Publications
Baumgartner, D.A., Samira, S., Shayandev, S., Stefan, K., & Cira, N.J. Marangoni spreading and contracting three-component droplets on completely wetting surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (19), e212043211.
Shiri, S., Sinha, S., Baumgartner, D.A., Cira, N.J. Thermal Marangoni flow impacts the shape of single component volatile droplets on thin, completely wetting substrates. Physical Review Letters 127 (2), 024502 2021.
Cira, N.J., Pearce, M.T., Quake, S.R., Neutral and selective dynamics in a synthetic microbial community. PNAS 2018.
Benusiglio, A., Cira, N.J., Prakash, M., Two-component Marangoni-contracted droplets: friction and shape. Soft Matter 2018, 14, 7724-7730 2018.
Benusiglio, A., Cira, N.J., Lai, A.W., Prakash, M., Two-component self-contracted droplets: long-range attraction and confinement effects. arXiv 2017.
Cira, N.J., Khoo, J.W., Jain, M., Andraka, J.T., et al., Elastomeric focusing enables application of hydraulic principles to solid materials in order to create micromechanical actuators with giant displacements. arXiv 2017. In review
Cira, N.J., Quake, S.R., Robles, M., Khoo, J., Elastomeric focusing valves, U.S. Patent No. 20170321821A1, 2017.
Lam, A. T., Samuel-Gama, K. G., Griffin, J., Loeun, M., Gerber, L. C., Hossain, Z., Cira, N. J., Lee, S. A., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. Device and programming abstractions for spatiotemporal control of active micro-particle swarms. Lab Chip 2017, 17, 1442–1451.
Kim, H., Gerber, L. C., Chiu, D., Lee, S. A., Cira, N. J., Xia, S. Y., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. LudusScope: Accessible interactive smartphone microscopy for life-science education. PLoS One 2016, 11.
Cira, N. J., Chung, A. M., Denisin, A. K., Rensi, S., Sanchez, G. N., Quake, S. R., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education. PLoS Biol. 2015, 13.
Lee, S.A., Chung, A.M., Cira, N.J., Riedel-Kruse, I.H., Tangible interactive microbiology for informal science education, in: TEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2015.
Lee, S. A., Bumbacher, E., Chung, A. M., Cira, N. J., Walker, B., Park, J. Y., Starr, B., Blikstein, P., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. it!: A Playful Human-Biology Interaction for a Museum Installation. Proc. ACM CHI’15 Conf. Hum. Factors Comput. Syst. 2015, 1, 2593–2602.
Weibel, D., Cira, N.J., Self-loading microfluidic device and methods of use, U.S. Patent No. 20150321194A1, 2015.
Cira, N.J., Benusiglio, A., Prakash, M., Vapour-mediated sensing and motility in two-component droplets. Nature 2015, 519, 446–450.
Cira, N.J., Benusiglio, A., Prakash, M., Dancing droplets: Autonomous surface tension-driven droplet motion. Phys. Fluids 2014, 26.
Ho, J. Y., Cira, N. J., Crooks, J. A., Baeza, J., & Weibel, D. B., Rapid identification of eskape bacterial strains using an autonomous microfluidic device. PLoS One 2012, 7.
Cira, N.J., Ho, J.Y., Dueck, M.E., Weibel, D.B., A self-loading microfluidic device for determining the minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotics. Lab Chip 2012, 12, 1052–1059.
Shiri, S., Sinha, S., Baumgartner, D.A., Cira, N.J. Thermal Marangoni flow impacts the shape of single component volatile droplets on thin, completely wetting substrates. Physical Review Letters 127 (2), 024502 2021.
Cira, N.J., Pearce, M.T., Quake, S.R., Neutral and selective dynamics in a synthetic microbial community. PNAS 2018.
Benusiglio, A., Cira, N.J., Prakash, M., Two-component Marangoni-contracted droplets: friction and shape. Soft Matter 2018, 14, 7724-7730 2018.
Benusiglio, A., Cira, N.J., Lai, A.W., Prakash, M., Two-component self-contracted droplets: long-range attraction and confinement effects. arXiv 2017.
Cira, N.J., Khoo, J.W., Jain, M., Andraka, J.T., et al., Elastomeric focusing enables application of hydraulic principles to solid materials in order to create micromechanical actuators with giant displacements. arXiv 2017. In review
Cira, N.J., Quake, S.R., Robles, M., Khoo, J., Elastomeric focusing valves, U.S. Patent No. 20170321821A1, 2017.
Lam, A. T., Samuel-Gama, K. G., Griffin, J., Loeun, M., Gerber, L. C., Hossain, Z., Cira, N. J., Lee, S. A., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. Device and programming abstractions for spatiotemporal control of active micro-particle swarms. Lab Chip 2017, 17, 1442–1451.
Kim, H., Gerber, L. C., Chiu, D., Lee, S. A., Cira, N. J., Xia, S. Y., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. LudusScope: Accessible interactive smartphone microscopy for life-science education. PLoS One 2016, 11.
Cira, N. J., Chung, A. M., Denisin, A. K., Rensi, S., Sanchez, G. N., Quake, S. R., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education. PLoS Biol. 2015, 13.
Lee, S.A., Chung, A.M., Cira, N.J., Riedel-Kruse, I.H., Tangible interactive microbiology for informal science education, in: TEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2015.
Lee, S. A., Bumbacher, E., Chung, A. M., Cira, N. J., Walker, B., Park, J. Y., Starr, B., Blikstein, P., & Riedel-Kruse, I. H. it!: A Playful Human-Biology Interaction for a Museum Installation. Proc. ACM CHI’15 Conf. Hum. Factors Comput. Syst. 2015, 1, 2593–2602.
Weibel, D., Cira, N.J., Self-loading microfluidic device and methods of use, U.S. Patent No. 20150321194A1, 2015.
Cira, N.J., Benusiglio, A., Prakash, M., Vapour-mediated sensing and motility in two-component droplets. Nature 2015, 519, 446–450.
Cira, N.J., Benusiglio, A., Prakash, M., Dancing droplets: Autonomous surface tension-driven droplet motion. Phys. Fluids 2014, 26.
Ho, J. Y., Cira, N. J., Crooks, J. A., Baeza, J., & Weibel, D. B., Rapid identification of eskape bacterial strains using an autonomous microfluidic device. PLoS One 2012, 7.
Cira, N.J., Ho, J.Y., Dueck, M.E., Weibel, D.B., A self-loading microfluidic device for determining the minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotics. Lab Chip 2012, 12, 1052–1059.