Publications

2025

Elastocapillary Rails

17. N. Xue, L. A. Wilen, R. W. Style, E. R. Dufresne, Droplets sliding on soft solids shed elastocapillary rails, Soft Matter, 2025.
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2024

Double Helices

16. A. Słowińska*, N. Xue*, L. Liu*, J. K. Nunes, P. Sznajder, H. A. Stone, M. Ekiel-Jeżewska, Highly elastic fibers in a shear flow can form double helices, New Journal of Physics, 2024. (*equal contribution)
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Elastomers Fail

15. N. Xue, R. Long, E. R. Dufresne, R. W. Style, Elastomers fail from the edge, Physical Review X, 2024.
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2023

14. S. Sun, N. Xue, S. Aime, H. Kim, J. Tang, G. H. McKinley, H. A. Stone, and D. A. Weitz, Anomalous crystalline ordering of particles in a viscoelastic fluid under high shear, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023.
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2022

13. P. R. Kaneelil, A. A. Pahlavan, N. Xue, and H. A. Stone, Three-dimensional self-similarity of coalescing viscous drops in the thin-film regime, Physical Review Letters, 2022.
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12. A. Słowińska, N. Xue, P. Sznajder, J. K. Nunes, H. A. Stone, M. Ekiel-Jeżewska, Short-time 3D dynamics of flexible fibers in shear flow, New Journal of Physics, 2022.
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Gravitational Drainage

11. N. Xue, H. A. Stone, Gravitational drainage on a vertical substrate of a narrow width, Physical Review Fluids, 2022.
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10. A. Giri, N. Biswas, D. L. Chase, N. Xue, M. Abkarian, S. Mendez, S. Saha, H. A. Stone, Colliding respiratory jets as a mechanism of air exchange and pathogen transport during conversations, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022.
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Confined Flexible Fibers

9. N. Xue, J. K. Nunes, H. A. Stone, Shear-induced migration of confined flexible fibers, Soft Matter, 2022.
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2021

8. P. Bourrianne, N. Xue, J. K. Nunes, M. Abkarian, H. A. Stone, Quantifying the effect of a mask on expiratory flows, Physical Review Fluids, 2021.
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Converging Flows

7. N. Xue, H. A. Stone, Draining and spreading along geometries that cause converging flows: Viscous gravity currents on a downward-pointing cone and a bowl-shaped hemisphere, Physical Review Fluids, 2021.
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2020

6. M. Abkarian, S. Mendez, N. Xue, F. Yang, H. A. Stone, Speech can produce jet-like transport relevant to asymptomatic spreading of virus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020.
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Draining Near Vertical Edge

5. N. Xue, H. A. Stone, Self-similar draining near a vertical edge, Physical Review Letters, 2020.
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Marangoni-driven Film Climbing

4. N. Xue, M. Y. Pack, H. A. Stone, Marangoni-driven film climbing on a draining pre-wetted film, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020.
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2019

Fountain Mixing

3. N. Xue, S. Khodaparast, H. A. Stone, Fountain mixing in a filling box at low Reynolds numbers, Physical Review Fluids, 2019.
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2017

Layered Latte

2. N. Xue, S. Khodaparast, L. Zhu, J. K. Nunes, H. Kim, H. A. Stone, Laboratory layered latte, Nature Communications, 2017.
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2014

Particles at Liquid Interfaces

1. N. Xue, W. Shuai, S. Sun, D. Quéré, Q. Zheng, Strongly metastable assemblies of particles at liquid interfaces, Langmuir, 2014.
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