Thin Films of Soft Matter
Suggested readings
Books
G.I. Barenblatt; Self-similarity and intermediate asymptotics, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
H.-C., Chang, E.A. Demekhin; Complex Wave Dynamics on Thin Films, Elsevier Scientific Press, 2002.
J.N. Israelachvili; Intermolecular and Surface Forces, Academic Press, 1992.
A.A. Nepomnyaschchy, M.G. Velarde, P. Colinet; Interfacial Phenomena and Convection, Chapman & Hall, 2002.
Articles
A.L. Biance, C. Clanet, D. Quere; First steps in the spreading of a liquid droplet, Phys. Rev. E, 69, art. no. 016301, 2004.
J. Eggers; Nonlinear dynamics and breakup of free-surface flows, Rev. Mod. Phys., 69, 865–929, 1997.
S. Herminghaus, R. Seemann, K. Jacobs; Generic morphologies of viscoelastic dewetting fronts, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, art. no. 056101, 2002.
S. Kalliadasis, E.A. Demekhin, C. Ruyer-Quil, M.G. Velarde; Thermocapillary instability and wave formation on a film falling down a uniformly heated plane, J. Fluid Mech., 492, 303–338, 2003.
U. Thiele, K. Neuffer, Y. Pomeau, M.G. Velarde; On the importance of nucleation solutions for the rupture of thin liquid films, Colloid Surf. A – Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 206, 135–155, 2002.