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List of Publications

    Book Chapters

  1. M. Z. Bazant and D. Crowdy, Conformal mapping methods for interfacial dynamics, perspective article for the Handbook of Materials Modeling, ed. by S. Yip, Vol. I, Art. 4.10 (Springer, 2005).

  2. M. Z. Bazant and D. Maroudas, Introduction to Chapter 4: Mathematical Methods, Handbook of Materials Modeling ed. by S. Yip, Vol. I, Art. 4.1 (Springer, 2005).

  3. M. Z. Bazant, Nonlinear electrokinetic phenomena, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, in press (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York).

  4. M. Z. Bazant, AC Electro-osmotic flow, ibid.

  5. M. Z. Bazant, Electrokinetic motion of polarizable particles , ibid.

  6. M. Z. Bazant, Electrokinetic motion of heterogeneous particles, ibid.

    Journal Articles

  7. Tensorial hydrodynamic slip, M. Z. Bazant and O. I. Vinogradova, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press (2008).
  8. Phase-transformation wave dynamics in LiFePO4, D. Burch, G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Solid State Phenomena, to appear (2008).
  9. Intercalation dynamics in rechargeable battery materials: General theory and phase-transformation waves in LiFePO4, G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Electrochimica Acta (2008).

  10. Design principle for improved three-dimensional ac electro-osmotic pumps, D. Burch and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 77, 055303(R) (2008).

  11. Steric effects on ac electro-osmosis in dilute electrolytes, B. Storey, L. R. Edwards, M. S. Kilic, and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 77, 036317 (2008).
  12. Induced-charge electrophoresis of metallo-dielectric particles, S. Gangwal, O. J. Cayre, M. Z. Bazant, and O. D. Velev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 058302 (2008).
  13. Surface conservation laws at microscopically diffuse interfaces, K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, J. Colloid and Interface Science 315, 319-329 (2007).

  14. K. Kamrin, C. H. Rycroft and M. Z. Bazant, The Stochastic Flow Rule: A multiscale model for granular materials, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 15, S449-S464 (2007).

  15. K. Kamrin and M. Z. Bazant, A stochastic flow rule for granular materials, Phys. Rev. E. 75, 041301 (2007).

  16. The effect of step height on the performance of AC electro-osmotic microfluidic pumps, J. P. Urbanski, J. A. Levitan, D. N. Burch, T. Thorsen, and M. Z. Bazant, Journal of Interface and Colloid Science 309, 332-341 (2007).

  17. Steric effects in the dynamics of electrolytes at large applied voltages: I. Double-layer charging, M. S. Kilic, M. Z. Bazant, and A. Ajdari, Phys. Rev. E 75, 021502 (2007).

  18. Steric effects in the dynamics of electrolytes at large applied voltages: II. Modified Nernst-Planck equations, M. S. Kilic, M. Z. Bazant, and A.Ajdari, Phys. Rev. E 75, 021503 (2007).

  19. Fast AC electro-osmotic pumps with non-planar electrodes, J. P. Urbanski, T. Thorsen, J. A. Levitan, and M. Z. Bazant, Applied Physics Letters 89, 143508 (2006).

  20. M. Z. Bazant and Y. Ben, Theoretical prediction of fast 3D AC electro-osmotic pumps, Lab on a Chip, 6, 1455-1461 (2006).

  21. C. H. Rycroft, G. S. Grest, M. Z. Bazant, and J. Landry, Analysis of granular flow in a pebble-bed nuclear reactor, Phys. Rev. E 74 , 021306 (2006).

  22. M. Z. Bazant, Interfacial dynamics during tranport-limited dissolution, Phys. Rev. E 73, 060601 (2006).

  23. K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, Nonlinear electrochemical relaxation around conductors, Phys. Rev. E 74, 011501 (2006).

  24. C. H. Rycroft, M. Z. Bazant, G. S. Grest, and J. Landry, Dynamics of random packings in granular flow, Physical Review E, 73, 051306 (2006).

  25. T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, Breaking symmetries in induced-charge electro-osmosis and electrophoresis, J. Fluid Mech. 560, 65-101 (2006).

  26. M. Z. Bazant, The Spot Model for random-packing dynamics, Mechanics of Materials 38, 717-731 (2005).

  27. J. A. Levitan, S. Devasenathipathy, V. Studer, Y. Ben, T. Thorsen, T. M. Squires, and M. Z. Bazant, Experimental observation of induced-charge electro-osmosis around a metal wire in a microchannel, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 267, 122-132 (2005).

  28. M. Z. Bazant and H. K. Moffatt, Exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations having steady vortex structures, J. Fluid Mech. 541, 55-64 (2005).

  29. B. Davidovitch, J. Choi, and M. Z. Bazant, The average shape of transport-limited aggregates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 075504 (2005).

  30. K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, Electrochemical thin films at and above the classical limiting current, SIAM J. Appl. Math 65, 1485-1505 (2005).

