IPM Positions

Faculty Member , School of Quantum Physics and Matter (2021 - Present )

Past IPM Positions

Head, School of Quantum Physics and Matter (2020 - 2024) Acting Vice Chair, School of Physics (2019 - 2020) Faculty Member , School of Physics (2011 - 2021)

Research Interests

Soft Matter, Biological and Statistical Physics (theoretical and computational) - specifically, Coulomb Fluids, Disordered Charged Systems, Strongly Coupled Soft Matter such as highly charged Colloids, Polymers and Membranes, Electrostatics of DNA, DNA Complexes and Virus-Like Nano-Capsids, Casimir Effect, Disordered Liquid Crystals; more recently, Dynamics of Self-Propelled Particles such as Colloidal and Bacterial Swimmers; previously, Diffusion on Ruffled Elastic Membranes, Charged Polymer Brushes, Electrophoresis of DNA

Research Activities

Soft Matter, Biological and Statistical Physics

Related Papers

1.	M.H. Masoudi and A. Naji Smart navigation through a rotating barrier: Deep reinforcement learning with application to size-based separation of active microagents J. Chem. Phys. 162 (2025),   [abstract]

2.	M. Sebtosheikh and A. Naji Active osmoticlike pressure on permeable inclusions Phys. Rev. E 109 (2024),   [abstract]

3.	Z. Fazli and A. Naji Rectification of polymer translocation through nanopores by nonchiral and chiral active particles Phys. Rev. E 107 (2023), 024602   [abstract]

4.	M. Sebtosheikh and A. Naji Noncentral forces mediated between two inclusions in a bath of active Brownian rods Scientific Reports 11 (2021),   [abstract]

5.	L. Javidpour, A. BožiÄ�, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Electrostatic interactions between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a charged electret fibre 17 (2021), 4296-4303  [abstract]

6.	M. Sebtosheikh and A. Naji Effective interactions mediated between two permeable disks in an active fluid Scientific Reports 10 (2020), 15570  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2020/060

7.	Z. Fazli and A. Naji Active particles with polar alignment in ring-shaped confinement  (Preprint) [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2020/046

8.	F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Surface alignment disorder and thermal Casimir forces in smectic-A liquid crystalline films J. Physics: Condens. Matter 32 (2020),   [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2020/042 Note: Published 15 May 2020

9.	M.R. Shabanniya and A. Naji Active dipolar spheroids in shear flow and transverse field: Population splitting, cross-stream migration, and orientational pinning J. Chem. Phys. 152 (2020), 204903  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2020/038 Note: Published Online: 26 May 2020

10.	F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Casimir-like interactions and surface anchoring duality in bookshelf geometry of smectic-A liquid crystals Soft Matter 15 (2019), 2216-2222   [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2019/075 Note: Submitted: 14 Nov 2018. Accepted: 01 Feb 2019. First published: 06 Feb 2019

11.	L. Javidpour, A. LoÅ¡dorfer BožiÄ�, R. Podgornik and A. Naji Role of metallic core for the stability of virus-like particles in strongly coupled electrostatics Scientific Reports 9 (2019), 3884   [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2017/064

12.	M. Mohammadi-Arzanagh, S. Mahdisoltani, R. Podgornik and A. Naji Hydrodynamic stress correlations in fluid films driven by stochastic surface forcing Phys. Rev. Fluids 3 (2018), 064201  [abstract] arXive.org link: 1712.05051 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2018/094 Note: Published 29 June 2018

13.	H. Nili and A. Naji Re-entrant bimodality in spheroidal chiral swimmers in shear flow Scientific Reports 8 (2018), 8328  [abstract] arXive.org link: 1803.02801 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2018/093 Note: Published: 29 May 2018

14.	T. Jamali and A. Naji Active fluids at circular boundaries: swim pressure and anomalous droplet ripening Soft Matter 14 (2018), 4820-4834  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2018/038

15.	C. Monahan, M. Mohammadi-Arzanagh, A. Naji, B.-S. Lu and R. Podgornik Secondary fluctuation-induced forces in a compressible thermally conducting fluid film  (Preprint) [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2017/084

16.	M. Mohammadi-Arzanagh, S. Mahdisoltani, R. Podgornik and A. Naji Hydrodynamic fluctuation stresses mediated across a randomly driven fluid film  (Preprint) [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2016/060

17.	B.-S. Lu, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Pseudo-Casimir Stresses and Elasticity of a Confined Elastomer Film Soft Matter 12 (2016), 4384  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2016/018

18.	B.-S. Lu, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Van der Waals Interaction between Polymers with Sequence-Specific Polarizabilities: Stiff polymers and Gaussian coils Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 31 (2016), 1641035  [abstract] arXive.org link: 1509.01996 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2016/002

19.	C. Monahan, A. Naji, R.R. Horgan, B. S. Lu and R. Podgornik Hydrodynamic fluctuation-induced forces in confined fluids Soft Matter 12 (2016), 441  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2016/001

20.	B. S. Lu, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Molecular Recognition by Van der Waals Interaction between Polymers with Sequence-Specific Polarizabilities J. Chem. Phys. 142 (2015), 214904  [abstract] arXive.org link: 1503.05486 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2015/074

21.	M. Ghodrat, A. Naji, H. Komaie-Moghaddam and R. Podgornik Ion-Mediated Interactions between Net-Neutral Slabs: Weak and strong disorder effects J. Chem. Phys. 143 (2015), 234701  [abstract] arXive.org link: 1509.01744 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2014/024

22.	M. Ghodrat, A. Naji, H. Komaie-Moghaddam and R. Podgornik Strong coupling electrostatics for randomly charged surfaces: Antifragility and effective interactions Soft Matter 11 (2015), 3441   [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1412.6799 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2014/023

