Médéric Argentina

Professor of Physics — Fluid Dynamics & Bio-inspired Locomotion

Publications

Below is the complete list of my scientific publications, listed in reverse chronological order.
Each entry includes a link to the official article (DOI or journal page) when available.

  1. Li Fu, Sardor Israilov, Jesús Sánchez-Rodríguez, Christophe Brouzet, Guillaume Allibert, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina Optimum control strategies for maximum thrust production in underwater undulatory swimming Phys. Rev. Fluids, 10:(4) (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.10.043101

  2. Christophe Brouzet, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina Undulatory underwater swimming: Linking vortex dynamics, thrust, and wake structure with a biorobotic fish J. Fluid Mechanics, 105, 153 2025). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.10392

  3. Cyril Karamaoun, Haribalan Kumar, Médéric Argentina, Didier Clamond, Benjamin Mauroy
    Curvature-driven transport of thin Bingham fluid layers in airway bifurcations.
    Phys. Rev. Fluids, 9:L081101 (2024).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.L081101

  4. Jesús Sánchez-Rodríguez, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina
    Scaling the tail beat frequency and swimming speed in underwater undulatory swimming.
    Nature Communications, 14:5569 (2023).
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41368-6

  5. Sardor Israilov, Li Fu, Jesús Sánchez-Rodríguez, Franco Fusco, Guillaume Allibert, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina
    Reinforcement learning approach to control an inverted pendulum: A general framework for educational purposes.
    PLOS ONE, 18(2):e0280071 (2023).
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280071

  6. Florian Schott, Benjamin Dollet, Stéphane Santucci, Cyrille Claudet, Médéric Argentina, Christophe Raufaste, Rajmund Mokso
    Three-dimensional liquid foam flow through a hopper resolved by fast X-ray microtomography.
    Royal Society of Chemistry, 19(7):1300 (2023).
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/sm/d2sm01299e

  7. Christophe D’Angelo, Laurence Viennot, Médéric Argentina, Franck Celestini, Christophe Raufaste
    Redistribution of translational kinetic energy: the surprises of bounces.
    European Journal of Physics, 43(6):065702 (2022).
    [https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/ac852e/meta]

  8. C. Karamaoun, B. Mauroy, M. Argentina
    An original computational framework offers new perspectives for exhaled nitric oxide.
    European Respiratory Journal, 60(suppl 66) (2022).
    [https://publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/60/suppl66/513]

  9. Denis Doyen, Mallorie Poët, Gisèle Jarretou, Didier F. Pisani, Michel Tauc, Marc Cougnon, Médéric Argentina, Yann Bouret, Laurent Counillon
    Intracellular pH control by membrane transport in mammalian cells: insights into the selective advantages of functional redundancy.
    Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9 (2022).
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.847935

  10. Guillaume Giombini, Joachim Mathiesen, Christophe D’Angelo, Médéric Argentina, Christophe Raufaste, Franck Celestini
    Use of compliant actuators for throwing rigid projectiles.
    Phys. Rev. E, 105:025001 (2022).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025001

  11. Jesús Sánchez-Rodríguez, Franck Celestini, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina
    Proprioceptive mechanism for bioinspired fish swimming.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 126:234501 (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.234501

  12. Christophe D’Angelo, Laurence Viennot, Médéric Argentina, Franck Celestini, Christophe Raufaste
    Impact dynamics of composite elastorigid projectiles onto solid surfaces.
    Phys. Rev. E, 103:053005 (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.053005

  13. David Gross, Yann Roux, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina
    Drag analysis with a self-propelled flexible swimmer.
    Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6:053101 (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.053101

  14. Franck Celestini, Joachim Mathiesen, Médéric Argentina, Christophe Raufaste
    Contact layer as a propelling advantage in throwing.
    Phys. Rev. Applied, 14:044026 (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.14.044026

  15. Jesús Sánchez-Rodríguez, Christophe Raufaste, Médéric Argentina
    A minimal model of self-propelled locomotion.
    Journal of Fluids and Structures, 97:103071 (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.103071

  16. David Gross, Yann Roux, Médéric Argentina
    Curvature-based, time delayed feedback as a means for self-propelled swimming.
    Journal of Fluids and Structures, 86:124–134 (2019).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2018.03.010

  17. Florence Gibouin, Christophe Raufaste, Yann Bouret, Médéric Argentina
    Study of the thrust–drag balance with a swimming robotic fish.
    Physics of Fluids, 30(9):091901 (2018).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5041784

  18. Guido Schifani, Thomas Frisch, Médéric Argentina
    Equilibrium and dynamics of strained islands.
    Phys. Rev. E, 97:062805 (2018).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062805

