Recent Publications

• Well-Deposition Particle Templating, C.J. Hernandez, K. Zhao, and T.G. Mason, Soft Materials 5 13-31 (2007).

• Pillar-Deposition Particle Templating, C.J. Hernandez, K. Zhao, and T.G. Mason, Soft Materials 5 1-11 (2007).

• Irreversible Shear-Induced Elastic Vitrification of Nanoemulsions by Extreme Droplet Rupturing, J.N. Wilking and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 75 041407/1-5 (2007).

• Slow, Non-Diffusive Dynamics in Concentrated Nanoemulsions, H. Guo, J.N. Wilking, D. Liang, T.G. Mason, J.L. Harden, and R.L. Leheny, Phys. Rev. E 75 041401/1-8 (2007).

• Slippery Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, C.R. Seager and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 75 011406/1-4 (2007).

• Monodisperse Dispersions of Shape-Designed Particles, C.J. Hernandez and T.G. Mason, J. Phys. Chem. C 111 4477-4480 (2007).

Featured on the cover of the March 29, 2007 JPC C issue

Featured in Nature's Research Highlights [see Nature 446 586 (2007)].

Highlighted in Nature's Technology Features [see H.M. Birch, Cell Biology: Down to the Letter, Nature 446 940 (2007)].

Featured in over 30 web journals and tech blogs

• Swirling of Viscous Fluid Threads in Microchannels, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 264501/1-4 (2007).

• Folding of Viscous Threads in Microfluidics, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Phys. Fluids 18 901108/1-4 (2006).

AIP Gallery of Fluid Motion 2006 Award _ Invited Paper

• Nanoemulsions: Formation, Structure, and Physical Properties, T.G. Mason, J.N. Wilking, K. Meleson, C.B. Chang, and S.M. Graves, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 R635-R666 (2006). (invited topical review article)

Featured in the "Top Papers of 2006" highlights by IoP

• Simulations of Complex Particle Transport in Heterogeneous Active Liquids, D. Weihs, T.G. Mason, and M.A. Teitell, Microfluid. Nanofluid. 3 227-237 (2007). (published online - Nov., 2006).

• Bio-microrheology: A Frontier in Microrheology, D. Wiehs, T.G. Mason, and M.A. Teitell, Biophys. J. 91 4296-4305 (2006).

• Effective Structure Factor of Osmotically Deformed Nanoemulsions, T.G. Mason, S.M. Graves, J.N. Wilking, and M.Y. Lin, J. Phys. Chem. B 110 22097-220 (2006).

• Extreme Emulsification: Formation and Structure of Nanoemulsions, T.G. Mason, S.M. Graves, J.N. Wilking, and M.Y. Lin, Condensed Matter Phys. 9 193-199 (2006).

• Folding of Viscous Threads in Diverging Microchannels, T. Cubaud and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 114501/1-4 (2006).

Featured as "Viscous threads investigated in diverging microchannels" by P.R. Dittrich in Lab-on-a-Chip 6 707-709 (2006).

Featured in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology

• Dense Cluster Formation During Aggregation and Gelation of Attractive Slippery Nanoemulsion Droplets, J.N. Wilking, S.M. Graves, C.B. Chang, K. Meleson, M.Y. Lin, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 015501/1-4 (2006).

• Time Resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements of Asphaltene Nanoparticle Aggregation Kinetics in Crude Oil Mixtures, T.G. Mason, ACS National Meeting Conference Proceedings (2005).

• Density Profiles of Temperature Sensitive Microgel Particles, T.G. Mason and M.Y. Lin, Phys. Rev. E Rapid Comm. 71 040801(R)/1-4 (2005).

• Structure of Concentrated Nanoemulsions, S. Graves, K. Meleson, J. Wilking, M.Y. Lin, and T.G. Mason, J. Chem. Phys. 122 134703/1-6 (2005).

• Formation of Concentrated Nanoemulsions by Extreme Shear, K. Meleson, S. Graves, T.G. Mason, Soft Materials 2 109-123 (2004).

• Shear-Induced Configurations of Confined Spherical Suspensions, I. Cohen, T.G. Mason, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 046001/1-4 (2004).

• Shear-induced Elastification of Concentrated Emulsions Probed by Sinusoidal Amplitude Variation Rheometry, T.G. Mason and P.K. Rai, J. Rheol. 47, 513-533 (2003).

• Control of Suspensions with Gravity, Temperature Gradients, and Electric Fields, M. Sullivan, K. Zhao, C. Harrison, R.H. Austin, M. Megens, A. Hollingsworth, W.B. Russel, Z. Cheng, T.G. Mason, and P.M. Chaikin, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15, S11-S18 (2003).

• Asphaltene Nanoparticle Aggregation in Mixtures of Incompatible Crude Oils, T.G. Mason and M.Y. Lin, Phys. Rev. E Rapid Comm. 67, 050401(R)/1-4 (2003).

• Time-Resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements of Asphaltene Nanoparticle Aggregation Kinetics in Mixtures of Incompatible Crude Oils, T.G. Mason and M.Y. Lin, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 565-571 (2003).

