Faculty Member
Fluid Mechanics; Cavitation; CFD; Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
European Society of Sonochemistry
[1] Golshaei, R., Heyat Davoudian, S., Toyran, E., Kestek, E., Kaur, A., Priyadarshi, A., Koşar A., Tzanakis, I., and Ghorbani, M., “Novel Concept of Hydroxyl Radical Generation in Hydrodynamic Cavitation on a Chip Platforms” Chemical Engineering Journal, 517, 164356, 2025.
[2] Maleki, M., Talabazar, FR., Davoudian, SH., Dular, M., Kosar, A., Petkovšek, M., Šmid, A., Zupanc, M., and Ghorbani, M., “The formation of hydroxyl radicals during hydrodynamic cavitation in microfluidic reactors using salicylic acid dosimetry,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 27:161976, 2025.
[3] Toyran, E., Talabazar, FR., Tzanakis, I., Ghorbani, M., and Koşar, A., “Cavitating flow morphology determination in cavitation-on-a-chip devices based on local real-time pressure measurements,” Physics of Fluids, 37, 022009, 2025.
[4] Ozogul, B., Unal A., Mercimek R., Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Seyedmirzaei Sarraf, S., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Ansari Hamedani, A., Villanueva, L.G., Grishenkov, D., Amani, E., Elverdi, T., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., “Hydrodynamic Cavitation‐Induced Thrombolysis on a Clot‐on‐a‐Chip Platform,” Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2400112, 2025.
[5] Tebyani, S., Talabazar, FR., Ghorbani, M., Koşar, A., “On the Effect of Fluid Temperature in Hydrodynamic Cavitation on a Chip Reactors,” International Journal of Thermofluids, 19:101185, 2025.
[6] Kestek, E., Akar, Ü., Sarraf, S.S., Kanbur, O., Kirabali, U.G., Sutova, H.E., Ghorbani, M., Kutlu, O., Uvet, H., Ekici, A.I.D. and Ekici, S., Kozalak, G., and Kosar, A., “A flexible cystoscopy prototype for mechanical tissue ablation based on micro-scale hydrodynamic cavitation: Ex vivo and in vivo studies,” Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, p.107223, 2025.
[7] Kaur, A., Babaliari, E., Bolanos-Garcia, V.M., Kefalogianni, M., Psilodimitrakopoulos, S., Kavatzikidou, P., Ranella, A., Ghorbani, M., Stratakis, E., Eskin, D.G., and Tzanakis, I., “Assessment of aqueous exfoliated graphene on fibroblast and cancer cells: An initial proof-of-concept study for drug delivery and cancer treatment,” Scientific Reports, 15, 15396, 2025.
[8] Karacaoglu, B., Kocer, AT., Inan, B., Butun, I., Mercimek, R., Ghorbani, M., Kosar, A., and Balkanli, D., “Microfluidic Chip-Assisted Separation Process and Post-Chip Microalgae Cultivation for Carotenoid Production,” Journal of Applied Phycology, 37, 35-53, 2025.
[9] Mercimek, R., Akar, U., Şanlı, G.T., Özogul, B., Çelik, S., Moradi, O., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., “On the Effects of 3D Printed Mold Material, Curing Temperature, and Duration on Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Curing Characteristics for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications,” Micromachines, Accepted, 2025.
[10] Priyadarshi, A., Kaur, A., Khavari, M., Morton, J., Tyurnina, A., Ghorbani, M., Prentice, P., Mi, J., Pericleous, K., Lee, P.D., Eskin, D.G., and Tzanakis, I., “Role of shock waves in materials processing: Fundamentals and Applications,” Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Accepted, 2025.
2024
[11] Maleki, M., Talabazar, FR., Toyran, E., Priyadarshi, A., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Villanueva, LG., Grishenkov, D., Tzanakis, I., Koşar, A., and Ghorbani, M., “New Insights on Cavitating Flows Over a Microscale Backward-Facing Step,” Physics of Fluids, 36, 093335, 2024.
[12] Amani, E., Molaei, MB., and Ghorbani, M., “Novel Mixed Approximate Deconvolution Subgrid-Scale Models for Large-Eddy Simulation,” Physics of Fluids, 36, 085188, 2024
[13] Talabazar, FR., Baresel, C., Ghorbani, R., Tzanakis, I., Koşar, A., Grishenkov, D., and Ghorbani, M., “Removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from wastewater using the hydrodynamic cavitation on a chip concept,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 1, 495, 153573, 2024.
