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The free motion of charged colloids within ionic solutions and in the vicinity of charged boundaries, is a phenomenon that occurs in various natural, biological and industrial settings. Here, we develop an electrohydrodynamic lubrication…
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We present an investigation into the response of a viscous fluid flowing over a sloped bed across a spatially finite patch of basal lubrication. We present a simple analytical model that captures the fundamental structure of such…
Vesicle budding induced by protein binding that generates an isotropic spontaneous curvature is studied using a mean-field theory. Many spherical buds are formed via protein binding. As the binding chemical potential increases, the proteins…
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A dynamical phase transition from reversible to irreversible behavior occurs when particle suspensions are subjected to uniform oscillatory shear, even in the Stokes flow limit. We consider a more general situation with non-uniform strain…
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Shear banding is an important feature of flow in complex fluids. Essentially, shear bands refer to the coexistence of flowing and non-flowing regions in driven material. Understanding the possible sources of shear banding has important…
We combine the total variation flow suitable for crystal modeling and image analysis with the dynamic boundary conditions. We analyze the behavior of facets at the parts of the boundary where these conditions are imposed. We devote…
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