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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the seminal developments of micron resolution particle image velocimetry and freesurface microfluidics for surface enhanced Raman scattering technology, and for providing deeper understanding of the flow of fluids over surfaces in the extremes of microscopic slip and high Reynolds number turbulence

Overview

Carl D. Meinhart is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research covers a range of topics primarily within engineering and its subfields.

The main field of study for Meinhart is Engineering, with specific focus areas including Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

The research topics they frequently address include:

  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Meinhart has multiple collaborations with frequent co-authors such as Amir Tahmasebipour, Matthew R. Begley, Michael Bryan, Natalya Tokranova, and Brian Piorek.

Their publications appear in various venues, including:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Lab on a Chip
  • The Analyst
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Sensors

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meinhart include:

  • "Disposable photonics for cost-effective clinical bioassays: application to COVID-19 antibody testing" (2021, Lab on a Chip)
  • "Detection and classification of fentanyl and its precursors by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" (2020, The Analyst)
  • "Toward optimal acoustophoretic microparticle manipulation by exploiting asymmetry" (2020, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America)
  • "Anisotropic Thermally Conductive Composites Enabled by Acoustophoresis and Stereolithography" (2022, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "Transient strain induced electronic structure modulation in a semiconducting polymer imaged by scanning ultrafast electron microscopy" (2021, arXiv [Cornell University])

In recognition of their work, Meinhart was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2011, with a citation noting contributions to developments in micron resolution particle image velocimetry, free-surface microfluidics, and surface enhanced Raman scattering technology, as well as investigations into fluid flow behaviors at microscopic scales involving slip and turbulence.

Best Publications

  • Vortex organization in the outer region of the turbulent boundary layer

    R. J. Adrian;C. D. Meinhart;C. D. Tomkins

  • A particle image velocimetry system for microfluidics

    J. G. Santiago;S. T. Wereley;C. D. Meinhart;D. J. Beebe

  • Apparent fluid slip at hydrophobic microchannel walls

    Derek C. Tretheway;Carl D. Meinhart

  • PIV measurements of a microchannel flow

    C. D. Meinhart;S. T. Wereley;J. G. Santiago

  • A PIV Algorithm for Estimating Time-Averaged Velocity Fields

    Carl D. Meinhart;Steve T. Wereley;Juan G. Santiago

  • Volume illumination for two-dimensional particle image velocimetry

    C D Meinhart;S T Wereley;M H B Gray

  • Marker-specific sorting of rare cells using dielectrophoresis

    Xiaoyuan Hu;Paul H. Bessette;Jiangrong Qian;Carl D. Meinhart

  • Recent Advances in Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry

    Steven T. Wereley;Carl D. Meinhart

  • A generating mechanism for apparent fluid slip in hydrophobic microchannels

    Derek C. Tretheway;Carl D. Meinhart

  • On the existence of uniform momentum zones in a turbulent boundary layer

    Carl D. Meinhart;Ronald J. Adrian

  • Second-order accurate particle image velocimetry

    S. T. Wereley;C. D. Meinhart

  • Particle imaging techniques for microfabricated fluidic systems

    S. Devasenathipathy;J. G. Santiago;S. T. Wereley;C. D. Meinhart

  • Dielectrophoretic separation of platelets from diluted whole blood in microfluidic channels

    Matthew S. Pommer;Yanting Zhang;Nawarathna Keerthi;Dong Chen

  • The flow structure inside a microfabricated inkjet printhead

    C.D. Meinhart;H. Zhang

  • Electrothermal stirring for heterogeneous immunoassays

    Marin Sigurdson;Dazhi Wang;Carl D. Meinhart

  • Rapid detection of drugs of abuse in saliva using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microfluidics

    Chrysafis Andreou;Mehran R. Hoonejani;Meysam R. Barmi;Martin Moskovits

  • Advanced Algorithms for Microscale Particle Image Velocimetry

    S. T. Wereley;L. Gui;C. D. Meinhart

  • Rapid identification by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of cancer cells at low concentrations flowing in a microfluidic channel.

    Alessia Pallaoro;Mehran R. Hoonejani;Gary B. Braun;Carl D. Meinhart

  • Free-surface microfluidic control of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the optimized detection of airborne molecules

    Brian D. Piorek;Seung Joon Lee;Juan G. Santiago;Martin Moskovits

  • The theory of diffraction-limited resolution in microparticle image velocimetry

    Carl D Meinhart;Steven T Wereley

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Moskovits
Martin Moskovits University of California, Santa Barbara
Igor Mezic
Igor Mezic University of California, Santa Barbara
Juan G. Santiago
Juan G. Santiago Stanford University
Steven T. Wereley
Steven T. Wereley Purdue University West Lafayette
Ronald J. Adrian
Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University
Noel C. MacDonald
Noel C. MacDonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Sanjoy Banerjee
Sanjoy Banerjee City College of New York
Todd M. Squires
Todd M. Squires University of California, Santa Barbara
Seungjoon Lee
Seungjoon Lee Seoul National University
Linda R. Petzold
Linda R. Petzold University of California, Santa Barbara

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