Publications

Academic papers sorted date.

  1. Morphogenesis of Cheese Flowers through Scraping.
    Jishen Zhang, Alejandro Ibarra, Benoıt Roman and Matteo Ciccotti.Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 208201. (2025).https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.208201
  2. Asymmetric bending boundary layer: The λ-test.
    Nathan Vani, Alejandro Ibarra, José Bico, Etienne Reyssat and Benoıt Roman. PNAS. 122 (11) e2426748122 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426748122
  3. Designing a Contact Fingertip Sensor Made Using a Soft 3D Printing Technique.
    Alejandro Ibarra, Baptiste Darbois-Texier, and Francisco Melo. Soft Robotics. Dec 2022.1210-1219. (2022).http://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2021.0128
  4. Propulsion by reciprocal motion into granular media.
    Baptiste Darbois Texier, Alejandro Ibarra, and Francisco Melo. Phys. Rev. Fluids 6, 034604. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.034604
  5. Guided tearing: The ruler test.
    Alejandro Ibarra, Juan-Francisco Fuentealba, José Bico, Benoît Roman, and Francisco Melo. Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 025601.(2021) . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.025601
  6. Predicting tearing paths in thin sheets.
    Alejandro Ibarra, Juan Francisco Fuentealba, Benoit Roman, and Francisco Melo. Phys. Rev. E 100, 023002. (2019) . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.023002
  7. Friction of a sphere rolling down a granular slope.
    Baptiste Darbois Texier, Alejandro Ibarra, Francisco Vivanco, Jose Bico,and Francisco Melo. EPL 123 54005. (2018). doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/123/54005
  8. Optimal propulsion of an undulating slender body with anisotropic friction.
    Baptiste Darbois Texier, Alejandro Ibarra, and Francisco Melo. Soft Matter, 2018,14, 635-642. (2018).https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM01545C
  9. Helical Locomotion in a Granular Medium
    Baptiste Darbois Texier, Alejandro Ibarra, and Francisco Melo. Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 068003. (2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.068003
  10. Low-resistive vibratory penetration in granular media.
    Baptiste Darbois Texier ,Alejandro Ibarra,Francisco Melo.  PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175412. (2017). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175412
  11. The tearing path in a thin anisotropic sheet from two pulling points: Wulff’s view.
    Alejandro Ibarra, Benoit Roman, and Francisco Melo. Soft Matter, 2016,12, 5979-5985. (2016).https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM00734A