• Periodic Oscillation of a Microscopic Disk Near a Wall in an Optical Trap, Z. Cheng, P.M. Chaikin, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 68 051404/1-4 (2003).

Publications

1. Changing Fluorescence in a Streaming Barium Plasma Due to an Axial Magnetic Field, K.D. Bonin and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. A 43, 3005-3014 (1991).

2. Kinetically Induced Ordering in Gelation of Emulsions, J. Bibette, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 981-984 (1992).

3. Structure of Adhesive Emulsions, J. Bibette, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, D.A. Weitz, and P. Poulin, Langmuir 9, 3352-3356 (1993).

4. New Techniques for Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, A.H. Krall, and D.A. Weitz, NASA Conf. Publ. 3276, 353-360 (1994).

5. Optical Measurements of the Linear Viscoelastic Moduli of Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1250-1253 (1995).

6. Elasticity of Compressed Emulsions, T.G. Mason, J. Bibette, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2051-2054 (1995).

7. Linear Viscoelasticity of Hard Sphere Suspensions Near the Glass Transition, T.G. Mason and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2770-2773 (1995).

8. Rheology of Monodisperse Emulsions, T.G. Mason, Princeton University, 225pp (1995). (Dissertation)

9. Rheology of Complex Fluids Measured by Dynamic Light Scattering, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, and D.A. Weitz, J. Molecular Structure 383, 81-90 (1996).

10. Monodisperse Emulsions: Properties and Uses, T.G. Mason, A.H. Krall, J. Bibette, Hu Gang, and D.A. Weitz, chapter in Encyclopedia of Emulsion Technology, Vol. 4, P. Becher ed., 299-336 (1996). (invited contribution)

11. Anomalous Viscous Loss in Emulsions, A.J. Liu, S. Ramaswamy, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3017-3020 (1996).

12. A Model for the Elasticity of Compressed Emulsions, M.-D. Lacasse, G. S. Grest, D. Levine, T. G. Mason, and D. A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3448-3451 (1996).

13. Yielding and Flow of Monodisperse Emulsions, T.G. Mason, J. Bibette, and D.A. Weitz, J. Coll. Int. Sci. 179, 439-448 (1996).

14. Emulsification in Viscoelastic Media, T.G. Mason and J. Bibette, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3481-3481 (1996).

15. Diffusing-Wave-Spectroscopy Measurements of Viscoelasticity of Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason, Hu Gang, and D.A. Weitz, JOSA A 14, 139-149 (1997).

16. Particle Tracking Microrheology of Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason, K. Ganesan, D. Wirtz, J. H. van Zanten, and S.C. Kuo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3282-3285 (1997). (Featured as "Particle Tracking and Liquid Flow" in Science News, 151 (1997)).

17. Osmotic Pressure and Viscoelastic Shear Moduli of Monodisperse Emulsions, T.G. Mason, M.-D. Lacasse, D. Levine, G.S. Grest, J. Bibette, and D.A. Weitz, Phys. Rev. E 56, 3150-3166 (1997).

18. Shear Rupturing of Droplets in Complex Fluids, T.G. Mason and J. Bibette, Langmuir 13, 4600-4612 (1997).

19. Concentrated DNA Rheology and Microrheology, T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, and D. Wirtz, MRS Proceedings on Statistical Mechanics in Physics and Biology 463, 153-158 (1997).

20. Linear Viscoelastic Moduli of Concentrated DNA Solutions, T.G. Mason, A. Dhople, and D. Wirtz, Macromolecules 31, 3600-3603 (1998).

21. Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy Microrheology of Actin Filament Networks, A. Palmer, T.G. Mason, J. Xu, S.C. Kuo, and D. Wirtz, Biophys. J. 76, 1063-1067 (1999).

22. New Fundamental Concepts in Emulsion Rheology, T.G. Mason, Curr. Opin. Coll. Int. Sci. 4, 231-238 (1999). (invited)

23. Critical Angle of Wet Sand Piles, T.G. Mason, A.J. Levine, D. Ertas, T.C. Halsey, Phys. Rev. E. Rapid Comm. 60, R5044-R5047 (1999).

24. Estimating the Viscoelastic Moduli of Complex Fluids Using the Generalized Stokes-Einstein Equation, T.G. Mason, Rheol. Acta. 39, 371-378 (2000).

25. Rheology of F-actin Solutions Determined from Thermally Driven Tracer Motion, T.G. Mason, T. Gisler, K. Kroy, E. Frey, D.A. Weitz, J. Rheol. 44, 917-928 (2000).

26. Light Streak Tracking of Optically Trapped Thin Microdisks, Z. Cheng, P.M. Chaikin, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 108303/1-4 (2002). (Featured as "Bitty Beacon" by P. Weiss in Science News 162, 149 (2002) and Featured in Nature Physics Portal and Nature Materials Website, 9/5 - 9/11/2002).

27. Stability of Monomer-Dimer Sandpiles, D. Ertas, T.C. Halsey, A.J. Levine, and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E 66, 051307(1-10) (2002).

28. Osmotically Driven Shape Dependent Separations, T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. E Rapid Comm. 66, 060402/1-4 (2002).

29. Rotational Diffusion Microrheology, Z. Cheng and T.G. Mason, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 018304/1-4 (2003).

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