[14] Maleki, M., Talabazar, FR., Koşar, A., and Ghorbani, M., “On the spatio-temporal dynamics of cavitating turbulent shear flow over a microscale backward-facing step: A numerical study,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 1, 177, 104875, 2024.
[15] Abdelrahman, AM., Tebyani, S., Talabazar, FR., Tabar, SA., Berenji, NR., Aghdam, AS., Koyuncu, I., Kosar, A., Guven, H., Ersahin, ME., Ghorbani, M., “The flow pattern effects of hydrodynamic cavitation on waste activated sludge digestibility,” Chemosphere,1, 357, 141949, 2024.
[16] Kaur, A., Morton, JA., Tyurnina, AV., Priyadarshi, A., Ghorbani, M., Mi, J., Porfyrakis, K., Eskin, DG., Tzanakis, I., “Dual frequency ultrasonic liquid phase exfoliation method for the production of few layer graphene in green solvents,” Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 1, 108, 106954, 2024.
2023
[17] Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Maleki, M., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Grishenkov, D., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., ”Cavitation Inception and Evolution in ‘Cavitation on a Chip’ Devices at Low Upstream Pressures,” Physics of Fluids, 35, 012012, 2023.
[18] Namli, I., Karavelioglu, Z., Sarraf, S.S., Aghdam, A.S., Varol, R., Yilmaz, A., Sahin, S.B., Ozogul, B., Bozkaya, D.N., Acar, H.F. and Uvet, H., Çetinel S., Kutlu O., Ghorbani M., and Koşar, A., “On the application of hydrodynamic cavitation on a chip in cellular injury and drug delivery,” Lab on a Chip, 23(11), 2640-2653, 2023.
[19] Maleki, M., Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Seyedmirzaei Sarraf, S., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Bayraktar, S., Tuzcuoğlu, E., Koşar, A. and Ghorbani, M., “Detergent dissolution intensification via energy-efficient hydrodynamic cavitation reactors,” ACS omega, 8(32), 29595-29607, 2023.
2022
[20] Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Jafarpour, M., Grishenkov, D., Kosar, A., and Ghorbani, M., ”Chemical Effects in “Hydrodynamic Cavitation on a Chip”: The Role of Cavitating Flow Patterns,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 445, 136734, 2022.
[21] Namli, I., Sarraf, S., Aghdam, A.S., Torabfam, G.C., Kutlu, O. Cetinel, S., Ghorbani, M., and Koşar, A., “Hydrodynamic Cavitation on a Chip: A Tool to Detect Circulating Tumor Cells,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, 40688-40697, 2022.
[22] Seyedmirzaei Sarraf, S., Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Namli, I., Maleki, M., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Gharib, G., Grishenkov, D., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., ”Fundamentals, Biomedical Applications and Future Potential of Micro-scale Cavitation-A Review,” Lab on a chip, 22, 2237-2258, 2022.
[23] Abbasiasl, T., Sutova, H. E., Niazi, S., Celebi, G., Karavelioglu, Z., Kirabali, U.G., Yilmaz, A., Uvet, H., Kutlu, O., Ekici, S., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., ”A Flexible Cystoscope Based on Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Tumor Tissue Ablation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69, 513 - 524, 2022.
2021
[24] Ghorbani, M., ”The Hydrodynamic Cavitation Manifestation in Small Chips,” IEEE Access, 9, 110517 – 110524, 2021.
[25] Jafarpour, M., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Kosar, A., Cebeci, F.C., Ghorbani, M., ”Electrospinning of Ternary Composite of PMMA-PEG-SiO2 Nanoparticles: Comprehensive Process Optimization and Electrospun Properties,” Materials Today Communications, 29, 102865, 2021.
[26] Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Jafarpour, M., Talebian Gevari, M., Zuvin, M., Chen, H., Villanueva, L.G., Grishenkov, D., Kosar, A., and Ghorbani, M., ”Design and Fabrication of a Vigorous “Cavitation on a Chip” Device with Multiple Microchannel Configurations,” Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 7, 1-13, 2021.
[27] Jafarpour, M., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Talebian Gevari, M., Kosar, A., Bayazit, M.K., and Ghorbani, M., ”An Ecologically Friendly Process for Graphene Exfoliation Based on the “Hydrodynamic Cavitation on a Chip” Concept,” RSC Advances, 11, 17965-17975, 2021
[28] Shafaghi, AH., Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Zuvin, M., Talebian Gevari, M., Villanueva, L.G., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A.,”On Cavitation Inception and Cavitating Flow Patterns in a Multi Orifice Microfluidic Device with a Functional Surface,” Physics of Fluids, 33, 032005, 2021.
