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Appleford, T., Sanjay, V., Jalaal, M. On the Rheology of Two-Dimensional Dilute Emulsions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.13022 (2025).

EmulsionsRheology

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

Saini, M., Sanjay, V., Saade, Y., Lohse, D., & Popinet, S. Implementation of integral surface tension formulations in a volume of fluid framework and their applications to Marangoni flows. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02712 (2025).

Marangoni flowsSurface tensionNumerical methods

Mclauchlan, J., Walker, J. S., Sanjay, V., Jalaal, M., Reid, J. P., Squires, A. M., & Souslov, A. Bouncing microdroplets on hydrophobic surfaces. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.22527 (2025).

DropsBouncing

2025

[17] Bashkatov, A., Bürkle, F., Demirkır, Ç., Ding, W., Sanjay, V., Babich, A., Yang, X., Mutschke, G., Czarske, J., Lohse, D., et al. Electrolyte droplet spraying in H2 bubbles during water electrolysis under normal and microgravity conditions. Nat. Commun., 16, 4580 (2025).

BubblesJetsCoalescenceSoft-matter-singularitiesDrops

[16] Dixit, A., Oratis, A., Zinelis, K., Lohse, D., & Sanjay, V. Viscoelastic Worthington Jets and Droplets Produced by Bursting Bubbles. J. Fluid Mech., 1010, A2 (2025).

BubblesNon-NewtonianJetsSoft-matter-singularitiesDropsFeatured

[15] Sanjay, V., & Lohse, D. Unifying theory of scaling in drop impact: Forces & maximum spreading diameter. Phys. Rev. Lett., 134, 104003 (2025).

DropsDissipative anomalySuperamphiphobic-surfacesImpact forces

[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 forces

Highlights

• Cover of that volume of J. Fluid Mech.

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

WavesDissipative anomaly

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-singularities

Highlights

• 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 anomalyFeatured

[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., Sen, U., Kant, P., and Lohse, D. Taylor–Culick retractions and the influence of the surroundings. J. Fluid Mech., 948, A14 (2022).

SheetsDissipative anomalyRetraction

[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

Highlights

• 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