  19. C. Llorens, M. Argentina, N. Rojas, J. Westbrook, J. Dumais, X. Noblin
    The fern cavitation catapult: mechanism and design principles.
    J. R. Soc. Interface, 13:20150930 (2016).
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0930

  20. Florence Haudin, Xavier Noblin, Yann Bouret, Médéric Argentina, Christophe Raufaste
    Bubble dynamics inside an outgassing hydrogel confined in a Hele-Shaw cell.
    Phys. Rev. E, 94:023109 (2016).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.023109

  21. Yann Bouret, Alexandre Cohen, Nathalie Fraysse, Médéric Argentina, Christophe Raufaste
    Solitary-like waves in a liquid foam microchannel.
    Phys. Rev. Fluids, 1:043902 (2016).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.043902

  22. Guido Schifani, Thomas Frisch, Médéric Argentina, Jean-Noël Aqua
    Shape and coarsening dynamics of strained islands.
    Phys. Rev. E, 94:042808 (2016).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.042808

  23. Mattia Gazzola, Médéric Argentina, L. Mahadevan
    Gait and speed selection in slender inertial swimmers.
    PNAS, 112:3874–3879 (2015).
    https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419335112

  24. Médéric Argentina, Alexandre Cohen, Yann Bouret, Nathalie Fraysse, Christophe Raufaste
    Inertial mass transport and capillary hydraulic jump in a liquid foam microchannel.
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 765:1–16 (2015).
    https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.709

  25. Mattia Gazzola, Médéric Argentina, L. Mahadevan
    Scaling macroscopic aquatic locomotion.
    Nature Physics, 10:758–761 (2014).
    https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3078

  26. Alexandre Cohen, Nathalie Fraysse, Jacques Rajchenbach, Médéric Argentina, Yann Bouret, Christophe Raufaste
    Inertial mass transport and capillary hydraulic jump in a liquid foam microchannel.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 112:218303 (2014).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.218303

  27. Yann Bouret, Médéric Argentina, Laurent Counillon
    A tractable model for intracellular pH dynamics at the molecular level.
    PLOS ONE, 9:e85449 (2014).
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085449

  28. Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, M. Tirapegui
    A progressive correction to the circular hydraulic jump scaling.
    Physics of Fluids, 25:042105 (2013).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802049

  29. Carlos Llorens, Médéric Argentina, Yann Bouret
    Étude du piège de l’utriculaire: modèle élastique et comportements dynamiques associés.
    Rencontre du Non Linéaire, Paris (2013).

  30. Médéric Argentina, Germain Iooss
    Quasipatterns in a parametrically forced horizontal fluid film.
    Physica D, 241(16):1306–1321 (2012).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2012.04.011

  31. Xavier Noblin, Nicolas O. Rojas, James Westbrook, Carlos Llorens, Médéric Argentina, Jacques Dumais
    The fern sporangium: A unique catapult.
    Science, 335:1322 (2012).
    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215985

  32. Carlos Llorens, Médéric Argentina, Yann Bouret, Pierre Marmottant, Olivier Vincent
    A dynamical model for the Utricularia trap.
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 9:3129–3139 (2012).
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0512

  33. Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, Enrique Cerda, Enrique Tirapegui
    Faraday patterns in lubricated thin films.
    European Physical Journal D, 62(1):25–31 (2011).
    https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-10328-3

  34. Pascal Sauvage, Médéric Argentina, Jérôme Drappier, T. Senden, J. Siméon, Jean-Marc Di Meglio
    An elasto-hydrodynamical model of friction for the locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans.
    Journal of Biomechanics, 44(6):1117–1122 (2011).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.01.026

  35. Benoît Eichwald, Médéric Argentina, Xavier Noblin, Franck Celestini
    Dynamics of a ball bouncing on a vibrated elastic membrane.
    Phys. Rev. E, 82:016203 (2010).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.82.016203

  36. Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, Enrique Cerda, Enrique Tirapegui
    Inertial lubrication theory.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 104:187801 (2010).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.187801

  37. Armand Pumir, S. Sinha, S. Sridhar, Médéric Argentina, M. Hörning, S. Filippi, C. Cherubini, S. Luther, V. Krinsky
    Wave-train-induced termination of weakly anchored vortices in excitable media.
    Phys. Rev. E, 81:010901 (2010).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.010901

  38. Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, Enrique Cerda, Enrique Tirapegui
    Nonlinear Faraday waves at low Reynolds numbers.
    Journal of Molecular Liquids, 147(3):166–169 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2009.05.014

  39. M. Fardin, B. Lasne, O. Cardoso, G. Grégoire, Médéric Argentina, J. Decruppe, S. Lerouge
    Taylor-like vortices in shear-banding flow of giant micelles.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 103:028302 (2009).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.028302

  40. Xavier Noblin, James Westbrook, Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, Jacques Dumais
    Biomechanics of fern spores discharge: the sporangium opening.
    Proc. 6th Plant Biomechanics Conference, Cayenne (2009).

