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Table of Contents

1. Electrokinetics
• Nonlinear Electrokinetics in Microstructures
• Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis
• Induced-Charge Electrophoresis
• Electro-osmotic Micropumps
• Book chapters
2. Electrochemical Physics
• Diffuse-charge Dynamics / Supercapacitors
• Intercalation Dynamics / Li-ion Batteries
• Electrochemical Kinetics / Fuel Cells
• Electrodeposition / Corrosion
3. Fluid Mechanics
• Conformal Mapping / Interfacial Dynamics
• Granular Flow
• Microfluidics / Hydrodynamic Slip
• Adsorption / Confined Fluids
4. Statistical Physics
• Transport-Limited Aggregation
• Percolation and Random Walks
• Breakdown Phenomena
5. Materials Physics
• Interatomic Potentials
• Molecular Dynamics
6. Patents

1. Electrokinetics

Nonlinear Electrokinetics in Microstructures

• Overlimiting current in a microchannel, E. V. Dydek, B. Zaltzman, I. Rubinstein, D. S. Deng, A. Mani and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 118301 (2011). (PDF, arxiv)
• Deionization shocks in microstructures, A. Mani and M. Z. Bazant, Phys Rev. E 84, 061504 (2011). (PDF)
• Homogenization of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations for ion transport in charged porous media. M. Schmuck and M. Z. Bazant, (PDF)
• Current-induced membrane discharge, M. B. Andersen, M. van Soestbergen, A. Mani, H. Bruus, P. M. Biesheuvel, M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 108301 (2012). (PDF)

Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis

• Induced-charge electro-kinetic phenomena: Theory and microfluidic applications, M. Z. Bazant and T. M. Squires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, art. no. 066101 (2004). (This paper triggered a Fast Moving Front of research, according to Thompson Scientific.) (PDF)
• Induced-charge electro-osmosis, T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, J. Fluid. Mech. 509, 217-252 (2004). This is the most cited paper published in JFM since the time of its publication. (PDF)
• Experimental observation of induced-charge electro-osmosis around a metal wire in a microchannel, J. A. Levitan, S. Devasenathipathy, V. Studer, Y. Ben, T. Thorsen, T. M. Squires, and M. Z. Bazant, Colloids and Surfaces A 267, 122-132 (2005). (PDF)
• Nonlinear electrokinetics at large voltages, M. Z. Bazant, M. S. Kilic, B. Storey, and A. Ajdari, New Journal of Physics 11, 075016 (2009). invited article for focus issue on micro- and nanofluidics. (PDF)
• Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages, M. Z. Bazant, M S Kilic, B Storey, and A Ajdari, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 152, 48-88 (2009). (PDF)
• Electrostatic and electrokinetic contributions to the elastic moduli of a driven membrane, D. Lacoste, G. I. Menon, M. Z. Bazant, and J. F. Joanny, European Physical Journal E 28, 243-264 (2009). (PDF)
• Effective zero-thickness model for a conductive membrane driven by an electric field, F. Ziebert, M. Z. Bazant, and D. Lacoste, Phys. Rev. E 81, 031912 (2010). (PDF)
• Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena, M. Z. Bazant and T. M. Squires, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 15, 203-213 (2010). (PDF)
• Clean data with dirty surfaces in electrokinetics, M. Z. Bazant, Physics 3, 18 (2010). (PDF, physics.aps.org)
• Effects of electrostatic correlations on electrokinetic phenomena, B. D. Storey and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E86, 056303 (2012).(PDF)

Induced-Charge Electrophoresis

• Breaking symmetries in induced-charge electro-osmosis and electrophoresis, T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, J. Fluid Mech. 560, 65-101 (2006). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• Electrodiffusiophoresis: Particle motion in electrolytes under direct current, R. Rica and M. Z. Bazant, Physics of Fluids 22, 112109 (2010). (PDF)
• Induced-charge electrophoresis near a wall, M. S. Kilic and M. Z. Bazant, Electrophoresis 32, 614-628 (2011). (PDF)

