Publications

Book Chapters

C. C. Maas, S. Michelin & L. L. Zarzar, 2024: Self-Propelling Droplets, Chapter 7 in Active Colloids: From Fundamentals to Frontiers, by W. Wang, J. Simmchen & W. Uspal, Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter Series, [10.1039/9781837674589-00208]

Peer-reviewed journals

73. A. Chamolly, S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2024: Colloidal bubble propulsion mediated through viscous flows, Soft Matter, 20, 4744-4764 [10.1039/D4SM00114A] (.pdf) (© 2024 The Royal Society of Chemistry)

71. S. Michelin, 2023: Self-propulsion of chemically-active droplets, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 55, 77-101 [10.1146/annurev-fluid-120720-012204] (.pdf)

70. N. Desai & S. Michelin, 2022: Steady state propulsion of isotropic active colloids along a wall, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, 100501 (.pdf) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.100501] (© 2022 American Physical Society)

67. N. Desai & S. Michelin, 2021: Instabilities and self-propulsion of active droplets along a wall, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, 114103 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.114103] (.pdf) (© 2021 American Physical Society)

66. A. Choudhary, K. V. S. Chaithanya, S. Michelin & S. Pushpavanam, 2021: Self-propulsion in 2D confinement : phoretic and hydrodynamic interactions, Eur. Phys. J. E, 44, 97 [doi:10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00101-1] (.pdf) (© 2021 Springer)

65. F. Rojas-Pérez, B. Delmotte & S. Michelin, 2021: Hydrochemical interactions of phoretic particles: a regularized multipole framework, J. Fluid Mech., 919, A22 (.pdf) [doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.387] (© 2021 Cambridge University Press)

64. K. Lippera, M. Benzaquen & S. Michelin, 2021: Alignment and scattering of colliding active droplets, Soft Matter, 17, 365-375 (.pdf) [doi:10.1039/D0SM01285H] (© 2021 The Royal Society of Chemistry)

63. T. Traverso & S. Michelin, 2020: Hydro-chemical interactions in dilute phoretic suspensions: from individual particle properties to collective organization, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 5, 104203 (.pdf) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.104203] (© 2020 American Physical Society)

62. A. Saint-Sardos, S. Sart, K. Lippera, E. Brient-Litzler, S. Michelin, G. Amselem & C. N. Baroud, 2020: High-throughput measurements of intra-cellular and secreted cytokine from single spheroids using anchored microfluidic droplets, Small, 16, 2002303 [doi:10.1002/smll.202002303] (.pdf) (© 2020 Wiley-WCH GmbH)

61. P. Katsamba, S. Michelin & T. D. Montenegro-Johnson, 2020: Slender Phoretic Theory of chemically-active filaments, J. Fluid Mech., 898, A24 (.pdf) [doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.410]

60. F. Nadal & S. Michelin, 2020: Acoustic propulsion of a small bottom-heavy sphere, J. Fluid Mech., 898, A10 (.pdf) [doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.401]

59. J. Mougel & S. Michelin, 2020: Flutter and resonances of a flag near a free surface, J. Fluids Struct., 96, 103046 (.pdf) [doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.103046] (@ 2020 Elsevier Ltd)

58. K. Lippera, M. Benzaquen & S. Michelin, 2020: Bouncing, chasing or pausing: asymmetric collisions of active droplets, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 5, 032201 (.pdf) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.032201] (© 2020 American Physical Society)

57. S. Michelin, S. Game, E. Lauga, E. Keaveny & D. Papageorgiou, 2020: Spontaneous onset of convection in a uniform phoretic channel, Soft Matter, 16, 1259-1269 [doi:10.1039/C9SM02173F] (.pdf) (© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry)

56. K. Lippera, M. Morozov, M. Benzaquen & S. Michelin, 2020: Collisions and rebounds of chemically-active droplets J. Fluid Mech., 886, A17 [doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.1055] (.pdf)

55. A. Varma & S. Michelin, 2019: Modeling chemo-hydrodynamic interactions of phoretic particles: A unified framework, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 124204 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.124204] (.pdf) (© 2019 American Physical Society)

54. M. Morozov & S. Michelin, 2019: Orientational instability and spontaneous rotation of active nematic droplets, Soft Matter, 15, 7814-7822 [doi:10.1039/C9SM01076A] (.pdf) (© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry)

53. S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2019: Universal optimal geometry of minimal phoretic pumps, Sci. Rep., 9, 10788 [doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46953-8] (.pdf)

