Publications

Preprints

• Capillary-driven compression and relaxation of a soft sponge

H. Wei, O. W. Paulin, C. Cuttle, C. W. MacMinn (in prep)

• Deformation-driven collapse of non-wetting cavities in a soft porous medium

O. W. Paulin, L. C. Morrow, M. G. Hennessy, and C. W. MacMinn (in prep)

• Active viscoelastic condensates provide controllable mechanical anchor points

O. W. Paulin, J. Garcia-Baucells, L. Zieger, S. Aland, A. Dammermann, and D. Zwicker (submitted)

Publications

• Bulldozing an immersed granular material in a confined channel

L. C. Morrow, O. W. Paulin, M. G. Hennessy, D. R. Hewitt, M. L. Morgan, B. Sandnes, and C. W. MacMinn

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1040:A54 (2026)

• Phase separation with non-local interactions

Filipe C. Thewes, Y. Qiang, O. W. Paulin, and D. Zwicker

Physical Review Research, 8 L022023 (2026)

• Dynamics of phase separation in non-local elastic networks

O. W. Paulin, Y. Qiang, and D. Zwicker

Soft Matter, 22 1098-1108 (2026)

• Physics of droplet regulation in biological cells

D. Zwicker*, O. W. Paulin*, and C. ter Burg* * equal contribution

Reports on Progress in Physics,  88 116601 (2025)

• Fluid-fluid phase separation in a soft porous medium

O. W. Paulin, L. C. Morrow, M. G. Hennessy, and C. W. MacMinn

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 164:104892 (2022)

Thesis