Electro-osmotic Micropumps

• Theoretical prediction of fast 3D AC electro-osmotic pumps, M. Z. Bazant and Y. Ben, Lab on a Chip, 6, 1455-1461 (2006). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• Design principle for improved three-dimensional ac electro-osmotic pumps, D. Burch and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 77, 055303(R) (2008). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• Topology and shape optimization of induced-charge electro-osmotic micropumps M M Gregersen, F Okkels, M Z Bazant, and H Bruus, New Journal of Physics 11, 075019 (2009). (PDF)
• Ultrafast high-pressure AC electro-osmotic micropumps for portable biomedical microfluidics, C. C. Huang, M. Z. Bazant, and T. Thorsen, Lab on a Chip 10, 80-85 (2010). (PDF)

Book chapters

• Nonlinear electrokinetic phenomena, M. Z. Bazant, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 14, pp. 1461-1470 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008). (PDF)
• AC Electro-osmotic flow, M. Z. Bazant, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part I, pp. 8-14 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008). ( PDF)
• Electrokinetic motion of polarizable particles , M. Z. Bazant, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 5, pp. 522-529 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008). ( PDF)
• Electrokinetic motion of heterogeneous particles, M. Z. Bazant, in Li, Dongqing (ed), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Part 5, pp. 518-522 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2008). (PDF)
• Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena, M. Z. Bazant, in Electrokinetics and Electrohydrodynamics of Microsystems, ed. by A. Ramos (Springer, 2011). (PDF)

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2. Electrochemical Physics

Diffuse-charge Dynamics / Supercapacitors

• Diffuse-charge dynamics in electrochemical systems, M. Z. Bazant, K. Thornton, and A. Ajdari, Phys. Rev. E 70, 021506 (2004). (PDF)
• Nonlinear electrochemical relaxation around conductors, K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 74, 011501 (2006). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• 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). (PDF)
• Surface conservation laws at microscopically diffuse interfaces, K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, J. Colloid and Interface Science 315, 319-329 (2007). (PDF)
• Rational materials design through theory and modeling: capacitive energy storage, M. Z. Bazant, K. Kaneko, L. Pratt, and H. White, Basic Reseach Needs for Electrical Energy Storage, Department of Energy, Panel Report (2007). (PDF)
• Nonlinear dynamics of capacitive charging and desalination by porous electrodes, P. M. Biesheuvel and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 81, 031502 (2010). (PDF)
• Strongly nonlinear dynamics of electrolytes under large AC voltages, L. H. Olesen, M. Z. Bazant, and H. Bruus, Phys. Rev. E 82, 011501 (2010). (PDF)
• Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening versus crowding, M. Z. Bazant, B. D. Storey, and A. A. Kornyshev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 046102 (2011). (PDF, suppor ting info, ERRATUM with improved results)
• Diffuse charge and Faradaic reactions in porous electrodes, P. M. Biesheuvel, Y. Fu, and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 83, 061507 (2011). (PDF)
• Electrochemistry and capacitive charging of porous electrodes in asymmetric multicomponent electrolytes, P. M. Biesheuvel, Y. Fu and M. Z. Bazant, Russian J. Electrochem. 48, No. 6, pp. 580–592 (2012), in English; Elektrokhimiya 48 (6), 645-658, in Russian. (English, (Russian)
• Time-dependent ion selectivity in capacitive charging of porous electrodes, R. Zhao, M. van Soestbergen, H. H. M. Rijnaarts, A. van der Wal, M. Z. Bazant, P. M. Biesheuvel, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 384, 38-44 (2012). (PDF)
• Electro-diffusion of ions in porous electrodes for capacitive extraction of renewable energy from salinity differences, R. A. Rica, R. Ziano, D. Salerno, F. Mantegazza, M. Z. Bazant, D. Brogioli, Electrochimica Acta 92, 304-314 (2013). (PDF)

