Prof. Rafael Tadmor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Email:[email protected]

Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science

1991 M.S., Israel Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

1987 B.S., Israel Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Stern, Y., Multanen, V., Tadmor, R., et al. (2026). Self-lubricated spreading of nonpolar, surfactant-laden droplets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1032, A63.
2. Stern, Y., Frog, I., Multanen, V., et al. (2025). Probabilistic droplet bouncing. Physics of Fluids, 37(12).
3. Miron, A., Tadmor, R., Multanen, V., et al. (2025). Friction of granular systems: the role of solid–liquid interaction. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 34051.
4. Butt, H. J., Berger, R., De Coninck, J., et al. (2025). Drop friction. Nature Reviews Physics, 7(8), 425-438.
5. Stern, Y., Tadmor, R., Miron, A., et al. (2025). Furmidge equation revisited. Langmuir, 41(18), 11785.
6. Haikin, N., Multanen, V., Lerman, S., et al. (2025). Increasing particle-size by air-flow modification–An experimental study. Separation and Purification Technology, 354, 129441.
7. Miron, A., Tadmor, R., Multanen, V., et al. (2025). Da Vinci’s friction for granular media. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 791.
8. Vinod, A., Barak, Y., Schmid, S. Y., et al. (2024). Measuring surface energy of solid surfaces using centrifugal adhesion balance. Physical Review E, 110(1), 014801.
9. Stern, Y., Tadmor, R., & Multanen, V. (2023). Drops spreading and retracting and forming a rim. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
10. Vinod, A., Tadmor, R., Katoshevski, D., et al. (2023). Gels that serve as mucus simulants: A review. Gels, 9(7), 555.
11. Patel, D., Bhimavarapu, Y. V. R., Jena, A. K., et al. (2023). Non-invasive rust detection of steel plates determined through interfacial modulus. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 5, 1150776.
12. Lavi, A., Pyrikov, M., Ohayon-Lavi, A., et al. (2023). Total exfoliation of graphite in molten salts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(3), 2618-2628.
13. Miron, A., Tadmor, R., & Pinkert, S. (2023). Decoupling the mechanical role of pore liquids in soils to liquid viscous effect and solid–liquid adhesion effect. Acta Geotechnica, 18(1), 95-104.
14. Stern, Y., Tadmor, R., Multanen, V., et al. (2022). A first order-based model for the kinetics of formation of Pickering emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628, 409-416.
15. Vinod, A., Reddy Bhimavarapu, Y. V., Hananovitz, M., et al. (2022). Mucus-inspired tribology, a sticky yet flowing hydrogel. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(11), 8527-8535.
16. Jena, A. K., Bhimavarapu, Y. V. R., Tang, S., et al. (2022). Stages that lead to drop depinning and onset of motion. Langmuir, 38(1), 92-99.
17. Tadmor, R. (2021). Open problems in wetting phenomena: pinning retention forces. Langmuir, 37(21), 6357-6372.
18. Tadmor, R., Multanen, V., Stern, Y., et al. (2021). Drops retracting while forming a rim. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 581, 496-503.
19. Tang, S., Yao, C. W., Tadmor, R., et al. (2020). Lateral retention of water droplets on solid surfaces without gravitational effect. MRS Communications, 10(3), 449-454.
20. Tadmor, R., Baksi, A., Gulec, S., et al. (2020). Defying gravity: Drops that climb up a vertical wall of their own accord. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 562, 608-613.
21. Yao, C. W., Tang, S., Sebastian, D., et al. (2020). Sliding of water droplets on micropillar-structured superhydrophobic surfaces. Applied Surface Science, 504, 144493.
22. Tadmor, R., Tang, S., Yao, C. W., et al. (2020). Comment on “comparison of the lateral retention forces on sessile, pendant, and inverted sessile drops”. Langmuir, 36(1), 475-476.
23. Vinod, A., Bhimavarapu, Y. V. R., Tadmor, R., et al. (2019). Tribology of PVA Borax Gel on Silanized Silica. 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting.
24. Zuo, P., Ji, J., Tadmor, R., et al. (2019). Wrinkling number and force of a particle raft in compression. The European Physical Journal E, 42(11), 147.
25. Tadmor, R., Baksi, A., Gulec, S., et al. (2019). Drops that change their mind: spontaneous reversal from spreading to retraction. Langmuir, 35(48), 15734-15738.

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