  31. M. Z. Bazant, K. T. Chu, and B. J. Bayly, Current-voltage relations for electrochemical thin films, SIAM J. Appl. Math 65, 1463-1484 (2005).

  32. J. Choi, D. Margetis, T. M. Squires, and M. Z. Bazant, Steady advection-diffusion around finite absorbers in two-dimensional potential flows, J. Fluid Mech. 536, 155-184 (2005).

  33. J. Choi, A. Kudrolli, and M. Z. Bazant, Velocity profile of granular flows in silos and hoppers, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S2533-S2548 (2005).

  34. B. J. Anderson, M. Z. Bazant, J. W. Tester, and B. L. Trout, Application of the cell potential method to predict phase equilibria of multi-component gas hydrate systems, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 8153-8163 (2005).

  35. Y. Mo, M. Z. Bazant, and E. Kaxiras, Sulfur point defects in crystalline and amorphous silicon, Phys. Rev. B. 70 (20), art. no. 205210 (2004).

  36. C. L. Allred, X. Yuan, M. Z. Bazant, and L. Hobbs, Elastic constants of defected and amorphous silicon with the Environment Dependent Interatomic Potential, Phys. Rev. B. 70 (13), art. no. 134113 (2004).

  37. M. Z. Bazant, J. Choi, B. Davidovitch, and D. Crowdy, Transport-limited aggregation, Chaos 14, S6 (2004).

  38. M. Z. Bazant, J. Choi, and B. Davidovitch, Advection-diffusion-limited aggregation, Chaos 14, S7 (2004).

  39. M. Z. Bazant, K. Thornton, and A. Ajdari, Diffuse-charge dynamics in electrochemical systems, Phys. Rev. E 70, 021506 (2004).

  40. J. Choi, A. Kudrolli, R. R. Rosales, and M. Z. Bazant, Diffusion and mixing in gravity-driven dense granular flows, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 174301 (2004). (non-technical summary)

  41. T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, Induced-charge electro-osmosis, J. Fluid. Mech. 509, 217-252 (2004).

  42. M. Z. Bazant and T. M. Squires, Induced-charge electro-kinetic phenomena: Theory and microfluidic applications, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, art. no. 066101 (2004).

  43. M. Z. Bazant, Conformal mapping of some non-harmonic functions in transport theory, Proc. Roy. Soc. A. 460, 1433-1452 (2004).

  44. M. Z Bazant, J. Choi, and B. Davidovitch, Dynamics of conformal maps for a class of non-Laplacian growth phenomena, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 045503 (2003). (non-technical summary).

  45. N. J. Hadjiconstantinou, A. L. Garcia, M. Z. Bazant, and G. He, Statistical error in particle simulations of hydrodynamic phenomena, J. Comp. Phys. 187, 274-297 (2003).

  46. M. Z. Bazant, Stochastic renormalization group in percolation: I. Fluctuations and crossover, Physica A 316, 451-477 (2002).

  47. P. Keblinski, M. Z. Bazant, J. Dash, and M. Treacy, Thermodynamic behavior of a model covalent material described by the Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential, Phys. Rev. B 66, 064104 (2002).

  48. M. Z. Bazant and B. L. Trout, A method to extract potentials from the temperature dependence of Langmuir constants for clathrate-hydrates, Physica A 300, 137-173 (2001).

  49. A. Bonnefont, F. Argoul and M. Z. Bazant, Analysis of diffuse-layer effects on time-dependent interfacial kinetics, J. Electroanal. Chem. 500, 52 (2001). (e-print with additional material on AC response)

  50. M. Z. Bazant and H. A. Stone, Asymptotics of reaction-diffusion fronts with one static and one diffusing reactant, Physica D 147, 95 (2000).

  51. M. Z. Bazant, The largest cluster in subcritical percolation, Phys. Rev. E 62, 1660 (2000). (erratum)

  52. N. Bernstein, M. J. Mehl, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, N. I. Papanicolaou, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, Energetic, vibrational, and electronic properties of silicon using a nonorthogonal tight-binding model, Phys. Rev. B 62, 4477 (2000).

  53. C. Leger, F. Argoul and M. Z. Bazant, Front dynamics during diffusion-limited corrosion of ramified electrodeposits, J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 5841 (1999). (high quality figures: fig. 2, fig. 4)

  54. M. de Koning, A. Antonelli, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras and J. F. Justo, Finite temperature molecular-dynamics study of unstable stacking fault energies in silicon, Phys. Rev. B 58 , 12555 (1998).

  55. J. F. Justo, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, V. V. Bulatov, and S. Yip, Interatomic potential for silicon defects and disordered phases, Phys. Rev. B 58, 2539 (1998).

  56. M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, J. F. Justo, Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential for bulk silicon, Phys. Rev. B 56, 8542 (1997).

  57. M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Modeling covalent bonding in solids by inversion of cohesive energy curves, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4370 (1996).

