Nature Inspired Fluids & Elasticity lab
2025
21. Interfacial Mechanisms in the Freezing of Polymer Solutions, N. Ulrich and JF. Louf. Under review
20. Plant-Inspired Poroelastic Skins for Low-Cost Tactile Sensing in Soft Robotics, T.A. Ovee*, E.A. Arnob*, and JF. Louf. Under review
19. Hydrogel Coatings Modulate Germination via Mechanical Confinement and Gas Exchange, T.M. Phillips, J. Green, A. Sanz Saez, and JF. Louf. Under review
18. Efficiency-Driven Neural Network for Shape Completion in Image Processing, T.A. Ovee*, E.A. Arnob*, and JF. Louf. Under review
17. Humidity-driven shape morphing enhances fog harvesting in porous cactus spines, J.C. Huss, F. Box, M.A. Grömmer, S.J. Antreich, T.A. Ovee, J. Schönenberger, D.G. Williams, N. Gierlinger*, JF. Louf*, K.R. Hultine*. Under review
16. Confinement and Hydraulic Resistance Separately Govern Motility and Path Selection in Physarum polycephalum, S.P. Kharal, Md. Mohibullah, T. McDermott, C.J. Easley, and JF. Louf. Under review
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​2024
15. Obstructed swelling and fracture of hydrogels, A. Plummes*, C. Adkins*, JF. Louf, A. Kosmrlj, and S.S. Datta. Soft Matter
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2023
14. Unidirectional freezing of polymer solution droplets, S.P. Kharal and JF. Louf. Langmuir
13. Effect of confinement on the mechanics of a swelling hydrogel bead, J. Chatainya, M. Giso, JF. Louf, S.S. Datta, and T.J. Atherton. Soft Matter
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2022​
12. Poroelastic plant-inspired structures & materials to sense, regulate flow, and move, JF. Louf and S.M. Alexander. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
11. Microbial narrow-escape is facilitated by wall interactions, M. Souzy*, A. Allard*, JF. Louf, M. Contino, I. Tuval, and M. Polin. Physical Review Research
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Before joining Auburn University
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2021​
​10. Poroelastic shape relaxation of hydrogel particles, JF. Louf and S.S. Datta. Soft Matter
9. Under pressure: Hydrogel swelling in a granular medium, JF. Louf, N.B. Lu, M.G. O’Connell, H.J. Cho, and S.S. Datta. Science Advances, press release
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2020​​
8. Elasto-capillary network model of inhalation, JF. Louf*, F. Kratz*, and S.S. Datta. Physical Review Research
7. Bending and Stretching of Soft Pores Enable Passive Control of Fluid Flow, JF. Louf, J. Knoblauch, and K.H. Jensen. Physical Review Letters
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2019​
6. Drying of channels by evaporation through a permeable medium, B. Dollet, JF. Louf, M. Alonzo, K.H. Jensen, and P. Marmottant. JRS. Interface
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2018​
5. How wind drives the correlation between leaf shape and mechanical properties, JF. Louf, L. Nelson, H. Kang, P. Ntoh Song, T. Zenhbauer and S. Jung. Scientific Reports
4. Imbibition in plant seeds, JF. Louf*, Y. Zheng*, A. Kumar, T. Bohr, C. Gundlach, J. Harholt, H.F. Poulsen, and K.H. Jensen. Physical Review E
3. Ripple dynamics of water entry after pinch off, JF. Louf, A. Mituniewicz, B. Chang, J. Eshraghi, P. Vlachos and S. Jung. Journal of Fluids Mechanics
2. Hovering Microswimmers Exhibit Ultra-Fast Motion to Navigate under Acoustic Forces, JF. Louf, N. Bertin, B. Dollet, O. Stephan and P. Marmottant. Advanced Materials Interfaces
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2017
1. Universal poroelastic mechanism for hydraulic signals in biomimetic and natural branches, JF. Louf, G. Guéna, É. Badel and Y. Forterre. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, press release