Intercalation Dynamics / Li-ion Batteries

• Intercalation dynamics in rechargeable battery materials: General theory and phase-transformation waves in LiFePO₄, G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Electrochimica Acta 53, 7599-7613 (2008). (PDF, arxiv.org preprint, July 2007)
• Phase-transformation wave dynamics in LiFePO₄, D. Burch, G. Singh, G. Ceder, and M. Z. Bazant, Solid State Phenomena 139, 95-100 (2008). (PDF)
• Size-dependent spinodal and miscibility gaps for intercalation in nanoparticles D. Burch and M. Z. Bazant, Nano Letters 9, 3795-3800 (2009). ( PDF)
• Particle size dependence of the ionic diffusivity, R. Malik, D. Burch, M. Z. Bazant and G. Ceder, Nano Letters 10, 4123–4127 (2010). (PDF)
• Suppression of phase transformations in LiFePO4 during battery discharge, P. Bai, D. A. Cogswell, and M. Z. Bazant. Nano Letters 11, 4890-4896 (2011). (ACS, arxiv (with supporting information))
• Coherency strain and the kinetics of phase separation in Li_xFePO₄, D. A. Cogswell and M. Z. Bazant, ACS Nano 6, 2215-2225 (2012). (PDF)
• Phase separation with anisotropic coherency strain, L. G. Stanton and M. Z. Bazant. (arxiv)
• Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of porous electrodes, T. R. Ferguson and M. Z. Bazant, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, A1967-A1985 (2012). (PDF)
• Effects of nanoparticle geometry and size distribution on diffusion impedance of battery electrodes, J. Song and M. Z. Bazant, J. Electrochem. Soc. 160, A15-A24 (2013). (PDF)
• Theory of SEI Formation in Rechargeable Batteries: Capacity Fade, Accelerated Aging and Lifetime Prediction, M. B. Pinson and M. Z. Bazant, J. Electrochem. Soc. 160, A243-A250 (2013). (PDF)
• Theory of chemical kinetics and charge transfer based on nonequilibrium thermodynamics, M. Z. Bazant, Accounts of Chemical Research, accepted, in press (2013). (invited article) (ACS)
• Theory of nucleation in phase-separating nanoparticles, D. A. Cogswell and M. Z. Bazant, Nano Letters, in press (2013). (arxiv)
• Cahn-Hilliard reaction model for isotropic Li-ion battery nanoparticles, Y. Zeng and M. Z. Bazant, MRS Spring Meeting Proceedings (2013).
• Efficient Conservative Numerical Schemes for 1D Nonlinear Spherical Diffusion Equations with Applications in Battery Modeling, Y. Zeng, Paul Albertus, Reinhardt Klein, Nalin Chaturvedi, and Aleksandar Kojic, M. Z. Bazant, and J. Christensen, submitted.

Electrochemical Kinetics / Fuel Cells

• Analysis of diffuse-layer effects on time-dependent interfacial kinetics, A. Bonnefont, F. Argoul and M. Z. Bazant, J. Electroanal. Chem. 500, 52 (2001). (e-print with additional material on AC response) (PDF)
• Current-voltage relations for electrochemical thin films,M. Z. Bazant, K. T. Chu, and B. J. Bayly, SIAM J. Appl. Math 65, 1463-1484 (2005). (PDF)
• Electrochemical thin films at and above the classical limiting current, K. T. Chu and M. Z. Bazant, SIAM J. Appl. Math 65, 1485-1505 (2005). (PDF)
• Diffuse charge effects in fuel-cell membranes, P. M. Biesheuvel, A. A. Franco, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Electrochem. Soc., 156, B225-B233 (2009). (PDF)
• Imposed currents in galvanic cells, P. M. Biesheuvel, M. van Soestbergen, and M. Z. Bazant, Electrochimica Acta 54, 4857-4871 (2009). ( PDF)
• Diffuse charge effects on the transient response of electrochemical cells, M. van Soestbergen, P. M. Biesheuvel, and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 81, 021503 (2010). (PDF)
• Efficient, high power membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery, W. A. Braff, M. Z. Bazant and C. R. Buie.

Electrodeposition / Corrosion

• Regulation of ramified electrochemical growth by a diffusive wave, M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E, 52, 1903 (1995). (PDF)
• Front dynamics during diffusion-limited corrosion of ramified electrodeposits, C. Leger, F. Argoul and M. Z. Bazant, J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 5841 (1999). (PDF)
• A Two-species reaction-diffusion problem with one static reactant: the case of higher-order kinetics, H. A. Stone and M. Z. Bazant, in Partial Differential Equations in Models of Superfluidity, Superconductivity and Reactive Flows, ed. by H. Berestycki and Y. Pomeau (1999). (PDF)
• Asymptotics of reaction-diffusion fronts with one static and one diffusing reactant, M. Z. Bazant and H. A. Stone, Physica D 147, 95 (2000). (PDF)

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3. Fluid Mechanics

See also Electrokinetics.

Conformal Mapping / Interfacial Dynamics

See also Transport-Limited Aggregation.
• Conformal mapping of some non-harmonic functions in transport theory, M. Z. Bazant, Proc. Roy. Soc. A. 460, 1433-1452 (2004). (PDF)
• Steady advection-diffusion around finite absorbers in two-dimensional potential flows, J. Choi, D. Margetis, T. M. Squires, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Fluid Mech. 536, 155-184 (2005). (PDF)
• Exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations having steady vortex structures, M. Z. Bazant and H. K. Moffatt, J. Fluid Mech. 541, 55-64 (2005). (PDF)
• Conformal mapping methods for interfacial dynamics, M. Z. Bazant and D. Crowdy, in the Handbook of Materials Modeling, ed. by S. Yip et al., Vol. I, Art. 4.10 (Springer, 2005). (PDF)
• Interfacial dynamics during transport-limited dissolution, M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 73, 060601 (2006). (PDF)

Granular Flow

• Diffusion and mixing in gravity-driven dense granular flows, J. Choi, A. Kudrolli, R. R. Rosales, and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 174301 (2004). (non-technical summary) (PDF)
• Pebble flow experiments for pebble-bed reactors, A. C. Kadak and M. Z. Bazant, Proceedings of the International Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, Beijing, China (2004). (PDF)
• Velocity profile of granular flows in silos and hoppers, J. Choi, A. Kudrolli, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S2533-S2548 (2005). (PDF)
• The Spot Model for random-packing dynamics, M. Z. Bazant, Mechanics of Materials 38, 717-731 (2006). (PDF)
• Dynamics of random packings in granular flow, C. H. Rycroft, M. Z. Bazant, J. Landry, and G. S. Grest, Physical Review E, 73, 051306 (2006). (PDF)
• Analysis of granular flow in a pebble-bed nuclear reactor, C. H. Rycroft, G. S. Grest, M. Z. Bazant, and J. Landry, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 021306 (2006). (PDF)
• Stochastic flow rule for granular materials, K. Kamrin and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 75, 041301 (2007). (PDF)
• The Stochastic Flow Rule: A multiscale model for granular materials, K. Kamrin, C. H. Rycroft and M. Z. Bazant, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 15, S449-S464 (2007). (PDF)
• Assessing continuum postulates in simulations of granular flow, C. H. Rycroft, K. Kamrin, and M. Z. Bazant, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 7, 828-839 (2009). PDF)
• Fast spot-based multiscale simulations of granular flow, C. H. Rycroft, Y. L. Wong and M. Z. Bazant, Powder Technology 200, 1-11 (2010). (PDF)

Microfluidics / Hydrodynamic Slip

• Tensorial hydrodynamic slip, M. Z. Bazant and O. I. Vinogradova, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 613, 125-134 (2008). (PDF)
• Effective slip over textured superhydrophobic surfaces, F. Feuillebois, M. Z. Bazant, and O. I. Vinogradova, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026001 (2009). (PDF)
• Anisotropic electro-osmotic flow over super-hydrophobic surfaces, S. Bahga, O. I. Vinogradova, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Fluid Mech. 644, 245-255 (2010). (PDF)
• Effective slip boundary conditions for arbitrary periodic surfaces: The surface mobility tensor, K. Kamrin, M. Z. Bazant, and H. A. Stone, J. Fluid Mech. 658, 409-437 (2010). (PDF)
• Transverse flow in thin superhydrophobic channels, F. Feuillebois, M. Z. Bazant, and O. I. Vinogradova, Phys. Rev. E. 82, 055301(R) (2010). (PDF)
• Droplet breakup in flow past an obstacle: A capillary instability due to permeability variations, S. Protiere, M. Z. Bazant, D. A. Weitz and H. A. Stone, EPL 92, 54002 (2010). (PDF)

