1111-11232015
P. F. Salipante, M. L. Shapiro, and P. M. VlahovskaElectric field induced deformations of biomimetic fluid membranesProcedia IUTAM 16:60-692015
M. Ouriemi and P. M. VlahovskaElectrodeformation and rotation of a particle-covered dropLangmuir 32: 6298-63052015
L. C. McConnell, P. M. Vlahovska, M. J. MiksisVesicle dynamics in electric fields: squaring and breathing”,Soft Matter 11: 4840-48462015
P. M. VlahovskaVoltage-morphology coupling in biomimetic membranes: dynamics of giant vesicles in applied electric fieldsHighlight Article for Soft Matter, 11:7232 -72362015
L. C. McConnell, P. M. Vlahovska, M. J. MiksisContinuum modeling of the electric-field-induced tension in deforming lipid vesiclesJ. Chem. Physics, 143: 2431322015
K. Yeo, E. Lushi and P. M. VlahovskaCollective dynamics in a binary mixture of hydrodynamically coupled microrotorsPhysical Review Letters 114, 1883012015
M. Ouriemi and P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamics of particle-covered dropsJ. Fluid Mech. 751:106-1202014
P. F. Salipante and P. M. VlahovskaVesicle deformation in DC electric pulsesSoft Matter 10:3386-33932014
P. M. Vlahovska, D. Barthès-Biesel, C. MisbahIndividual and Collective Behavior of Red Blood Cells and their Biomimetic CounterpartsComptes Rendus Physique, 14, 451-458 2013
X. Li, P.M. Vlahovska, G. Em KarniadakisContinuum- and particle-based modeling of shapes and dynamics of red blood cell in health and diseaseSoft Matter, 9, 28 - 372013
H. He, P. F. Salipante, and P. M. VlahovskaElectrorotation of a droplet in a uniform DC electric field”,Physics of Fluids, 25, 0321062013
H. Nganguia, Y.-n. Young, P.M. Vlahovska, J. Bławzdziewcz J. Zhang, and H. LinElectro-deformation of a surfactant-laden viscous dropPhysics of Fluids, 25, 0921062013
L. C. McConnell, P. M. Vlahovska, M. J. MiksisVesicle electrohydrodynamics in DC electric fieldsIMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 78, 797-8172013
J. Seiwert and P. M. VlahovskaInstability of a fluctuating membrane driven by an AC electric fieldPhysical Review E, 87, 0227132013
P. F. Salipante and P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamic rotations of a viscous dropPhysical Review E 88, 0430032013
J. Seiwert, M.J. Miksis, and P. M. VlahovskaStability of biomimetic membranes in DC electric fieldsJ. Fluid Mechanics, 706, 58-702012
P. F. Salipante, R. Knorr, R. Dimova, P. M. VlahovskaElectrodeformation method for measuring the capacitance of bilayer membranesSoft Matter, 8, 3810 - 38162012
P. M. Vlahovska, Y.-n.Young, G. Danker and C. MisbahDynamics of a non-spherical microcapsule with incompressible interface in a shear flowJ. Fluid Mech. 678:221-2472011
P. M. VlahovskaOn the rheology of a dilute emulsion in an uniform electric fieldJ. Fluid Mech. 670:481-5032011
J. T. Schwalbe, F. R. Phelan Jr., P. M. Vlahovska, and S. D. HudsonInterfacial effects on droplet dynamics in Poiseuille flowSoft Matter 7, 7797-78042011
J. T. Schwalbe, P. M. Vlahovska and M. J. MiksisLipid membrane instability and poration driven by capacitive chargingPhysics of Fluids 23: 0417012011
J.T. Schwalbe, P. M. Vlahovska and M. J. MiksisVesicle electrohydrodynamicsPhysical Review E 83:0463092011
S. Veerapaneni, Yuan-nan Young, P. M. Vlahovska, and J. BlawzdziewiczDynamics of a compound vesiclePhysical Review Letters 105: 1581032011
J. T. Schwalbe, P. M. Vlahovska and M. MiksisMonolayer slip effects on the dynamics of a lipid bilayer vesicle in a viscous flowJ. Fluid Mech. 647 pp. 403-4192010
J. Hanna and P. M. VlahovskaSurfactant-induced migration of a spherical drop in Stokes flowPhysics of Fluids 22, 0131022010
P. F. Salipante and P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamics of drops in strong uniform DC electric fieldsPhysics of Fluids 22, 1121102010
P. M. Vlahovska, R. S. Gracia, S. Aranda and R. DimovaElectrohydrodynamic model of vesicle deformation in alternating electric fieldsBiophysical Journal, 96 pp. 4789-4803 2009
P. M. Vlahovska, T. Podgorski and C. MisbahVesicles and red blood cells: from individual dynamics to rheology (invited review)Comptes Rendus Physique 10 pp.775–7892009
P. M. Vlahovska, J. Blawzdziewicz and M. LoewenbergSmall-deformation theory for a surfactant-covered drop in linear flowsJ. Fluid Mech. 624 pp. 293-3372009
R. Dimova, N. Bezlyepkina, M. D. Jordö, R. L. Knorr, K. A. Riske, M. Staykova, P.M. Vlahovska, T. Yamamoto, P. Yang, and R. LipowskyVesicles in electric fields: some novel aspects of membrane responseSoft Matter 5 pp. 3201-32122009
G. Danker, P. M. Vlahovska and C. MisbahVesicles in Poiseuille flowPhysical Review Letters, 102 1481022009
P.M. Vlahovska and R.S. GraciaDynamics of a viscous vesicle in linear flowsPhysical Review E 75 0163132007
P. M. Vlahovska, J. Blawzdziewicz and M. LoewenbergDeformation of a surfactant-covered drop in a linear flowPhysics of Fluids 17, 1031032005
P. M. Vlahovska, J. Blawzdziewicz and M. LoewenbergNonlinear rheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant-covered spherical drops in time-dependent flowsJ Fluid Mech. 4632002
J. Blawzdziewicz, P. M. Vlahovska and M. LoewenbergRheology of a dilute emulsion of surfactant covered spherical dropsPhysica A 2762000
K. Danov, P. M. Vlahovska, P. Kralchevsky, A. Mehreteab and G. BrozeAdsorption kinetics of ionic surfactants with detailed account for the electrostatic interactions: 2. Effect of the presence of electrolyteColloids Surfaces A 1561999
P. M. Vlahovska, K. Danov, A. Mehreteab and G. BrozeAdsorption kinetics of ionic surfactants with detailed account for the electrostatic interactions:1. No added electrolyteJ. Coll. Int. Sci. 1921997
K. Danov, P. M. Vlahovska, T. Horozov, P. Kralchevsky, C. Dushkin, A. Mehreteab and G. BrozeAdsorption in micellar surfactant solutions: nonlinear theory and experimentJ. Coll. Int. Sci. 1831996

