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publication list Sandra M. Troian

Books Edited

Dynamics in Small Confining Systems II, J. M. Drake, J. Klafter, R. Kopelman, and S. M. Troian, Eds., Vol. 366, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA (1995)

Proprietary Articles

Fate Process Modeling in Oil Spill Tracking Programs, Sandra M. Troian, Corporate Research Laboratory, Exxon Research & Eng. Co., Annandale, NJ (1992)

Book Chapters

Course 6: Dynamics of Wetting, based on lectures by P G. de Gennes, in Liquids at Interfaces, J. Charvolin, J. F. Joanny and J. Zinn-Justin, eds., North-Holland Publishers, NY (1990)
General Approach to the Linear Stability of Thin Spreading Films, J. M. Davis, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, in Interfacial Fluid Dynamics and Transport Properties, R. Narayanan and D. Schwabe, Eds., Lecture Notes in Physics Series, pp. 79-105, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2003)
A Study of Mixing in Thermocapillary Flows on Micropatterned Surfaces, A.A. Darhuber, J. Z. Chen, J. M. Davis and S. M. Troian, in "Transport and Mixing at the Microscale", J. M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, Eds., Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London A, Vol. 362, No. 1818, pp. 1037-1058 (2004)
Principles of Microfluidic Actuation By Modulation of Surface Stresses, A. A. Darhuber and S. M. Troian, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 37, 425-455 (2005)

Journal Articles

Pitfalls of the Relaxation Time Approximation: Hydrodynamic Sound in a Multicomponent Fermi Liquid, Sandra M. Troian and N. David Mermin, J. Low Temp. Phys. 59, 115-121 (1985)
Mean Field Theory of Quasicrystalline Order, N. David Mermin and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 1524-1527 (1985)

Article also reprinted in collection of seminal papers on quasicrystals, The Physics of Quasicrystals, P. J. Steinhardt and S. Ostlund, Eds., World Scientific Press, NJ, p. 401-404 (1987).
Mean Field Theories of Quasicrystalline Order, Sandra M. Troian and N. David Mermin, Ferroelectrics 66, 127-133 (1986)
Phenomenological Theories of Quasicrystal Formation, Sandra M. Troian, J. de Physique C3 47, 271-279 (1986)
Fingering Instability in Thin Wetting Films, S. M. Troian, X. L. Wu and S. A. Safran, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 1496-1499 (1989)
Fingering Instabilities of Driven Spreading Films, S. M. Troian, E. Herbolzheimer, S. A. Safran and J. F. Joanny, Europhys. Lett. 10, 25-30 (1989)
Fingering Instability of a Spreading Drop, S. M. Troian, X. L. Wu, E. Herbolzheimer and S. A. Safran, in Phase Transitions in Soft Condensed Matter, T. Riste and D. Sherrington, Eds., NATO ASI Series B: Physics, Vol. 211, 245-248, Plenum Press, New York (1989)
Model for the Fingering Instability in Spreading Surfactant Drops, S. M. Troian, E. Herbolzheimer and S. A. Safran, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 333-336 (1990)
Dynamics of Wetting: Experimental Findings, M. Cohen-Stuart, J. J. Elmendorp and S. M. Troian, in Hydrodynamics of Dispersed Media, J. P. Hulin, A. M. Cazabat, E. Guyon and F. Carmona, Eds., North Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 29-43 (1990)
Sur la fracture adhésifs caouchoutiques, P. G. de Gennes and S. M. Troian, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 311, Serie II, 389-392 (1990)
Fingering Instability of Thin Spreading Films Driven by Temperature Gradients, A. M. Cazabat, F. Heslot, S. M. Troian and P. Carles, Nature 346, 824-826 (1990)
Glissement a l'interface de deux polymères légerement incompatibles, F. Brochard-Wyart, P. G. de Gennes and S. M. Troian, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t 310, Serie II, 1169-1173 (1990)
Hydrodynamic Fingering Instability of Driven Wetting Films: Hindrance by Diffusion, P. Carles, S. M. Troian, A.M. Cazabat and F. Heslot, J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 2, SA 477-482 (1990)
Hydrodynamic Instability in Driven Wetting Films, A. M. Cazabat, F. Heslot, P. Carles and S. M. Troian, Adv. Coll. Interface Sci. 39, 61-75 (1992)
Coalescence Induced Domain Growth Near a Wall During Spinodal Decomposition, Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1399-1402 (1993)
Mechanisms Which Can Accelerate the Growth of Phase Separating Domains Near a Wall Sandra M. Troian, in Dynamics in Small Confining Systems I, J. M. Drake, J. Klafter, D. D. Awaschalom and R. Kopelman, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 290, 29-36 (1993)
Diffusive Growth of Phase Separating Domains Near a Surface: The Effect of Reduced Dimensionality, F. E. Torres and S. M. Troian, Colloids and Surfaces A 89, 227-239 (1994)
Domain Growth Near a Wall In Spinodal Decomposition - Comment, Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3738-3739 (1994)
Dynamics and Stability of Surfactant Coated Thin Spreading Films, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, in Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III, J. M. Drake, J. Klafter and R. Kopelman, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 464, 237-242 (1997)
A Theoretical Study of Instabilities at the Advancing Front of Thermally Driven Coating Films, Dawn E. Kataoka and Sandra M. Troian, J. Coll. Interface Sci. 192 (2), 350-362 (1997)
Dynamics of Spontaneous Spreading with Evaporation for Thin Solvent Films, Anne D. Dussaud and Sandra M. Troian, in Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III, J. M. Drake, J. Klafter and R. Kopelman, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 464, 201-206 (1997)
A General Boundary Condition for Liquid Flow at Solid Surfaces, Peter A. Thompson and Sandra M. Troian, Nature 389, 360-362 (1997)

