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    Journal Articles

    Submitted

  1. J. Song and M. Z. Bazant, Effects of nanoparticle geometry and size distribution on diffusion impedance of battery electrodes. (PDF)

  2. R. Zhao, M. van Soestbergen, R. Huub, B. van der Wal, M. Z. Bazant, P. M. Biesheuvel, Time-dependent ion selectivity in capacitive charging of porous electrodes.

  3. T. R. Ferguson and M. Z. Bazant, Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of porous electrodes, (arxiv)

  4. L. G. Stanton and M. Z. Bazant, Phase separation with anisotropic coherency strain. (arxiv)

  5. M. B. Andersen, M. van Soestbergen, A. Mani, H. Bruus, P. M. Biesheuvel, M. Z. Bazant, Current-induced membrane discharge. (arxiv)

  6. M. Schmuck and M. Z. Bazant, Homogenization of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations for ion transport in charged porous media. (PDF)

    2012

  7. M. Z. Bazant and Z. P. Bazant, Theory of sorption hysteresis in nanoporous solids: II. Molecular condensation, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, in press. (arxiv)

  8. Z. P. Bazant and M. Z. Bazant, Theory of sorption hysteresis in nanoporous solids: I. Snap through instabilities, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, in press. (arxiv)

  9. P. M. Biesheuvel, Y. Fu and M. Z. Bazant, Electrochemistry and capacitive charging of porous electrodes in asymmetric multicomponent electrolytes, Russian J. Electrochem. 48 (6), 645-658 (2012) (in Russian). (English preprint, (Russian)

  10. D. A. Cogswell and M. Z. Bazant, Coherency strain and the kinetics of phase separation in LixFePO4. ACS Nano 6, 2215-2225 (2012). (arxiv)

    2011

  11. A. Mani and M. Z. Bazant, Deionization shocks in microstructures, Phys Rev. E 84, 061504 (2011). (PDF)

  12. P. Bai, D. A. Cogswell, and M. Z. Bazant, Suppression of phase separation in LiFePO4 Nanoparticles during battery discharge, Nano Letters 11, 4890-4896 (2011). (ACS, arxiv (with supporting information))

  13. E. V. Dydek, B. Zaltzman, I. Rubinstein, D. S. Deng, and M. Z. Bazant, Overlimiting current in a microchannel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 118301 (2011). (PDF, arxiv)

  14. H. Lam, J. Blanchet, D. Burch, and M. Z. Bazant, Corrections to the Central Limit Theorem for heavy-tailed probability densities, J. Theoretical Probability 24, 895-927 (2011) (springer, PDF)

  15. P. M. Biesheuvel, Y. Fu, and M. Z. Bazant. Diffuse charge and Faradaic reactions in porous electrodes, Phys. Rev. E 83, 061507 (2011). (PDF)

  16. J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, Unified nano-mechanics based probabilistic theory of quasi-brittle and brit tle structures: I. Strength, static crack growth, lifetime and scaling, J. Phys. Mech. Solids. 59, 1291-1321 (2011). (PDF)

  17. M. S. Kilic and M. Z. Bazant, Induced-charge electrophoresis near a wall, Electrophoresis 32, 614-628 (2011). (PDF)

  18. M. Z. Bazant, B. D. Storey, and A. A. Kornyshev, Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening versus crowding, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 046102 (2011). (PDF, supporting info)

    2010

  19. S. Protiere, M. Z. Bazant, D. A. Weitz and H. A. Stone, Droplet breakup in flow past an obstacle: A capillary instability due to permeability variations EPL 92, 54002 (2010). (PDF)

  20. F. Feuillebois, M. Z. Bazant, and O. I. Vinogradova, Transverse flow in thin superhydrophobic channels, Phys. Rev. E. 82, 055301(R) (2010). (PDF)

  21. R. Rica and M. Z. Bazant, Electrodiffusiophoresis: Particle motion in electrolytes under direct current, Physics of Fluids 22, 112109 (2010).(PDF)

  22. R. Malik, D. Burch, M. Z. Bazant and G. Ceder, Particle size dependence of the ionic diffusivity, Nano Letters 10, 4123-4127 (2010). (PDF)

