Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
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| A. U. Oza, J.-W. Barotta, E. Silver, and D. M. Harris. Vertical motion of a periodically driven floating disc. Submitted. arXiv:2605.21940. Interfacial Fluid Mechanics |
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| M. E. Federle, J.-W. Barotta, A. Trevino, and R. Zenit. Blending fluid mechanics and art, part III: fluids art installation. The Physics Teacher. In press. Physics Pedagogy |
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| J.-W. Barotta, A. Trevino, M. E. Federle, and R. Zenit. Blending fluid mechanics and art, part II: flow visualization. The Physics Teacher. In press. Physics Pedagogy |
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| J.-W. Barotta†, C. M. Barotta, E. Silver, and D. M. Harris. Macroscopic Brownian motion on a chaotic fluid interface. American Journal of Physics. 2026; 94(7) : 570–574. Full Text. Preprint. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven MatterPhysics Pedagogy |
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| A. Trevino, M. E. Federle, J.-W. Barotta, and R. Zenit. Blending fluid mechanics and art, part I: making a splash with high-speed photography. The Physics Teacher. 2026; 64(5) : 348–352. Full Text. Selected as Cover of the May 2026 issue. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsPhysics Pedagogy |
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| S. J. Thomson, J.-W. Barotta, and D. M. Harris. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in driven macroscopic self-assembly. Physical Review Research (Letter). 2026; 8 : L022021. Full Text. Preprint. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven MatterPhysics Pedagogy |
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| C. M. Barotta and J.-W. Barotta. The physics of cranberry bogs. American Journal of Physics. 2026; 94(4) : 283–290. Full Text. Selected as Editor's Pick and as Cover of the April 2026 issue. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsPhysics Pedagogy |
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| D. M. Harris and J.-W. Barotta. Propulsion and interaction of wave-propelled interfacial particles. Physical Review Fluids. 2025; 10(10) : 100503. Full Text. Preprint. Invited paper, 2025 Invited Papers Collection. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven MatterPhysics Pedagogy |
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| C. T. Gabbard, E. A. Agüero, R. Cimpeanu, K. Kuehr*, E. Silver, J.-W. Barotta, C. A. Galeano-Rios, and D. M. Harris. Drop rebound at low Weber number. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2025; 1019 : A25. Full Text. Preprint. Interfacial Fluid Mechanics |
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| J.-W. Barotta†, G. Pucci, E. Silver, A. Hooshanginejad, and D. M. Harris. Synchronization of wave-propelled capillary spinners. Physical Review E. 2025; 111(3) : 035105. Full Text. Preprint. Select press: FYFD. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven Matter |
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| N. Sungar, J. Sharpe, L. Ijzerman, and J.-W. Barotta†. Synchronization and self-assembly of free capillary spinners. Physical Review E. 2025; 111(3) : 035104. Full Text. Preprint. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven Matter |
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| A. Hooshanginejad, J.-W. Barotta, V. Spradlin*, R. Hunt, G. Pucci, and D. M. Harris. Interactions and pattern formation in a macroscopic magnetocapillary SALR system of mermaid cereal. Nature Communications. 2024; 15 : 5466. Full Text. Preprint. Selected as Editors' Highlight. Affiliated video Mermaid Cereal was a Video Winner of the 2023 Gallery of Soft Matter. Select press: APS, Ars Technica, FYFD, Brown. Interfacial Fluid Mechanics |
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| M. Ranganathan, J.-W. Barotta, C. Meyer, and B. Minchew. Meltwater generation in ice stream shear margins: case study in Antarctic ice streams. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 2023; 479 : 20220473. Full Text. |
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| J.-W. Barotta, S. J. Thomson, L. F. L. Alventosa, M. Lewis, and D. M. Harris. Bidirectional wave-propelled capillary spinners. Communications Physics. 2023; 6 : 87. Full Text. Preprint. Selected as Cover of Communications Physics. Select press: New Scientist. Interfacial Fluid MechanicsActive and Driven Matter |
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| C. T.-C. Wan, D. Lopez Barreiro, A. Forner-Cuenca, J.-W. Barotta, M. J. Hawker, G. Han, H.-C. Loh, A. Masic, D. L. Kaplan, Y.-M. Chiang, F. R. Brushett, F. J. Martin-Martinez, and M. J. Buehler. Exploration of biomass-derived activated carbons for use in vanadium redox flow batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2020; 8(25) : 9472–9482. Full Text. Select press: Phys.org. |
Other Writing
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| J.-W. Barotta. Self-propulsion and collective motion of particles at a vibrating fluid interface. Ph.D. thesis, Brown University, 2026. Advisor: D. M. Harris. Full Text. |
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| S. S. Datta, E. Tang, L. Hsiao, J.-W. Barotta, M. Baker, I. Eisenmann, J. Hwang, M. L'Estimé, I. Levin, and D. Meer. Editorial: fourth annual APS DSOFT Gallery of Soft Matter. Physical Review E. 2025; 112(6) : 060001. Full Text. |