SurgBioMech Lab

Publications

B. Fleischer, N. Nguyen, A. Pal. K. Khabaz, A. Tsamis, E. Efrati, T. Witten, J. Alverdy, and L. Pocivavsek. Emergent remote stressfocusing drive submucosal collagenfiber remodeling in intestinal anastomotic surgery, bioRxiv. DOI
A.S. Pal, L. Pocivavsek, and Thomas A. Witten. Faceted wrinkling by contracting a curved boundary, arXiv:2206.03552v2 [condmat.soft] DOI



K. Khabaz, S. Sankary, K. Yuan, J. Pugar, D. Jiang, S. Dhara, J. Kim, J. Kang, N. Nguyen, K. Cao, N. Washburn, N. Bohr, C.J. Lee, G. Kindlmann, R. Milner, and L. Pocivavsek. CTimage derived fluctuations in total curvature characterize aortic disease evolution and clinical outcomes, bioRxiv 2022.09.19.508582. DOI
X. Guan, N. Nguyen, L. Pocivavsek, E. Cerda, and S. Velankar. Flat, wrinkled, or ridged: Relaxation of an elastic film on a viscous substrate undergoing continuous compression. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 275:112242 (2023). DOI



T. Subramanian, L. Pocivavsek, and J. Alverdy. To Operate or Not? Balancing Advanced Imaging, Machine Learning, and the DoctorPatient Relationship in Complex Clinical Decision Making. Academic Medicine, 98(6S):S34S36 (2023) DOI

A.R. Carotenuto, A. Gaffney, N. Nguyen, K.Y.C. Lee, L. Pocivavsek, M. Fraldi, and L. Deseri, Towards Predicting ShearBanding Instabilities in Lipid Monolayers, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 141:105743 (2023) DOI

N. Nguyen, E. Hamm Hahn, S. Velankar, E. Cerda and L. Pocivavsek, Topographic deadhesion in the viscoelastic limit, Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
20(198):20220598 (2023) DOI


X. Guan, A.P. Sarma, E. Hamesh, J. Yang, N. Nguyen, E. Cerda, L. Pocivavsek, and S. Velankar. Compressioninduced buckling of thin films bonded to viscous substrates: uniform wrinkles vs. localized ridges, International Journal of Solids and Structures 254255 111843 (2022). DOI

J. Kent, R. Zarifa, and L. Pocivavsek. Usage of percutaneous closure device to repair an iatrogenic subclavian artery injury, Vascular, 31(3):585588 (2022). DOI

A.J. Williamson, S. Sankary, K.M. Kuchta, S. Gaines, O. Morcos, B. Lind, L. Pocivavsek, A. Dua, and C.J. Lee. Contemporary unplanned readmission trends following management of type B aortic dissection, Vascular Specialist International, 38:16 (2022)
DOI

Angelo Rosario Carotenuto, Nhung Nguyen, Kathleen Cao, Anna Gaffney, Alan J. Waring, Ka Yee C. Lee, David Owen, Massimiliano Fraldi, Luca Deseri, Luka Pocivavsek, Chapter One – Multiscale geometry and mechanics of lipid monolayer collapse (2021) DOI

E. Abbott, S. Dhara, K. Khabaz, S. Sankary, K. Cao, N. Nguyen, T. Babrowski, L. Pocivavsek, and R. Milner Computational Analysis of Endovascular Aortic Repair Proximal Seal Zone Preservation with Endoanchors: a Case Study in Cylindrical Neck Anatomy. Journal of Vascular Surgery, (2021) accepted. (DOI)

S.S. Dhara, M. Hermsen, K. Khabaz, E. Abbott, T.A. Babrowski, R. Milner, C.J. Lee, and L. Pocivavsek, Gaussian surface curvature mapping indicating high risk type B thoracic aortic dissections, Annals of Vascular Surgery, 70, 171-180 (2021). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek and R. Milner, Dynamic seal at the aortic neck-endograft interface studied utilizing a novel method of cohesive zone modeling, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 72, 703-713 (2020). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, E. Bishop, K. Khabaz, T. Ota, C. Skelly, and D. Hampton, Simultaneous injury to the inferior vena cava and the intrathoracic aorta, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 89, e170-e172 (2020). (DOI)

N. Nguyen, N. Nath, L. Deseri, E. Tzeng, S. Velankar, and L. Pocivavsek, Wrinkling instabilities for biologically relevant fiber reinforced composite materials with a case study of Neo-hookean/Ogden-Holzapfel bilayer, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 19, 2375-2395 (2020). (DOI)

