Publications
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Journal Articles
2025
[20] Contaminant Removal Using Vibrating Surfaces: Nanoscale Insights and a Universal Scaling Law Pillai R, Neilan D, Handel C, Datta S Nano Lett. 25, 4284–4290 (2025) | DOI | Data
[19] Spectral mechanisms of solid/liquid interfacial heat transfer in the presence of a meniscus El-Rifai A, Klochko L, Mandrolko V, Perumanath S, Lacroix D, Pillai R, Isaiev M Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27, 10185–10197 (2025) | DOI
[18] Nanoscale surface effects on heterogeneous vapor bubble nucleation Sullivan P, Dockar D, Pillai R J. Chem. Phys. 162, 184501 (2025) | DOI | Data
[17] Nanoscale insights into vibration-induced heterogeneous ice nucleation Chen P, Pillai R, Datta S Nanoscale 17, 14172 (2025) | DOI | Data
2024
[16] Unraveling the Regimes of Interfacial Thermal Conductance at a Solid/Liquid Interface El-Rifai A, Perumanath S, Borg MK, Pillai R J. Phys. Chem. C 128, 8408–8417 (2024) | DOI | Data
2023
[15] The role of surface wettability on the growth of vapour bubbles Sullivan P, Dockar D, Enright R, Borg MK, Pillai R Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 217, 124657 (2023) | DOI | Data
[14] Rolling and Sliding Modes of Nanodroplet Spreading: Molecular Simulations and a Continuum Approach Perumanath S, Chubynsky MV, Pillai R, Borg MK, Sprittles JE Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 164001 (2023) | DOI | Data
[13] Contaminant Removal from Nature’s Self-Cleaning Surfaces Perumanath S, Pillai R, Borg MK Nano Lett. 23, 4234–4241 (2023) | DOI | Data
2022
[12] Inertio-thermal vapour bubble growth Sullivan P, Enright R, Borg MK, Pillai R J. Fluid Mech. 948, A55 (2022) | DOI | Data
2021
[11] Acoustothermal Nucleation of Surface Nanobubbles Datta S, Pillai R, Borg MK Nano Lett. 21, 1267–1273 (2021) | DOI
[10] Untangling the physics of water transport in boron nitride nanotubes Mistry S, Pillai R, Mattia D, Borg MK Nanoscale 13, 18096–18102 (2021) | DOI | Data
[9] Impact of surface nanostructure and wettability on interfacial ice physics Nikiforidis V-M, Datta S, Borg MK, Pillai R J. Chem. Phys. 155, 234307 (2021) | DOI | Data
2020
[8] Coupling Molecular Dynamics and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo using a general and high-performance code coupling library Longshaw SL, Emerson DR, Pillai R, Gibelli L, Lockerby DA Comput. Fluids 213, 104726 (2020) | DOI
2018
[7] Dynamics of Nanodroplets on Vibrating Surfaces Pillai R, Borg MK, Reese JM Langmuir 34, 11898–11904 (2018) | DOI | Data
[6] Acoustothermal Atomization of Water Nanofilms Pillai R, Borg MK, Reese JM Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 104502 (2018) | DOI | Data
2017
[5] Electrophoretically mediated partial coalescence of a charged microdrop Pillai R, Berry JD, Harvie DJE, Davidson MR Chem. Eng. Sci. 169, 28–45 (2017) | DOI
2016
[4] Electrohydrodynamic Deformation and Interaction of Microscale Drop Pairs Pillai R, Berry JD, Harvie DJE, Davidson MR Int. J. Comput. Methods Exp. Meas. 4, 33–41 (2016) | DOI
[3] Numerical simulation of two-fluid flow of electrolyte solution with charged deforming interfaces Davidson MR, Berry JD, Pillai R, Harvie DJE Appl. Math. Model. 40, 1989–2001 (2016) | DOI
[2] Electrokinetics of isolated electrified drops Pillai R, Berry JD, Harvie DJE, Davidson MR Soft Matter 12, 3310–3325 (2016) | DOI
2015
[1] Electrolytic drops in an electric field: A numerical study of drop deformation and breakup Pillai R, Berry JD, Harvie DJE, Davidson MR Phys. Rev. E 92, 013007 (2015) | DOI
Book Chapters
On the Development of Icephobic Surfaces: Bridging Experiments and Simulations Tagliaro I, Cerpelloni A, Nikiforidis VM, Pillai R, Antonini C In: Marengo M, De Coninck J (eds) The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change, Springer, Cham, pp. 235–272 (2022) | DOI
Thesis
Stretching, bursting, splashing and bouncing: Electrohydrodynamics of microfluidic drops Pillai R PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne (2017)