The nanoconfinement effects of glassy polymer thin films on their thermal and mechanical
properties have been investigated thoroughly, especially with an emphasis on its altered …

Abstract The Plateau–Rayleigh instability of a liquid column underlies a variety of fascinating
phenomena that can be observed in everyday life. In contrast to the case of a free liquid …

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 …

Highly‐localized focused laser spike (FLaSk) heating of polymer thin films is a resist‐and
developer‐free alternative to two‐dimensional (2D) laser direct write for creating patterns on …

A thin liquid film with nonzero curvature at its free surface spontaneously flows to reach a flat
configuration, a process driven by Laplace pressure gradients and resisted by the liquid's …

Gravitational settling of a droplet in air onto a soft substrate is a ubiquitous event relevant to
many natural processes and engineering applications. We study this phenomenon by …

We present experiments to study the relaxation of a nanoscale cylindrical perturbation at
one of the two interfaces of a thin viscous freestanding polymeric film. Driven by capillarity …

The surface of a thin liquid film with nonconstant curvature flattens as a result of capillary
forces. While this leveling is driven by local curvature gradients, the global boundary …

Flow in thin films is highly dependent on the boundary conditions. Here, we study the
capillary levelling of thin bilayer films composed of two immiscible liquids. Specifically, a …

The relaxation dynamics of the contact angle between a viscous liquid and a smooth
substrate is studied at the nanoscale. Through atomic force microscopy measurements of …