N.N. Nath, L. Pocivavsek, J.A. Pugar, Y. Gao, K. Salem, N. Pitre, R. McEnaney, S. Velankar, and E. Tzeng, Dynamic luminal topography: a potential strategy to prevent vascular graft thrombosis, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 573400 (2020). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, S.-H. Ye, J. Pugar, E. Tzeng, E. Cerda, S. Velankar, and W.R. Wagner, Active wrinkles to drive self-cleaning: a strategy for anti-thrombotic surfaces for vascular grafts, Biomaterials, 192, 226-234 (2019). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, J. Pugar, R. O’Dea, S.-H. Ye, W. Wagner, E. Tzeng, S. Velankar and E. Cerda, Topography-driven surface renewal, Nature Physics, 14, 948-953 (2018). (DOI)

A. Junghans, E.B. Watkins, R.D. Barker, S. Singh, M.J. Waltman, H.L. Smith, L. Pocivavsek, and J. Majewski. Analysis of biosurfaces by neutron reflectometry: from simple to complex interfaces. Biointerfaces, 10, 019014 (2015). (DOI)

E. Efrati, L. Pocivavsek, R. Meza, K.Y.C. Lee, and T.A. Witten, Confined disclinations: exterior versus material constraints in developable thin elastic sheets. Physical Review E, 91, 022404 (2015). (DOI)

A. Junghans, M. Waltman, H. Smith, L. Pocivavsek, N. Zebda, K. Birukov, M. Viapiano, and J. Majewski. Understanding dynamic changes in live cell adhesion with neutron reflectometry. Modern Physics Letters B, 28, 1430015, (2014). (DOI)

A. Tsamis, L. Pocivavsek, and D. Vorp, Elasticity and geometry: a Computational model of the Heineke-Mikulicz strictureplasty, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 13, 1185-1198, (2014) – (co-first author). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, A. Junghans, N. Zebda, K. Birukov, and J. Majewski, Tuning endothelial monolayer adhesion: a neutron reflectivity study, American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 306, L1-L9 (2014) – (corresponding author). (DOI)

C.T.R. Heffern, L. Pocivavsek, A.A, Birukova, N. Moldobaeva, V.N. Bochkov, K.Y.C. Lee, and K.G. Birukov, Thermodynamic and kinetic investigations of the release of oxidized phospholipids from lipid membranes and its effect on vascular integrity. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 175-176, 9-19 (2013) – (co-first author and corresponding author). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, E. Efrati, K.Y.C. Lee, and R. Hurst, Three-dimensional geometry of the Heineke-Mikulicz strictureplasty, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 19, 704-711, (2013). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, K. Gavrilov, K.D. Cao, E. Chi, D. Li, B. Lin, J. Majewski, M. Meron, and K.Y.C. Lee, Glycerol-induced membrane stiffening: the role of viscous fluid adlayers, Biophysical Journal, 101, 118-127 (2011). (DOI)

B. Leahy, L. Pocivavsek, M. Meron, K.L. Lam, D. Salas, P.J. Viccaro, K.Y.C. Lee, and B. Lin, Geometric stability and elastic response of a supported nanoparticle membrane, Physical Review Letters, 105, 058301 (2010). (DOI)

T. Witten, J. Wang, L. Pocivavsek, and K.Y.C. Lee, Wilhelmy plate artifacts in elastic monolayers, Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 046102 (2010). (DOI)

S.L. Frey, L. Pocivavsek, A.J. Waring, F.J. Walther, J.M. Hernandez-Juviel, P. Ruchala, and K.Y.C. Lee, Functional importance of the N-terminal insertion sequence of lung surfactant protein B, American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 298, 3, L335-L347 (2010) – (co-first author). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, B. Leahy, N. Holten-Andersen, B. Lin, K.Y.C. Lee, and E. Cerda, Geometric tools for complex interfaces: from lung surfactant to the mussel byssus, Soft Matter, 5, 1963-1968 (2009). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, S.L. Frey, K. Krishan, K. Gavrilov, P. Ruchala, A.J. Waring, F.J. Walther, M. Dennin, T.A. Witten, and K.Y.C. Lee, Lateral stress relaxation and collapse in lipid monolayers, Soft Matter, 4, 2019-2029 (2008). (DOI)

L. Pocivavsek, R. Dellsy, A. Kern, S. Johnson, B. Lin, K.Y.C. Lee, and E. Cerda, Stress and fold localization in thin elastic membranes, Science, 320, 912-916 (2008). (DOI)

J.S. Griffiths, M. Cheriyan, J.B. Corbell, L. Pocivavsek, C.A. Fierke, and E.J. Toone, A bacterial selection for the directed evolution of pyruvate aldolases, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 12, 4067-4074 (2004). (DOI)

N. Wymer, L.V. Buchanan, D. Henderson, N. Mehta, C.H. Botting, L. Pocivavsek, C.A. Fierke, E.J. Toone, and J.H. Naismith, Directed evolution of a new catalytic site in 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase from Escherichia coli, Structure, 9, 1-9 (2001). (DOI)

L.V. Buchanan, N. Mehta, L. Pocivavsek, S. Niranjanakumari, E.J. Toone, and J.H. Naismith, Initiating a structural study of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase from Escherichia coli, Acta Crystallographica D, 55, 1946-1948 (1999). (DOI)

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