Recent Publications

2011

Neville Dubash, Joshua Cardiel, Perry Cheung and Amy Q. Shen, A stable flow-induced structured phase in wormlike micellar solutions, Soft Matter, vol 7, 876,2011.

2010

Amy Q. Shen & Perry Cheung, The Freedom of Confinement in Complex Fluids, Feature article, Physics Today, p 30-35, September, 2010.
Woon-Hong Yeo, Fong-Li Chou,Gareth Fotouhi, Kieseok Oh, Blake T. Stevens, Hsiu-Yang Tseng, Dayong Gao, Amy Q. Shen, Jae-Hyun Chung, and Kyong-Hoon Lee, Size-selective immunofluorescence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells by capillary- and viscous forces, Lab on a Chip, vol 10, 3178, 2010.
D. Lu, J. Cardiel, G. Cao, Amy Q. Shen, Novel enzyme immobilization technique for sensitive h1O2 biosensing, Advanced Materials, vol 22, 2809-2813, 2010.
D. Lu, N. Shomali, Amy Q. Shen, Task specific ionic liquid based electrochemical sensor for direct detection of metal oxide particulates, Electrochemistry Communications, vol 12, 1214-1217, 2010.
M. Vasudevan, E. Buse, H. Krishna, R. Kalyanaraman, Amy Q. Shen, Bamin Khomami, and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Irreversible nanogel formation in surfactant solutions by rapid flow deformation in microporous medium, Nature Materials, vol 9, 436-441, 2010.

2009

Xialing Ulrich, Eliot Fried, Amy Q. Shen, Crossover transition in flowing granular chains, Physical Review E, vol 80, issue 3, 030301, 2009.
Shklyaev, Oleg; Shen, Amy; Fried, Eliot, Stability of a sharp uniaxial-isotropic phase interface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol 339, issue 2, 502-510, 2009.
Wanyu Chen, Y. Yang, D. Zhou, C. Rinadi & Amy Q. Shen, Formation of supramolecular hydrogel microspheres via microfluidics, Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/b906254h, 2009.
William Pickard, Nick Hansing & Amy Q. Shen, Can Large-Scale Advanced-Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage Be Justified Economically in An Age of Sustainable Energy?, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, 1, 033102, May 2009.
William Pickard, Amy Q. Shen & Nick Hansing, Parking the power: Strategies and physical limitations for bulk energy storage in supply-demand matching on a grid whose input power is provided by intermittent sources, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13, Issue 8, 1934-1945, 2009.
Oleg E. Shklyaev, Amy Q. Shen & Eliot Fried, Evolution equation for a disclination line located between the uniaxial and isotropic phases of a nematic liquid-crystal, JCIS, 329, 1, 140-152, 2009.
Oleg E. Shklyaev & Amy Q. Shen, Microfluidics enhanced control of the microstructure and flow of complex fluids, invited review article, Mechanics Research Communications, 36, 121-124, 2009.
A. Q. Shen, M. Vasudevan, C. Lee, Y. Wang, G. Cao, and R. Sureshkumar, Hydrodynamics and rheology effects in processing of micellar fluids in nanomaterials manufacturing, invited chapter review, to appear in Soft Nanomaterials, published by American Scientific Publishers, in press, 2009. PDF

2008

Wanyu Chen, Yajiang Yang, Chang H. Lee & Amy Q. Shen, Confinement effects on the self-assembly of organogels from 1,3:2,4-di-p-methylbenzylidene sorbitol in propylene carbonates, Langmuir, 24, 10432--10436, 2008.
B. Rapp, M.A. Reilly, P.D. Hamilton, A.Q. Shen and N. Ravi, Material Characterization of Porcine Lenticular Soluble Proteins, Biomacromolecules, 9, 1519--1526, 2008. Abstract
M. Vasudevan, B. Khomami, A. Q. Shen and R. Sureshkumar, Self-similar shear-thickening behavior in CTAB/NaSal surfactant solutions, Journal of Rheology, 52, 2, 527-550, 2008.
W. Peters, M. Knoblauch, S.A. Warmann, W. Pickard & A. Q. Shen, Kinetics of Anisotropic Contraction in Forisomes: Simple Models won't Fit, Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 65, 5, 368--378, 2008, DOI: 10.1002/cm.20266. Abstract
T. S. Cohen, A. Smith, P. G. Massouros, P. V. Bayly, A. Q. Shen & G. M. Genin, Inelastic behavior in repeated shearing of bovine white matter, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 130, 044502, 2008. Abstract
X. Chen, B. Hamlington and A. Q. Shen, Isotropic-nematic phase transition in a liquid-crystal droplet, Langmuir, 24, 541-546, 2008. Abstract
Yung-Chieh Tan, Amy Q. Shen, Yu Li, Elliot Elson, Liang Ma, Engineering Lipid Tubules using Nano-sized Building Blocks: The Combinatorial Self-Assembly of Vesicles, Lab on a Chip, 8, 339-345, 2008.
J. Ashmore, A. Q. Shen, P. Kavehpour, H. A. Stone & G. H. McKinley, Roll coating of viscoelastic fluids, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 60, 17-41, 2008. PDF

