Dr Dominic Vella
Dr Dominic VellaBA, MMath, PhD (Cantab)
eMail:
Dominic [dot] Vella [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525 Office: RI.2.15b Departmental Address:
Mathematical Institute |
Research Interests:
Surface tension, adhesion and the interaction with elasticity (Elasto-capillarity) Mechanics of wrinkling (of thin elastic sheets) Prizes, Awards and Scholarships:
Leverhulme Research Fellowship (April 2013 – March 2015) Major/Recent Publications:
The most reliable source of information on my publications is my ResearcherID Profile. Otherwise, some recent papers are: D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud Indentation of ellipsoidal and cylindrical elastic shells, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 144302 (2012). T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella, The sensitivity of Graphene `Snap-through' to substrate geometry, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 233111 (2012). D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud, The indentation of pressurized elastic shells: From polymeric capsules to yeast cells, J. R. Soc. Interface 9 448 (2012). B. Davidovitch, R. D. Schroll, D. Vella, M. Adda-Bedia and E. Cerda, Prototypical model for tensional wrinkling in thin sheets, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 18227 (2011). D. Vella, A. Ajdari, A. Vaziri and A. Boudaoud, Wrinkling of pressurized elastic shells, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 174301 (2011). T. J. W. Wagner and D. Vella, Floating carpets and the delamination of elastic sheets, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 044301 (2011). D. Vella, M. Adda-Bedia and E. Cerda, Capillary wrinkling of elastic membranes, Soft Matter 6, 5778 (2010). D. Vella and J. Li, The impulsive motion of a small cylinder at an interface, Phys. Fluids 22, 052104 (2010). D. Vella, A. Boudaoud and M. Adda-Bedia, Statics and Inertial Dynamics of a Ruck in a Rug, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 174301 (2009). D. Vella, J. Bico, A. Boudaoud, B. Roman and P. M. Reis, The Macroscopic Delamination of Thin Films from Elastic Substrates, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 10901 (2009). P. Cicuta and D. Vella, Granular Character of Particle Rafts, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 138302 (2009) |
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