Two challenging scientific disciplines, ie, the physics of glasses [Anderson, Science 267,
1615 (1995); Kennedy and Norman, Science 309, 75 (2005)] and interface chemistry …

Thin polymer films have striking dynamical properties that differ from their bulk counterparts.
With the simple geometry of a stepped polymer film on a substrate, we probe mobility above …

Tobacco mosaic virus is used as a probe to measure surface diffusion of ultrathin films of N,
N′-Bis (3-methylphenyl)-N, N′-diphenylbenzidine (TPD)(12 nm< h< 53 nm, where h is the …

Surface diffusion of molecular glasses is found to be orders of magnitude faster than bulk
diffusion, with a stronger dependence on the molecular size and intermolecular interactions …

Thin, viscous liquid films subjected to impact events can deform. Here we investigate free-
surface oil-film deformations that arise owing to the build up of air under the impacting and …

The capillary levelling of cylindrical holes in viscous polystyrene films was studied using
atomic force microscopy as well as quantitative analytical scaling arguments based on thin …

Recent studies have shown that diffusion on the surface of organic glasses can be many
orders of magnitude faster than bulk diffusion. Developing new probes that can readily …

Thin viscous liquid films driven by capillarity are well described in the lubrication theory
through the thin film equation. In this article, we present an analytical solution of this …

Spinodal dewetting provides fundamental insights into the physics at interfaces, such as van
der Waals forces driving dewetting, dissipation processes or thermal fluctuations. The …

Many proteins with intrinsically disordered regions undergo liquid-liquid phase separation
under specific conditions in vitro and in vivo. These complex biopolymers form a metastable …