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Thin Films of Soft Matter

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Serafim Kalliadasis

    1. Imperial College London, UK

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  2. Uwe Thiele

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany

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Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 490)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Structure Formation in Thin Liquid Films: Interface Forces Unleashed

    • Ralf Seemann, Stephan Herminghaus, Karin Jacobs
    Pages 1-24

  3. Structure Formation in Thin Liquid Films

    • Uwe Thiele
    Pages 25-93

  4. Singularities and Similarities

    • Jens G. Eggers
    Pages 95-113

  5. Three-Phase Capillarity

    • David Quéré
    Pages 115-135

  6. Falling Films Under Complicated Conditions

    • Serafim Kalliadasis
    Pages 137-190

  7. Miscible Fingering in Electrokinetic Flow: Symmetries and Zero Modes

    • Yuxing Ben, Evgeny A. Demekhin, Hsueh-Chia Chang
    Pages 191-206
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A detailed overview and comprehensive analysis of the main theoretical and experimental advances on free surface thin film and jet flows of soft matter is given. At the theoretical front the book outlines the basic equations and boundary conditions and the derivation of low-dimensional models for the evolution of the free surface. Such models include long-wave expansions and equations of the boundary layer type and are analyzed via linear stability analysis, weakly nonlinear theories and strongly nonlinear analysis including construction of stationary periodic and solitary wave and similarity solutions. At the experimental front a variety of very recent experimental developments is outlined and the link between theory and experiments is illustrated. Such experiments include spreading drops and bubbles, imbibitions, singularity formation at interfaces and experimental characterization of thin films using atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry and contact angle measurements and analysis of patterns using Minkowski functionals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Imperial College London, UK

    Serafim Kalliadasis

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany

    Uwe Thiele

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Kalliadasis, S., Imperial College London, UK; Thiele, U., Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany

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