Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez

Office: 1.1.D.02 Phone: (+34) 91 624 6222 Email: bubbles @ ing.uc3m.es

Research Interests

Mass transfer processes involving bubbles and drops (Physics of Beer, bubble and drop dissolution, etc.)
Vortex dynamics (Buoyant vortex rings, vortex rings in microgravity conditions)
Viscous thin films
Interaction of bubbles and sound fields, with applications to the medical and oil industries
Locomotion of soft animals (cell mechanics, locomotion of snails...)

Short bio

Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez received his degree in Aerospace Engineering (6 year programme) at the School of Aeronautics of the Polytechnic University of Madrid in the year 2000. During his time in college he collaborated as a research assistant with the Microgravity Institute "Ignacio da Riva" in the design of attitude control algorithms for small satellites. After finishing his studies he moved as a teaching assistant to Carlos III University, where he got his PhD in Fluid Mechanics in 2004 under the supervision of Prof. Carlos Martínez-Bazán. His thesis research concerned the breakup of gas bubbles in a turbulent jet. In january 2005 he moved to the University of California at San Diego as a postdoctoral researcher in the team of Prof. Juan C. Lasheras, where he worked in cell mechanics and wave dynamics. In 2012 he completed his degree in Physics at UNED.

In october 2006 he joined the Fluid Mechanics Group of Carlos III University of Madrid.

