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Publications: PROF Yi Sui

Lu R, Li J, Guo Z, Wang Z, Feng JJ, Sui Y ( 2025 ) . Transient flow-induced deformation of cancer cells in microchannels: a general computational model and experiments . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology vol. 24 , ( 2 ) 489 - 506 .
Jing D, Lu R, Farutin A, Guo Z, Wang F, Wang W, Misbah C, Sui Y ( 2024 ) . Droplets can enhance microcapsule deformation in channel flow . Communications Physics vol. 7 , ( 1 ) Article 310 ,
Lu R, Yu P, Sui Y ( 2024 ) . A computational study of cell membrane damage and intracellular delivery in a cross-slot microchannel . Soft Matter vol. 20 , ( 20 ) 4057 - 4071 .
Wang J-X, Zhang F-Y, Li S-Y, Cheng Y-P, Yan W-C, Wang F, Xu J-L, Sui Y ( 2023 ) . Numerical Studies on the Controlled Thermocapillary Migration of a Sessile Droplet . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research vol. 62 , ( 44 ) 18792 - 18799 .
Naz N, Sui Y ( 2023 ) . A three-dimensional level set method for droplet sorting using a non-uniform electric field . Physics of Fluids vol. 35 , ( 8 ) Article 082103 ,
Chen S, Cheng Y, Zhao Z, Zhang K, Hao T, Sui Y, Wang W, Zhao J et al. ( 2023 ) . Core–Shell-Structured Electrorheological Fluid with a Polarizability-Tunable Nanocarbon Shell for Enhanced Stimuli-Responsive Activity . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces vol. 15 , ( 29 ) 35741 - 35749 .
Lu RX, Guo ZY, Yu P, Sui Y ( 2023 ) . Transient deformation of a viscoelastic capsule in a cross-slot microchannel: effects of inertia and membrane viscosity . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 962 , Article A26 ,
Guo Z, Lin T, Jing D, Wang W, Sui Y ( 2023 ) . A method for real-time mechanical characterisation of microcapsules . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology vol. 22 , ( 4 ) 1209 - 1220 .
Wang Z, Lu R, Wang W, Tian FB, Feng JJ, Sui Y ( 2023 ) . A computational model for the transit of a cancer cell through a constricted microchannel . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology vol. 22 , ( 4 ) 1129 - 1143 .
Sun C, Dong Y, Wei J, Cai M, Liang D, Fu Y, Zhou Y, Sui Y et al. ( 2022 ) . Acoustically accelerated neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells . Acta Biomaterialia vol. 151 , 333 - 345 .
Shen Y, Kang F, Cheng Y, Zhang K, Sui Y ( 2022 ) . Numerical and theoretical analysis of fast evaporating sessile droplets with coupled fields . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 172 , Article 107284 , 107284 - 107284 .
T. Lin TL, Z. Wang ZW, R. X. Lu RXL, W. Wang WW, Y. Sui YS ( 2022 ) . Characterising Mechanical Properties of Flowing Microcapsules Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network . Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics vol. 14 , ( 1 ) 79 - 100 .
Cheng Y, Li E, Wang J, Yu P, Sui Y ( 2021 ) . Rapid droplet spreading on a hot substrate . Physics of Fluids vol. 33 , ( 9 ) Article 092103 ,
Lu RX, Wang Z, Salsac A-V, Barthès-Biesel D, Wang W, Sui Y ( 2021 ) . Path selection of a train of spherical capsules in a branched microchannel . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 923 , Article A11 ,
Song J, Liu F, Sui Y, Jing D ( 2021 ) . Numerical studies on the hydraulic and thermal performances of trapezoidal microchannel heat sink . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 161 , Article 106755 , 106755 - 106755 .
Lin T, Wang Z, Lu R, Wang W, Sui Y ( 2021 ) . A high-throughput method to characterize membrane viscosity of flowing microcapsules . Physics of Fluids vol. 33 , ( 1 ) Article 011906 ,
Lin T, Wang Z, Wang W, Sui Y ( 2021 ) . A neural network-based algorithm for high-throughput characterisation of viscoelastic properties of flowing microcapsules . Soft Matter vol. 17 , ( 15 ) 4027 - 4039 .
