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Demirkır, Ç., Yang, R., Bashkatov, A., Sanjay, V., Lohse, D., & Krug, D. To jump or not to jump: Adhesion and viscous dissipation dictate the detachment of coalescing wall-attached bubbles. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2025).
BubblesCoalescence

Dixit, A. K., Oratis, A., Zinelis, K., Lohse, D., & Sanjay, V. Viscoelastic Worthington jets & droplets produced by bursting bubbles. Received positive reviews in J. Fluid Mech. (2025).
BubblesNon-NewtonianJetsSoft-matter-singularitiesDrops

Sanjay, V., & Lohse, D. Unifying theory of scaling in drop impact: Forces & maximum spreading diameter. Received positive reviews in Phys. Rev. Lett. (2025).
DropsDissipative anamolySuperamphiphobic-surfacesImpact forces


Bashkatov, A., Bürkle, F., Demirkır, Ç., Ding, W., Sanjay, V., Babich, A., Yang, X., Mutschke, G., Czarske, J., Lohse, D., et al. Electrolyte spraying within H₂ bubbles during water electrolysis. Received positive reviews in Nat. Commun. (2025).
BubblesJetsCoalescenceSoft-matter-singularitiesDrops

2025
[14] Sanjay, V., Zhang, B., Lv, C., & Lohse, D. The role of viscosity on drop impact forces on non-wetting surfaces. J. Fluid Mech., 1004, A6 (2025).
DropsImpact forcesFeatured

[13] Kayal, L., Sanjay, V., Yewale, N., Kumar, A., & Dasgupta, R. Focusing of concentric free-surface waves. J. Fluid Mech., 1003, A14 (2025).
WavesDissipative anamoly

2024
[12] Balasubramanian, A. G., Sanjay, V., Jalaal, M., Vinuesa, R., & Tammisola, O. Bursting bubble in an elastoviscoplastic medium. J. Fluid Mech., 1001, A9 (2024).
BubblesNon-NewtonianJetsSoft-matter-singularitiesFeatured

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- Cover of that volume of J. Fluid Mech.
2023
[11] Sanjay, V., Chantelot, P., & Lohse, D. When does an impacting drop stop bouncing? J. Fluid Mech., 958, A26 (2023).
DropsBouncingDissipative anamoly

[10] Sanjay, V., Lakshman, S., Chantelot, P., Snoeijer, J. H., & Lohse, D. Drop impact on viscous liquid films. J. Fluid Mech., 958, A25 (2023).
DropsBouncingSuperhydrophobic surfaces

2022
➡️ Sanjay, V. Viscous free-surface flows. Ph.D. Thesis, Physics of Fluids, University of Twente (2022).
DropsJetsSheetsBubblesSoft-matter-singularitiesNon-Newtonian

[9] Sanjay, V. Taylor--Culick retractions and the influence of the surroundings. J. Fluid Mech., 948, A14 (2022).
SheetsDissipative anamolyRetraction

[8] Zhang, B., Sanjay, V., Shi, S., and Zhao, Y., and Lv, C., and Feng, X.-Q., & Lohse, D. Impact forces of water drops falling on superhydrophobic surfaces. Phys. Rev. Lett., 129(10), 104501 (2022).
DropsSuperhydrophobic surfacesImpact forces

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- As of March/April 2024, this highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Physics based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year. Source: Web of Science.
- Editor’s Suggestion of that issue of Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Research Highlight: Castelvecchi, D. The physics of a bouncing droplet’s impact. Nature, 609, 225 (2022).

2021
[7] Sanjay, V., Lohse, D., & Jalaal, M. Bursting bubble in a viscoplastic medium. J. Fluid Mech., 922, A2 (2021).
BubblesJetsNon-NewtonianSoft-matter-singularities

2020
[6] Ramírez-Soto, O., Sanjay, V., Lohse, D., Pham, J. T., & Vollmer, D. Lifting a sessile oil drop from a superamphiphobic surface with an impacting one. Sci. Adv., 6(34), eaba4330 (2020).
DropsSuperamphiphobic-surfacesLifting

2019
[5] Jain, A., Sanjay, V., & Das, A. K. Consequences of inclined and dual jet impingement in stagnant liquid and stratified layers. AIChE J., 65(1), 372-384 (2019).
JetsBubbles

2018
[4] Soni, A., Sanjay, V., & Das, A. K. Formation of fluid structures due to jet-jet and jet-sheet interactions. Chem. Eng. Sci., 191, 67-77 (2018).
Jets

[3] Sanjay, V., Das, A.K. Numerical assessment of hazard in compartmental fire having steady heat release rate from the source. Build. Simul. 11, 613–624 (2018).
OthersFireEvacuation

2017
[2] Sanjay, V., & Das, A. K. Formation of liquid chain by collision of two laminar jets. Phys. Fluids, 29(11), 112101 (2017).
JetsSheets

[1] Sanjay, V., & Das, A. K. On air entrainment in a water pool by impingement of a jet. AIChE J., 63(11), 5169-5181 (2017).
JetsBubbles
