Solid films are usually metastable or unstable in the as-deposited state, and they will dewet
or agglomerate to form islands when heated to sufficiently high temperatures. This process …

The dynamics and stability of thin liquid films have fascinated scientists over many decades:
the observations of regular wave patterns in film flows down a windowpane or along …

The fragmentation of macro-into microplastics (MP) is the main source of MP in the
environment. Nevertheless, knowledge about degradation mechanisms, changes in …

The generation of nano-microstructured polymer film surfaces has been a challenge during
the last decades. Advances in the fabrication of structured polymer surfaces to obtain micro …

A general introduction to surface and interfacial forces, perfectly combining theoretical
concepts, experimental techniques and practical applications. In this completely updated …

Electronic devices based on organic semiconductors offer an attractive alternative to
conventional inorganic devices due to potentially lower costs, simpler packaging and …

In the past decade there have been many theoretical and experimental efforts to study the
mechanisms of solid state dewetting, that means the spontaneous agglomeration of a thin …

We studied the dewetting of thin liquid polymer films from solid surfaces. Our experimental
results lead to a consistent picture demonstrating the interplay between short-and long …

Co-continuous structures can be regarded as the coexistence of at least two continuous
structures within the same volume. Blends with co-continuous structures may combine the …

Theory predicts that dewetting of a homogeneous liquid film from a solid surface may
proceed via unstable surface waves on the liquid. This phenomenon, usually termed …