The rheology of inkjet printing inks must be well controlled in order to be able to form small
droplets. One solution is to use low volume fraction dispersed suspensions, but this leads to …

Drying processes of polymer solutions on a solid substrate enclosed by bank are studied in
the slow limit of the solvent evaporation. A simple model is proposed to examine the final …

Providing in-depth coverage of the science of defoaming, this book describes the mode of
action of antifoams, presenting the relevant theory and the supporting experimental …

To date, a limited number of aqueous conditions have been tested experimentally as
potential cleaning reagents on modern acrylic paint films. Those assessed have tended to …

When an insoluble surfactant is deposited on the surface of a thin fluid film, stresses induced
by surface tension gradients drive Marangoni spreading across the subphase surface. The …

Abstract Hypothesis Surfactant-driven Marangoni spreading generates a fluid flow
characterized by an outwardly moving “Marangoni ridge”. Spreading on thin and/or high …

We consider a mathematical model of spin coating of a single polymer blended in a solvent.
The model describes the one-dimensional development of a thin layer of the mixture as the …

Various aspects of coatings are covered:(1) film formation from solutions of thermoplastic
polymers, thermosetting coatings, and latex coatings;(2) flow of resin solutions and of …

Slight contaminations existing in a material lead to substantial defects in applied paint.
Herein, we propose a strategy to convert this nuisance to a technologically useful process by …

In film coating and other applications involving thin liquid films, surfactants are typically
employed to suppress the usually undesirable instabilities driven by surface phenomena …