2026 Sandra M. Troian: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	38	7903	7621	2164	2005	194	8945

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering theoretical, experimental and molecular simulation studies of microhydrodynamic flows

Overview

Sandra M. Troian is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering, physics, and materials science, with a focus on the interface between fluid dynamics, surface interactions, and material behavior at the microscale.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

Engineering
Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science

Subfields in which they have worked encompass:

Materials Chemistry
Computational Mechanics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mechanics of Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

The main research topics explored by Sandra M. Troian cover:

Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Ion-surface interactions and analysis
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Notable recent publications include:

"Multiplicity of Inertial Self-Similar Conical Shapes in an Electrified Liquid Metal," 2021, Physical Review Applied
"Robust numerical computation of the 3D scalar potential field of the cubic Galileon gravity model at solar system scales," 2020, Physical Review D
"How caged motion in the contact layer enhances thermal tunneling across a liquid/solid interface," 2024, Physical Review Research
"Thermocapillary Patterning of Highly Uniform Microarrays by Resonant Wavelength Excitation," 2022, Physical Review Applied
"Power Laws for the Thermal Slip Length of a Liquid/Solid Interface From the Structure and Frequency Response of the Contact Zone," 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators include:

Hiroki Kaifu
Chengzhe Zhou
Nicholas White
Jeffrey B. Jewell
Curt Cutler

They have published primarily in venues such as:

Physical Review Applied
Physical Review D
Physical Review Research
arXiv (Cornell University)

Sandra M. Troian has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005 for pioneering theoretical, experimental, and molecular simulation studies of microhydrodynamic flows.

Best Publications

A general boundary condition for liquid flow at solid surfaces

Peter A. Thompson;Sandra M. Troian

1672
Citations
PRINCIPLES OF MICROFLUIDIC ACTUATION BY MODULATION OF SURFACE STRESSES

Anton A. Darhuber;Sandra M. Troian

657
Citations
Fingering instability of thin spreading films driven by temperature gradients

A. M. Cazabat;F. Heslot;S. M. Troian;P. Carles

540
Citations
Fingering Instabilities of Driven Spreading Films

S. M. Troian;E. Herbolzheimer;S. A. Safran;J. F. Joanny

448
Citations
Patterning liquid flow on the microscopic scale

Dawn E. Kataoka;Sandra M. Troian

429
Citations
Slip behavior in liquid films on surfaces of patterned wettability: Comparison between continuum and molecular dynamics simulations

Nikolai V. Priezjev;Anton A. Darhuber;Sandra M. Troian

348
Citations
Thermocapillary actuation of droplets on chemically patterned surfaces by programmable microheater arrays

A.A. Darhuber;J.P. Valentino;S.M. Troian;S. Wagner

311
Citations
Molecular Origin and Dynamic Behavior of Slip in Sheared Polymer Films

Nikolai V. Priezjev;Sandra M. Troian

251
Citations
Fingering instability in thin wetting films

S. M. Troian;X. L. Wu;S. A. Safran

250
Citations
Influence of periodic wall roughness on the slip behaviour at liquid/solid interfaces: molecular-scale simulations versus continuum predictions

Nikolai V. Priezjev;Sandra M. Troian

234
Citations
Microfluidic actuation by modulation of surface stresses

Anton A. Darhuber;Joseph P. Valentino;Jeffrey M. Davis;Sandra M. Troian

225
Citations
Capacitive sensing of droplets for microfluidic devices based on thermocapillary actuation

Jian Z. Chen;Anton A. Darhuber;Sandra M. Troian;Sigurd Wagner

213
Citations
Selective dip-coating of chemically micropatterned surfaces

Anton A. Darhuber;Sandra M. Troian;Jeffrey M. Davis;Scott M. Miller

213
Citations
Effect of contact angle hysteresis on thermocapillary droplet actuation

Jian Z. Chen;Sandra M. Troian;Anton A. Darhuber;Sigurd Wagner

204
Citations
Model for the fingering instability of spreading surfactant drops

S. M. Troian;E. Herbolzheimer;S. A. Safran

203
Citations
Mean-field theory of quasicrystalline order

N. D. Mermin;Sandra M. Troian

197
Citations
Morphology of liquid microstructures on chemically patterned surfaces

Anton A. Darhuber;Sandra M. Troian;Scott M. Miller;Sigurd Wagner

167
Citations
A Theoretical Study of Instabilities at the Advancing Front of Thermally Driven Coating Films

Dawn E. Kataoka;Sandra M. Troian

160
Citations
Thermocapillary actuation of liquid flow on chemically patterned surfaces

Anton A. Darhuber;Jeffrey M. Davis;Sandra M. Troian;Walter W. Reisner

139
Citations
The development of transient fingering patterns during the spreading of surfactant coated films

Omar K. Matar;Sandra M. Troian

137
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