PhD 1993, McGill University
Associate Professor
Office: Manning Hall 207
Laboratory: Manning Hall 214
Phone: 901-678-1676
Email: mlaradji@memphis.edu

Research Interests

• Lipid membranes
• Nanocomposites
• Polymers
• Nanofluidics of Complex Fluids

Teaching

• PHYS 7385: Methods of Computational Phys. (Spr. 2008, Spr.2009)
• PHYS 7520: Statistical Physics (Fall 2008)

Research Funding

• National Science Foundation
• Petroleum Research Fund
• Research Corporation

Representative Publications

• S. Ramachandran, P.B. Sunil Kumar, and M. Laradji, Lipid flip-flop driven mechanical and morphological changes in model membranes, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 125104 (2008)
• M. J.A. Hore and M. Laradji, Prospects of nanorods as an emulsifying agent of immiscible blends, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 054901 (2008)
• J.D. Revalee, M. Laradji, and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Implicit-solvent mesoscale model based on soft-core potentials for self-assembled lipid membranes, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 035102 (2008)
• Microphase separation induced by interfacial segregation of isotropic spherical nanoparticles, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 244903 (2007)
• J.A. Millan, W. Jiang, M. Laradji, and Y. Wang, Pressure driven flow of polymer solutions in nanoscale slit pores, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 124905 (2007)
• W. Jiang, J. Huang, Y. Wang, and M. Laradji, Hydrodynamic interaction in polymer solutions simulated with dissipative particle dynamics, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 044901 (2007)
• J.  Huang, Y. Wang, and M. Laradji, Flow control by smart nanofluidic channels: A dissipative particle dynamics study, Macromolecules 39, 5546 (2006)
• M. Laradji and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Anomalously slow domain growth in fluid membranes with asymmetric transbilayer lipid distribution,Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Com.) 73, 040901(R) (2006)
• M. Laradji and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Dynamics of domain growth in self-assembled fluid vesicles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 198105 (2004)
• M. Laradji, Elasticity of polymer-anchored membranes, Europhys. Lett. 60, 594 (2002)
• M. Laradji, A.C. Shi, R.C. Desai and J. Noolandi, Stability of ordered phases in weakly segregated diblock copolymer systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2577(1997)
• M. Laradji, A.C. Shi, J. Noolandi, and R.C. Desai, Stability of ordered phases in diblock copolymer melts, Macomolecules 30, 3242 (1997)
• M. Laradji, S. Toxvaerd and O.G. Mouritsen, Molecular dynamics simulation of spinodal decomposition in three-dimensional binary fluids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2253 (1996)
• M. Laradji, D.P. Landau and B. Dunweg, Structural properties of Si1-xGex alloys: A Monte Carlo simulation of the Stillinger-Weber potential, Phys. Rev. B 51, 4894 (1995)
• M. Laradji, H. Guo, M. Grant and M.J. Zuckermann, The effects of surfactants on the dynamics of phase separation,J. Phys.: Cond. Matt.  4, 6715(1992)