Selected Publications

• Evidence for immobile transitional state of water in methane clathrate hydrates grown from surfactant solutions
  J.D. Botimer, D. Dunn-Rankin, and P. Taborek, Chemical Engineering Science, 142:89-96 (2016)

• Quartz Tuning Forks as Cryogenic Vacuum Gauges
  F.M. Huisman, A.E. Velasco, E. Van Cleve and P. Taborek, J Low Temp Phys, 107:226-239 (2014)

• Flow and evaporation in single micrometer and nanometer scale pipes
  A. E. Velasco, C. Yang, Z. S. Siwy, M. E. Toimil-Molares and P. Taborek, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 033101 (2014)

• Wetting Transition in Water
  S. R. Friedman, M. Khalil, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 226101 (2013)

• Pressure-driven flow through a single nanopore
  A. E. Velasco, S. G. Friedman, M. Pevarnik, Z. S. Siwy, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. E 86, 025302 (2012)

• Pinch-off dynamics in foams, emulsions and supsensions
  F. M. Huisman, S. R. Friedman and P. Taborek, Soft Matter, 8, 6767 (2012)

• Friction of molybdenum disulfide-titanium films under cryogenic vacuum conditions
  C.G. Dunckle, M. Aggleton, J. Glassman and P. Taborek, Tribology International, 44, 1819-1826 (2011)
• A Continuous 3He Cryostat With Pulse-Tube Pre-cooling and Optical Access
  J.C. Burton, E. Van Cleve and P. Taborek, Cryogenics, 51, 209-213 (2011)
• Simulations of Coulombic Fission of Charged Inviscid Drops
  J.C. Burton and P. Taborek, arXiv 1101.3020 (2011)
• Comment on “Transition from Thermal to Athermal Friction under Cryogenic Conditions”
  C. G. Dunckle and P. Taborek,, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 229601 (2010)
• Temperature dependence of single-asperity friction for a diamond on diamondlike carbon interface
  C. G. Dunckle, I. B. Altfeder, A. A. Voevodin, J. Jones, J, Krim and P. Taborek, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 114903 (2010)
• Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Equilibrium Geometry of Liquid Lenses
  J.C. Burton, F. M. Huisman, P. Alison, D. Rogerson and P. Taborek, Langmuir, 26, 19 (2010)
• Wetting, Prewetting and Superfluidity
  P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. 157, 101 (2009)
• Cryogenic vacuum tribology of diamond and diamond-like carbon films
  M. Aggleton, J.C. Burton and P. Taborek, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 013504 (2009)
• Bifurcation from Bubble to Droplet Behavior in Inviscid Pinch-off
  J.C. Burton and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214502 (2008)
• Helium adsorption on Lithium Substrates
  E. Van Cleve, P. Taborek and J.E. Rutledge, J. Low Temp. Phys. 150, 1 (2008)
• Superfluid Onset and Capillary Condensation
  R.J. Lazarowich and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. 149, p. 151 (2007).
• Two-dimensional Inviscid Pinch-off: An Example of Self-Similarity of the Second Kind
  J.C. Burton, and P. Taborek, Physics of Fluids, V 19, p. 102109 (2007).
• Role of Dimensionality and Axisymmetry in Fluid Pinch-off and Coalescence
  J.C. Burton, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett., V 98, p. 224502 (2007).
• Fabrication of Porous Alumina on Quartz Crystal Microbalances
  R.J. Lazarowich, P. Taborek, B.Y. Yoo, and N.V. Myung, J. Appl. Phys. V 101, p. 104909 (2007).
• Fluid Pinch-off in Superfluid and Normal ⁴He
  J.C. Burton, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. E., V 75, p. 036311 (2007).
• Temperature Dependence of Friction Under Cryogenic Conditions in Vacuum
  J.C. Burton, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, Trib. Lett. (2006)
• Superfluid Transitions and Capillary Condensation in Porous Media
  R.J. Lazarowich and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. B., V 74, p. 024512 (2006).
• Scaling and Instabilities in Bubble Pinch-off
  J.C. Burton, R. Waldrep, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett., V 94, p. 184502-1 (2005)
• Ellipsometry of Liquid Helium Films On Gold, Cesium, and Graphite
  T. McMillan, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys., V 138, p. 995 (2005)
• A Low Drift High Resolution Cryogenic Null Ellipsometer
