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Alexander L. Yarin
Professor

M.S., Applied Physics (1977)
Polytechnical Insitute ( Technical University),
Leningrad (Sankt-Peterburg)

Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics (1980)
Institute for Problems in Mechanics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

D.Sc., Physics and Mathematics (1989)
Institute for Problems in Mechanics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

• Most Cited Article, 2006-2010, Polymer, Elsevier, 2008
• Fellow of the Center of Excellence "Smart Interfaces" Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany, 2008
• 3rd Prize of the Society of Mechanics, Taiwan, 2006
• Hershel Rich Prize – Technion Innovation Award, American Technion Society, 2005
• Prize for Technological Development for Defense against Terror, American Technion Society, 2003
• Gutwirth Award, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1999
• Guastala Fellowship of Rashi Foundation (France) and The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1992-1995
• Awards of the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences, in contests of research works, 1980-1990
• University Award for "Outstanding Student Research", Polytechnic Institute of Leningrad, 1974

Selected Publications

A.L. Yarin, Free Liquid Jets and Films: Hydrodynamics and Rheology. Longman Scientific & Technical and Wiley & Sons, Harlow, New York, 1993.

A.L. Yarin, "Drop Impact Dynamics: Splashing, Spreading, Receding, Bouncing…". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics v.38, 159-192 (2006).

D.H. Reneker, A.L. Yarin, E. Zussman and H. Xu, "Electrospinning of Nanofibers from Polymer Solutions and Melts" Advances in Applied Mechanics v. 41, 43-195 (2007).

D.H. Reneker, A.L. Yarin. Electrospinning jets and polymer nanofibers. Polymer, v. 49, 2387-2425 (2008).

S. Sinha Ray, Y. Zhang, A.L. Yarin. Thorny devil nano-textured fibers: The way to cooling rates of the order of 1 kW/cm2 . Langmuir 27, 215-226 (2011).

C. M. Weickgenannt, Y. Zhang, A. N. Lembach, I. V. Roisman, T. Gambaryan-Roisman, A. L. Yarin, C. Tropea. Non-isothermal drop impact and evaporation on polymer nanofiber mats. Physical Review E v. 83, 036305 (2011).

A.L. Yarin. Coaxial electrospinning and emulsion electrospinning of core-shell fibers. Polymers Advanced Technologies v. 22, 310-317 (2011).

S. Chen, H. Hou, F. Harnisch, S. Patil, A.A. Carmona-Martinez, S. Agarwal, Y. Zhang, S. Sinha-Ray, A.L. Yarin, U. Schroder, A. Greiner, Electrospun and solution blown carbon nanofiber nonwovens for application as electrodes in microbial fuel cells. Energy&Enviromental Science v. 4, 1417-1421 (2011).

Y. Zhang, S. Sinha-Ray, A.L. Yarin. Mechanoresponsive polymer nanoparticles, nanofibers and coatings as drug carriers and components of microfluidic devices. J. Mater. Chem. V. 21, 8269-8281 (2011).

S. Sinha-Ray, Y. Zhang, A.L. Yarin, S. C. Davis, B. Pourdeyhimi. Solution blowing of soy protein fibers. Biomacromolecules v. 12, 2357-2363 (2011).

A.L. Yarin, S. Sinha-Ray, B. Pourdeyhimi. Meltblowing: Multiple jets and fiber-size distribution and lay-down patterns. Polymer v. 52, 2929-2938 (2011).

S. Sinha-Ray, R.P. Sahu, A.L. Yarin. Nanoencapsulated smart tunable phase change materials. Soft Matter (accepted 2011).

* A complete list of publications is provided at the Multiscale Mechanics and Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Current Research Interests

• Nanotechnology: electrospinning of nanofibers
• Nanotechnology: co-electrospinning of core-shell nanofibers; thermal treatment of core-shell nanofibers to manufacture turbostratic carbon nanotubes.
• Micro- and nanofluidics
• Nanoparticle-based ink-jet printing in micro- and optoelectronics
• Deposition of nanocoating on micron- and nano-sized particles in plasma reactors
• Drop splashing
• Acoustic levitation
• Fluid mechanics and rheology
• Heat transfer
• Biodegradable and stimuli-responsive polymers

Laboratory

Multiscale Mechanics and Nanotechnology Laboratory
1054 ERF, 312-996-3439