Adsorption / Confined Fluids

• Theory of sorption hysteresis in nanoporous solids: I. Snap through instabilities, Z. P. Bazant and M. Z. Bazant, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 60, 1644-1659 (2012). (PDF)
• Theory of sorption hysteresis in nanoporous solids: II. Molecular condensation, M. Z. Bazant and Z. P. Bazant, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 60, 1660-1675 (2012). (PDF)

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4. Statistical Physics

Transport-Limited Aggregation

• Dynamics of conformal maps for a class of non-Laplacian growth phenomena, M. Z Bazant, J. Choi, and B. Davidovitch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 045503 (2003). (non-technical summary). (PDF)
• Transport-limited aggregation, M. Z. Bazant, J. Choi, B. Davidovitch, and D. Crowdy, Chaos 14, S6 (2004). (PDF)
• Advection-diffusion-limited aggregation, M. Z. Bazant, J. Choi, and B. Davidovitch, Chaos 14, S7 (2004). (PDF)
• The average shape of transport-limited aggregates, B. Davidovitch, J. Choi, and M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 075504 (2005). (PDF)
• Diffusion-limited aggregation on curved surfaces, J. Choi, D. Crowdy, and M. Z. Bazant, Europhysics Letters 91, 46005 (2010). (PDF)

Percolation and Random Walks

• The largest cluster in subcritical percolation, M. Z. Bazant, Phys. Rev. E 62, 1660 (2000). (PDF) See also: van der Hofstad and Redig (2006).
• Stochastic renormalization group in percolation, M. Z. Bazant, Physica A 316, 451-477 (2002). (PDF)
• Corrections to the Central Limit Theorem for heavy-tailed probability densities, H. Lam, J. Blanchet, D. Burch, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Theoretical Probability 24, 895-927 (2011). (PDF)

Breakdown Phenomena

• Size Effect on Strength and Lifetime Distributions of Quasibrittle Structures Im plied by Interatomic Bond Break Activation, Z. P. Bazant, J.-L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, 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 (2008). (PDF)
• Scaling of strength and lifetime distributions of quasibrittle structures based on atomistic fracture mechanics, Z. P. Bazant, J.-L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 11484-11489 (2009). (PDF)
• Subcritical crack growth law and its consequences for lifetime statistics of quasibrittle structures, J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 214008 (2009). (PDF)
• Atomistic fracture and nano-macro transition for strength and lifetime statistics of quasibrittle structures, Z. P. Bazant, J.-L. Le, and M. Z. Bazant, Proc. 12th International Conference on Fracture (ICF-12), held in Ottawa, Canada, July 2009, Robert Bell ed., pp. 1-10 (2009). (PDF)
• Lifetime of high-k gate dielectrics and analogy with strength of quasibrittle structures. J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 104119 (2009). (PDF).
• Unified nano-mechanics based probabilistic theory of quasi-brittle and brittle structures: I. Strength, static crack growth, lifetime and scaling, J.-L. Le, Z. P. Bazant, and M. Z. Bazant, J. Phys. Mech. Solids. 59, 1291-1321 (2011). (PDF)

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5. Materials Physics

Interatomic Potentials

• Derivation of interatomic potentials by inversion of ab initio cohesive energy curves, M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 408, 79 (1996). (PDF)
• Modeling covalent bonding in solids by inversion of cohesive energy curves, M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4370 (1996). (PDF)
• Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential for bulk silicon, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, J. F. Justo, Phys. Rev. B 56, 8542 (1997). (PDF)
• Interatomic Forces in Covalent Solids, M. Z. Bazant, Ph.D. Thesis in Physics, Harvard University (1997). (PDF)
• Interatomic potential for condensed phases and bulk defects in silicon, J. F. Justo, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, V. V. Bulatov, and S. Yip, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 469 (1997). (PDF)
• Interatomic potential for silicon defects and disordered phases, J. F. Justo, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, V. V. Bulatov, and S. Yip, Phys. Rev. B 58, 2539 (1998). (PDF)
• A method to extract potentials from the temperature dependence of Langmuir constants for clathrate-hydrates, M. Z. Bazant and B. L. Trout, Physica A 300, 137-173 (2001). (PDF)
• Application of an analytical method to extract molecular potentials from Langmuir curve data, B. Anderson, M. Z. Bazant, and B. L. Trout, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan (2002). (PDF)
• Application of the cell potential method to predict phase equilibria of multi-component gas hydrate systems, B. J. Anderson, M. Z. Bazant, J. W. Tester, and B. L. Trout, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 8153-8163 (2005). (PDF)

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Molecular Dynamics

• The Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential applied to silicon disordered structures and phase transitions, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras and J. F. Justo, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 491, 339 (1997). (PDF)
• Unstable stacking fault free energies in silicon through empirical modeling, M. de Koning, A. Antonelli, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras, and J. F. Justo, Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. 539, 175-180 (1998). (PDF)
• Finite temperature molecular-dynamics study of unstable stacking fault energies in silicon, M. de Koning, A. Antonelli, M. Z. Bazant, E. Kaxiras and J. F. Justo, Phys. Rev. B 58 , 12555 (1998). (PDF)
• Energetic, vibrational, and electronic properties of silicon using a nonorthogonal tight-binding model, N. Bernstein, M. J. Mehl, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, N. I. Papanicolaou, M. Z. Bazant and E. Kaxiras, Phys. Rev. B 62, 4477 (2000). (PDF)
• Thermodynamic behavior of a model covalent material described by the Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential, P. Keblinski, M. Z. Bazant, J. Dash, and M. Treacy, Phys. Rev. B 66, 064104 (2002). (PDF)
• Defect-induced shifts in the elastic constants of silicon, C. L. Allred, J. T. Borenstein, M. S. Weinberg, X. L. Yuan, M. Z. Bazant, and L. Hobbs, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 741, 145-150 (2003). (PDF)
• Statistical error in particle simulations of hydrodynamic phenomena, N. J. Hadjiconstantinou, A. L. Garcia, M. Z. Bazant, and G. He, J. Comp. Phys. 187, 274-297 (2003). (PDF)
• Elastic constants of defected and amorphous silicon with the Environment Dependent Interatomic Potential, C. L. Allred, X. Yuan, M. Z. Bazant, and L. Hobbs, Phys. Rev. B. 70 (13), art. no. 134113 (2004). (PDF)
• Sulfur point defects in crystalline and amorphous silicon, Y. Mo, M. Z. Bazant, and E. Kaxiras, Phys. Rev. B. 70 (20), art. no. 205210 (2004). (PDF)

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6. Patents

• Guide ring to control granular mixing in a pebble-bed nuclear reactor, M. Z. Bazant, US Patent 6,865,245, March 8, 2005.
• Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis, T. M. Squires and M. Z. Bazant, US Patent 7,081,189, July 25, 2006.
• Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis, J. Levitan, M. Z. Bazant, M. Schmidt, T. Thorsen, US Patent 7,691,244, April 6, 2010.
• Induced-charge electro-osmotic microfluidic devices, M. Z. Bazant, Y. Ben, J. A. Levitan, and J. P. Urbanski, US Patent 7,708,873, May 4, 2010.
• Tracking system and properties control system for bulk materials, M. Santucci, J. Scavuzzo, N. Masal, and M. Z. Bazant, US Patent 8,042,736, Oct. 25, 2011.
• Bi-disperse pebble-bed nuclear reactor, M. Z. Bazant, US Patent Application 2006/0050835, Mar. 9, 2006.
• Induced-charge electrokinetics with high-slip polarizable surfaces, M. Z. Bazant, US Patent Application 2010/0264032, Oct. 21, 2010.
• Method and apparatus for desalination and purification, M. Z. Bazant, E. V. Dydek, D. S. Deng, A. Mani, US Patent Application, 2011/0308953, Dec. 22, 2011.

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