Preprints
Controlling assembly and oscillations of elastic membranes with an active fluid
John Berezney, Sattvic Ray, Itamar Kolvin, Mark Bowick, Seth Fraden, and Zvonimir Dogic. (2024). arXiv:2408.14699.
Dual Role for Heterogeneity in Dynamic Fracture
Itamar Kolvin, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia. arXiv:2407.02347
Peer-reviewed manuscripts
Traveling waves at the surface of active liquid crystals
Paarth Gulati, Fernando Caballero, Itamar Kolvin, Zhihong You, and M. Cristina Marchetti. Soft Matter 20 (38), 7703-7714 (2024).
A comprehensive study of nonlinear perturbations in the dynamics of planar crack fronts
Itamar Kolvin, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Vol 191, 105788 (2024).
Asymmetric fluctuations and self-folding of active interfaces
Liang Zhao, Paarth Gulati, Fernando Caballero, Itamar Kolvin, Raymond Adkins, M. Cristina Marchetti, and Zvonimir Dogic.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (51), e2410345121 (2024).
Dynamics of active liquid interfaces
Raymond Adkins*, Itamar Kolvin*, Zhihong You*, Sven Witthaus, M. Cristina Marchetti and Zvonimir Dogic. Science. 377, 768 (2022). (*equal contribution)
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Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics
Guillaume Duclos, Raymond Adkins, Debarghya Banerjee, Matthew S. E. Peterson, Minu Varghese, Itamar Kolvin, Arvind Baskaran, Robert A. Pelcovits, Thomas R. Powers, Aparna Baskaran, Federico Toschi, Michael F. Hagan, Sebastian J. Streichan, Vincenzo Vitelli, Daniel A. Beller, and Zvonimir Dogic. Science. 367, 1120 (2020).
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How supertough gels break
Itamar Kolvin, John M. Kolinski, Jian Ping Gong and Jay Fineberg. Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 135501 (2018).
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Topological defects govern crack front motion and facet formation on broken surfaces
Itamar Kolvin, Gil Cohen, and Jay Fineberg. Nat. Mater. 17, 140 (2018).
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Nonlinear focusing in dynamic crack fronts and the micro-branching transition
Itamar Kolvin, Jay Fineberg and Mokhtar Adda-Bedia. Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 215505 (2017).
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Crack front dynamics: the interplay of singular geometry and crack instabilities
Itamar Kolvin, Gil Cohen, and Jay Fineberg. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 175501 (2015).
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Simple nonlinear equation for structural relaxation in glasses
Itamar Kolvin and Eran Bouchbinder. Phys. Rev. E 86, 1, 010501 (2012).
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Navier-Stokes hydrodynamics of thermal collapse in a freely cooling granular gas
Itamar Kolvin, Eli Livne, and Baruch Meerson. Phys. Rev. E 82, 021302 (2010).
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Experimental study of energy transfer by inertial waves during the buildup of turbulence in a rotating system
Itamar Kolvin, Kobi Cohen, Yuval Vardi and Eran Sharon. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 014503 (2009).
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