Additional commentary on this work in New and Views, Nature 389, 331-333 (1997)
Linear Stability Analysis of an Insoluble Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 9 (12), 3645-3657 (1997)
Instability and Frontal Breakup in Super-Meniscus Films, Dawn E. Kataoka and Sandra M. Troian, in Dynamics in Small Confining Systems III, J. M. Drake, J. Klafter and R. Kopelman, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 464, 307-312 (1997)
Dynamics of Spontaneous Spreading with Evaporation on a Deep Fluid Layer, Anne D. Dussaud and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 10 (1), 23-38 (1998)
Growth of Non-Modal Transient Structures During the Spreading of Surfactant Coated Films, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 10 (5), 1234-1236 (1998)
Stabilizing the Advancing Front of Thermally Driven Climbing Films, Dawn E. Kataoka and Sandra M. Troian, J. Coll. Interface Science 203 (2), 335-344 (1998)
Fluorescence Visualization of a Convective Instability Which Modulates the Spontaneous Spreading of Volatile Films, Anne D. Dussaud, Sandra M. Troian and Scott R. Harris, Phys. Fluids 10 (7), 1588-1596 (1998)
Spreading of a Surfactant Monolayer on a Thin Liquid Film: Onset and Evolution of Digitated Structures, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, Chaos 9 (1), 141-153 (1999)
The Development of Transient Fingering Patterns During the Spreading of Surfactant Coated Films, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 11 (11), 3232-3246 (1999)
Patterning Liquid Flow at the Microscopic Scale, Dawn E. Kataoka and Sandra M. Troian, Nature 402, 794-797 (1999)
Printing Approaches for Large Area Color Organic LED Displays, J. C. Sturm, F. Pschenitzka, T. R. Hebner, M. H. Lu and S. Troian, Organic Light-Emitting Materials and Devices III - SPIE Proc. Vol. 3797, 266-274 (1999)
Morphology of Liquid Microstructures on Chemically Patterned Surfaces, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian, Scott M. Miller and Sigurd Wagner, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 7768-7775 (2000)
Using Convective Flow Splitting for the Direct Printing of Fine Copper Lines, Tanja Cuk, Sandra M. Troian, Cheong-Min Hong and Sigurd Wagner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 (13), 2063-2065 (2000)
Selective Dip-Coating of Chemically Micropatterned Surfaces, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, J. M. Davis, S. M. Miller and S. Wagner, J. Appl. Phys. 88 (9), 5119-5126 (2000)
Process Simulation for Contact Print Microlithography, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, in Tech. Proc. 3rd Internat'l Conf. on Modeling and Simulations of Microsystems, San Diego, CA, M. Laueon and B. Romanowicz, Eds., Computational Publications, Cambridge, MA, pp. 28-31 (2000)
Computational Modeling of Direct Print Microlithography, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, in Materials Development for Direct Write Technologies, D. B. Chrisey, D. Gamota, H. Helvajian and D. P. Taylor, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 624, 261-266 (2001)
Direct Printing of Fine Copper Lines by Self-Organized Convective Flow, T. Cuk, S. M. Troian, C. M. Hong and S. Wagner, in Materials Development for Direct Write Technologies, D. B. Chrisey, D. Gamota, H. Helvajian and D. P. Taylor, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 624, 267-273 (2001)
Offset Printing of Liquid Microstructures for High Resolution Lithography, S. M. Miller, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, S. Wagner, in Materials Development for Direct Write Technologies, D. B. Chrisey, D. Gamota, H. Helvajian and D. P. Taylor, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 624, 47-52 (2001)
Technologies for Large Area Electronics on Deformable Substrates, J.C. Sturm, P.I. Hsu, M. Huang, H. Gleskova, S. Miller, A. Darhuber, S. Wagner, Z. Suo and S. M. Troian, in ULSI Process Integration II, Proc. Electrochemical Society, C. L. Claeys, F. Gonzales, J. Murota and K. Saraswat, Eds., Vol. 2001-02 (Washington, DC), pp. 506-517 (2001)
Lateral Dye Distribution with Ink-Jet Dye Doping of Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diodes, C. F. Madigan, T. R. Hebner, J. C. Sturm, R. A. Register and S. M. Troian, in Materials Development for Direct Write Technologies, D. B. Chrisey, D. Gamota, H. Helvajian and D. P. Taylor, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 624, 211-216 (2001)
Three Dimensional Electronic Surfaces, J. C. Sturm, P. I. Hsu, S. M. Miller, H. Gleskova, A. Darhuber, M. Huang, S. Wagner, S. Troian and Z. Suo, in Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods of Nanofabrication - From Ultra-Largescale Integration of Photonics to Molecular Electronics, L. Merhari, J.A. Rogers, A. Karim, D.J. Norris, Y. Xia, Eds., Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 636, D11.4.1-D11.4.12 (2001)
Front Propagation and Branching Dynamics in Surfactant Driven Spreading, B. J. Fischer, A. A. Darhuber and S. M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 13 (9), S11 (2001)
Dynamics of Capillary Spreading on Hydrophilic Microstripes, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Walter W. Reisner, Phys. Rev. E 64, 031603:1-8 (2001)
Physical Mechanisms Governing Pattern Fidelity in Microscale Offset Printing, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, J. Appl. Phys. 90 (7), 3602-3609 (2001)
Thermocapillary Migration of Liquids on Patterned Surfaces: Design Concept for Microfluidic Delivery , A. A. Darhuber, J. M. Davis, W. W. Reisner and S. M. Troian, Micro Total Analysis Systems 2001, Kluwer Academic, J. M. Ramsey and A. van den Berg, Eds., pp. 244-246 (2001)
Generation of High Resolution Surface Temperature Distributions, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, J. Appl. Phys. 91 (9), 5686-5693 (2002)
Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids for Microfluidic Applications, J. P. Valentino, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Proc. AIChE Annual Meeting 4, 58j (2002)
Direct Printing of Polymer Microstructures on Flat and Spherical Surfaces Using a Letterpress Technique, Scott M. Miller, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 20, 2320-2327 (2002)
Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses, A. A. Darhuber, J. P. Valentino, J. M. Davis, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82 (4), 657-659 (2003)
Influence of Attractive van der Waals Interactions on the Optimal Excitations in Thermocapillary Spreading, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. E 67, 016308:1-9 (2003)
Photoresist-free Printing of Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors, Scott M. Miller, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (15), 3207-3209 (2003)
Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids Using Patterned Microheaters Arrays, J. P. Valentino, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, and S. Wagner, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, 773, paper N10.3 (2003)
Growth and Decay of Localized Disturbances at the Leading Edge of a Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Viscous Film, Benjamin J. Fischer and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. E 67, 016309:1-11 (2003)
On a Generalized Approach to the Linear Stability of Spatially Nonuniform Thin Film Flows, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 15 (5), 1344-1347 (2003)
Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquid Flow on Chemically Patterned Surfaces, A. A. Darhuber, J. M. Davis, S. M. Troian and W. W. Reisner, Phys. Fluids 15 (5), 1295-1304 (2003)
Thinning and Disturbance Growth in Liquid Films Mobilized by Continuous Surfactant Delivery, Benjamin J. Fischer and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 15 (12), 3837-3845 (2003)
Thermocapillary Actuation of Droplets Using Microheater Arrays, Anton A. Darhuber, Joseph P. Valentino, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, J. Microelectromechanical Systems 12 (6), 873-879 (2003)
Marangoni Driven Structures in Thin Film Flows, A. A. Darhuber and S. M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 15 (9), S9 (2003)
Microfluidic Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids, J. P. Valentino, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Tech. Digest 12th Internat'l Conf. on Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems 12, 667-669 (2004)
Molecular Origin and Dynamic Behavior of Slip in Sheared Polymer Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (1), 018302:1-4 (2004)
Capacitive Sensing of Droplets for Microfluidic Devices Based on Thermocapillary Actuation, J. Z. Chen, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Lab on a Chip 4, 473-480 (2004)
Interfacial Slip in Entrained Soap Films Containing Associating Hydrosoluble Polymer, Eric A. Adelizzi and Sandra M. Troian, Langmuir 20, 7482-7492 (2004)
Influence of Boundary Slip on the Optimal Excitations in Thermocapillary Driven Spreading, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. E 70, 046309:1-11 (2004)
Images of the Floating World: Drainage Patterns in Thinning Soap Films, Steffen Berg, Eric A. Adelizzi and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 16 (9), S6 (2004)
Effect of Contact Angle Hysteresis on Thermocapillary Droplet Propulsion, J. Z. Chen, S. M. Troian, A. A. Darhuber and S. Wagner, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 014906:1-9 (2005)
Microfluidic Detection and Analysis by Integration of Evanescent Wave Sensing with Thermocapillary Actuation, Joseph P. Valentino, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Technical Digest of the 18th IEEE Internat'l Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Vol. 18, 770-773 (2005)
Experimental Study of Entrainment and Drainage Flow in Microscale Soap Films, Steffen Berg, Eric A. Adelizzi and Sandra M. Troian, Langmuir 21, 3867-3876 (2005)
Slip Behavior in Liquid Films on Surfaces of Patterned Wettability: Comparison Between Continuum and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Nikolai V. Priezjev, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. E 71, 041608:1-11 (2005)
Microfluidic Detection and Analysis by Integration of Thermocapillary Actuation with a Thin Film Optical Waveguide, Joseph P. Valentino, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 184101:1-3 (2005)
Generalized Linear Stability of Non-Inertial Coating Flows Over Topographical Features, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 17(7), 072103:1-9 (2005)
Interfacial Profile and Spreading Rate of a Surfactant Film Advancing on a Thin Liquid Layer: Comparison Between Theory and Experiment, Anne D. Dussaud, Omar K. Matar and Sandra M. Troian, J. Fluid Mech. 544, 23-51 (2005)
Infuence of Periodic Wall Roughness on the Slip Behavior at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: Molecular-Scale Simulations versus Continuum Predictions, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, J. Fluid Mech. 554, 25-46 (2006)
Transient Dynamics and Structure of Optimal Excitations in Thermocapillary Spreading: Precursor Film Model, Jeffrey M. Davis, Dawn E. Kataoka and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Fluids 18 (9), 092101 (2006)
Lateral Phase Segregation and 4-Fold Symmetry in Bilayer Films: Molecular Complexation in Extreme Confinement, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, Phys. Rev. Lett., in review
Asymptotic Instability of Thin Film Flows Subject to a Step Increase in Shear Stress, Benjamin J. Fischer and Sandra M. Troian, J. Fluid Mech., in review