2007

A.Q. Shen, D. Wang and P. Spicer, Kinetics of Colloidal Templating using Emulsion Drop Consolidation, Langmuir, 23, 12821-12826, 2007. Abstract
B. Steinhaus, A. Q. Shen and R. Sureshkumar, Effects of geometry and fluid elasticity during the pinch off of polymeric drops in microfluidic environments, Physics of Fluids, 19, 073103--073116, 2007. Abstract
B. Steinhaus, M. Garcia, A. Q. Shen and L. T. Angenent, A portable anaerobic microbioreactor reveals optimum growth conditions for methanogenic microbes, Applied Environmental Microbiology, 73, 1653, 2007. Abstract
B. Hamlington, B. Steinhaus, J. Feng, D. Link, M. Shelley and A. Q. Shen, Liquid crystal droplet production in a microfluidic device, Liquid Crystals, 34, 861--870, 2007. Abstract
R. A. Shoureshi & A. Q. Shen, Design of a biomimetic based monitoring and diagnostic system for civil structures, International Journal of Nanotechnology, 4, 309-324, 2007. Abstract
S.A. Warmann, William F. Pickard & A. Q. Shen, Viscoelasticity of Canavalia gladiata and Vicia faba forisomes, Functional Plant Biology, 34, 1--11, 2007. Abstract
W. Peters, M. Knoblauch, S.A. Warmann, R. Schnetter, A.Q. Shen & W.F. Pickard, Tailed Forisomes of Canavalia gladiata: A New Model to Study Ca^(2+)-driven Protein Contractility, Annals of Botany, 100, 101--109, 2007. PDF

2006

B. Steinhaus, P. Spicer & A. Q. Shen, Droplet size effects on film drainage between droplet and substrate, Langmuir, 22 (12): 5308-5313, June, 2006. Abstract
C. Lee, Y. LU & A. Q. Shen, Evaporation induced rheology change during sol-gel coating, Physics of Fluids, 18, 052105, 2006. Abstract Also selected for the June 5, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
E. Fried, A. Q. Shen & M.E. Gurtin, Theory for solvent, momentum, and energy transfer between a surfactant solution and a vapor atmosphere, Physical Review E, 73, 061601, 2006. PDF
W. Pickard, M. Knoblauch, W. Peters & A. Q. Shen, Prospective energy densities in the forisome, a new smart material, Materials Science and Engineering: C Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, 26 (1), 104--112, 2006. PDF
A. Q. Shen, B. Hamlington, W. Pickard, M. Knoblauch & W. Peters, Forisome based biomimetic smart materials, Smart Structures and Systems, An International Journal, Volume 2, Number 3, 225--236, July 2006.PDF

1998-2005

J. Dolbow, E. Fried & A. Q. Shen, Point defects in nematic gels: The case for hedgehogs, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 205, 0359B, 2005. PDF
W. Alexandra, C. Lee, S. Roland & A. Q. Shen, Vortical interfaces of immiscible fluids, Physics of Fluids, 16, Sep., S12, 2004. (Cited by ScienceDaily, Editor's Note, March 9, 2004, Photonics Spectra Magazine, April 2004, KETC (PBS) TV, May 2004.)PDF
A.Q. Shen, Granular wave patterns and aeolian ripple formation, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 458, 891--903, 2003. PDF
Amy Shen, B. Gleason, G. H. McKinley & H. A. Stone, Fiber Coating With Surfactant Solutions, Physics of Fluids, 4055--4068, 2002.PDF
L. Shmuylovich, A. Q. Shen & H. A. Stone, Surface morphology of drying latex films: multiple ring formation, Langmuir, 18, 3441--3445, 2002. (Also in Science, Vol 296, Issue 5568, 619, April 2002.)PDF
A. Q. Shen, Granular wave patterns in a horizontal rotating cylinder, Physics of Fluids, 14, 462--470, 2002.PDF
S. T. Thoroddsen & A. Q. Shen, Granular jets, Physics of Fluids, 13, 4--6, 2001.PDF
Generalization of the stefan model to allow for both velocity and temperature jumps, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 11 (5), 277-296, 1999.
N. J. Balmforth, A. Burbidge, R. V. Craster, J. Salzig & A. Q. Shen, Visco-plastic models of isothermal lava domes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 403, 37-65, 2000.PDF
A. Q. Shen, E. Fried & S. T. Thoroddsen, Is segregation-by-particle-type a generic mechanism underlying finger formation at fronts of flowing granular media, Particulate Science and Technology, 17, 141--147, 1999.
E. Fried, A. Q. Shen & S. T. Thoroddsen, Wave patterns in a thin layer of sand within a rotating horizontal cylinder, Physics of Fluids, 10, 10--12, 1998.PDF
A. Q. Shen, R. H. Dodds, et al, J estimation for shallow notch SEB specimens: 3 and 4 point bending versus pure bending, International Journal of Fracture A, 77, R11-R17, 1996

Patents:

B. Steinhaus, L. Angenent & A. Q. Shen, The anaerobic micro-bioreactor for environmental and biological applications, May 2005.
R. Shoureshi & A. Q. Shen, Self-powered sensory nerve system for civil structures using hybrid forisome actuators, February 2005.