publications

2026

1. JFM

   Electrokinetic Effects on Flow and Ion Transport in Charge-Patterned Corrugated Nanochannels

   Thomas Petersen, Pouya Golchin, J. Im, and 1 more author

   Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2026

   Submitted October 2025

   Abs arXiv Bib

   We conduct a systematic study of electrokinetic flow in charge-patterned corrugated nanochannels. By strategically placing surface charge gradients relative to geometric undulations, we demonstrate flow gating via discontinuous transitions in bulk flow, selective ionic current control, and ionic diode behavior with near-perfect charge selectivity.

   @article{petersen2026electrokinetic,
     title = {Electrokinetic Effects on Flow and Ion Transport in Charge-Patterned Corrugated Nanochannels},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Golchin, Pouya and Im, J. and de Barros, F. P. J.},
     journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Submitted October 2025},
   }

2024

1. JPCB

   Toward Modeling the Structure of Electrolytes at Charged Mineral Interfaces using Classical Density Functional Theory

   Thomas Petersen

   Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024

   Abs Bib

   We apply classical density functional theory (cDFT) to model electrolytes at highly charged mineral interfaces. The model predicts GPa-scale cohesive stresses between C–S–H grains arising from ion correlations, consistent with atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics studies. Simulations further indicate that surface molecular texture and out-of-plane ion correlations contribute comparably to in-plane correlations previously emphasized in the cement physics literature.

   @article{petersen2024cdft,
     title = {Toward Modeling the Structure of Electrolytes at Charged Mineral Interfaces using Classical Density Functional Theory},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas},
     journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
     volume = {128},
     number = {16},
     pages = {3981--3996},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2022

1. OTC

   Compressible Carbon: Particle Behavior in Drilling Fluids and Field-Scale Deployment

   Thomas Petersen, Q. Wu, N. Liu, and 4 more authors

   In Offshore Technology Conference, 2022

   Bib

   @inproceedings{petersen2022compressiblecarbon,
     title = {Compressible Carbon: Particle Behavior in Drilling Fluids and Field-Scale Deployment},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Wu, Q. and Liu, N. and O'Donnell, B. J. and Korn, G. and Hewitt, P. and Zhou, C.},
     booktitle = {Offshore Technology Conference},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {OnePetro}
   }

2018

1. PRM

   Phase Separation of Stable Colloidal Clusters

   Thomas Petersen, Martin Z. Bažant, Roland J.-M. Pellenq, and 1 more author

   Physical Review Materials, 2018

   Bib

   @article{petersen2018phase,
     title = {Phase Separation of Stable Colloidal Clusters},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Ba{\v{z}}ant, Martin Z. and Pellenq, Roland J.-M. and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     journal = {Physical Review Materials},
     volume = {2},
     number = {9},
     pages = {095602},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {American Physical Society}
   }

2. JMPS

   A Reaction Model for Cement Solidification: Evolving the C-S-H Packing Density at the Micrometer-Scale

   Thomas Petersen, Pierre-Louis Valenaire, Roland J.-M. Pellenq, and 1 more author

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018

   Bib

   @article{petersen2018reaction,
     title = {A Reaction Model for Cement Solidification: Evolving the {C-S-H} Packing Density at the Micrometer-Scale},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Valenaire, Pierre-Louis and Pellenq, Roland J.-M. and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     journal = {Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids},
     volume = {118},
     pages = {58--73},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

3. AWR

   Monthly Hydroclimatology of the Continental United States

   Thomas Petersen, Naresh Devineni, and A. Sankarasubramanian

   Advances in Water Resources, 2018

   Bib

   @article{petersen2018hydroclimatology,
     title = {Monthly Hydroclimatology of the Continental United States},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Devineni, Naresh and Sankarasubramanian, A.},
     journal = {Advances in Water Resources},
     volume = {114},
     pages = {180--195},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

4. JMPS

   Le Châtelier’s Conjecture: Measurement of Colloidal Eigenstresses in Chemically Reactive Materials

   Muhannad Abuhaikal, Katerina Iouannidou, Thomas Petersen, and 2 more authors

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018

   Bib

   @article{abuhaikal2018lechatelier,
     title = {{Le Ch{\^a}telier}'s Conjecture: Measurement of Colloidal Eigenstresses in Chemically Reactive Materials},
     author = {Abuhaikal, Muhannad and Iouannidou, Katerina and Petersen, Thomas and Pellenq, Roland J.-M. and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     journal = {Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids},
     volume = {112},
     pages = {334--344},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

5. Phase-Field Modeling of Cement Paste: Where Particle Physics Meets Continuum Mechanics

   Thomas Petersen and Franz-Josef Ulm

   In Computational Modeling of Structures, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{petersen2018phasefield,
     title = {Phase-Field Modeling of Cement Paste: Where Particle Physics Meets Continuum Mechanics},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     booktitle = {Computational Modeling of Structures},
     pages = {79--86},
     year = {2018}
   }

2016

1. JAM

   Early-Age Stress and Pressure Developments in a Wellbore Cement Liner: Application to Eccentric Geometries

   Thomas Petersen and Franz-Josef Ulm

   Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2016

   Bib

   @article{petersen2016stresswellbore,
     title = {Early-Age Stress and Pressure Developments in a Wellbore Cement Liner: Application to Eccentric Geometries},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     journal = {Journal of Applied Mechanics},
     volume = {83},
     number = {9},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {ASME}
   }

2. EFM

   Radial Fracture in a Three-Phase Composite: Application to Wellbore Cement Liners at Early Ages

   Thomas Petersen and Franz-Josef Ulm

   Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2016

   Bib

   @article{petersen2016fracturewellbore,
     title = {Radial Fracture in a Three-Phase Composite: Application to Wellbore Cement Liners at Early Ages},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Ulm, Franz-Josef},
     journal = {Engineering Fracture Mechanics},
     volume = {154},
     pages = {272--287},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2012

1. JH

   Seasonality of Monthly Runoff over the Continental United States: Causality and Relations to Mean Annual and Mean Monthly Distributions of Moisture and Energy

   Thomas Petersen, Naresh Devineni, and A. Sankarasubramanian

   Journal of Hydrology, 2012

   Bib

   @article{petersen2012runoff,
     title = {Seasonality of Monthly Runoff over the Continental {United States}: Causality and Relations to Mean Annual and Mean Monthly Distributions of Moisture and Energy},
     author = {Petersen, Thomas and Devineni, Naresh and Sankarasubramanian, A.},
     journal = {Journal of Hydrology},
     volume = {468},
     pages = {139--150},
     year = {2012},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }