Publications

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Preprints

Inclined surfaces bias bacterial swarming expansion and edge organization

Pengxi Gu, Zixiang Lin, Hui Ren, Jin Zhu, Anqi Li, Omar Said, Weijie Chen, Zijie Qu^c, [PDF]

Rheologically tuned diffusion modulates quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri

Chunhe Li, Zixiang Lin, Hongyi Bian, Anqi Li, Honyi Xin, Zijie Qu^c, [PDF]

From shape to fate: making bacterial swarming expansion predictable

Shengyou Duan, Zhaoyang Wang, Kaiyi Xiong, Jin Zhu, Pengxi Gu, Weijie Chen, Hongyi Xin, Zijie Qu^c, [PDF]

Phase separation dynamics and active turbulence in a binary fluid mixture

Sohail Ahmed, Zixiang Lin, Zijie Qu^c, [PDF]

Boundaries program deformation in isolated active networks

Zixiang Lin, Shichen Liu, Shahriar Shadkhoo, Jialong Jiang, Heun Jin Lee, David Larios, Chunhe Li, Hongyi Bian, Anqi Li, Rob Phillips, Matt Thomson, Zijie Qu^c, [PDF]

Published Articles

2026

Numerical investigation of confined active collective motion in a viscoelastic fluid

Yateng Qiao, Dongxiao Zhao, Zijie Qu^c, Gaojin Li^c

Phys. Rev. E 114, 045101

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Directed swimming of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii near complex microstructures

Chunhe Li, Hongyi Bian, Zixiang Lin, Yi Man, Zijie Qu^c

Phys. Rev. E 113, 044410

[PDF] [SI]

Active turbulence in shear-thinning fluid

Hongyi Bian, Chunhe Li, Zixiang Lin, Jin Zhu, Weijie Chen, Gaojin Li, Yongxiang Huang, Zijie Qu^c

Phys. Rev. Research 8, 013318

[PDF] [SI]

Observation of a backward sliding motion for rollers on surfaces in viscoelastic fluid

Chengyu He^☭, Yateng Qiao^☭, Yu Cao, Boqi Liu, Zijie Qu^c, Gaojin Li^c, Xin Cao^c

Nat. Commun. 17, 2781

[PDF] [SI]

2025

Hydrodynamic interaction leads to the accumulation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii near a solid-liquid interface

Chunhe Li, Hongyi Bian, Yateng Qiao, Jin Zhu, Zijie Qu^c

Phys. Rev. E 111, L052401 (Editor’s Suggestion)

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Facile Synthesis of Silicone Oil-Based Ferrofluid: Toward Smart Materials and Soft Robots

Leilei Chen^☭, Hengao Yu^☭, Jilan Yang, Jinzhuo Shi, Chunhe Li, Zijie Qu, Wendong Wang^c

ACS Nano 19, 9, 8904–8915

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Propulsion contribution from individual filament in a flagellar bundle

Jin Zhu^☭, Yateng Qiao^☭, Lingchun Yan, Yan Zeng, Yibo Wu, Hongyi Bian, Yidi Huang, Yuxin Ye, Yingyue Huang, Russell Ching Wei Hii, Yinuo Teng, Yunlong Guo, Gaojin Li^c, Zijie Qu^c

Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 073702

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Before 2024

Measuring the viscoelastic behavior of dilute polymer solutions using high-speed statistical particle microrheology

Zijie Qu^c, Xiongfeng Yi, Kenneth S Breuer

Flow Meas. Instrum. 89, 102270

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Persistent fluid flows defined by active matter boundaries

Zijie Qu^c, Dominik Schildknecht^c, Shahriar Shadkhoo, Enrique Amaya, Jialong Jiang, Heun Jin Lee, David Larios, Fan Yang, Rob Phillips, Matt Thomson^c

Commun. Phys. 4, 198

[PDF] [SI]

Effects of shear-thinning viscosity and viscoelastic stresses on flagellated bacteria motility

Zijie Qu^c, Kenneth S Breuer

Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 073103 (Editor’s Suggestion)

[PDF] [SI]

Controlling organization and forces in active matter through optically defined boundaries

Tyler D Ross^c, Heun Jin Lee, Zijie Qu, Rachel A Banks, Rob Phillips, Matt Thomson^c

Nature 572, 224–229

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Changes in the flagellar bundling time account for variations in swimming behavior of flagellated bacteria in viscous media

Zijie Qu^c, Fatma Zeynep Temel, Rene Henderikx, Kenneth S Breuer

PNAS 115 (8) 1707-1712

[PDF] [SI]