Erfan Kadivar
Academic Appointments
- 2006 Guest researcher in Max-Planck Institute for Dynamic and self organization, Germany (under the supervision of Prof. Holger Stark),
- 2007-2010 Assistant Professor, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.
- 2010- 2013 Postdoc in Max-Planck Institute for Dynamic and self organization, Goettingen, Germany (under the supervision of Dr. Martin Brinkmann and Dr. Jean-Christophe Baret).
- 2013- 2014 Postdoc in Max-Planck Institute for Dynamic and self organization, Goettingen, Germany (under the supervision of Dr.Eleni Katifori). 2015-Present Assistant Professor, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2015-2019 Assistant Professor, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2019-present Associate Professor, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran.
Honors & Awards
- Max Planck Institute Scholarship recipient
Contact
Professional Education
- 1995-1999 B.Sc. in physics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
- 1999-2002 M.Sc. in physics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
- M.Sc. Thesis: The torque exerted on a narrow slab of a nematic liquid crystal in a magnetic field
- 2004-2007 Ph.D. in physics solid state (soft condense matter), University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Ali Shahzamanian )
- Ph.D . Thesis: Annihilation Dynamics of Disclinations in Nematic Liquid Crystal
Courses
- Soft Condensed Matter (a graduate course)
- Statistical Mechanics (a graduate course)
- Solid State Physics (a course for undergrads and graduate students)
- Quantum mechanics ( a course for undergrads and graduate students)
- Electrodynamics (a graduate course)
Current Research
- Wetting behavior in nematic liquid-crystal
- Droplet deformation in microfluidic channel
- Droplet packing in a flat microfluidic channel
- Droplet trajectories and droplet sorting in a microfluidic channel
- super-cavitation flow
All Publications
- H.O. Chaghagolani, E. Kadivar, Numerical study of droplet sorting in an asymmetric Y-junction microfluidic by BEM and LS method. Microfluid Nanofluid 27,14 (2023).
- E Kadivar, Z. Heidari, Droplet coalescence in a sudden expansion microchannel. Acta Mechanica, 233, 2201-2212 (2022).
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S. M. Javadpour, R. Maryami, E. Kadivar, Numerical study of frictional drag reduction using micro-bubbles in a vertical Couette-Taylor system, International Journal of Physical Sciences and Engineering, 6(1), 50 (2022).
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E. Kadivar, Z. Keshavarz, The Dynamics of magnetics nanoparticle motion in a straight microvessel, Iranian Journal of Physics Research, 21, 597-606, (2022).
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E. Kadivar, M. Abdollahi, Effect of Metal and Metal Oxide Dielectric Thickness on Physical Properties of Conductive Transparent MoO3/In/Cu/In/MoO 3 Thin Film, Journal of Electronic Materials 50 (9), 5306-5311 (2021).
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E. Kadivar, Z. Mozafari, Effect of Pre-annealing Treatment of Coating Material on MgF۲ Thin Films Prepared by Thermal Evaporation Method, Braz J Phys 51, 386 (2021)
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E. Kadivar, F Zarei, Breakup a droplet passing through an obstacle in an orthogonal cross-section microchannel. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. (2021).
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E. Kadivar, E. Kadivar, & S.M. Javadpour, Numerical Prediction of Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition Around the Prolate Spheroid. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. (2020).
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E. Kadivar, B. Shamsizadeh, A numerical study of droplet deformation and droplet breakup in a non-orthogonal cross-section. Rheol Acta 59, 771, (2020).
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E. Kadivar, Z. Mozafari, Effect of Pre-annealing Treatment of Coating Material on MgF۲ Thin Films Prepared by Thermal Evaporation Method. Braz J Phys (2021).
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E. Kadivar, Z. Mozafari, Investigation of the High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of MgF 2 in Air Atmosphere." Oxidation of Metals Oxid Met 94, 179 (2020).
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A Moshabaki, E Kadivar, A Firoozifar, Influence of Argon Gas and Copper Thickness on the Optoelectronical and Structural Properties of AlZnO/Cu/AlZnO Thin Film, Surface Review and Letters 27 (01), 1950088 (2020).
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A Moshabaki, E Kadivar, A Firoozifar, Influence of process parameters on optical and physical properties of ITO thin film, Surface Review and Letters 27 (07), 1950183 (2020).
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E. Kadivar, A numerical study of droplet deformation in a flat funnelform microchannel, Iranian Journal of Physics Research 19 (1), 197-205 (2019).
