Research Highlights
Research Bar
Brownian Motion in a Force Field Brownian Motion in a Force Field
Cargo Transport in vivo Cargo Transport in vivo
Student Flows in Texas Student Flows in Texas
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Internal Wave Turning Depth Internal Wave Turning Depth
Adhering biological membranes Adhering biological membranes
Single Bond Formation Detection Single Bond Formation Detection
Swarming Dynamics Swarming Dynamics
Physics of Hydrofracture Physics of Hydrofracture

Recent Publications

Antimicrobial Activity of Ibuprofen Against Cystic Fibrosis Associated Gram – Negative Pathogens
Parth N. Shah, Kimberly R. Marshall-Batty, Justin A. Smolen, Jasur A. Tagaev, Qingquan Chen, Christopher A. Rodesney, Henry H. Le, Vernita D. Gordon, David E. Greenberg, Carolyn L. Cannon, 62 2 (2018) pdf
Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers
Phases of Granular Matter
Charles Radin and Harry L. Swinney, 1-16 (2018) pdf
Dynamic Fingering in Adhered Lipid Membranes
Orrin Shindell, Natalie Mica, Kwan Kelvin Cheng, Exing Wang, and Vernita Gordon, (2018) pdf
Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers
Lin, L., M. Wang, X. Peng, E.N. Lissek, Z. Mao, L. Scarabelli, E. Adkins, S. Coskun, H. E. Unala, B. A. Korgel, L. M. Liz-Marzán, E.-L Florin, and Y. Zheng, Nature Photonics 12 195-201 (2018) pdf
Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers
Nucleation in sheared granular matter
Frank Rietz, Charles Radin, Harry L. Swinney, Matthias Schröter, Physical Review Letters 120 055701 (2018) pdf
Biofilms and mechanics: a review of experimental techniques and findings
Vernita D Gordon, Megan Davis-Fields, Kristin Kovach, and Christopher A Rodesney, 50 22 (2017) pdf
Coupling and sharing when life is hard
Vernita Gordon, 356 6338583-584 (2017) pdf
Evolutionary adaptations of biofilms infecting cystic fibrosis lungs promote mechanical toughness by adjusting polysaccharide production
Kristin Kovach, Megan Davis-Fields, Yasuhiko Irie, Kanishk Jain, Shashvat Doorwar, Katherine Vuong, Numa Dhamani, Kishore Mohanty, Ahmed Touhami & Vernita D Gordon, 1 (2017) pdf
Space-saving tips to lower stress
Vernita Gordon, (2017)
Internal wave generation by tidal flow over periodically and randomly distributed seamounts
Likun Zhang, Maarten C. Buijsman, Eva Comino, and Harry L. Swinney, (2017) pdf
Mechanosensing of shear by Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to increased levels of the cyclic-di-GMP signal initiating biofilm development
Christopher A. Rodesney, Brian Roman, Numa Dhamani, Benjamin J. Cooley, Ahmed Touhami and Vernita D. Gordon, PNAS 114 235906 – 5911 (2017) pdf
Space-saving tips to lower stress
Vernita Gordon, (2017) pdf
Sound propagation in a continuously stratified laboratory ocean model
Likun Zhang, and H. L. Swinney, 141 3186 (2017) pdf