  23. J. Choi, D. Crowdy, and M. Z. Bazant, Diffusion-limited aggregation on curved surfaces, Europhysics Letters 91, 46005 (2010).(PDF)

  24. L. H. Olesen, M. Z. Bazant, and H. Bruus, Strongly nonlinear dynamics of electrolytes under large AC voltages, Phys. Rev. E 82, 011501 (2010). (PDF)

  25. K. Kamrin, M. Z. Bazant, and H. A. Stone, Effective slip boundary conditions for arbitrary periodic surfaces: The surface mobility tensor, J. Fluid Mech. 658, 409-437 (2010). (PDF)

  26. P. M. Biesheuvel and M. Z. Bazant, Nonlinear dynamics of capacitive charging and desalination by porous electrodes, Phys. Rev. E 81, 031502 (2010). (PDF)

  27. F. Ziebert, M. Z. Bazant, and D. Lacoste, Effective zero-thickness model for a conductive membrane driven by an electric field, Phys. Rev. E 81, 031912 (2010). (PDF)

  28. M. Z. Bazant and T. M. Squires, Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 15, 203-213 (2010). (PDF)

  29. C. H. Rycroft, Y. L. Wong and M. Z. Bazant, Fast spot-based multiscale simulations of granular flow, Powder Technology 200, 1-11 (2010). (PDF)

  30. M. Z. Bazant, Clean data with dirty surfaces in electrokinetics, Physics 3, 18 (2010). (PDF, physics.aps.org)

  31. M. van Soestbergen, P. M. Biesheuvel, and M. Z. Bazant, Diffuse charge effects on the transient response of electrochemical cells, Phys. Rev. E 81, 021503 (2010). (PDF)

  32. S. Bahga, O. I. Vinogradova, and M. Z. Bazant, Anisotropic electro-osmotic flow over superhydrophobic surfaces, J. Fluid Mech. 644, 245-255 (2010). (PDF)

  33. C. C. Huang, M. Z. Bazant, and T. Thorsen, Ultrafast high-pressure AC electro-osmotic micropumps for portable biomedical microfluidics, Lab on a Chip 10, 80-85 (2010). (PDF)

    2009

  34. J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, Lifetime of high-k gate dielectrics and analogy with strength of quasibrittle structures. J. Appl. Phys. 106, 104119 (2009). (PDF).

  35. D. Burch and M. Z. Bazant, Size-dependent spinodal and miscibility gaps for intercalation in nanoparticles, Nano Letters 9, 3795-3800 (2009). ( PDF,arxiv.org)

  36. M. Z. Bazant, M S Kilic, B Storey, and A Ajdari, Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 152, 48-88 (2009. (PDF)

  37. J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, Subcritical crack growth law a nd its consequences for lifetime statistics of quasibrittle structures, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 214008 (2009). (PDF)

  38. Z. P. Bazant, J.-L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, Scaling of strength and lifetime distributions of quasibrittle structures based on atomistics fracture mechanics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 11484-11489(2009). (PDF)

  39. M. Z. Bazant, M. S. Kilic, B. Storey, and A. Ajdari, Nonlinear electrokinetics at large voltages, New Journal of Physics 11, 075016 (2009), invited article focus issue on micro- and nanofluidics. (PDF)

  40. M M Gregersen, F Okkels, M Z Bazant, and H Bruus, Topology and shape optimization of induced-charge electro-osmotic micropumps, New Journal of Physics 11, 075016 (2009). (PDF)

  41. P. M. Biesheuvel, M. van Soestbergen, and M. Z. Bazant, Imposed currents in galvanic cells, Electrochimica Acta 54, 4857-4871 (2009). ( PDF)

  42. C. H. Rycroft, K. Kamrin, and M. Z. Bazant, Assessing continuum postulates in simulations of granular flow, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 7, 828-839 (2009).

  43. D. Lacoste, G. I. Menon, M. Z. Bazant, and J. F. Joanny, Electrostatic and electrokinetic contributions to the elastic moduli of a driven membrane, European Physical Journal E 28, 243-264 (2009).

  44. F. Feuillebois, M. Z. Bazant, and O. I. Vinogradova, Effective slip over textured superhydrophobic surfaces, Physical Review Letters, 102, 026001 (2009).

  45. P. M. Biesheuvel, A. A. Franco, and M. Z. Bazant, Diffuse charge effects in fuel-cell membranes, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156, B225-B233 (2009).