52. C. de Blois, M. Reyssat, S. Michelin & O. Dauchot, 2019: The flow field around a confined active droplet, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 054001 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.054001] (.pdf) (© 2019 American Physical Society)

51. K. Lippera, O. Dauchot, S. Michelin & M. Benzaquen, 2019: No net motion for oscillating near-spheres at low Re, J. Fluid Mech., 866, R1 [doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.130] (.pdf) (© 2019 Cambridge University Press)

50. M. Morozov & S. Michelin, 2019: Nonlinear dynamics of a chemically active drop: from steady to chaotic self-propulsion, J. Chem. Phys., 150, 044110 [doi:10.1063/1.5080539] (.pdf)

49. E. Kanso & S. Michelin, 2019: Phoretic and hydrodynamic interactions of weakly-confined autophoretic particles, J. Chem. Phys., 150, 044902 [doi:10.1063/1.5065656] (.pdf)

48. M. Morozov & S. Michelin, 2019: Self-propulsion near the onset of Marangoni instability of deformable active droplets, J. Fluid Mech., 860, 711-738 [doi:10.1017/jfm.2018.853] (.pdf) (© 2018 Cambridge University Press)

47. S. Michelin, G. Gallino, F. Gallaire & E. Lauga, 2019: Viscous growth and rebound of a bubble near a rigid surface, J. Fluid Mech., 860, 172-199 [doi:10.1017/jfm.2018.876] (.pdf) (© 2018 Cambridge University Press)

46. A. Varma, T. D. Montenegro-Johnson & S. Michelin, 2018: Clustering-induced self-propulsion of isotropic autophoretic particles, Soft Matter, 14, 7155-7173 [doi:10.1039/c8sm00690c](.pdf) (Featured as back cover of the printed edition)

45. G. Gallino, F. Gallaire, E. Lauga & S. Michelin, 2018: Physics of bubble-propelled microrockets, Adv. Funct. Mat., 28, 1800686 [doi:10.1002/adfm.201800686] (.pdf) (© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlab GmbH & Co)

Supplementary movies (description): movie_3D_sphere.mp4 movie_circular_sensitvity.mp4 movie_Nl4_hexcirc.mp4 movie_Nl10_hex.mp4

APS DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion poster: Bubble Wars (.pdf)

43. J. Kim, S. Michelin, M. Hilbers, L. Martinelli, E. Chaudan, G. Amselem, E. Fradet, J. P. Boilot, A. M. Brouwer, C. N. Baroud, J. Peretti & T. Gacoin, 2017: Monitoring the orientation of rare-earth doped nanorods for flow shear tomography, Nat. Nanotechnol., 12, 914-919 [doi:10.1038/nnano.2017.111] (.pdf)

42. Y. Xia, O. Doaré & S. Michelin, 2017: Fluid-solid-electric energy transport along piezoelectric flags, Eur. J. Comp. Mech., 26, 154-171, Special Issue on “Fluid Flows with Interactive Boundaries” [doi:10.1080/17797179.2017.1306827] (.pdf) (© 2017 Informa UK Limited / Taylor & Francis Group)

41. S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2017: Geometric tuning of self-propulsion for Janus catalytic particles, Sci. Rep., 7, 42264 [doi:10.1038/srep42264] (.pdf)

40. G. O. Antoine, E. de Langre & S. Michelin, 2016: Optimal energy harvesting from Vortex-Induced Vibrations of cables, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 472, 20160583 [doi:10.1098/rspa.2016.0583] (.pdf)

39. G. Amselem, C. Guermonprez, B. Drogue, S. Michelin & C. Baroud, 2016: Universal microfluidic platform for bioassays in anchored droplets, Lab Chip, 16, 4200-4211 (.pdf) [doi:10.1039/C6LC00968A] (© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry)

36. Y. Xia, O. Doaré & S. Michelin, 2016: Electro-hydrodynamic synchronization of piezoelectric flags J. Fluids Struct., 65, 398-410 (.pdf) [doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2016.06.011] (© 2016 Elsevier Ltd)

34. M. Piñeirua, S. Michelin, D. Vasic & O. Doaré, 2016: Synchronized switch harvesting applied to piezoelectric flags Smart Mat. Struct., 25, 085004 (.pdf) [doi:10.1088/0964-1726/25/8/085004] (© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd)

33. Y. Xia, S. Michelin & O. Doaré, 2016: Resonance-induced enhancement of the energy harvesting performance of piezoelectric flags, Appl. Phys. Lett., 107, 263901 [doi:10.1063/1.4939117] (.pdf) (© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC)

