Publications - James Bird

Wetting and Capillarity Phenomenon

Coalescence & noncoalescence

J.C. Bird, W. D. Ristenpart, A. Belmonte, and H.A. Stone (2009). "Critical angle for the coalescence of two oppositely charged conical fluid droplets in an external electric field." Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 164502. [PDF]

W. D. Ristenpart, J.C. Bird, A. Belmonte, F. Dollar, and H.A. Stone (2009). "Non-coalescence of oppositely charged drops" Nature 461, 377-380.

Drop impact & splashing

J.C. Bird, S.S.H. Tsai, and H.A. Stone (2009). "Inclined to splash: Triggering and inhibiting a splash with tangential velocity." New J. Phys. 11, 063017. [IOP Select] [PDF]

L. Courbin, J.C. Bird, A. Belmonte, and H.A. Stone (2008). ""Black hole" nucleation in a splash of milk" Phys. Fluids 20, 091106. [PDF] (Winning entry, 2008 Gallery of Fluid Motion)

L. Courbin, J.C. Bird, and H.A. Stone (2006). "Splash and anti-splash: Observation and design." Chaos 16, 041102. [Poster Prize] [PDF]

Spreading / wetting dynamics

L. Courbin, J.C. Bird, M. Reyssat, and H.A. Stone (2009). "Dynamics of wetting: From inertial spreading to viscous imbibition." J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 464127. [IOP Select]

J.C. Bird, S. Mandre, and H.A. Stone (2008). "Short-time dynamic of partial wetting." Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 234501. [PDF]

Microfluidics & Biophysics

Microdevices

A.C. Rowat, J.C. Bird, J.J. Agresti, O.J. Rando, and D.A. Weitz (2009). "Tracking lineages of cells in lines using a microfluidic device." Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106:18149-18154.

G. Han, K.J. Westin, J.C. Bird, Z. Cao, & K.S. Breuer (2004). "Infrared Diagonistics for Measuring Fluid and Solid Motion inside Microdevices." Microscale Therm. Eng. 8: 169-182.

G. Han, J.C. Bird, K.J. Westin, & K.S. Breuer, “Infrared Diagnostics for the measurement of fluid and solid motion inside MEMS”. Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Solid State Sensors and Actuators, Hilton Head, SC. June 2002.

K.S. Breuer, J.C. Bird, G. Han & K.J. Westin, “Infrared Diagnostics for the Measurement of Fluid and Solid Motion in Micromachined Devices”. Proceedings, ASME Symposium on Microfluidics. New York, NY. November 2001.

Coral bleaching

J.C. Bird, C.R. Steinberg, R. Brinkman, and F. McAllister, 2004. Scott Reef: The Physical Environment 2003-2004. A report for Joint Venture Partners of WA 33-P (Woodside Energy Operator). Australian Institute of Marine Science. 65 p.

Flagella dynamics

M.J. Kim, J.C. Bird, A.J. VanParys, K.S. Breuer, & T.R. Powers (2003). "A macroscopic scale model of bacterial flagellar bundling." Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100: 15481-15485.

M.J. Kim, M.J. Kim, J.C. Bird , J. Park, T.R. Powers, & K.S. Breuer (2004). "Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements on a Macro-scale Model for Bacterial Flagellar Bundling." Exp. Fluids 37: 782-788.

M.J. Kim, M.J. Kim, J.C. Bird, J. Park, T.R. Powers, & K.S. Breuer "Macro-scale PIV Experiments on Bacterial Flagellar Bundling”. PIV ’03 Paper 0085. Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on PIV, Busan, Korea. Sep, 2003.