Selected publications

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Universal Scaling Laws for a Generic Swimmer Model

Bruno Ventéjou, Thibaut Métivet, Aurélie Dupont & Philippe Peyla 

https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04511 (2024)


Behavioral transition of a fish school in a crowded environment. Editor’s suggestion

Bruno Ventejou, Iris Magnier-Papillon, Eric Berthin, Philippe Peyla & Aurélie Dupont

Physical Review E 109 , 064403 (2024)


Forcing a fish school through a bottleneck: a smooth evacuation

Renaud Larrieu, Philippe Moreau, Christian Graff, Philippe Peyla & Aurélie Dupont

Scientific Reports 13, 10414 (2023)


Active jamming of microswimmers at a bottleneck constriction

Edouardo Al Alam, Marvin Brun-Cosme-Bruny, Vincent Borne,Sylvain Faure, Bertrand Maury,

Philippe Peyla and Salima Rafaï

Physical Review Fluids 7, L092301 (2022)


Collective orientation of an immobile fish school and effect on rheotaxis

Renaud Larrieu, Catherine Quilliet, Aurélie Dupont, and Philippe Peyla

Physical Review E 103, 022137 (2021)


Deflection of phototactic microswimmers through abstacle arrays

Marvin Brun-Cosme-Bruny, Andre Förtsch, Walter Zimmermann, Philippe Peyla and Salima Rafai

Physical Review Fluids, 5, 093302 (2020)


Deformable microswimmer in an external force field

Mohd Suhail Rizvi, Philippe Peyla, Alexander Farutin, and Chaouqi Misbah

Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 033101 (2020)


Rheological signature of microswimmer phase-locking under flow

M. S. Rizvi, A. Nait-Ouhra, A. Farutin, P. Peyla, S. Rafai and C. Misbah

Physical Review Fluids 4, 103302 (2019)


Analytical study for swimmers in a channel

A. Farutin, H. Wu, W.-f. Hu, S. Rafaï, A. Farutin, P. Peyla and C. Misbah

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 881, 365-383 (2019)


Statistics of colloidal suspensions stirred by microswimmers

L Ortlieb, S. Rafaï, P. Peyla, T. John and C. Wagner

Physical Review Letters 122, 148101 (2019)


Effective diffusivity of microswimmers in a crowded environment 

M. Brun-Cosme-Bruny, E. Bertin, B. Coasne, P. Peyla and S. Rafaï

Special Topics: Chemical Physics of active matter.

J. Chem. Phys 150, 104901 (2019)


How to push one’s way through a dense crowd?

T. Métivet, L. Pastorello and P. Peyla

Europhysics Letters 121, 54003 (2018).


Effective viscosity of a suspension of flagellar-beating microswimmers: Three-dimensional modeling.

L. Jibuti, W. Zimmermann, S. Rafaï and P. Peyla

Phys. Rev. E 96, 052610 (2017)


Effective viscosity of two-dimensional suspensions: Confinement effects 

V. Doyeux, S. Priem, L. Jibuti, A. Farutin, M. Ismail, and P. Peyla

Phys. Rev. Fluids, 1, 043301 (2016)


Amoeboid swimming in a channel 

H. Wu, A. Farutin, W.-F. Hu, A. Farutin, M. Thiebaud, S. Rafai, P. Peyla, M.-C. Lai and C. Misbah

Soft Matter 12, 7470 (2016)


Photofocusing: Light and flow of phototactic microswimmer suspension 

Matthieu Martin, Alexandre Barzyk, Eric Bertin, Philippe Peyla, and Salima Rafaï

Phys. Rev. E 93, 051101(R) (2016)


Amoeboid motion in confined geometry 

H. Wu, M. Thiebaud, W.-F. Hu, A. Farutin, S. Rafai, M.-C. Lai, P. Peyla, and C. Misbah

Phys. Rev. E 92, Rapid Comm., 050701(R) (2015)


Self-focusing and jet instability of a microswimmer suspension. 

