Wetting phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and technology. A solid substrate exposed to
the environment is almost invariably covered by a layer of fluid material. In this review, the …

Free fluctuations of the contact line of large drops (” puddles”) of wavelength λ> κ-1, the
capillary length, cannot be seen on a solid substrate because even a small but finite …

A rubber cylinder (R) is pressed against a glass plate (S) through a liquid drop (L). The liquid
film, entrapped between R and S, dewets and a R/S dry contact, consisting in a band …