Publications are listed in reverse chronological order and are also available on Google Scholar. Names in bold indicate students, trainees, or members of the lab (* indicates co-first authorship).

If access to any of the publications is unavailable, a copy of the paper can be provided upon request by contacting Prof. Ashwin Ramachandran directly.

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Publications prior to 2025

1. Ramachandran. A.,  Stone, H.A., Gitai, Z., 2024. Free-swimming bacteria transcriptionally respond to shear flow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (42), e2406688121. 

2. Ma, K.*, Ramachandran, A.*, & Santiago, J. G., 2024. Analytical solutions for viscoelectric effects in electrokinetic nanochannels. Electrophoresis, 45(7-8), 676-686.

3. Blanluet, C., Huyke, D. A., Ramachandran, A., Avaro, A. S., & Santiago, J. G., 2022. Detection and discrimination of single nucleotide polymorphisms by quantification of CRISPR-Cas catalytic efficiency. Analytical Chemistry, 94(43), 15117-15123.

4. Huyke, D. A.*, Ramachandran, A.*, Bashkirov, V. I., Kotseroglou, E. K., Kotseroglou, T., & Santiago, J. G., 2022. Enzyme Kinetics and Detector Sensitivity Determine Limits of Detection of Amplification-Free CRISPR-Cas12 and CRISPR-Cas13 Diagnostics. Analytical Chemistry, 94 (27), 9826-9834.

5. Ramachandran, A. and Santiago, J.G., 2022. Isotachophoresis: theory and microfluidic applications. Chemical Reviews, 122 (15), 12904-12976. 

6. Futai, N., Fukazawa, Y., Kashiwagi, T., Tamaki, S., Sakai, R., Hogan, C. A., Murugesan, K., Ramachandran, A., Banaei, N. & Santiago, J. G., 2022. A modular and reconfigurable open-channel gated device for the electrokinetic extraction of cell-free DNA assays. Analytica Chimica Acta, 339435.

7. Jiang, Q.*, Ramachandran, A.*, and Santiago, J.G., 2021. Species abundance and reaction off-rate regulate product formation in reactions accelerated using isotachophoresis. Analytical Chemistry, 93(37), 12541-12548.

8. Ramachandran, A. and Santiago, J.G., 2021. CRISPR enzyme kinetics for molecular diagnostics. Analytical Chemistry, 93 (20), 7456-7464.

9. Huyke, D. A., Ramachandran, A., Ramirez-Neri, O., Guerrero-Cruz, J. A., Gee, L. B., Braun, A., Sokaras, D., Garcia-Estrada, B., Solomon, E. I., Hedman, B., Delgado-Jaime, M. U., DePonte, D. P., Kroll, T. & Santiago, J. G., 2021. Millisecond timescale reactions observed via X-ray spectroscopy in a 3D microfabricated fused silica mixer. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28.

10. Ramachandran, A., Huyke, D.A., Sharma, E., Sahoo, M.K., Huang, C., Banaei, N., Pinsky, B.A., and Santiago, J.G., 2020. Electric-field-driven microfluidics for rapid CRISPR-based diagnostics and its application to detection of SARS-CoV-2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(47), pp. 29518-29525.

11. Terzis, A.*, Ramachandran, A.*, Kang, J., and Santiago, J. G., 2020. Simultaneous optical and infrared thermal imaging of isotachophoresis. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1131, pp. 9-17.

12. Hasseler, T.D., Ramachandran, A., Tarpeh, W.A., Stadermann, M., Santiago, J.G., 2020. Process design tools and techno-economic analysis for capacitive deionization. Water research, 183, 116034. 

13. Terzis, A., Ramachandran, A., Wang, K., Asheghi, M., Goodson, K.E., Santiago, J.G., 2020. High-frequency water vapor sorption cycling using fluidization of metal-organic frameworks. Cell Reports Physical Science, 1, 100057.

14. Kuo, H.A., Ramachandran, A., Oyarzun, D.I., Clevenger, E.C. , Santiago, J.G., Stadermann, M., Campbell, P.G. and Hawks, S.A., 2020. Understanding resistances in capacitive deionization devices. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, pp. 1842-1854.

15. Huyke, D.A., Ramachandran, A., Oyarzun, D.I., Kroll, T., DePonte, D.P. and Santiago, J.G., 2020. On the competition between mixing rate and uniformity in a coaxial hydrodynamic focusing mixer. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1103, pp. 1-10.

16. Ramachandran, A., Oyarzun, D.I., Hawks, S.A., Campbell, P.G., Stadermann, M. and Santiago, J.G., 2019. Comments on “Comparison of energy consumption in desalination by capacitive deionization and reverse osmosis”. Desalination, 461(30).

17. Ramachandran, A., Oyarzun, D.I., Hawks, S.A., Stadermann, M. and Santiago, J.G., 2019. High water recovery and improved thermodynamic efficiency for capacitive deionization using variable flowrate operation. Water research, 155, pp. 76-85.

18. Hawks, S.A., Ramachandran, A., Porada, S., Campbell, P.G., Suss, M.E., Biesheuvel, P.M., Santiago, J.G. and Stadermann, M., 2019. Performance metrics for the objective assessment of capacitive deionization systems. Water research, 152, pp. 126-137.

19. Ramachandran, A., Hemmatifar, A., Hawks, S.A., Stadermann, M. and Santiago, J.G., 2018. Self-similarities in desalination dynamics and performance using capacitive deionization. Water research, 140, pp. 323-334.

20. Hemmatifar, A.*, Ramachandran, A.*, Liu, K., Oyarzun, D.I., Bazant, M.Z. and Santiago, J.G., 2018. Thermodynamics of ion separation by electrosorption. Environmental science & technology, 52(17), pp. 10196-10204.

21. Ramachandran, A., Hawks, S.A., Stadermann, M. and Santiago, J.G., 2018. Frequency analysis and resonant operation for efficient capacitive deionization. Water research, 144, pp. 581-591.

22. Saikia, B., Ramachandran, A., Sinha, K. and Govindarajan, R., 2017. Effects of viscosity and conductivity stratification on the linear stability and transient growth within compressible Couette flow. Physics of Fluids, 29(2), p.024105.

23. Ramachandran, A., Saikia, B., Sinha, K. and Govindarajan, R., 2016. Effect of Prandtl number on the linear stability of compressible Couette flow. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 61, pp. 553-561.