Ma J, Wang Z, Young J, Lai JCS, Sui Y, Tian F-B ( 2020 ) . An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interaction problems involving viscoelastic fluids and complex geometries . Journal of Computational Physics vol. 415 , Article 109487 , 109487 - 109487 .
Cheng Y, Shen Y, Liu D, Xu J, Sui Y ( 2020 ) . Numerical analysis of bubble bursting at the liquid surface by wave propagation . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 152 , Article 106341 , 106341 - 106341 .
Shen Y, Cheng Y, Xu J, Zhang K, Sui Y ( 2020 ) . Theoretical Analysis of a Sessile Evaporating Droplet on a Curved Substrate with an Interfacial Cooling Effect . Langmuir vol. 36 , ( 20 ) 5618 - 5625 .
JING D, SONG J, SUI YI ( 2020 ) . HYDRAULIC AND THERMAL PERFORMANCES OF LAMINAR FLOW IN FRACTAL TREELIKE BRANCHING MICROCHANNEL NETWORK WITH WALL VELOCITY SLIP . Fractals vol. 28 , ( 02 ) 2050022 - 2050022 .
Raman KA, Birgersson E, Sui Y, Fisher A ( 2020 ) . Electrically induced droplet ejection dynamics under shear flow . Physics of Fluids vol. 32 , ( 3 ) Article 032103 ,
Ma Y, Cheng Y, Shen Y, Xu J, Sui Y ( 2020 ) . Manipulation of bubble migration through thermal capillary effect under variable buoyancy . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 149 , Article 106199 , 106199 - 106199 .
Chen C, Jiang X, Sui Y ( 2019 ) . Prediction of transport properties of fuels in supercritical conditions by molecular dynamics simulation . Energy Procedia . vol. 158 , 1700 - 1705 .
Wang Z, Sui Y, Wang W, Barthѐs-Biesel D, Salsac A-V ( 2019 ) . Path Selection of a Spherical Capsule in a Branched Channel . Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics vol. 16 , ( S2 ) 42 - 43 .
Wang F, Contò FP, Naz N, Castrejón-Pita JR, Castrejón-Pita AA, Bailey CG, Wang W, Feng JJ et al. ( 2018 ) . A fate-alternating transitional regime in contracting liquid filaments . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 860 , 640 - 653 .
Zhang B, Liu D, Cheng Y, Xu J, Sui Y ( 2018 ) . Numerical investigation on spontaneous droplet/bubble migration under thermal radiation . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 129 , 115 - 123 .
Wang Z, Sui Y, Salsac A-V, Barthès-Biesel D, Wang W ( 2018 ) . Path selection of a spherical capsule in a microfluidic branched channel: towards the design of an enrichment device . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 849 , 136 - 162 .
Cheng Y, Wang F, Xu J, Liu D, Sui Y ( 2018 ) . Numerical investigation of droplet spreading and heat transfer on hot substrates . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 121 , 402 - 411 .
Xu Y-Q, Jiang Y-Q, Wu J, Sui Y, Tian F-B ( 2017 ) . Benchmark numerical solutions for two-dimensional fluid–structure interaction involving large displacements with the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time and immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann methods . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science vol. 232 , ( 14 ) 2500 - 2514 .
Yuan Q, Yang J, Sui Y, Zhao Y-P ( 2017 ) . Dynamics of Dissolutive Wetting: A Molecular Dynamics Study . Langmuir vol. 33 , ( 26 ) 6464 - 6470 .
Wang Z, Sui Y, Salsac A-V, Barthès-Biesel D, Wang W ( 2016 ) . Motion of a spherical capsule in branched tube flow with finite inertia . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 806 , 603 - 626 .
Raman KA, Jaiman RK, Sui Y, Lee T-S, Low H-T ( 2016 ) . Rebound suppression of a droplet impacting on an oscillating horizontal surface . Physical Review E vol. 94 , ( 2 ) Article 023108 ,
Ye H, Huang H, Sui Y, Lu X-Y ( 2016 ) . Dynamics of a nonspherical capsule in general flow . Computers & Fluids vol. 134-135 , 31 - 40 .