  41. Nicolas O. Rojas, Médéric Argentina, Enrique Cerda, Enrique Tirapegui
    Ondes non linéaires dans l’expérience de Faraday.
    Rencontre du Non Linéaire, Paris (2009).

  42. S. Lerouge, M. A. Fardin, Médéric Argentina, G. Grégoire, O. Cardoso
    Interface dynamics in shear-banding flow of giant micelles.
    Soft Matter, 4:1808–1819 (2008).
    https://doi.org/10.1039/b800183b

  43. Médéric Argentina, J. Skotheim, L. Mahadevan
    Settling and swimming of flexible fluid-lubricated foils.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 99:224503 (2007).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.224503

  44. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet, J.-M. Gilli, M. Monticelli, G. Rousseaux
    Chaos in Robert Hooke’s inverted cone.
    Proc. Royal Society A, 463:1259–1269 (2007).
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2006.1781

  45. S. Lerouge, Médéric Argentina, J. Decruppe
    Interface instability in shear-banding flow.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 96:088301 (2006).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.088301

  46. Médéric Argentina, M. Clerc, R. Rojas, E. Tirapegui
    Coarsening dynamics of the one-dimensional Cahn–Hilliard model.
    Phys. Rev. E, 71:046210 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.046210

  47. Médéric Argentina, L. Mahadevan
    Fluid-flow-induced flutter of a flag.
    PNAS, 102:1829–1834 (2005).
    https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0408383102

  48. Médéric Argentina, E. Cerda
    Falkner-Skan approximation for gradually variable flows.
    In Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, 87–100 (2004).

  49. Médéric Argentina, O. Rudzick, M. G. Velarde
    On the back-firing instability.
    Chaos, 14:777–785 (2004).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1774626

  50. R. Soto, Médéric Argentina, M. G. Clerc
    Van der Waals-like transition in fluidized granular matter.
    In Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 624, pp. 1–16 (2003).
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45234-8_1

  51. O. Descalzi, Médéric Argentina, E. Tirapegui
    Saddle-node bifurcation: Appearance mechanism of pulses in the subcritical complex Ginzburg–Landau equation.
    Phys. Rev. E, 67:015601 (2003).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.015601

  52. Médéric Argentina, O. Descalzi, E. Tirapegui
    Periodic nucleation solutions of the real Ginzburg–Landau equation.
    Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos, 12(10):2219–2228 (2002).
    https://doi.org/10.1142/S021812740200573X

  53. O. Descalzi, Médéric Argentina, E. Tirapegui
    Stationary localized solution in the subcritical complex Ginzburg–Landau equation.
    Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos, 12(11):2459–2465 (2002).
    https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127402005960

  54. Médéric Argentina, M. Clerc, R. Soto
    Van der Waals-like transition in fluidized granular matter.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 89:044301 (2002).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.044301

  55. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet, E. Risler
    Self-parametric instability in spatially extended systems.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 86:807–810 (2001).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.807

  56. Médéric Argentina, A. Giaquinta, M. G. Velarde
    A simple generalized excitability model mimicking salient features of neuron dynamics.
    Journal of Statistical Physics, 101:1–14 (2000).
    https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026401819366

  57. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet, V. Krinsky
    Head-on collisions of waves in an excitable FitzHugh–Nagumo system.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology, 205:47–52 (2000).
    https://doi.org/10.1006/jtbi.2000.2044

  58. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet
    Andronov bifurcation and sea-shell patterns.
    In Pattern Formation in Biology, Vision and Dynamics, pp. 1–13 (2000).

  59. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet
    Nucléation chaotique à partir de bords.
    In Rencontre du Non Linéaire, Paris (1999).

  60. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet
    A generic mechanism for spatiotemporal intermittency.
    Physica A, 257:45–60 (1998).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00213-1

  61. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet
    Modéliser la pigmentation des coquillages.
    La Recherche, 305:1–11 (1998).
    (Magazine article, no DOI)

  62. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet, L. Mahadevan
    Colliding waves in a model excitable medium: preservation, annihilation, and bifurcation.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 79:2803–2806 (1997).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2803

  63. Médéric Argentina, P. Coullet
    Chaotic nucleation of metastable domains.
    Phys. Rev. E, 56:R2359–R2362 (1997).
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.56.R2359