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Peter J. Daivis

Peter J. Daivis

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
38
Citations
5432
World Ranking
8098
National Ranking
409

Overview

Peter J. Daivis is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has an extensive research background primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, computational mechanics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as materials chemistry.

Daivis's research topics notably include nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, electrostatics and colloid interactions, phase equilibria and thermodynamics, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, polymer crystallization and properties, polymer nanocomposites and properties, and polymer composites and self-healing.

The scientist has published research in several venues, with multiple articles appearing in The Journal of Chemical Physics and arXiv (Cornell University), as well as contributions to Molecular Simulation, Nano Letters, and Computational Materials Science.

Frequent co-authors in Daivis's work include B. D. Todd with 11 joint publications, Luca Maffioli with 5, Edward R. Smith with 5, James P. Ewen with 5, and Daniele Dini with 5 publications each.

  • Fast transport of water in carbon nanotubes: a review of current accomplishments and challenges (2020, Molecular Simulation)
  • Efficiency of Electropumping in Nanochannels (2020, Nano Letters)
  • Linear viscoelastic shear and bulk relaxation moduli in poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) using united-atom molecular dynamics (2022, Computational Materials Science)
  • Equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics methods to compute the first normal stress coefficient of a model polymer solution (2020, Physical Review Fluids)
  • Slip and stress from low shear rate nonequilibrium molecular dynamics: The transient-time correlation function technique (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)

Best Publications

  • Pressure tensor for inhomogeneous fluids

    B. D. Todd;Denis J. Evans;Peter J. Daivis

  • How fast does water flow in carbon nanotubes

    Sridhar Kannam;Billy Todd;Jesper Schmidt Hansen;Peter Daivis

  • Comparison of constant pressure and constant volume nonequilibrium simulations of sheared model decane

    Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans

  • Slip length of water on graphene: Limitations of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations

    Sridhar Kumar Kannam;B. D. Todd;J. S. Hansen;Peter J. Daivis

  • Homogeneous non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of viscous flow: techniques and applications

    B. D. Todd;Peter J. Daivis

  • Slip flow in graphene nanochannels

    Sridhar Kumar Kannam;B. D. Todd;J. S. Hansen;Peter J. Daivis

  • A simple, direct derivation and proof of the validity of the SLLOD equations of motion for generalized homogeneous flows

    Peter J. Daivis;B. D. Todd

  • NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF PLANAR ELONGATIONAL FLOW WITH SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

    B. D. Todd;Peter J. Daivis

  • Computer simulation study of the comparative rheology of branched and linear alkanes

    Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans;Gary P. Morriss

  • Prediction of fluid velocity slip at solid surfaces.

    Jesper Schmidt Hansen;Billy Todd;Peter Daivis

  • Heat flux vector in highly inhomogeneous nonequilibrium fluids

    B. D. Todd;Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans

  • A study of viscosity inhomogeneity in porous media

    E. Akhmatskaya;B. D. Todd;P. J. Daivis;D. J. Evans

  • The rheology of n alkanes: Decane and eicosane

    Gary P. Morriss;Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans

  • Thermostats for molecular fluids undergoing shear flow: Application to liquid chlorine

    Karl P. Travis;Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans

  • Nonlinear shear and elongational rheology of model polymer melts by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics

    Peter J. Daivis;Matthew L. Matin;Billy D. Todd

  • Isothermal shear-induced heat flow

    András Baranyai;Denis J. Evans;Peter J. Daivis

  • Computer simulation algorithms for molecules undergoing planar Couette flow: A nonequilibrium molecular dynamics study

    Karl P. Travis;Peter J. Daivis;Denis J. Evans

  • Nonlocal shear stress for homogeneous fluids.

    B. D. Todd;Jesper S. Hansen;Peter J. Daivis

  • Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics

    Billy D Todd;Peter J Daivis

  • A new algorithm for unrestricted duration nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of planar elongational flow

    B.D. Todd;Peter J. Daivis

  • Molecular-dynamics simulation of model polymer nanocomposite rheology and comparison with experiment.

    Tanya Kairn;Peter J. Daivis;Ivan Ivanov;Sati N. Bhattacharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis J. Evans
Denis J. Evans Australian National University
Ian K. Snook
Ian K. Snook RMIT University
Henrik Bruus
Henrik Bruus Technical University of Denmark
David Jou
David Jou Autonomous University of Barcelona
Robert A. Shanks
Robert A. Shanks RMIT University
Keith E. Gubbins
Keith E. Gubbins North Carolina State University

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