B. Palmer, H. Metin Aktulga, T. Gao, "ReLCP: Scalable complementarity-based collision resolution for smooth rigid bodies", submitted.
Y. Qiu, C. Occhiuto, C. Carlsson, A. Chowdhury, A. Bavandpour, T. Gao, K. Liby, B. Smith, "P38γ
MAPK regulates cancer cell metastasis by regulating cell stiffness", submitted.
L. Xing, Y. Cai, K. Mozel, Z. Tang, T. Tang, V. Mottini, S. Nigam, P. Wang, X. Li, T. Gao, J. Li "TriMag Microrobots: 3D-Printed Microrobots for Magnetic Actuation,
Imaging, and Hyperthermia", accepted by Adv. Mater. .
Z. Lin, Y. Wang, Y. Quan, Z. Yu, T. Gao, S. Chen, "Microorganisms swimming in lyotropic liquid crystal polymers near a wall", accepted by Phys. Rev. Fluids.
I. Sokolov, T. Gao, "Self-assembly of centimeter-long micron-diameter fibers of isotropic spherical silica
nanoparticles", Materials Today Nano 30 (2025), 100636. (Doi)
C. Carlsson, T. Gao, "Active droplet driven by collective chemotaxis", Soft Matter 20 (2024), 9562. (Doi)
T. Gao, "Elastic particle model for coil-stretch transition of dilute polymers in an elongational flow", J. Fluid Mech. 984 (2024), A52. (Doi)
Y. Qiu, T. Gao, B.R. Smith, "Mechanical deformation and death of circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream", Cancer Metastasis Rev. 43 (2024), 1489–1510. (Doi)
T. Patel, C. Li, F. Faissi, G.S. Kassab, T. Gao, L.C. Lee, "Coupled thermal-hemodynamics computational modeling of cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation", Comput. Biol. Med. (2023) 106766. (Doi)
Y. Zhu, J. Peng, T. Gao, F. Tian, "Learning to school in dense configurations with multi-agent deep reinforcement learning", Bioinsp. Biomim. 18 (2023), 015003. (Doi)
X. Qi, T. Gao, X. Tan, "Bio-inspired 3D-printed soft snakeskins enable effective serpentine locomotion of a soft robotic snake", Soft Robotics (2023), (Doi)
Z. Lin, Z. Yu, J. Li, T. Gao, "Anisotropic swimming and reorientation of an undulatory microswimmer in liquid-crystalline polymers", J. Fluid Mech. 946 (2022), A30. (Doi)
B. Palmer, W. Yan, T. Gao, "Hydrodynamic instabilities of activity-balanced binary suspensions", Phys. Rev. Fluids 7 (2022), 063101. (Doi)
B. Palmer, S. Chen, P. Govan, W. Yan, T. Gao, "Understanding topological defects in fluidized dry active nematics", Soft Matter 18 (2022), 1013-1018. (Doi)
Z. Lin, S. Chen, T. Gao, "Q-tensor model for undulatory swimming in lyotropic liquid-crystalline polymers", J. Fluid Mech. 921 (2021), A25. (Doi)
M. Castaño, A. Hess, G. Mamakoukas, T. Gao, T. Murphey, X. Tan, "Control-oriented modeling of soft robotic swimmer with Koopman operators", IEEE/ASME AIM (2020), 1679-1685. (Doi)
S. Chen, W. Yan, T. Gao, "Scaling law of Brownian rotation in dense hard-rod suspensions", Phys. Rev. E 102 (2020), 012608. (Doi)
S. Hughey, A. Alsnayyana, H.M. Aktulga, T. Gao, B. Shanker, "Fast and scalable evaluation of pairwise potentials", Comput. Phys. Commun. 225 (2020), 107248. (Doi)
A. Hess, X. Tan, T. Gao, "CFD-based multi-objective controller optimization for soft robotic fish with muscle-like actuation", Bioinsp. Biomim. 15 (2020), 035004. (Doi)
Z. Lin, T. Gao, "Direct-forcing fictitious domain method for simulating non-Brownian active particles", Phys. Rev. E 100 (2019), 013304. (Doi)
Z. Lin, A. Hess, Z. Yu, S. Cai, T. Gao, "A
fluid-structure interaction study of soft robotic swimmer using a fictitious
domain/active-strain method", J. Comput. Phys. 376 (2019), 1138-1155. (Doi)
H. Tian, Z. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Shao, T. Gao, S. Cai, "Polydopamine coated main-chain liquid crystal elastomer as optically-driven artificial muscle", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10 (2018), 8307-8316. (Doi)
S. Chen, P. Gao, T. Gao, "Dynamics and structure of an apolar active suspension in annulus", J. Fluid Mech. 835 (2018), 393-405. (Doi)
A. Hess, S. Cai, T. Gao, "Stability of Newtonian Couette flow past a gel film" (invited), Theor. Appl. Mech. Lett. 7 (2017), 286-291. (Doi)
T. Gao, Z. Li, "Self-driven droplet powered by active nematics", Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 (2017), 108002. (Featured as the cover article) (Doi)
T. Gao, M. D.
Betterton, A. Jhang, M. J. Shelley, "Analytical structure, dynamics, and coarse graining of a kinetic model of an active fluid", Phys.
Rev. Fluids 2 (2017), 093302. (Doi)
T. Gao, R. Blackwell, M. A. Glaser, M. D.
Betterton, M. J. Shelley, "Multiscale modeling and simulation of
microtubule/motor-protein suspensions", Phys.
Rev. E 92 (2015), 062709. (Doi)
T. Gao,
R. Blackwell, M. A. Glaser, M. D.
Betterton, M. J. Shelley, "Multiscale polar theory of microtubule and
motor-protein assemblies", Phys.
Rev. Lett. 114 (2015), 048101. (Doi)
T. Gao,
H. H. Hu, P. Ponte Castañeda,
"Dynamics and rheology of elastic particles in an extensional flow", J.
Fluid Mech. 715
(2013), 573-596. (Doi)
T. Gao,
H. H. Hu, P. Ponte Castañeda,
"Shape dynamics and rheology of soft elastic particles in a shear
flow", Phys. Rev. Lett. 108
(2012), 058302. (Doi)
T. Gao,
H. H. Hu, P. Ponte Castañeda,
"Rheology of a suspension of elastic particles in a viscous shear
flow", J. Fluid Mech. 687
(2011), 209-237.
(Doi)
T. N. Swaminathan, T.
Gao, H. H. Hu,
"Deformation of a long elastic particle undergoing electrophoresis", J.
Colloid Interface Sci.346
(2010), 270-276.
(Doi)
T. Gao,
H. H. Hu, "Deformation of elastic
particles in viscous shear flow", J. Comput. Phys.
228 (2009), 2132-2151. (Doi)
T. Gao,
X. Lu, "Insect normal hovering
flight in ground effect", Phys. Fluids
20 (2008), 087101. (Doi)
T. Gao,
N. Liu, X. Lu, "Numerical analysis
of the ground effect on insect hovering", J.
Hydrodyn., Ser. B 20 (2008), 17-22.(Doi)
T. Gao,
Y. Tseng, X. Lu, "An improved
hybrid Cartesian/immersed boundary method for fluid-solid flows", Int. J. Num. Methods Fluids 55
(2007), 1189-1211. (Doi)