  58. M. Z. Bazant, Regulation of ramified electrochemical growth by a diffusive wave, Phys. Rev. E, 52, 1903 (1995).

    Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  59. M. de Koning, A. Antonelli, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, and J. F. Justo, Unstable stacking fault free energies in silicon through empirical modeling, in Fracture and ductile vs brittle behavior - theory, modeling, and experiment, ed. G. Beltz, K.-S. Kim, M. Marder, and R. Selinger (Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. 539, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999), 175-180.

  60. M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras and J. F. Justo, The Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential applied to silicon disordered structures and phase transitions, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 491, 339 (1997).

  61. J. F. Justo, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, V. V. Bulatov, and S. Yip, Interatomic potential for condensed phases and bulk defects in silicon, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 469 (1997).

  62. M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Derivation of interatomic potentials by inversion of ab initio cohesive energy curves, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 408, 79 (1996).

  63. Electrolyte dependence of AC electro-osmosis, M. Z. Bazant, J. P. Urbanski, J. A. Levitan, K. Subramanian, M. S. Kilic, A. Jones, and T. Thorsen, Proceedings of MicroTAS, Paris (2007).

  64. Experimental study of electrolyte dependence of AC electro-osmotic pumps, K. Subramanian, J. P. Urbanski, J. A. Levitan, T. Thorsen, and M. Z. Bazant, Proceedings of the International Conference on Micro, Meso, and Nanoengineering, Trivandrum, India (2007).

    Other Conference Papers

  65. Size effect on strength and lifetime distributions of quasibrittle structures implied by interatomic bond break activation, Z. P. Bazant, J.-L. Le and M. Z. Bazant, Proceedings of the17th European Conference on Fracture(ECF-17), Brno, Czech Republic, ed. by J. Pokluda, in press (2008).

  66. Numerical studies of nonlinear kinetics in induced-charge electro-osmosis, M. M. Gregersen, M. Z. Bazant, and H. Bruus, XXII ICTAM Proceedings, Adelaide, Australia (2008).

  67. A. C. Kadak and M. Z. Bazant, Pebble flow experiments for pebble-bed reactors, Proceedings of the Second International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, Beijing, China (2004).

  68. B. Anderson, M. Z. Bazant, and B. L. Trout, Application of an analytical method to extract molecular potentials from Langmuir curve data, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan (2002).

  69. H. A. Stone and M. Z. Bazant, A Two-species reaction-diffusion problem with one static reactant: the case of higher-order kinetics, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Partial Differential Equations in Models of Superfluidity, Superconductivity and Reactive Flows, ed. by H. Berestycki and Y. Pomeau (1999).

    Patents

  70. M. Z. Bazant, Guide ring to control granular mixing in a pebble-bed nuclear reactor, US Patent 6,865,245, No. 10/264,098 issued in 2004, filed in Oct. 2002. International Patent Ser. No. PCT/US03/31152 pending.

  71. M. Z. Bazant, Bi-disperse pebble-bed nuclear reactor, US Patent Ser. No. 10/932,561 pending, filed in 2004. Continuation in part of 10/264,098.

  72. T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis, US Patent 7,081,189, issued July 25, 2006, filed in 2002. International patent PCT/US02/40290.

  73. J. A. Levitan, T. Thorsen, M. Schmidt, and M. Z. Bazant, Fabrication methods and designs for microfluidic devices exploiting induced-charge electro-osmosis, US provisional patent, filed in Oct. 2004. (MIT Case 11683).

  74. M. Z. Bazant, Fast Induced-Charge Electro-Osmotic Pumps for Microfluidics: I. Designs Exploiting Fixed-Potential ICEO, US Provisional patent, filed Jan 2006, MIT Case 12056.

  75. M. Z. Bazant and Y. Ben, Fast Induced-Charge Electro-Osmotic Pumps for Microfluidics: II. Designs with multilevel pumping surfaces, US Provisional patent, filed Jan 2006, MIT Case 12057.

  76. M. Z. Bazant and J. Levitan, Temporal modulation of electrokinetic pumps for mixing applications, provisional patent..

  77. M. Z. Bazant, Nonlinear electrokinetics with high-slip polarizable surfaces, provisional patent.

    Preprints Under Review

  78. Effective slip over textured superhydrophobic surfaces, F. Feuillebois, M. Z. Bazant, and O. I. Vinogradova.
  79. Electrostatic and electrokinetic contributions to the elastic moduli of a driven membrane, D. Lacoste, G. I. Menon, M. Z. Bazant, and J. F. Joanny.
  80. Induced-charge electrophoresis near an insulating wall, M. S. Kilic and M. Z. Bazant.
  81. Nonlinear electrokinetics at large voltages, M. Z. Bazant, M. S. Kilic, B. Storey, and A. Ajdari
  82. Effects of diffuse charge in fuel-cell membranes, P. M. Biesheuvel, A. A. Franco, and M. Z. Bazant.

Ph.D. Thesis

Interatomic Forces in Covalent Solids, Harvard University (1997).

Some Unpublished Reports



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