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 …

Experimental research on wetting in polymer films is a subject that is reaching maturity. We
review progress from the past few years in research into the influence of a boundary in …

Developing adaptive materials with geometries that change in response to external stimuli
provides fundamental insights into the links between the physical forces involved and the …

The free surface of a thin soft polymer film is often found to become unstable and self-
organizes into various meso-scale structures. In this article we classify the instability of a thin …

Tear-film instability is widely believed to be a signature of eye health. When an interblink is
prolonged, randomly distributed ruptures occur in the tear film.“Black spots” and/or “black …

Self [hyphen] assembled polyelectrolyte–surfactant complexes in the solid state and as
nanoparticles are the topic of this review. These materials combine the properties of …

Monodispersed polystyrene with different molecular weights, M w, from below the
entanglement molecular weight, M e (∼ 20K Da), to well above was studied for effects of …

Electrostatic field induced instability, morphology, and patterning of a thin liquid film confined
between two electrodes with an air gap are studied on the basis of nonlinear 3D simulations …

A new mechanism for the surface instability and dewetting of thin films on chemically
heterogeneous substrates is identified and simulated. The time scale for instability varies …

The Hamaker constants for iron oxide nanoparticles in various media have been calculated
using Lifshitz theory. Expressions for the dielectric responses of three iron oxide phases …