32. T. D. Montenegro-Johnson, S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2015: A regularised singularity approach to phoretic problems, Eur. Phys. J. E, 38, 139 [doi:10.1140/epje/i2015-15139-7] (.pdf) (Featured as cover page of the printed edition) (Numerical code for this method is available here)

30. C. Guermonprez, S. Michelin & C. Baroud, 2015: Flow distribution in parallel microfluidic networks and its effect on concentration gradients, Biomicrofluidics, 9, 054119 (.pdf) [doi:10.1063/1.4932305] (© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC)

29. S. Michelin, T. D. Montenegro-Johnson, G. De Canio, N. Lobato-Dauzier & E. Lauga, 2015: Geometric pumping in autophoretic channels, Soft Matter, 11, 5804-5811(.pdf) [doi:10.1039/C5SM00718F] (© 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry) (Featured as cover page of the printed edition)

28. M. Piñeirua, O. Doaré & S. Michelin, 2015: Influence and optimization of the electrodes position in a piezoelectric energy harvesting flag, J. Sound Vib., 346, 200-215 (.pdf) [doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2015.01.010] (© 2015 Elsevier)

26. S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2015: Autophoretic locomotion from geometric asymmetry, Eur. Phys. J. E, 38, 7 (.pdf) [doi:10.1140/epje/i2015-15007-6] (© 2015 EDP Sciences / Springer Verlag) (Featured as cover page of the printed edition)

25. Y. Xia, S. Michelin & O. Doaré, 2015: Fluid-solid-electric lock-in of energy harvesting piezoelectric flags, Phys. Rev. Applied, 3, 014009 (.pdf) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.014009] (© 2015 American Physical Society)

See also the Synopsis published on the Physics website and reports on our research in Le Monde or on RTS radio station

23. Z. Izri, M. N. van der Linden, S. Michelin & O. Dauchot, 2014: Self-propulsion of pure water droplets by spontaneous Marangoni stress driven motion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 248302 (.pdf) (Supplement ) (Video) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.248302] (© 2014 American Physical Society)

21. C. Grouthier, S. Michelin, R. Bourguet, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi & E. de Langre, 2014: On the efficiency of energy harvesting using vortex-induced vibrations of cables, J. Fluids Struct., 49, 427-440 (.pdf) [doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2014.05.004] (© 2014 Elsevier)

19. X. Amandolese, S. Michelin & M. Choquel, 2013: Low speed flutter and limit-cycle oscillations of a two-degree-of-freedom flat plate in a wind tunnel, J. Fluids Struct., 43, 244-255 (.pdf) [doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.09.002] (© 2013 Elsevier)

18. S. Michelin, E. Lauga & D. Bartolo, 2013: Spontaneous autophoretic motion of isotropic particles, Phys. Fluids, 25, 061701 (.pdf) (Supplement) (Video)[doi:10.1063/1.4810749] (© 2013 American Institute of Physics)

17. C. Grouthier, S. Michelin, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi & E. de Langre, 2013: Self-similar vortex-induced vibrations of a hanging string, J. Fluid Mech., 724, R2 (.pdf) [doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.204] (© 2013 Cambridge University Press)

15. S. Michelin & O. Doaré, 2013: Energy harvesting efficiency of piezoelectric flags in axial flows, J. Fluid Mech., 714, 489-504 (.pdf) [doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.494] (© 2013 Cambridge University Press)

14. K. Singh, S. Michelin & E. de Langre, 2012: Effect of damping on flutter in axial flow and energy-harvesting strategies Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 468, 3620-3635 (.pdf ) [doi: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0145] (© 2012 The Royal Society)

13. K. Singh, S. Michelin & E. de Langre, 2012: Energy harvesting from fluid-elastic instabilities of a cylinder, J. Fluids Struct., 30, 159-172 (.pdf) [doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.01.008] (© 2012 Elsevier)

Also selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, October 15, 2011 (http://www.vjbio.org)

11. D. Lopez, S. Michelin & E. de Langre, 2011: Flow-induced pruning of branched systems and brittle reconfiguration, J. Theor. Biol., 284, 117-124 (.pdf) [doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.06.027]

10. O. Doaré & S. Michelin, 2011: Piezoelectric coupling in energy-harvesting fluttering flexible plates: linear stability analysis and conversion efficiency, J. Fluids Struct., 27, 1357-1375 (.pdf ) [doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.04.008] (© 2011 Elsevier)

9. S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2010: Efficiency optimization and symmetry-breaking in an envelope model for ciliary locomotion, Phys. Fluids, 22 (11), 111901 (.pdf) [doi:10.1063/1.3507951] (© 2010 American Institute of Physics)

Featured as "Research highlights" on the Physics of Fluids webpage.

