Publications
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- Durotaxis in viscoelastic fluids
V. A. Shaik, J. Gong and G. J. Elfring, Physical Review Fluids (Letter), 10, L071301, 2025 - Mixing by squirmers in stratified fluids
V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, Physical Review Fluids, 10, 024102, 2025 - Swimming efficiency in viscosity gradients
J. Gong, V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 998, A2, 2024 - Densitaxis: Active particle motion in density gradients
V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, PNAS, 121, e2405466121, 2024 - Active spheroids in viscosity gradients
J. Gong, V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 984, A26, 2024 - Confined active matter in external fields
V. A. Shaik, Z. Peng, J. F. Brady and G. J. Elfring, Soft Matter, 19, 1384-1392, 2023 - Active particles crossing sharp viscosity gradients
J. Gong, V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, Scientific Reports, 13, 596, 2023 - Hydrodynamics of active particles in viscosity gradients
V. A. Shaik and G. J. Elfring, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 103103, 2021 - Squirming in density-stratified fluids
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Physics of Fluids, 33, 101903, 2021 - Far-field flow and drift due to particles and organisms in density-stratified fluids
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Physical Review E, 102, 063106, 2020 - Towards an analytical description of active microswimmers in clean and surfactant-covered drops
A. R. Sprenger, V. A. Shaik, A. M. Ardekani, M. Lisicki, A. J. T. M. Mathijssen, F. Guzman-Lastra, H. Lowen,
A. M. Menzel and A. Daddi-Moussa-Ider, The European Physical Journal E, 43, 58, 2020 - Motion of an arbitrarily shaped particle in a density-stratified fluid
R. Dandekar, V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 890, A16, 2020 - Drag, deformation, and drift volume associated with a drop rising in a density-stratified fluid
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Physical Review Fluids, 5, 013604, 2020 - Swimming sheet in a density-stratified fluid
R. Dandekar, V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 874, 210-234, 2019 - Hydrodynamic Interaction Enhances Colonization of Sinking Nutrient Sources by Motile Microorganisms
N. Desai, V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 289, 2019 - Swimming sheet near a plane surfactant laden interface
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Physical Review E, 99, 033101, 2019 - Locomotion inside a surfactant laden drop at low surface Péclet numbers
V. A. Shaik, V. Vasani and A. M. Ardekani, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 851, 187-230, 2018 - Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops
N. Desai, V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Soft Matter, 14, 264-278, 2018 - Point force singularities outside a drop covered with an incompressible surfactant: Image systems and their applications
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Physical Review Fluids, 2, 113606, 2017 - Motion of a model swimmer near a weakly deforming interface
V. A. Shaik and A. M. Ardekani, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, 42-73, 2017 - AC Electric Field-Induced Trapping of Microparticles in Pinched Microconfinements
R. Dey, V. A. Shaik, D. Chakraborty, S. Ghosal and S. Chakraborty, Langmuir, 31, 59525961, 2015 - Effects of finite ionic size and solvent polarization on the dynamics of electrolytes probed through harmonic disturbances
A. Bandopadhyay, V. A. Shaik and S. Chakraborty, Physical Review E, 91, 042307, 2015