    2008

  46. M. Z. Bazant and O. I. Vinogradova, Tensorial hydrodynamic slip, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 613, 125-134 (2008). (e-print)

  47. D. Burch, G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Phase-transformation wave dynamics in LiFePO4, Solid State Phenomena 139, 95-100 (2008).

  48. G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Intercalation dynamics in rechargeable battery materials: General theory and phase-transformation waves in LiFePO4, Electrochimica Acta 53, 7599-7613 (2008).

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

  50. B. Storey, L. R. Edwards, M. S. Kilic, and M. Z. Bazant, Steric effects on ac electro-osmosis in dilute electrolytes, Phys. Rev. E 77, 036317 (2008).

  51. S. Gangwal, O. J. Cayre, M. Z. Bazant, and O. D. Velev, Induced-charge electrophoresis of metallo-dielectric particles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 058302 (2008).

    2007

  52. K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, Surface conservation laws at microscopically diffuse interfaces, J. Colloid and Interface Science 315, 319-329 (2007).

  53. 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).

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

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

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

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

    2006

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

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

  60. 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).

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

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

  63. 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).

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

    2005

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

  66. 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).

  67. 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).

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

  69. 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).

  70. 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).

  71. 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).

  72. 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).

  73. 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).

    2004

  74. 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).

  75. 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).

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

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

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

  79. 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)

  80. T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, Induced-charge electro-osmosis, J. Fluid. Mech. 509, 217-252 (2004). This is the most cited paper in JFM since its publication.

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

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

    2003

  83. 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).

  84. 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).

    2002

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

  86. 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).

    2001

  87. 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).

  88. 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)

    2000

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

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

  91. 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).

    1999

  92. 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)

    1998

  93. 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).

  94. 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).

    1997

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

    1996

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

    1995

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

    Book Chapters

  98. 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).

  99. 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).

  100. M. Z. Bazant, Nonlinear electrokinetic phenomena, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 14, pp. 1461-1470 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008).

  101. M. Z. Bazant, AC Electro-osmotic flow, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part I, pp. 8-14 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008).

  102. M. Z. Bazant, Electrokinetic motion of polarizable particles , in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 5, pp. 522-529 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008).

  103. M. Z. Bazant, Electrokinetic motion of heterogeneous particles, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 5, pp. 518-522 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008).

  104. M. Z. Bazant, Induced-chrge electrokinetic phenomena, in Electrokinetics an d Electrohydrodynamics of Microsystems (Springer, 2011). (PDF)

    Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  105. C. L. Allred, J. T. Borenstein, M. S. Weinberg, X. L. Yuan, M. Z. Bazant, and L. Hobbs, Defect-induced shifts in the elastic constants of silicon, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 741, 145-150 (2003).
  106. 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.

  107. 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).

  108. 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).

  109. 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).

  110. 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).

  111. 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).

  112. Z. P. Bazant, J. L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, Size Effect on Strength and Lifetime Distributions of Quasibrittle Structures Implied by Interatomic Bond Break Activation, Proc., 17th European Conference on Fracture (ECF-17), held at Technical University Brno, Brno, Czech. Rep., Sept. 2008, publ. by VUTIUM, Brno, J. Pokluda et al., eds.; pp. 78--92.

  113. Z. P. Bazant, J. L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, Atomistic fracture and nano-macro transition for strength and lifetime statistics of quasibrittle structures, Proc. 12th International Conference on Fracture (ICF-12), held in Ottawa, Canada, July 2009, Robert Bell ed., pp. 1-10 (2009). (PDF)

    Other Conference Papers

  114. 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).

  115. 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).

  116. 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).

  117. 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

  118. 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.

  119. 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.

  120. 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.

    J. A. Levitan, T. Thorsen, M. Schmidt, and M. Z. Bazant, Fabrication methods and designs for microfluidic devices exploiting induced-charge electro-osmosis, US Patent 7,691,244 issued 2010, filed 2004.

  121. 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).

  122. M. Z. Bazant, Y. Ben, J. A. Levitan, and J. P. Urbanski, Induced-charge electro-osmotic microfluidic devices, US Patent 7,708,873 issued 2010, filed in 2007.

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

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


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