Non-Refereed Journal Articles

Author/sPublication TitleLinkReferenceYear
P. M. VlahovskaAsymmetric shapes and pearling of a stretched vesiclehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.373Focus on Fluids article, J. Fluid Mech. 754:1-42014
P. M. VlahovskaDynamics of surfactant-covered drops in linear flowshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pamm.200700247PAMM 7 1101601–11016022007
P. M. VlahovskaElectrohydrodynamics of soft particles: Role of the interfaceno linkAIChE100 - 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings.2008
P. M. Vlahovska; J. Blawzdziewicz; M. LoewenbergEffect of surfactant on drop dynamics in linear flowsno link2004 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings. p. 3901-3904 4 p. 222e2004

Chapters in Books

P.M. Vlahovska and C. MisbahTheory of vesicle dynamics in flow and electric fieldshttp://www.giantvesicles.com/ Chapter 7 in “The giant vesicle book”, Eds. R. Dimova and C. Marques2019
P. M. VlahovskaDynamics of membrane bound particles: capsules and vesicleshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781782628491-00313Chapter 9 in “Low-Reynolds- Number Flows: Fluid-Structure Interactions” Eds. C. Duprat and H.A. Stone, Royal Society of Chemistry’s Series RSC Soft Matter2015
P. M. VlahovskaNon-equilibrium lipid membranes: stability and deformation in electric fieldshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381266-7.00005-5Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, Eds. Iglic and Tien, Vol 12,pp. 101-146, Elsevier2010