Recent Publications

Link to Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=0FfsNoUAAAAJ&hl=en

Raju, L. T., Diddens, C., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J., van der Linden, M. N., Zhang, X., Lohse, D., & Sen, U. "Evaporation of binary liquids from a capillary tube". (2024) Accepted in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06528)
Ávila-García, D., Lacambra-Asensio, L., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J., Zenit, R., & Champougny, L. "The fluid mechanics of splat painting". (2023) (http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11377)
Champougny, L., Bertin, V., Snoeijer, J. H., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. "Interfacial dripping faucet: generating monodisperse liquid lenses". (2023) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00459)
Martínez, J. O., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J.., Shen, Y., Tong, K. F., Wong, K. K., & Armada, A. G. "Toward liquid reconfigurable antenna arrays for wireless communications". IEEE Communications Magazine, 60(12), 145-151 (2022)
Seyfert C, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Lohse D, and Marín A. "Stability of respiratory-like droplets under evaporation". Physical Review Fluids, 7, 023603 (2022) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.09175)
Peñas-López P, Enríquez OR, and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "Bubble-laden thermals in supersaturated liquids". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 924, A31 (2021)
Champougny L, Scheid B, Korobkin AA, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "Dip-coating flow in the presence of two immiscible liquids". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 922, A26 (2021) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07356)
Foronda-Trillo FJ, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Gutiérrez-Montes C, Martínez-Bazán C. "Deformation and breakup of bubbles interacting with single vortex rings". International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 142, 103734 (2021)
Valencia L, López-Llorente V, Lasheras JC, Jorcano JL, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "Interaction of a migrating cell monolayer with a flexible fiber". Biophysical Journal, 120, 539-546 (2021) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.02780)
Vega-Marínez P, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, van der Meer D. "Growth of a bubble cloud in CO2-saturated water under microgravity". Soft Matter, 16, 4728-4738 (2020) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.14530)
Vega-Martínez P, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Khabakhpasheva T, and Korobkin A. "Hydro-elastic effects during the fast lifting of a disc from a water surface". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 869:726-751 (2019) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.06314)
Gordillo JM and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "Capillary waves control the ejection of bubble bursting jets". Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 867:556-571 (2019)
Enríquez OR, Robles D, Peñas-López P, and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "The shaky life of a water drop in an anise oil-rich environment". Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 100502 (2019) (Milton van Dyke Award 2018, see video)
Zenit R and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. "The fluid mechanics of bubbly drinks". Physics Today, 71(11), 44–50 (2018) (https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4069. Extended version: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.04733)
Maheshwari S, van der Hoef M, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Lohse D. "Leakiness of pinned neighboring surface nanobubbles induced by strong gas-surface interaction". ACS Nano, 12(3), 2603–2609 (2018) (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.7b08614)
Igualada-Villodre E, Medina-Paloma A, Vega-Martínez P, and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. “Transient effects in the translation of bubbles insonated with acoustic pulses of finite duration”. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 836, 649-693 (2018) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07741)
van der Linde P, Soto AM, Peñas-López P, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Lohse D, Gardeniers H, van der Meer D, and Rivas DF. “Electrolysis-Driven and Pressure-Controlled Diffusive Growth of Successive Bubbles on Microstructured Surfaces”. Langmuir, 33, 12873-12886 (2017) (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02978)
Peñas-López P, Moreno Soto A, Parrales MA, van der Meer D, Lohse D, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. “The history effect on bubble growth and dissolution. Part 2. Experiments and simulations of a spherical bubble attached to a horizontal flat plate”. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 820, 479-510 (2017) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00985)
Vega-Martinez P, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, van der Meer D, and Sperl M. “Drop Tower Setup to Study the Diffusion-driven Growth of a Foam Ball in Supersaturated Liquids in Microgravity Conditions”. Microgravity Sci. Tech. 29, 297-304 (2017) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08875)
Peñas-López P, van Elburg B, Parrales MA, and Rodríguez-Rodríguez J. “Diffusion of dissolved CO2 in water propagating from a cylindrical bubble in a horizontal Hele-Shaw cell”. Physical Review Fluids 2, 063602 (2017)
Daou MM, Igualada E, Dutilleul H, Citerne JM, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Zaleski S, Fuster D. Investigation of the collapse of bubbles after the impact of a piston on a liquid free surface. AIChE Journal 63, 2483-2495 (2017)
A Korobkin, T Khabakhpasheva, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, "Initial stage of plate lifting from a water surface", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 102 (1), 117-130 (2017) (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10665-015-9832-8)
P Peñas-López, MA Parrales, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, D van der Meer, "The history effect in bubble growth and dissolution. Part 1. Theory", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 800, 180-212 (2016) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00979)
P Peñas-López, MA Parrales, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, "Dissolution of a spherical cap bubble adhered to a flat surface in air-saturated water", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 775, 53-76 (2015)
P Martínez-Legazpi, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, A Korobkin, JC Lasheras, "Formation of corner waves in the wake of a partially submerged bluff body", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 771, 547-563 (2015)
J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, A Sevilla, C Martínez-Bazán, JM Gordillo, "Generation of microbubbles with applications to industry and medicine", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 47, 405-429 (2015)
J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, A Casado-Chacón, D Fuster, "Physics of beer tapping", Physical Review Letters 113 (21), 214501 (2014) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2678)
P Martínez-Legazpi, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C Marugán-Cruz, JC Lasheras, "Plunging to spilling transition in corner surface waves in the wake of a partially submerged vertical plate", Experiments in fluids 54 (1), 1-11 (2013)
J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C Marugán-Cruz, A Aliseda, JC Lasheras, "Dynamics of large turbulent structures in a steady breaker". Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 35 (2), 301-310 (2011)
C Martínez-Bazán, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, GB Deane, JL Montañes, JC Lasheras. "Considerations on bubble fragmentation models". Journal of Fluid Mechanics 661 159-177 (2010)
JH Lai, JC del Alamo, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, JC Lasheras, "The mechanics of the adhesive locomotion of terrestrial gastropods" Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (22), 3920-3933 (2010)
C Marugán-Cruz, J Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C Martínez-Bazán, "Negatively buoyant starting jets". Physics of Fluids 21 (11), 117101 (2009)
Revuelta A, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Martínez-Bazán C. "On the breakup of bubbles at high Reynolds numbers and subcritical Weber numbers". European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids. 27(5) 591-608 (2008)
del Álamo JC, Meili R, Alonso-Latorre B, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Aliseda A, Firtel R, Lasheras JC. "Spatio-temporal analysis of eukaryotic cell motility by improved force cytometry".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104, 13343-13348 (2007)
Santana D, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Almendros-Ibanez JA, Martínez-Bazán C. "Characteristic lengths and maximum entropy estimation from probe signals in the elliptic bubble regime". International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 32 1123-1139 (2006)
Hölscher T, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Wilkening W, Lasheras JC, Sang UH. "Intra-Operative brain ultrasound: a new approach to study flow dynamics in intracraneal aneurysms."Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 32 1307-1313 (2006)
Revuelta A, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Martínez-Bazán C. "Bubble breakup in a straining flow at finite Reynolds number".Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 551 175-184 (2006)
Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Gordillo JM, Martínez-Bazn C. "Breakup time and morphology of drops and bubbles in a high-Reynolds number flow". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 548 69-86 (2006)
Gordillo JM, Sevilla A, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Martínez-Bazán C. "Axisymmetric bubble pinch-off at high Reynolds numbers". Physical Review Letters 95 194501 (2005)
Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Sanchez AL, Martínez-Bazán C. "The boundary layer flow induced by a flat plate emerging normally to a wall". Heat and Mass Transfer. 40 959-962 (2004)
Rodríguez-Rodríguez J, Martínez-Bazán C, Montanés JL. "A novel particle tracking and break-up detection algorithm: application to the turbulent break-up of bubbles." Measurement Science and Technology. 14 1328-1340 (2003).

Teaching Activities

Javier Rodríguez teaches a number of both undergraduate and graduate courses at the Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering of Carlos III University. Besides the regular teaching activity, Javier supervises the work of several undergraduate and master students working on different topics as part of their education (end-of-degree projects).

Past and Present PhD Students