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Olga KuksenokVisiting Research Assistant Professor, Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering


Phone: 412-624-1443

Fax: 412-624-9639

Office: 1122 Benedum Hall

Education

PhD (Physics and Mathematics) Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine, 1997

Professional Interests

 

Theory and computer simulation of: phase-separation of multi-component blends; multi-phase flow in confined geometries; non-linear dynamics of deformable media; interfacial phenomena and surface properties; self-organization and pattern formation in non-equilibrium chemical systems; multi-component liquid crystalline systems.

Selected Publications

 

Olga Kuksenok and Anna C. Balazs. Gradient Sensing in Reactive, Ternary Membranes. Langmuir, 24 (5), 1878 (2008)

Pratyush Dayal, Olga Kuksenok, and Anna C. Balazs. Using a Single Mask to Create Multiple Patterns in Three-Component, Photoreactive Blends Langmuir; 24(5) 1621 (2008)

Olga Kuksenok and Anna C. Balazs. Modeling Multi-Component Reactive Membranes, Phys. Rev. E 75, 051906 (2007)

Olga Kuksenok, Victor V. Yashin and Anna C. Balazs. Mechanically Induced Chemical Oscillations and Motion in Responsive Gels, Soft Matter 3, 1138 (2007)

Olga Kuksenok, Rui D.M. Travasso and Anna C. Balazs. Dynamics of ternary mixtures with photosensitive chemical reactions: Creating three dimensionally ordered blends, Phys. Rev. E 74, 011502 (2006)  

Rui D. M. Travasso, Olga Kuksenok, and Anna C. Balazs. Exploiting Photo-induced Reactions in Polymer Blends to Create Hierarchically Ordered, Defect-free Materials. Langmuir 22(6), 2620-2628 (2006)

Olga Kuksenok, David Jasnow, Anna C.Balazs. Local control of periodic pattern formation in binary fluids within microchannels. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 240603 (2005)

Rui D. M. Travasso, Olga Kuksenok, and Anna C. Balazs. Harnessing Light to Create Defect Free, Hierarchically Structured Polymeric Materials. Langmuir 21(24), 10912-10915 (2005)

C. M. Pooley, Olga Kuksenok, and Anna C. Balazs. Convection-driven pattern formation in phase-separating binary fluids Phys. Rev. E 71, 030501 (2005)

Olga Kuksenok and Anna C.Balazs. Structures formation in binary fluids driven through patterned microchannels: effect of hydrodynamics and arrangement of surface patterns. Physica D, 198 (3-4): 319-332  (2004)

Kevin Good, Olga Kuksenok, Gavin A.Buxton, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Anna C. Balazs, Effect of hydrodynamic interactions on the evolution of chemically reactive ternary mixtures, J. Chem. Phys. 121 (12), 6052-6063 (2004)

Olga Kuksenok, David Jasnow, Anna C.Balazs. Diffusive Intertwining of Two Fluid Phases in Chemically Patterned Microchannels. Phys. Rev. E 68, 051505 (2003)

Olga Kuksenok, David Jasnow, Julia Yeomans, and Anna C. Balazs. Periodic Droplet Formation in Chemically Patterned Microchannels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 108303 (2003)

Olga Kuksenok and Anna C. Balazs. Simulating the dynamic behavior of immiscible binary fluids in three-dimensional chemically patterned microchannels. Phys. Rev. E 68, 011502 (2003)

Olga Kuksenok, J. M. Yeomans, and Anna C. Balazs. Using patterned substrates to promote mixing in microchannels. Phys. Rev. E 65 (3), 031502 (2002)

Domenico Suppa, Olga Kuksenok, Anna C. Balazs, and J. M. Yeomans. Phase separation of a binary fluid in the presence of immobile particles: A lattice Boltzmann approach. J. Chem. Phys. 116 (14), 6305-6310 (2002)

E. Ouskova, Y. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O.Francescangeli, F. Simoni. Photo-orientation of liquid crystals due to light-induced desorption and adsorption of dye molecules on an aligning surface. Phys. Rev. E 64 (5), 051709 (2001)

Olga Kuksenok, J.M. Yeomans and Anna C. Balazs. Creating localized mixing stations within microfluidic channels. Langmuir 17 (23), 7186-7190 (2001)

O.V. Kuksenok, S.V. Shiyanovskii. Surface control of dye adsorption in liquid crystals. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 359, 427-438 (2001)

D. Fedorenko, E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L.Su, J.L. West, O.V.Kuksenok, O.Francescangeli, F.Simoni.  Adsorption-driven Photoalignment of Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals. Phys. Rev. E 63 (2), 021701 (2001)

O.V. Kuksenok, S.V. Shiyanovskii. Structural transitions in nematic filled with colloid particles. Mol.  Cryst.  Liq. Cryst., 321, 489-500 (1998)

O.V. Kuksenok, R.W. Ruhwandl, S.V. Shiyanovskii, and E.M. Terentjev. Director structure around a colloid particle in a nematic liquid crystal. Phys. Rev. E, 54, 5198-5204 (1996)

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