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  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative ideas and results in the study of nonequilibrium spatiallyextended processes, especially the phasefield method for solidification and the role of restitution in the excitable dynamics of cardiac tissue

Overview

Alain Karma is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Molecular Biology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics of their work focus on:

  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Numerical methods in engineering

Alain Karma has published papers in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues include Acta Materialia, Physical review. E, arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Letters, and Nature Communications. Their notable recent publications include:

  • "Morphological stability of solid-liquid interfaces under additive manufacturing conditions," 2023, Acta Materialia
  • "Vapor phase dealloying kinetics of MnZn alloys," 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "Microstructural Pattern Formation during Far-from-Equilibrium Alloy Solidification," 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • "Growth competition between columnar dendritic grains - The role of microstructural length scales," 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "Topological control of liquid-metal-dealloyed structures," 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kaihua Ji
  • Ataollah Mesgarnejad
  • F.L. Mota
  • N. Bergeon
  • Mingwang Zhong

Alain Karma was recognized in 2007 as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for innovative contributions related to nonequilibrium spatially-extended processes. The citation highlights work on the phase-field method for solidification and the role of restitution in the excitable dynamics of cardiac tissue.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of nanoporosity in dealloying

    Jonah Erlebacher;Jonah Erlebacher;Michael J. Aziz;Alain Karma;Nikolay Dimitrov

  • Phase-Field Simulation of Solidification

    W. J. Boettinger;J. A. Warren;C. Beckermann;A. Karma

  • Quantitative phase-field modeling of dendritic growth in two and three dimensions

    Alain Karma;Wouter-Jan Rappel

  • Vortex dynamics in three-dimensional continuous myocardium with fiber rotation: Filament instability and fibrillation.

    Flavio Fenton;Alain Karma

  • Phase-field method for computationally efficient modeling of solidification with arbitrary interface kinetics

    Alain Karma;Wouter-Jan Rappel

  • Phase-field formulation for quantitative modeling of alloy solidification.

    Alain Karma

  • Quantitative phase-field model of alloy solidification.

    Blas Echebarria;Roger Folch;Alain Karma;Mathis Plapp

  • Solidification microstructures and solid-state parallels: Recent developments, future directions

    M. Asta;C. Beckermann;A. Karma;W. Kurz

  • Regular Article: Modeling Melt Convection in Phase-Field Simulations of Solidification

    C Beckermann;H.-J Diepers;I Steinbach;A Karma

  • Phase-field model of mode III dynamic fracture

    Alain Karma;David A. Kessler;Herbert Levine

  • Solidification microstructures: recent developments, future directions

    William J. Boettinger;Sam R. Coriell;A L. Greer;A N. Karma

  • Electrical alternans and spiral wave breakup in cardiac tissue.

    Alain Karma

  • Method for Computing the Anisotropy of the Solid-Liquid Interfacial Free Energy

    J. J. Hoyt;Mark Asta;Alain Karma

  • Orientation selection in dendritic evolution

    Tomorr Haxhimali;Alain Karma;Frédéric Gonzales;Michel Rappaz

  • A Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential Model Replicating Cardiac Dynamics at Rapid Heart Rates

    Aman Mahajan;Yohannes Shiferaw;Daisuke Sato;Ali Baher

  • Atomistic and continuum modeling of dendritic solidification

    J.J. Hoyt;Mark Asta;Alain Karma

  • Crystal-melt interfacial free energies in hcp metals: A molecular dynamics study of Mg

    D. Y. Sun;M. I. Mendelev;C. A. Becker;K. Kudin

  • Laws of crack motion and phase-field models of fracture

    Vincent Hakim;Alain Karma

  • Mechanisms for discordant alternans.

    Mari A. Watanabe M.D.;Flavio H. Fenton;Steven J. Evans;Harold M. Hastings

  • The Dynamics of Cardiac Fibrillation

    James N. Weiss;Zhilin Qu;Peng Sheng Chen;Shien Fong Lin

  • Physical mechanism of grain refinement in solidification of undercooled melts.

    M. Schwarz;A. Karma;K. Eckler;D. M. Herlach

  • Phase-field simulations of dendritic crystal growth in a forced flow.

    X. Tong;C. Beckermann;A. Karma;Q. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Asta
Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley
James N. Weiss
James N. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Christoph Beckermann
Christoph Beckermann University of Iowa
Jeffrey J. Hoyt
Jeffrey J. Hoyt McMaster University
Zhilin Qu
Zhilin Qu University of California, Los Angeles
Gideon Koren
Gideon Koren Brown University
Jean-Baptiste Leblond
Jean-Baptiste Leblond Université Paris Cité
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles
Jonah Erlebacher
Jonah Erlebacher Johns Hopkins University
William J. Boettinger
William J. Boettinger National Institute of Standards and Technology

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