Robert D. Deegan

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

22h-index11.3kcitations58works6.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer(14), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity(9), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence(8), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics(7), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions(6)

Publications58 total

Mass transfer during drop impact on a thin film
Journal of Fluid Mechanics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Exploring complex systems through applications
Physics Today·2023Open Access
Oscillating membranes: autonomous shape-transforming sheets via chemo-mechanical “metabolism”
Biophysical Journal·2022
Inverse design of self-oscillatory gels through deep learning
Neural Computing and Applications·2022· 1 cited
Publisher Correction: Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops
Nature·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Self-Oscillating Membranes: Chemomechanical Sheets Show Autonomous Periodic Shape Transformation
Physical Review Letters·2020· 29 citedOpen Access
Climbing a slippery slope
Journal of Fluid Mechanics·2019· 3 citedOpen Access
Semi-implicit methods for the dynamics of elastic sheets
Journal of Computational Physics·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Self-powered shape-transforming membranes: an active matter approach to soft robotics
arXiv (Cornell University)·2019· 1 citedOpen Access
Simulating the dynamics of actuated thin elastic sheets
APS March Meeting Abstracts·2019
Droplet Translation Actuated by Photoelectrowetting
Langmuir·2018· 13 cited
Weakly and strongly coupled Belousov-Zhabotinsky patterns
Physical review. E·2017· 17 cited
Ring formation on an inclined surface
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2015
Impact of a single drop on the same liquid: formation, growth and disintegration of jets
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2015
Ring formation on an inclined surface
Journal of Fluid Mechanics·2015· 45 cited
Quantized orbits in weakly coupled Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactors
Europhysics Letters (EPL)·2015· 3 cited
Electrowetting on Semiconductors
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2015
Electrowetting on semiconductors
Applied Physics Letters·2015· 7 cited
Drop impact into a deep pool: vortex shedding and jet formation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics·2015· 106 cited
Splashing from drop impact into a deep pool: multiplicity of jets and the failure of conventional scaling
Journal of Fluid Mechanics·2012· 49 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Harry L. Swinney(8), Michael Marder(8), Sidney R. Nagel(6), Philippe Brunet(6), Jens Eggers(6), Paul Petersan(5), Eran Sharon(5), Olgica Bakajin(4), Thomas A. Witten(4), Todd F. Dupont(3), Kamel Fezzaa(3), Jameson L. Toole(3), Silas Alben(3), Alex Gorodetsky(3), G. Gilou Agbaglah(2), L. V. Zhang(2), Florian Merkt(2), Daniel I. Goldman(2), Erin Rericha(2), Shilpa Chheda(2)