Metal nanostructures are, nowadays, extensively used in applications such as catalysis,
electronics, sensing, optoelectronics and others. These applications require the possibility to …

Metal films of nanoscale thickness, deposited on substrates and exposed to laser heating,
provide systems that involve several interesting multiphysics effects. In addition to fluid …

Light carries energy and momentum, laying the physical foundation of optical manipulation
that has facilitated advances in myriad scientific disciplines, ranging from biochemistry and …

The well-known phenomena of Plateau–Rayleigh instability has been simulated using
computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The breakup of a liquid film into an array of droplets on …

Recent progress in submicron-and nano-fabrication technologies has led to the emergence
of novel photonic structures such as optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces. Real-life …

Pulsed laser-induced dewetting (PLiD) of Ag0. 5Ni0. 5 thin films results in phase-separated
bimetallic nanoparticles with size distributions that depend on the initial thin film thickness …

Transmission electron microscopy has functioned for decades as a platform for in situ
observation of materials and processes with high spatial resolution. Yet, the dynamics often …

Core-shell nanostructures have attracted much attention due to their unique and tunable
properties relative to bulk structures of the same materials, making core-shell nanoparticles …

We study the instability of nanometric Cu thin films on SiO2 substrates. The metal is melted
by means of laser pulses for some tens of nanoseconds, and during the liquid lifetime, the …

Motivated by the need to study the size dependence of nanoparticle–substrate systems, we
present a combined experimental and theoretical electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) …