[29] Loskutova, K., Nimander, D., Gouwy, I., Chen, H., Ghorbani, M., Svagan, A., and Grishenkov, D., ”A Study on the Acoustic Response of Pickering Perfluoropentane Droplets in Different Media,” ACS Omega, 6,5670-5678, 2021.
[30] Talebian Gevari, M., Aydemir, G., Gharib, G., Kutlu, O., Uvet, H., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., ”Local Carpet Bombardment of Immobilized Cancer Cells with Hydrodynamic Cavitation,” IEEE Access, 9,14983-14991, 2021.
[31] Chen, H., Evangelou, D., Loskutova, K., Ghorbani, M., and Grishenkov, D.,”On the Development of a Novel Contrast Pulse Sequence for Polymer-Shelled Microbubbles,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 68, 1569 – 1579, 2021.
2020
[32] Ghorbani, M., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Talebian Gevari, M., Kosar, A., M., Cebeci, F.C., Grishenkov, D., and Justina Svagan, A., ”Facile Hydrodynamic Cavitation ON CHIP via Pickering Stabilized Perfluorodroplets inside Layer-by-Layer Assembled SLIPS Surfaces,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 382, 122809, 2020.
[33] Shafaghi, AH., Rokhsar Talabazar, F., Kosar, A. and Ghorbani, M., ”On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission,” Fluids, 5(3), 113, 2020
[34] Talebian Gevari, M., Abbasiasl, T., Niazi, S., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A.,”Direct and indirect thermal applications of hydrodynamic and acoustic cavitation: A review,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 171, 115065, 2020.
[35] Talebian Gevari, M., Parlar, A., Torabfam, M., Kosar, A., Yucel, M., and Ghorbani, M., ”Influence of fluid properties on intensity of hydrodynamic cavitation and deactivation of Salmonella typhimurium,” Processes, 8 (3), 326, 2020.
[36] Talebian Gevari, M., Niazi, S., Karimzadehkhouei, M., Sendur, K., Menguc, M. P., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar A., ”Deagglomeration of nanoparticle clusters in a ‘Cavitation on Chip’ device,” AIP Advances, 10, 115204, 2020.
[37] Talebian Gevari, M., Shafaghi, AH., Villanueva, L.G., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A., ”Engineered Lateral Roughness Element Implementation and Working Fluid Alteration to Intensify Hydrodynamic Cavitating Flows on a Chip for Energy Harvesting,” Micromachines, 11, 49, 2020.
[38] Abbasiasl, T., Niazi, S., Sheibani Aghdam, A., Chen, H., Cebeci, F.C., Grishenkov, D., Ghorbani, M., and Kosar, A.,”Effect of intensified cavitation using poly(vinyl alcohol) microbubbles on spray atomization characteristics in micro scale,” AIP Advances, 10, 025318, 2020.
2019
[39] Ghorbani, M., Olofsson, K., Justina Svagan, A., and Grishenkov, D., ”Unravelling the Acoustic and Thermal Responses of Pickering Emulsions Stabilized with Cellulose Nanofibers,” Langmuir, 35, 13090-13099, 2019.
[40] Ghorbani, M., Deprem, G., Ozdemir, E., Motazakker, A.R., Villanueva, L.G., and Kosar, A., ”On ”Cavitation On Chip” in Microfluidic Devices with Surface and Side Wall Roughness Elements,” IE, 28, 890-899, 2019.
[41] Sheibani Aghdam, A., Ghorbani, M., Deprem, G., Cebeci, F., and Kosar, A., ”A New Method for Intense Cavitation Bubble Generation on Layer-by-Layer Assembled SLIPS,” Scientific Reports, 9, 1-13, 2019.
[42] Talebian Gevari, M., Ghorbani, M., Justina Svagan, A.,Grishenkov, D., and Kosar, A., ”Energy Harvesting with Micro Scale Hydrodynamic Cavitation -Thermoelectric Generation Coupling,” AIP Advances, 9, 105012, 2019
[43] Loskutova, K., Grishenkov, D. and Ghorbani, M., ”Review on Acoustic Droplet Vaporization in Ultrasound Diagnostics and Therapeutics,” Biomed Research International, 2019, 9480193, 2019.
