Publications

Carla G. Steppan; Hayden Marquard; Laurel Kroo; Thomas P. Russell; Todd Emrick.

Polymer Surfactants at the Mesoscale: Packaging Liquid Droplets with Ultrathin Sheets and Filaments

Journal of the American Chemical Society 148(36), 38976–38983 Research article

Zhaofeng Peng; Lucas Warwaruk; Thomas Livesay; Benjamin M. Yavitt; Randy H. Ewoldt; Gareth H. McKinley; Laurel A. Kroo.

PocketCaBER and PocketDoS: Low-cost open-source tools for teaching and learning advanced topics in fluid mechanics

arXiv:2608.16943 Preprint

Laurel Kroo, George Herring, and Sai Srivatsa Kumar Ganugapati.

Full-field Imaging of Complex Fluids in a Cone-and-Plate Geometry on a Separated-Motor-Transducer Rheometer

U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 64/102,361. Filed June 30, 2026. Provisional patent application

Clara Middleton; Laurel Kroo; Todd Emrick.

Modulating Viscoelasticity and Live Cell Response with Fibrillar Peptide Polymers

ACS Central Science 12(7), 878–880 Commentary / First Reactions

Kaniz Moriam; Crystal E. Owens; Laurel Kroo; William Ghann; Jamal Uddin; Leena Pitkänen; Michael Hummel; Gareth H. McKinley.

Enhancing the Spinnability of Cellulose-Based Textile Waste by Doping with High Molecular Weight Bacterial Cellulose

Biomacromolecules 27(4), 2612–2628 Research article

L. A. Kroo; R. A. Nicholson; M. W. Boehm; S. K. Baier; G. H. McKinley.

A unifying perspective on measuring transient planar extensional viscosity from exponential shear

arXiv:2506.16667 Preprint

L. A. Kroo; R. A. Nicholson; M. W. Boehm; S. K. Baier; P. A. Underhill; G. H. McKinley.

Measuring Cyclic Tensile Properties of Fluids with Composite Harmonic Exponential Waveforms (CHEW)

arXiv:2506.16747 Preprint

Grace Zhong; Laurel Kroo; Manu Prakash.

Thermotaxis in an apolar, non-neuronal animal

Journal of the Royal Society Interface 20(206), 20230279 Research article

L. A. Kroo; Matthew Storm Bull; Manu Prakash.

Active foam: the adaptive mechanics of 2D air–liquid foam under cyclic inflation

Soft Matter 19(14), 2539–2553 Research article

L. A. Kroo; Jeremy P. Binagia; Noah Eckman; Manu Prakash; Eric S. G. Shaqfeh.

A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 944, A20 Research article

Matthew S. Bull; Laurel A. Kroo; Manu Prakash.

Excitable mechanics embodied in a walking cilium

arXiv:2107.02930 Preprint

Laurel Kroo; Anesta Kothari; Melanie Hannebelle; George Herring; Thibaut Pollina; Ray Chang; et al.

Modified full-face snorkel masks as reusable personal protective equipment for hospital personnel

PLOS ONE 16(1), e0244422 Research article

2020 Pneumask preprint version · Same work, before journal publication.