Levan Jibuti, Ling Qi, Chaouqi Misbah, Walter Zimmermann, Salima Rafai and Philippe Peyla

Phys. Rev. E 90, 063019 (2014)


Light control of the flow of phototactic microswimmer suspensions. 

Xabel Garcia, Salima Rafai and Philippe Peyla

Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 110, 138106 (2013)


Amoeboid Swimming: A Generic Self-Propulsion of Cells in Fluids by Means of Membrane Deformations

A. Farutin, S. Rafaï, D. K. Dysthe, A. Duperray, P. Peyla and C. Misbah

Phys. Rev. Lett. (2013) vol. 111, 228102 


Nonlinear elasticity of cross-linked networks.

Karin John, Chaouqi Misbah, Philippe Peyla, Denis Caillerie and Annie Raoult 

Phys. Rev. E87, 042721(2013)



Effective viscosity of non-gravitactic chlamydomonas reinhardtii microswimmer suspensions. 

M. Mussler, S. Rafai, P. Peyla, and C. Wagner

Europhysics Letters vol. 101, 54004 (2013)


Flow reduction in microchannels coated with a polymer brush. 

L. Lanotte, S. Guido, C. Misbah, P. Peyla and L. Bureau

Langmuir, 28, 13758 (2012)


Comparison between advected-field and level set methods in the study of vesicle dynamics. 

E. Maitre, C. Misbah, P. Peyla and A. Raoult

Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, 241, 1146 (2012)


Suspension with tunable effective viscosity. A numerical study. 

L. Jibuti, S. Rafai and P. Peyla 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 693, 345-366 (2012)


Roles of particle-wall and particle-particle interactions in highly confined suspensions of spherical particles being sheared at low Reynolds numbers. 

Ashok S. Sangani, Andreas Acrivos and Philippe Peyla 

Physics of Fluids 23, 083302 (2011)


New confinement effects on the viscosity of suspensions. 

Philippe Peyla and Claude Verdier 

Europhysics Letters 94, 44001 (2011)


Random walk of a swimmer in a low-Reynolds-number medium. 

Michael Garcia, Stefano Berti, Philippe Peyla and Salima Rafai 

Phys. Rev. E83, 035301 (2011) Rapid Communication.


Rheology of particulate suspensions in a Poiseuille Flow. 

H. Mansouri, H. Ez-Zahraouy, A. Benyoussef, P. Peyla and C. Misbah 

Phys. Rev. E82, 026306 (2010)


Effective viscosity of microswimmer suspensions. 

S. Rafai, L. Jibuti, P. Peyla 

Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 098102(2010)


Book Chapter: Actin based propulsion: Intriguing interplay between material properties and growth processes. 

K. John, D. Caillerie, P. Peyla, M. Ismail, A. Raoult, J. Prost and C. Misbah 

In Cell mechanics: from single scale based models to multiscale modelling , Taylor and Francis, London (2009)


Intriguing viscosity effects in confined suspensions: A numerical study 

Y. Davit and P. Peyla

Europhysics Letters 83, 64001 (2008)


Nonlinear study of symmetry-breaking in actin gels - Implications for cellular motility. 

K. John, P. Peyla, K. Kassner, J. Prost and C. Misbah 

Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 068101 (2008)


Rheology and dynamics of a deformable object in a microfluidis configuration: a numerical study. 

P. Peyla

Europhysics Letters 80, 34001 (2007)


Rheology of a suspension of long plates in a Poiseuille flow

H. Ez-Zahraouy, H. Mansouri, A. Benyoussef, P. Peyla and C. Misbah

Europhysics Letters 79, 54002 (2007)


Buckling of a compressed elastic membrane : a simple model. 

P. Peyla

Euro. Phys. J. B 48, 379 (2005)


Mechanical Property of Graphite Oxide : ab initio and continuum theory. 