Also selected to appear in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, November 15, 2010 (http://www.vjbio.org)

8. S. Michelin & E. Lauga, 2010: The long-time dynamics of two hydrodynamically-coupled swimming cells, Bull. Math. Biol., 72 (4), 973-1005 (.pdf ) [doi:10.1007/s11538-009-9479-6]

7. S. Michelin & S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2010: Falling cards and flapping flags: understanding fluid-solid interactions using an unsteady point vortex model, Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 24, 195-200 (.pdf) [doi:10.1007/s00162-009-0117-6]

6. S. Michelin & S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2009: Linear stability of coupled parallel flexible plates in an axial flow, J. Fluids Struct., 25, 1136-1157(.pdf ) [doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2009.06.002] (© 2009 Elsevier)

5. S. Michelin & S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2009: Resonance and propulsion performance of a heaving flexible membrane, Phys. Fluids, 21 (7), 071902 (.pdf) [doi:10.1063/1.3177356] (© 2009 American Institute of Physics)

4. S. Michelin & S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2009: An unsteady point vortex method for coupled fluid-solid problems, Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 23, 127-153 (.pdf) [doi:10.1007/s00162-009-0096-7]

3. S. Michelin, S. G. Llewellyn Smith & B. J. Glover, 2008: Vortex shedding model of a flapping flag, J. Fluid Mech., 617, 1-10 (.pdf ) [doi:10.1017/S0022112008004321] (© 2008 Cambridge University Press)

2. S. G. Llewellyn Smith, S. Michelin & D. G. Crowdy, 2008: The dipolar field of rotating bodies in two dimensions, J. Fluid Mech., 607, 109-118 (.pdf) [doi:10.1017/S0022112008001857] (© 2008 Cambridge University Press)

Conference proceedings

G. O. Antoine, E. de Langre & S. Michelin: Optimal energy harvesting from Vortex-Induced Vibrations of cables, Proceedings of the ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2016, Busan, South Korea, June 2016

Y. Xia, S. Michelin and O. Doaré: Numerical and experimental study of energy-harvesting piezoelectric flags, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 34rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2015, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, June 2015

S. Michelin, Y. Xia, O. Doaré: Fluid-solid-electric couplings in piezoelectric energy harvesting flags, Proceedings of the 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, East Lansing, MI, USA, June 2014

O. Doaré, S. Michelin , Y. Xia and M. Pineirua: Flow energy harvesting with piezoelectric flags, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2014, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2014

Y. Xia, S. Michelin & O. Doaré : Effets inductifs sur la récupération d’énergie par drapeau piézoélectrique, 21ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Bordeaux, September 2013

M. Pineirua, O. Doaré & S. Michelin : Modèle d’impédance non-linéaire d’une plaque piézoélectrique dans un écoulement, 21ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Bordeaux, September 2013

C. Grouthier, S. Michelin & E. de Langre : Energy harvesting by vortex-induced vibrations in slender structures, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2013, Nantes, June 2013

K. Singh, S. Michelin & E. de Langre, 2012: Energy harvesting from axial flow-induced instabilities in slender structures, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations (and Flow-Induced Noise) FIV 2012, Dublin, July 2012 (.pdf )

C. Grouthier, S. Michelin & E. de Langre, 2012: Optimal energy harvesting by Vortex-Induced Vibrations in Cables, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations (and Flow-Induced Noise) FIV 2012, Dublin, July 2012 (.pdf )

S. Michelin & O. Doaré, 2012: Flow energy harvesting from piezoelectric flags, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations (and Flow-Induced Noise) FIV 2012, Dublin, July 2012 (.pdf )

X. Amandolèse, S. Michelin & M. Choquel, 2012: Low-speed flutter and limit-cycle oscillations of a flat plate section in a wind tunnel, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations (and Flow-Induced Noise) FIV 2012, Dublin, July 2012 (.pdf)

S. Michelin, K. Singh & E. de Langre, 2011: Flow energy harvesting by fluttering slender bodies in axial currents, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2011, Rotterdam, June 2011

Others

S. Michelin, “Falling, flying, flapping, swimming....: high-Re fluid-solid interactions with vortex shedding”, PhD thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2009 (.pdf )

S. Michelin, “Fluid-solid interactions: locomotion, instabilities and energy transfers”, Mémoire d’Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, 2013 (.pdf )