2018
[44] Ghorbani, M., Chen, H., Villanueva, L.G., Grishenkov, D., and Kosar, A., “Intensifying Cavitating Flows in Microfluidic Devices with Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) Microbubbles,” Physics of Fluids, 30, 102001, 2018.
[45] Ghorbani, M., “Numerical Study on the Behavior of Fuel Spray due to Cavitation in Injector Nozzle with Different Angles of the Nozzle,” Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, 30, 908-919, 2018.
[46] Ghorbani, M., Khalili Sadaghiani, A., Villanueva, L. G., Kosar, A., “Hydrodynamic Cavitation in Microfluidic Devices with Roughened Surfaces,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28, 075016, 2018.
[47] Ghorbani, M., Alcan, G., Sozer, C., Unel, M., Kosar, A., “Design, prototyping and fabricate a cavitating flow induced endoscopy for biomedical applications,” AIP Advances, 8, 035108, 2018.
[48] Ghorbani, M., Alcan, G., Mohammadi, A., Khalili Sadaghiani, A, Unel, M., Gozuacik, D., and Kosar, A. “Characterization and pressure drop correlation for sprays under the effect of micro scale cavitation,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences, 91, pp. 89-102, 2018.
2017
[49] Ghorbani, M., Mohammadi, A., Motazakker, A., Villanueva, L. G., Leblebici, Y., and Kosar, A. “Energy Harvesting in Micro Scale with Cavitating Flow,” ACS Omega, 2 (10), pp. 68706877, 2017.
[50] Ghorbani, M., Khalili Sadaghiani, A., Yildiz, M., and Kosar, A., “Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Spray Structure under the Effect of Cavitation Phenomenon in a Microchannel,” Journal of Mechanical Sciences and Technology, 31 (1), pp. 235-247, 2017.
2016
[51] Ghorbani, M., Alcan, G., Unel, M., Sabanovic, A., Uvet, H., Gozuacik, D., and Kosar, A., “Visualization of Microscale Cavitating Flow Regimes via Particle Shadow Sizing Imaging and Vision based Estimation of the Cone Angle,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences, 78, pp. 322-333, 2016.
[52] Ghorbani, M., Oral, O., Ekici, S., Gozuacik, D., and Kosar, A., “Review on Lithotripsy and Cavitation in Urinary Stone Therapy,” IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 9, pp. 264-283, 2016.
[53] Ghorbani, M., Yildiz, M., Gozuacik, D., and Kosar, A., “Cavitating Nozzle Flow in Micro- and Mini Channels under the Effect of Turbulence,” Journal of Mechanical Sciences and Technology, 30 (6), pp. 2565-2581, 2016.
[54] Ghorbani, M., and Akbarpour, S., “The Multi Zone Model of the Low Heat Rejection Engine for DI Diesel Injection Engines,” Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 38 (2), pp. 365-375, 2016.
[55] Alcan, G., Ghorbani, M., Kosar, A., and Unel, M., “A New Visual Tracking Method for the Analysis and Characterization of Jet Flow,” Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 51, pp. 55-67, 2016.
[56] Karimzadehkhouei, M., Ghorbani, M., Sendur, K., Menguc, M. P., Leblebici, Y., and Kosar, A., “Increasing the Stability of Nano Fluid with Cavitating Flows in Microorifices,” Applied Physics Letters, 109 (10), 104101, 2016.
2012-2015
[57] Ghorbani, M., Alcan, G., Yilmaz, D., Unel, M., and Kosar, A., “Visualization and Image Processing of Spray Structure under the Effect of Cavitation Phenomenon,” IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 656, 012115, 2015.
[58] Akbarpour, S., and Ghorbani, M. “Numerical Investigation on the External Compressible Flow around NACA m1 and NACA 0015 Airfoils,” Scientia Iranica, 20 (5), pp. 1508-1516, 2013.
[59] Shervani-Tabar, M. T., Sheykhvazaye, M., and Ghorbani, M. “Numerical Study on the Effect of the Injection Pressure on spray Penetration Length,” Applied Mathematical Modelling, 37 (14-15), pp. 7778-7788, 2013.
[60] Shervani-Tabar, M. T., Parsa, S., and Ghorbani, M. “Numerical Study on the Effect of the Cavitation Phenomenon on the Characteristics of Fuel Spray,” Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 56 (5-6), pp. 105-117, 2012.