Research Highlights
Research Bar
Pattern formation in adhering lipid membranes Pattern formation in adhering lipid membranes
The role of mechanics in biofilm formation The role of mechanics in biofilm formation
Couette-Taylor Instabilities Couette-Taylor Instabilities
Multiscale Bacterial Analysis Multiscale Bacterial Analysis
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Swarming Dynamics Swarming Dynamics
2D Thermal Noise Imaging 2D Thermal Noise Imaging
Yeast Mechanics Yeast Mechanics
Fracture of Rubber Fracture of Rubber

Recent Publications

Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers
Lin, L., M. Wang, X. Peng, E.N. Lissek, Z. Mao, L. Scarabelli, E. Adkins, S. Coskun, H. E. Unala, B. A. Korgel, L. M. Liz-Marzán, E.-L Florin, and Y. Zheng, Nature Photonics 12 195-201 (2018) pdf
Phases of Granular Matter
Charles Radin and Harry L. Swinney, 1-16 (2018) pdf
Response to comment on” Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans”
Andres Vidal-Gadea, Chance Bainbridge, Ben Clites, Bridgitte E Palacios, Layla Bakhtiari, Vernita Gordon, Jonathan Pierce-Shimomura, eLife 7 e31414 (2018) pdf
Dynamic Fingering in Adhered Lipid Membranes
Orrin Shindell, Natalie Mica, Kwan Kelvin Cheng, Exing Wang, and Vernita Gordon, (2018) pdf
Nucleation in sheared granular matter
Frank Rietz, Charles Radin, Harry L. Swinney, Matthias Schröter, Physical Review Letters 120 055701 (2018) pdf
Antimicrobial Activity of Ibuprofen Against Cystic Fibrosis Associated Gram – Negative Pathogens
Parth N. Shah, Kimberly R. Marshall-Batty, Justin A. Smolen, Jasur A. Tagaev, Qingquan Chen, Christopher A. Rodesney, Henry H. Le, Vernita D. Gordon, David E. Greenberg, Carolyn L. Cannon, 62 2 (2018) pdf
Increased production of the extracellular polysaccharide Psl can give a growth advantage to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in low-iron conditions
J Hutchison, K Kaushik, C Rodesney, T Lilieholm, L Bakhtiari, VD Gordon, BioRxiv355339 (2018) pdf
Temporal and spatial factors that influence magnetotaxis in C. elegans
Andres Vidal-Gadea, C Caldart, Chance Bainbridge, Ben Clites, Bridgitte Palacious, Layla Bakhtiari, Vernita Gordon, Diego Golombek, Jonathan Pierce, BioRxiv252700 (2018) pdf