Polymer Surfaces in Motion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Nonconventional Methods for Patterning Polymer Surfaces

   • Carlos Drummond, Juan Rodríguez-Hernández

   Pages 1-21

3. From Holes to Drops to Toroids: Conditions for the Transcription of Surface Patterns into Three-Dimensional Morphologies via Rim Instabilities in the Course of Dewetting

   • Samer Al Akhrass, Laurent Vonna, Günter Reiter

   Pages 23-42

4. Directing Convection to Pattern Thin Polymer Films: Coffee Rings

   • Bo Li, James Iocozzia, Zhiqun Lin

   Pages 43-71

5. Nanopatterns Produced by Directed Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Thin Films

   • Virginie Ponsinet

   Pages 73-97

6. Nanostructured Interfaces by Surface Segregation of Block Copolymers

   • Antoine Bousquet, Juan Rodríguez-Hernández

   Pages 99-142

7. Template Guided Structuration of Polymer Films

   • David Coffey, Joseph Wei

   Pages 143-162

8. Electrohydrodynamic Lithography of Functional Soft Materials for Advanced Applications

   • Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

   Pages 163-182

9. Elastic Instability and Surface Wrinkling

   • Pascal Damman

   Pages 183-200

10. Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics Induced Surface Instabilities

    • Murat Guvendiren

    Pages 201-217

11. Breath Figures: Fabrication of Honeycomb Porous Films Induced by Marangoni Instabilities

    • Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla, Maud Save, Laurent Billon, Juan Rodríguez-Hernández

    Pages 219-256

12. Spontaneous Structuration of Hydrophobic Polymer Surfaces in Contact with Salt Solutions

    • Igor Siretanu, Hassan Saadaoui, Jean-Paul Chapel, Carlos Drummond

    Pages 257-272

13. Nanobubble-Assisted Nanopatterning

    • Pavel Janda

    Pages 273-285

14. Future Trends of Unconventional Methods in Polymer Surface Patterning

    • Carlos Drummond, Juan Rodríguez-Hernández

    Pages 287-289

Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science. This book describes a number of unconventional approaches developed to control the morphology of polymer surfaces and materials, from random or simple patterns to complex structures. Specialists provide an up-to-date and complete overview of each technique in their respective field.

• Dewetting
• Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities
• Micropatterning
• Nanopatterning
• Non-conventional Patterning Techniques
• Pattern Formed by Non-equilibrium Growth
• Patterning Techniques
• Polymer Surface
• Surface Instabilities
• Surface-induced Structure Formation

• Institute of Polymer Science &Technology, Madrid, Spain

  Juan Rodríguez-Hernández

• Centre de Recherche Paul-Pascal, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France

  Carlos Drummond

Dr. Juan Rodríguez-Hernández is tenured scientist at the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros (Madrid-Spain) since 2008. He obtained his PhD from the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany in 2003. He then joined the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques in Bordeaux France as post-doc and later as research fellow until 2008. His research interests include micro/nanostructuration of polymeric surfaces, the preparation of smart surfaces and the control of the interaction of surfaces with microorganisms.

Dr. Carlos Drummond received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has been a CNRS research fellow since 2003. His research interests include surface forces, polymer surfaces, responsive functional surfaces and physical chemistry of nano-carbonaceous materials.

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