Publications

A. Biomechanics and Biophysics

1. Sarvestani, A.S., 2011. A model for cell motility on soft bio-adhesive substrates. Journal of Biomechanics 44, 755-788.
2. Sarvestani, A.S., 2011. Specific adhesion of vesicles on compliant bio-adhesive substrates. International Journal of Solids and Structures 48, 388-395.
3. Sarvestani, A.S., 2010. Compliance of bio-adhesive substrates controls the kinetics of membrane-substrate association. Journal of Theoretical Biology 266, 516-521.
4. Sarvestani, A.S., 2010. Cell adhesion on ligand gradient substrates: a thermodynamic study. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 105, 172-183.
5. Sarvestani, A.S., 2010. On the effect of substrate compliance on cellular motility. Journal of Biochips and Tissue Chips 1:101. doi:10.4172/2153-0777.1000101(invited paper).
6. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2009. Analysis of cell locomotion on ligand gradient substrates. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 103, 424-429.
7. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2009. Modeling cell adhesion to a substrate with gradient in ligand density. AIChE Journal 55, 2966 - 2972.
8. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2008. Modeling the kinetics of cell membrane spreading on substrates with ligand density gradient. Journal of Biomechanics 41, 921-925

B. Polymer Nanocomposites

1. Sarvestani, A.S., 2011. Reinforcement of macromolecular systems by nanofillers: A review on rheological mesomodels. Submitted to Journal of Nanoscience Letters.
2. Sarvestani, A.S., 2010. Nonlinear rheology of unentangled polymer melts reinforced with high concentration of rigid nanoparticles. Nanoscale Research Letters 5, 791-794.
3. Sarvestani, A.S., 2008. Modeling the solid-like behavior of entangled polymer nanocomposites at low frequency regimes. European Polymer Journal 44, 263-269.
4. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2008. A model for the viscoelastic behavior of nanofilled hydrogel composites under oscillatory shear loading. Polymer Composites 29, 326-336.
5. Sarvestani, A.S., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2008. The role of filler-matrix interaction on viscoelastic response of biomimetic nanocomposite hydrogels. Journal of Nanomaterials 2008, Article ID 126803, 9 pages.
6. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2007. Modeling the viscoelastic response of suspension of particles in polymer solutions: The effect of polymer-particle interactions. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 16, 378-385
7. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2006. Modeling and experimental investigation of rheological properties of injectable poly(lactide ethylene oxide fumarate)/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites. Biomacromolecules 7, 1573-1580.
8. Sarvestani, A.S., Picu, C.R., 2005.  A frictional molecular model for the viscoelasticity of entangled polymer nanocomposites. Rheologica Acta 45, 132-141.
9. Sarvestani, A.S., Picu, C.R., 2004. Network model for viscoelastic behavior of polymer nanocomposites. Polymer 45, 7779-7790.

 C. Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

1. Sarvestani, A.S., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2008. Osteonectin-derived peptide increases the modulus of bone-mimetic nanocomposites. European Biophysics Journal 37, 229-234.
2. Jabbari, E., He, X., Sarvestani, A.S., Xu, W., 2008. Material properties and bone marrow stromal cells response to in situ crosslinkable RGD-functionalized lactide-co-glycolide scaffolds. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 89A, 124-137.
3. Sarvestani, A.S., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2007. The effect of osteonectin-derived peptide on the viscoelasticity of hydrogel/apatite nanocomposite scaffolds. Biopolymers 85, 370-378.
4. Sarvestani, A.S., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2007. Viscoelastic characterization and modeling of gelation kinetics of injectable in situ crosslinkable poly(lactide-ethylene oxide-fumarate) hydrogels. Biomacromolecules 8, 406-415.
5. Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2007. Effect of composition on gelation kinetics of unfilled and nanoapatite-filled poly(lactide-ethylene oxide-fumarate) hydrogels. Materials Letters 61, 5278-5281.
6. Sarvestani, A.S., Xu, W., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2007. Gelation and degradation characteristics of in-situ photo-crosslinked poly(lactide-ethylene oxide-fumarate) hydrogels. Polymer 48, 7113-7120.
7. Jabbari, E., Tavakoli, J., Sarvestani, A.S., 2007. Swelling characteristics of acrylic acid polyelectrolyte hydrogel in a dc electric field. Smart Materials and Structures 16, 1614-1620.
8. Jabbari, E., He, X., Sarvestani, A.S., 2007. In-situ crosslinkable osteoinductive poly(lactide) scaffold for bone regeneration. European Cells and Materials 13(S2), 6.
9. Xu, W., He, X., Sarvestani, A.S., Jabbari, E., 2007. Effect of a low molecular weight crosslinkable macromer on electrospinning of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) fibers. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 18, 1369-1385.

1. Sarvestani, A.S., Shodja, H.M., Delfani, M.R., 2008. Determination of the scattered fields of an SH-wave by an eccentric coating-fiber ensemble using DEIM. International Journal of Engineering Science, 46, 1136-1146.
2. Sarvestani, A.S., 2005. Binary inclusion model for the overall elasticity of imperfectly bonded composites. Acta Mechanica 176, 153-167.
3. Sarvestani, A.S., 2003. On the overall elastic moduli of composites with spherical coated fillers. International Journal of Solids and Structures 40, 7553-7566.
4. Shodja, H.M., Sarvestani, A.S., 2001. Elastic fields in double inhomogeneity by the equivalent inclusion method. Journal of Applied Mechanics 68, 3-10.