Preprints

Thermocapillary Driven Thinning of Liquid Rivulets on Wettable Microstripes, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Fluids)
Coarsening Dynamics in Nanofluidic Fingering Instabilities Triggered by Layering Transitions, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Rev. E)
Nanodroplet Migration by Thermal Tuning of the Liquid-Solid Interfacial Tension, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Fluids)
Effects of Confinement by Chemical Patterning on Droplet Propulsion by Thermocapillary Forces, J. Z. Chen and S. M. Troian, (Lab on a Chip)
Effect of Polymer-Surfactant Association on Capillary Drainage of a Film Lamella, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Fluids)
Characterization of Dynamic Friction in Liquid-on-Solid Systems, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Rev. E)
Thermocapillary Structure Formation and Pattern Replication in Nanoscale Polymer Films, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, (Phys. Rev. E)
Capillary Spreading of Micropatterned Polymer Films: Isothermal and Non-Isothermal Studies, Scott M. Miller and Sandra M. Troian, (J. Appl. Phys.)
Front Propagation Rates of Insoluble Surfactant Films Spreading on a Viscous Sublayer, A. A. Darhuber, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, (Phys. Fluids)
Moiré Studies of Hydrocarbon Films Spreading on a Deep Water Layer: Modification of the Thoreau-Reynolds Ridge, Anne D. Dussaud and Sandra M. Troian, (Langmuir)