David Saintillan

Title(s)	Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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The 2025 Motile Active Matter Roadmap. J Phys Condens Matter. 2025 Jan 21. Gompper G, Stone HA, Kurzthaler C, Saintillan D, Peruani F, Fedosov D, Auth T, Cottin-Bizonne C, Ybert C, Clement E, Darnige T, Lindner A, Goldstein RE, Liebchen B, Binysh J, Souslov A, Isa L, di Leonardo R, Frangipane G, Gu H, Nelson BJ, Brauns F, Marchetti MC, Cichos F, Heuthe VL, Bechinger C, Korman A, Feinerman O, Cavagna A, Giardina I, Jeckel H, Drescher K. PMID: 39837091.

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Bio Biophysics Nan Nanotechnology Phy Physics
Active transport of a passive colloid in a bath of run-and-tumble particles. Sci Rep. 2024 May 23; 14(1):11844. Dhar T, Saintillan D. PMID: 38783044; PMCID: PMC11116446.

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Sci Science
Dispersion of run-and-tumble microswimmers through disordered media. Phys Rev E. 2023 Dec; 108(6-1):064608. Saintillan D. PMID: 38243487.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Sta Statistics as Topic
On the absence of collective motion in a bulk suspension of spontaneously rotating dielectric particles. Soft Matter. 2023 Sep 13; 19(35):6825-6837. Das D, Saintillan D. PMID: 37655464.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Dynamics of flexible filaments in oscillatory shear flows. J Fluid Mech. 2023 Jan 25; 955. Bonacci F, Chakrabarti B, Saintillan D, du Roure O, Lindner A. PMID: 36936351; PMCID: PMC7614318.

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Self-induced hydrodynamic coil-stretch transition of active polymers. Phys Rev E. 2022 Jan; 105(1-1):014608. Mahajan A, Saintillan D. PMID: 35193223.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Sta Statistics as Topic
Curvature-driven feedback on aggregation-diffusion of proteins in lipid bilayers. Soft Matter. 2021 Sep 22; 17(36):8373-8386. Mahapatra A, Saintillan D, Rangamani P. PMID: 34550131; PMCID: PMC8462121.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
Spontaneous directional flow of active magnetic particles. Phys Rev E. 2021 Apr; 103(4):L040601. Nourhani A, Saintillan D. PMID: 34006000.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Sta Statistics as Topic
Revisiting the emergence of order in active matter. Soft Matter. 2021 Mar 21; 17(11):3113-3120. Chepizhko O, Saintillan D, Peruani F. PMID: 33599237.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Physical mechanisms of platelet formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 09 08; 117(36):21841-21843. Saintillan D. PMID: 32788351; PMCID: PMC7486739.

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Sci Science
Trapping, gliding, vaulting: transport of semiflexible polymers in periodic post arrays. Soft Matter. 2020 Jun 21; 16(23):5534-5544. Chakrabarti B, Gaillard C, Saintillan D. PMID: 32507870.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Hydrodynamic Synchronization of Spontaneously Beating Filaments. Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Nov 15; 123(20):208101. Chakrabarti B, Saintillan D. PMID: 31809101.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Extensile motor activity drives coherent motions in a model of interphase chromatin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 11 06; 115(45):11442-11447. Saintillan D, Shelley MJ, Zidovska A. PMID: 30348795; PMCID: PMC6233076.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Morphological transitions of elastic filaments in shear flow. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 09 18; 115(38):9438-9443. Liu Y, Chakrabarti B, Saintillan D, Lindner A, du Roure O. PMID: 30181295; PMCID: PMC6156685.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Geometric control of active collective motion. Soft Matter. 2017 Jan 04; 13(2):363-375. Theillard M, Alonso-Matilla R, Saintillan D. PMID: 27906393.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Microfluidic rheology of active particle suspensions: Kinetic theory. Biomicrofluidics. 2016 Jul; 10(4):043505. Alonso-Matilla R, Ezhilan B, Saintillan D. PMID: 27375827; PMCID: PMC4912559.

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Buckling transition of a semiflexible filament in extensional flow. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Oct; 92(4):041002. Manikantan H, Saintillan D. PMID: 26565158.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Vapor-Driven Propulsion of Catalytic Micromotors. Sci Rep. 2015 Aug 18; 5:13226. Dong R, Li J, Rozen I, Ezhilan B, Xu T, Christianson C, Gao W, Saintillan D, Ren B, Wang J. PMID: 26285032; PMCID: PMC4540091.

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Sci Science
Emergent vortices in populations of colloidal rollers. Nat Commun. 2015 Jun 19; 6:7470. Bricard A, Caussin JB, Das D, Savoie C, Chikkadi V, Shitara K, Chepizhko O, Peruani F, Saintillan D, Bartolo D. PMID: 26088835; PMCID: PMC4557359.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Motion-based threat detection using microrods: experiments and numerical simulations. Nanoscale. 2015 May 07; 7(17):7833-40. Ezhilan B, Gao W, Pei A, Rozen I, Dong R, Jurado-Sanchez B, Wang J, Saintillan D. PMID: 25853933.

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Nan Nanotechnology
Translation:Cells PHPublic Health
Bubble-propelled micromotors for enhanced transport of passive tracers. Langmuir. 2014 May 13; 30(18):5082-7. Orozco J, Jurado-Sánchez B, Wagner G, Gao W, Vazquez-Duhalt R, Sattayasamitsathit S, Galarnyk M, Cortés A, Saintillan D, Wang J. PMID: 24754608.

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Che Chemistry
Globally aligned states and hydrodynamic traffic jams in confined suspensions of active asymmetric particles. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Feb; 89(2):021002. Lefauve A, Saintillan D. PMID: 25353410.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Electrohydrodynamic interaction of spherical particles under Quincke rotation. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2013 Apr; 87(4):043014. Das D, Saintillan D. PMID: 23679520.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Emergence of coherent structures and large-scale flows in motile suspensions. J R Soc Interface. 2012 Mar 07; 9(68):571-85. Saintillan D, Shelley MJ. PMID: 21865254; PMCID: PMC3262422.

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Bio Biology Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biophysics
Geometrically designing the kinematic behavior of catalytic nanomotors. Nano Lett. 2011 Jun 08; 11(6):2543-50. Gibbs JG, Kothari S, Saintillan D, Zhao YP. PMID: 21598915.

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Nan Nanotechnology
Translation:Cells
Electric-field-induced ordering and pattern formation in colloidal suspensions. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2011 Apr; 83(4 Pt 1):041409. Park JS, Saintillan D. PMID: 21599160.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Extensional rheology of active suspensions. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 May; 81(5 Pt 2):056307. Saintillan D. PMID: 20866322.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Hydrodynamic interactions in metal rodlike-particle suspensions due to induced charge electroosmosis. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Jan; 79(1 Pt 1):011402. Rose KA, Hoffman B, Saintillan D, Shaqfeh ES, Santiago JG. PMID: 19257030.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Phy Physiology Sta Statistics as Topic
Instabilities and pattern formation in active particle suspensions: kinetic theory and continuum simulations. Phys Rev Lett. 2008 May 02; 100(17):178103. Saintillan D, Shelley MJ. PMID: 18518342.

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Med Medicine (General)
Orientational order and instabilities in suspensions of self-locomoting rods. Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Aug 03; 99(5):058102. Saintillan D, Shelley MJ. PMID: 17930796.

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Med Medicine (General)