Cheng Y, Xu J, Sui Y ( 2016 ) . Numerical investigation of coalescence-induced droplet jumping on superhydrophobic surfaces for efficient dropwise condensation heat transfer . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 95 , 506 - 516 .
Tian F-B, Sui Y, Zhu L, Shu C, Sung HJ ( 2016 ) . Computational Methods and Models in Circulatory and Reproductive Systems . Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine vol. 2016 , 1 - 2 .
Tian F-B, Wang W, Wu J, Sui Y ( 2016 ) . Swimming performance and vorticity structures of a mother–calf pair of fish . Computers & Fluids vol. 124 , 1 - 11 .
Wang Q, Liu W, Zhang AM, Sui Y ( 2015 ) . Bubble dynamics in a compressible liquid in contact with a rigid boundary . Interface Focus vol. 5 , ( 5 ) 20150048 - 20150048 .
Cheng Y, Xu J, Sui Y ( 2015 ) . Numerical study on drag reduction and heat transfer enhancement in microchannels with superhydrophobic surfaces for electronic cooling . Applied Thermal Engineering vol. 88 , 71 - 81 .
Sui Y, Spelt PDM ( 2015 ) . Non-isothermal droplet spreading/dewetting and its reversal . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 776 , 74 - 95 .
Sui Y ( 2014 ) . Moving towards the cold region or the hot region? Thermocapillary migration of a droplet attached on a horizontal substrate . Physics of Fluids vol. 26 , ( 9 ) Article 092102 ,
Sui Y, Ding H, Spelt PDM ( 2014 ) . Numerical Simulations of Flows with Moving Contact Lines . Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics vol. 46 , ( 1 ) 97 - 119 .
Wang Z, Sui Y, Spelt PDM, Wang W ( 2013 ) . Three-dimensional dynamics of oblate and prolate capsules in shear flow . Physical Review E vol. 88 , ( 5 ) Article 053021 ,
Sui Y, Maglio M, Spelt PDM, Legendre D, Ding H ( 2013 ) . Inertial coalescence of droplets on a partially wetting substrate . Physics of Fluids vol. 25 , ( 10 ) Article 101701 ,
Sui Y, Spelt PDM ( 2013 ) . Validation and modification of asymptotic analysis of slow and rapid droplet spreading by numerical simulation . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 715 , 283 - 313 .
Sui Y, Spelt PDM ( 2013 ) . An efficient computational model for macroscale simulations of moving contact lines . J. Comput. Phys. vol. 242 , 37 - 52 .
Low H-T, Ju M, Sui Y, Nazir T, Namgung B, Kim S ( 2013 ) . Numerical Simulations of Deformation and Aggregation of Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow . Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering vol. 41 , ( 4-5 ) 425 - 434 .
Ding H, Li EQ, Zhang FH, Sui Y, Spelt PDM, Thoroddsen ST ( 2012 ) . Propagation of capillary waves and ejection of small droplets in rapid droplet spreading . Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol. 697 , 92 - 114 .
Sui Y, Teo CJ, Lee PS ( 2012 ) . Direct numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in periodic wavy channels with rectangular cross-sections . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 55 , ( 1-3 ) 73 - 88 .
Sui Y, Spelt PDM ( 2011 ) . Sustained inertial-capillary oscillations and jet formation in displacement flow in a tube . Physics of Fluids vol. 23 , ( 12 ) Article 122104 ,
Sui Y, Lee PS, Teo CJ ( 2011 ) . An experimental study of flow friction and heat transfer in wavy microchannels with rectangular cross section . International Journal of Thermal Sciences vol. 50 , ( 12 ) 2473 - 2482 .
SUI Y, CHEW YT, LOW HT ( 2011 ) . A LATTICE BOLTZMANN STUDY ON THE LARGE DEFORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN SHEAR FLOW . International Journal of Modern Physics C vol. 18 , ( 06 ) 993 - 1011 .
