Joel Koplik
Professor of Physics
Levich Institute, Steinman Hall, #1M-19
City College of CUNY
140th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Phone: (212) 650-8162
Fax: (212) 650-6835
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Education:
- (B.S., 1969, Physics) The Cooper Union
- (Ph.D., 1974, Physics) University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests:
- Molecular fluid mechanics – dynamics of surfactants in solution – interfacial boundary conditions – nanoscale flows on patterned substrates – drop coalescence and splashing – colloidal particles
- Fluid and particulate flow in geological fractures and random porous media
- Vortex dynamics in superfluid turbulence
Research Sponsors:
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Latest Publications:
- Molecular dynamics simulation of the motion of colloidal nanoparticles in a solute concentration gradient and a comparison to the continuum limit, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 184501 (2013), with N. Sharifi-Mood and C. Maldarelli
- Crossover from fast relaxation to physical aging in colloidal adsorption at fluid interfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 028302 (2013), with C. Colosqui and J. F. Morris
- Attenuation of shock waves propagating through nano-structured porous materials, Phys. Fluids 25, 076102 (2013), with A. Al-Qananwah and Y. Andreopoulos
- Nanodrop impact on solid surfaces, Phys. Fluids 25, 022003 (2013), with R. Zhang
- Diffusiophoretic self-propulsion of colloids driven by a surface reaction, Phys. Fluids 25, 012001 (2013), with N. Sharifi-Mood and C. Maldarelli
- Effect of capillary bridging on Janus particle stability at the interface of two immiscible liquids, Soft Matter 9, 4585 (2013), with S. Razavi and I. Kretzschmar
- Suspension flow and sedimentation in self-affine fractures, Phys. Fluids 24, 053303 (2012), with T.-S. Lo
- Micro- and nanoscale fluid flow on chemical channels, Soft Matter 8, 9221 (2012), with F. Dörfler, M. Rauscher, J. Harting and S. Dietrich