  T. McMillan, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, Rev. Sci. Instrum., V 75, p. 5005 (2004)
• Fluid Pinch-Off Dynamics at Nanometer Length Scales
  J.C. Burton, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett., V 92, p. 244505 (2004)
• Superfluid Drops: Dyanamics of Pinch-Off and Sliding Motion
  J.C. Burton, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, J. Low Temp. Phys., V 134, p. 237 (2004)
• Supercooling Helium Vapor: Nucleation and Fog Formation induced by
  Strong Evaporation
  J.C. Burton, A.T. Nguyen Le, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys., V 134, p. 275 (2004)
• Ellipsometric Study of Superfluid Onset in Thin Liquid ⁴Helium Films
  T. McMillan, P. Taborek, J.E. Rutledge, J. Low Temp. Phys., V 134, p. 303 (2004)
• Friction and pinning of nitrogen films on lead substrates near the superconducting transition
  R.L. Renner, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, Phys. Rev. B, V 63, p. 233405 (2001)
• Amorphous carbon films deposited from carbon ions extracted from a discharge in fullerene vapor
  E. B. Maiken and P. Taborek, J. App. Phys., V 87, p. 4223 (2000)
• Quartz Microbalance Studies of Superconductivity-Dependent Sliding Friction
  R. L. Renner, J. E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett., V 83, p.1261 (1999)
• Experimental survey of wetting and superfluid onset of He-4 on alkali metal surfaces
  J.A. Phillips, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 113 Issue 5-6 P. 829-834 (1998)
• Wetting behavior of H₂ on cesium
  D. Ross, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, Phys. Rev. B, V 58, p. 4274 (1998)
• Direct Optical Imaging of Superfluid ⁴He Droplets on a Cesium Surface
  J.E. Rutledge, D. Ross, and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 113, p. 811 (1998)
• Superfluid Onset and Prewetting of ⁴He on Rubidium
  J.A. Phillips, D. Ross, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, Phys. Rev. B, V 58, p. 3361 (1998)
• Contact Angle of Superfluid Helium Droplets on a Cesium Surface
  D. Ross, P. Taborek, and J.E. Rutledge, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 111, p. 1 (1998)
• Wetting Near Triple Points
  K.G. Sukhatme, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett. V 80, p. 129(1998)
• Superfluid droplets on a solid surface
  D. Ross, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Science V 278, p. 664 (1997)
• Adsorption of ³He on cesium
  D. Ross, J.A. Phillips, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 106, p. 81(1997)
• Triple point dewetting transitions of helium mixtures on cesium
  D. Ross, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett. V 76, p. 2350 (1997)
• Non diffusive mobility of solid hydrogen films
  K.G. Sukhatme, J.E. Rutledge, and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 103, p. 301(1996)
• Bound states of ³He at the helium-cesium interface
  D. Ross, P. Taborek and J.E. Rutledge, Phys. Rev. Lett. V 74, p. 4483 (1995)
• The Solid-Liquid Surface Tension at a Helium/Cesium Interface
  J.E. Rutledge, D. Ross and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 101, p. 217 (1995)
• Adsorption of ³He on cesium surfaces
  J.E. Rutledge and P. Taborek, J. Low Temp. Phys. V 95, p. 405 (1994)
• Tuning the wetting transition: prewetting and superfluidity of ⁴He on thin cesium substrates  
  P. Taborek and J.E. Rutledge, Phys. Rev. Lett. V 71, p. 263 (1993)
• Prewetting phase diagram of ⁴He on cesium
  J.E. Rutledge and P. Taborek, Phys. Rev. Lett. V 69, p. 937 (1992)

Other Important Publications

• Wetting of ³He-⁴He mixtures on cesium and other alkali metals
  M.S. Pettersen, W.F. Saam, Phys. Rev. B, Vol 51, No. 21, pp. 15369 (1995)
• Helium Prewetting and Nonwetting on Weak-Binding Substrates
  E. Cheng, Milton W. Cole, W.F. Saam, and J. Treiner, Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol 67, No. 8 (1991)
• Wetting: Statics and Dynamics
  P.G. de Gennes, Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol 57, No. 3, Pt. 1, pp.827 (1985)
• Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems
  J.M. Kosterlitz and D.J. Thouless, J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys., Vol 6 (1973)