23.	D.S. Dean, J. Dobnikar, A. Naji and R. Podgornik (Eds) Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter  (Books) [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2014/030

24.	A. Naji, M. Ghodrat, H. Komaie-Moghaddam and R. Podgornik Asymmetric Coulomb fluids at randomly charged dielectric interfaces: Anti-fragility, overcharging and charge inversion J. Chem. Phys. 141 (2014), 174704   [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1409.2609 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2014/022

25.	A. Basu, A. Naji and R. Pandit Structure-function Hierarchies and von-Karman-Howarth Relations for Turbulence in Magnetohydrodynamical Equations Phys. Rev. E 89 (2014), 012117  [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2013/052

26.	F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, A. Naji, A.Kh. Seifi and R. Podgornik Pseudo-Casimir Interactions across Nematic Films with Disordered Anchoring Axis J. Physics: Condens. Matter 26 (2014), 075103  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1310.8501 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2013/050

27.	F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, A. Naji, N. Shirzadiani and R. Podgornik Fluctuation-Induced Interactions in Nematics with Disordered Anchoring Energy J. Physics: Condens. Matter 26 (2014), 505101  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1407.1382 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2014/052

28.	H. Boroudjerdi, A. Naji and R.R. Netz Global Analysis of the Ground-State Wrapping Conformation of a Charged Polymer on an Oppositely Charged Nano-Spheres Eur. Phys. J. E 37 (2014), 21  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1311.5384 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2013/048

29.	R.R. Horgan, D.S. Dean, V. Démery, T.C. Hammant, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Aspects of One-Dimensional Coulomb Gases (contributed chapter in the book: Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter)  (Books) [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1209.3514 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/045

30.	D.S. Dean, A. Naji, R.R. Horgan, J. Sarabadani and R. Podgornik Coulomb Interactions between Disordered Charge Distributions (contributed chapter in the book: Electrostatics of Soft and Disordered Matter)  (Books) [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1209.3515 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/044

31.	A. Naji, M. Kanduc, J. Forsman and R. Podgornik Perspective: Coulomb fluids-Weak coupling, strong coupling, in between and beyond J. Chem. Phys. 139 (2013), 150901  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1307.5130 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2013/053

32.	L. Javidpour, A. Losdorfer Bozic, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Multivalent Ion Effects on Electrostatic Stability of Virus-Like Nano-Shells J. Chem. Phys. 139 (2013), 154709  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1212.0731 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2013/047

33.	L. Javidpour, A. Losdorfer Bozic, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Electrostatic Stability and Encapsidation of Charged Nano-Droplets Soft Matter 9 (2013), 11357  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1308.1942 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2013/046

34.	A. Naji, J. Sarabadani, D.S. Dean and R. Podgornik Sample-to-Sample Torque Fluctuations in a System of Coaxial Randomly Charged Surfaces Eur. Phys. J. E 35 (2012), 24  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1112.2263 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/043

35.	V. Rezvani, J. Sarabadani, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Electromagnetic Fluctuation-Induced Interactions in Randomly Charged Slabs J. Chem. Phys. 137 (2012), 114704  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1207.4573 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/042

36.	D.S. Dean, T.C. Hammant, R.R. Horgan, A. Naji and R. Podgornik Wrapping Transition and Wrapping-Mediated Interactions for Discrete Binding along an Elastic Filament: An Exact Solution J. Chem. Phys. 137 (2012), 144904  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1207.4576 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/041

37.	M. Kanduc, A. Naji, J. Forsman and R. Podgornik Attraction between Neutral Dielectrics Mediated by Multivalent Ions in an Asymmetric Ionic Fluid J. Chem. Phys. 137 (2012), 174704  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1208.3579 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2012/040

38.	M. Kanduc, A. Naji, J. Forsman and R. Podgornik Dressed Counterions: Polyvalent and Monovalent Ions at Charged Dielectric Interfaces Phys. Rev. E 84 (2011), 011502  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1101.1362 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2011/023

39.	H. Boroudjerdi, A. Naji and R.R. Netz Salt Modulated Structure of Polyelectrolyte-Macroion Complex Fibers Eur. Phys. J. E 34 (2011), 72  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1101.5760 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2011/022

40.	J. Sarabadani, A. Naji, R. Asgari and R. Podgornik Many-Body Effects in Van Der Waals-Casimir Interaction between Graphene Layers Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011), 155407  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:1105.4241 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2011/015

41.	M. Neek-Amal, N. Abedpour, S.N. Rasuli, A. Naji and M.R. Ejtehadi Diffusive Motion of C60 on a Graphene Sheet Phys. Rev. E 82 (2010), 051605   [abstract] Code: IPM/P-2010/052

42.	A. Naji, David S. Dean, J. Sarabadani, Ron R. Horgan and R. Podgornik Fluctuation-Induced Interaction between Randomly Charged Dielectrics Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010), 060601  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:0908.1337 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2009/030

43.	David S. Dean, Ron R. Horgan, A. Naji and R. Podgornik The Effects of Dielectric Disorder on Van Der Waals Interactions in Slab Geometries Phys. Rev. E 81 (2010), 051117  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:0907.3113 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2009/029

44.	M. Kanduc, A. Naji, Y.S. Jho, P.A. Pincus and R. Podgornic Role of Multipoles in Counterion-Mediated Interactions between Charged Surfaces: Strong and Weak Coupling J. Physics: Condens. Matter 21 (2009), 424103  [abstract] arXive.org link: arXiv:0905.3322 [ abs, src, ps, others], cited by Code: IPM/P-2009/028