Soft Matter Electrified I

Presentations

• Electrical discharges in energetic granular flows

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Joshua Méndez Harper

    • Portland State University

  Authors

  • Joshua Méndez Harper

    • Portland State University

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• Contact charging with levitated particles: toward fast and spatially sensitive charge detection using acoustic levitation

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Markus Felber

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • Markus Felber

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Scott Waitukaitis

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Galien Grosjean

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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• Cohesion and brittle fracture in negatively-charged piles of hydrophobic grains

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Anthony D Dinsmore

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Anthony D Dinsmore

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Brandon Hoover

    • Catalent Pharma Solutions

  • Charles M Lewis

    • Donostia International Physics Center

  • Jeremy Laprade

    • Brandeis University

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• Ion Transfer in Contact Electrification of Neutral Surfaces

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • John R Hoffman

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • John R Hoffman

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Scott Waitukaitis

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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• Multi-layer Self Limiting Electrospray Deposition using Secondary Voltage Bias

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Madhuri Deb

    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Authors

  • Madhuri Deb

    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • Rahman Pejman

    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • Shubin Xie

    • Rutgers University
    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Rutgers MSE Department

  • Jeffrey Zahn

    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • Jonathan P Singer

    • Rutgers University

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• Using Sapphire Platelets to Increase the Electrical Breakdown Strength of Elastomers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Nikhil Deliwala

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Nikhil Deliwala

    • Harvard University

  • Sumin Jung

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• From zero to breakdown: Using optical tweezers to simultaneously trap, charge and measure the charge of a microparticle in air

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: Using optical tweezers to simultaneously trap, charge and measure the charge of a microparticle in air
  https://doi.org/10.1103/5xd9-4tjj
  https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17591

  Presenters

  • Andrea Stoellner

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • Andrea Stoellner

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Isaac Lenton

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Artem Volosniev

    • Aarhus University

  • James Millen

    • King's College London

  • Renjiro Shibuya

    • Chiba University

  • Hisao Ishii

    • Chiba Univeristy

  • Dmytro Rak

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Zhanybek Alpichshev

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Grégory David

    • ETH Zürich

  • Ruth Signorell

    • ETH Zurich

  • Caroline Muller

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Scott Waitukaitis

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

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• A Spray for All Seasons: The Four Types of Electrospray Deposition

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Jennifer Zarny

    • Rutgers University

  Authors

  • Jennifer Zarny

    • Rutgers University

  • Jonathan P Singer

    • Rutgers University

  • Jouan Yu

    • Rutgers University

  • Shubin Xie

    • Rutgers University
    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Rutgers MSE Department

  • Isha Shah

    • Rutgers University

  • Kyra Wilson

    • Rutgers University

  • Emily Li

    • Rutgers University

  • Assimina Pelegri

    • Rutgers University

  • Xin Yong

    • University at Buffalo
    • State Univ of NY - Buffalo

  • Sarah H Park

    • Rutgers University

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