SUI Y, CHEW YT, ROY P, LOW HT ( 2011 ) . EFFECT OF MEMBRANE BENDING STIFFNESS ON THE DEFORMATION OF ELASTIC CAPSULES IN EXTENSIONAL FLOW: A LATTICE BOLTZMANN STUDY . International Journal of Modern Physics C vol. 18 , ( 08 ) 1277 - 1291 .
LOW HT, SUI Y, CHEW YT, ROY P ( 2011 ) . THE TRANSIENT DEFORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN SHEAR FLOW . Modern Physics Letters B vol. 23 , ( 03 ) 545 - 548 .
Cheng YP, Lee TS, Sui Y, Wang LP ( 2011 ) . Numerical simulation of 2D lid-driven cavity flow with CLEARER algorithm on extremely highly skewed grids at high Reynolds numbers . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids vol. 65 , ( 10 ) 1201 - 1216 .
Chen XB, Sui Y, Cheng YP, Lee HP, Yu P, Winoto SH, Low HT ( 2010 ) . Mass transport in a microchannel enzyme reactor with a porous wall: Hydrodynamic modeling and applications . Biochemical Engineering Journal vol. 52 , ( 2-3 ) 227 - 235 .
Sui Y, Teo CJ, Lee PS, Chew YT, Shu C ( 2010 ) . Fluid flow and heat transfer in wavy microchannels . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer vol. 53 , ( 13-14 ) 2760 - 2772 .
Chen XB, Sui Y, Lee HP, Bai HX, Yu P, Winoto SH, Low HT ( 2010 ) . Mass Transport in a Microchannel Bioreactor With a Porous Wall . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering vol. 132 , ( 6 ) Article 061001 ,
Sui Y, Low HT, Chew YT, Roy P ( 2010 ) . A front-tracking lattice Boltzmann method to study flow-induced deformation of three-dimensional capsules . Computers & Fluids vol. 39 , ( 3 ) 499 - 511 .
Sui Y, Chen XB, Chew YT, Roy P, Low HT ( 2010 ) . Numerical simulation of capsule deformation in simple shear flow . Computers & Fluids vol. 39 , ( 2 ) 242 - 250 .
Sui Y, Chew YT, Roy P, Low HT ( 2009 ) . Inertia effect on the transient deformation of elastic capsules in simple shear flow . Computers & Fluids vol. 38 , ( 1 ) 49 - 59 .
Sui Y, Chew YT, Roy P, Cheng YP, Low HT ( 2008 ) . Dynamic motion of red blood cells in simple shear flow . Physics of Fluids vol. 20 , ( 11 ) Article 112106 ,
Chen XB, Yu P, Sui Y, Winoto SH, Low HT ( 2008 ) . Natural Convection in a Cavity Filled with Porous Layers on the Top and Bottom Walls . Transport in Porous Media vol. 78 , ( 2 ) 259 - 276 .
Cheng YP, Lee TS, Low HT, Sui Y ( 2008 ) . Implementation of CLEARER Algorithm on Three-Dimensional Nonorthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates and its Application . Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals vol. 54 , ( 1 ) 62 - 83 .
Sui Y, Chew Y-T, Roy P, Low H-T ( 2008 ) . A hybrid method to study flow-induced deformation of three-dimensional capsules . J. Comput. Phys. vol. 227 , Article 12 , 6351 - 6371 .
Sui Y, Low HT, Chew YT, Roy P ( 2008 ) . Tank-treading, swinging, and tumbling of liquid-filled elastic capsules in shear flow . PHYSICAL REVIEW E vol. 77 , ( 1 ) Article ARTN 016310 ,
Sui Y, Chew YT, Roy P, Chen XB, Low HT ( 2007 ) . Transient deformation of elastic capsules in shear flow: Effect of membrane bending stiffness . PHYSICAL REVIEW E vol. 75 , ( 6 ) Article ARTN 066301 ,
Sui Y, Chew Y, Roy P, Low H ( 2006 ) . A hybrid immersed‐boundary and multi‐block lattice Boltzmann method for simulating fluid and moving‐boundaries interactions . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids vol. 53 , ( 11 ) 1727 - 1754 .