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E Kadivar, M Farrokhbin, F Ghasemipour, Self-assembly of Droplets in a Straight Microchannel, Brazilian Journal of Physics 49 (1), 140-150 (2019)
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Erfan Kadivar, Modeling droplet deformation through converging–diverging microchannels at low Reynolds number, Acta Mechanica, 2018
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Erfan Kadivar, Mojtaba Farrokhbin: The influence of surface effects on Frederiks transition in nematic liquid crystal doped with ferroelectric nanoparticles. Chinese Physics B 04/2018; 27(4):046801., DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/046801
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Erfan Kadivar, Shahram Ahmadi Darani: Wetting and prewetting phenomena in nematic liquid crystal disk-like droplet. Surface Review and Letters 02/2018;, DOI:10.1142/S0218625X18501718
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Erfan Kadivar: Stability of disclination loop in pure twist nematic liquid crystals. Indian Journal of Physics 10/2017; 92(4)., DOI:10.1007/s12648-017-1117-9
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Ebrahim Kadivar, Erfan Kadivar: Computational study of the laminar to turbulent transition over the SD7003 airfoil in ground effect. Thermophysics and Aeromechanics 07/2017;
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Erfan Kadivar, Atefeh Alizadeh: Numerical simulation and scaling of droplet deformation in a hyperbolic flow. The European Physical Journal E 03/2017; 40(3)., DOI:10.1140/epje/i2017-11521-9
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Erfan Kadivar, Mojtaba Farrokhbin: A numerical procedure for scaling droplet deformation in a microfluidic expansion channel. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 03/2017; 479., DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2017.03.026
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Mojtaba Farrokhbin, Erfan Kadivar: Effects of surface anchoring on the electric Frederiks transition in ferronematic systems. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 06/2016; DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2016.06.138
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Erfan Kadivar: Droplet trajectories in a flat microfluidic network. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids 12/2015; DOI:10.1016/j.euromechflu.2015.11.004
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Erfan Kadivar: Quasistatic packings of droplets in flat microfluidic channels. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 10/2015; 443. DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2015.09.102
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Erfan Kadivar: Magnetocoalescence of ferrofluid droplets in a flat microfluidic channel. EPL (Europhysics Letters) 04/2014; 106(2). DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/106/24003
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Erfan Kadivar, Stephan Herminghaus, Martin Brinkmann: Droplet sorting in a loop of flat microfluidic channels. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 06/2013; 25(28). DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/25/28/285102
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S. A. R. Firoozifar, A. Behjat, E. Kadivar, S. M. B. Ghorashi, M. Borhani Zarandi: A study of the optical properties and adhesion of zinc sulfide anti-reflection thin film coated on a germanium substrate. Applied Surface Science 11/2011; 258(2). DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.08.105
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Erfan Kadivar: Director Field of Disclination Line in Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystal in the Presence of Magnetic Field. International Journal of Modern Physics B 01/2011; 25(1). DOI:10.1142/S0217979211056901
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Erfan Kadivar: Stability of Paranematic Boundary Layer Phase in the Presence of Magnetic Field. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 11/2009; 512(1-1). DOI:10.1080/15421400903048743
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Erfan Kadivar: Role of radius on prewetting behavior in nematic liquid-crystal droplets. Physical Review E 08/2009; 80(1 Pt 1). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.80.011701
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Erfan Kadivar: Influence of the magnetic field on isotropic wetting behavior of a nematic liquid crystal. Physical Review E 10/2008; 78(3 Pt 1). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031706
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Erfan Kadivar, Khosrow Rahimi, Mohammad Ali Shahzamanian: The torque exerted on a surface‐stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal cell in an electric field. Liquid Crystals 07/2008; 35(7). DOI:10.1080/02678290802195705
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Erfan Kadivar, Christian Bahr, Holger Stark: Crossover in the wetting behavior at surfactant-laden liquid-crystal–water interfaces: Experiment and theory. Physical Review E 07/2007; 75(6 Pt 1). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061711
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M. A. Shahzamanian, E. Kadivar: Annihilation Dynamics of the Disclination Loop in Bulk Nematic Liquid Crystals. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 11/2006; 457(1). DOI:10.1080/15421400500447280
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M. A. Shahzamanian, E. Kadivar: Disclinations dynamics in confined nematic liquid crystals: Strong anchoring. Liquid Crystals 08/2006; 33(8). DOI:10.1080/02678290600900660