A. Incze, A. Pasturel and P. Peyla

Phys. Rev. B70, 212103 (2004)


Elastic interaction between point-defects: New results for thin layers. 

P. Peyla, and C. Misbah 

Europ. Phys. J. B33, 233 (2003)


Elastic interaction between oxygen atoms on a graphite surface
A. Incze, A. Pasturel and P.Peyla 

Phys. Rev. B 66, Brief Report, 172101 (2002)


Undulated blistering during thin film delamination
Philippe Peyla, 

Phys. Rev. E, 62, Rapid Communication, 1501 (2000)


Mg-modified surface kinetics of the GaN growth by molecular beam epitaxy 

Bruno Daudin, Guido Mula, Philippe Peyla, 

Phys. Rev. B 61, 10330 (2000)


Book chapter: Scaling and crossovers in models for thin film growth

A.Pimpinelli, P.Jensen, H.Larralde, P.Peyla
MORPHOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION IN EPITAXIAL GROWTH AND REMOVAL
Ed. World Scientific Series - Condensed Matter Physics -(1999)


Mg-induced kinetical changes in the growth of cubic and hexagonal GaN by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
B. Daudin, G. Mula, P. Peyla, 

Physica Status Solidi (a) Applied Research, vol. 176, 385-389 (1999)


Fractal Growth of Epitaxial Surface with Elastic Interaction 

J.Steinbrecher, H.Muller-Krumbhaar, E.Brener, C. Misbah and P.Peyla 

Phys. Rev. E 59, 5600 (1999)


On elastic interaction between surface defects in thin layers 

P.Peyla, A.Vallat, C.Misbah and H.Muller-Krumbhaar Phys. Rev. Lett 82, 787 ( 1999)


Elastic interaction between defects on a surface 

P.Peyla, A.Vallat and C.Misbah Journal of Crystal Growth 201-202, 97-100 (1999)


Deposition and growth with desorption in molecular beam epitaxy
A.Pimpinelli and P.Peyla Journal of Crystal Growth 183, 311-322 (1998)


Deposition and growth with desorption for CdTe molecular beam epitaxy 

P.Peyla, A.Pimpinelli, Joel Cibert and Serge Tatarenko, Journal of Crystal Growth, 184/185, 75-79, (1998)


Crossover scaling in thick film growth on vicinal surfaces 

A.Pimpinelli and P.Peyla, International Journal of Modern Physics B11, 31 3647-3655 (1997)


Dynamic of spin organization in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors 

T.Dietl, P.Peyla, W.Grieshaber and Y.Merle d'Aubigne, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 474 (1995)


Exciton s states in semiconductor quatum well semiconductors 

P.Peyla, R.Romestain, Y.Merle d'Aubigne, G.Fishman, A.Wasiela and H.Mariette 

Phys.Rev. B52, 12027 (1995)


Optical investigation of superlattice orbits and impurity states in InGaAs/GaAs 

Warburton-RJ, Michels-JG, Peyla-P, Nicholas-RJ and Woodbridge-K 

Solid-State-Electronics. vol.37, no.4-6; April-June 1994; p.831-4 (1994)


Ultrathin pseudomorphic layers of ZnTe in CdTe/CdZnTe superlattices a direct probe
of the mixed type band configuration 

N.T.Pelekanos, P.Peyla, H.Mariette, P.H.Jouneau, A.Tardot, N.Magnea Phys. Rev. B48, 1517 (1993)


Anisotropy of the zeeman effect in CdTe/CdMnTe multiple quantum wells 

P.Peyla, A.Wasiela, Y.Merle d'Aubigne, D.E.Ashenford and B.Lunn, Phys. Rev. B47, 3783 (1993)


Exciton binding energies and the valence-band offset in mixed type I - type II strained layer superlattices" 

P.Peyla, Y.Merle d'Aubigne, A.Wasiela, R.Romestain, H.Mariette, M.D.Sturge, 

N.Magnea and H.Tuffigo, Phys. Rev B46, 1557, (1992)