Metal films of nanoscale thickness, deposited on substrates and exposed to laser heating,
provide systems that involve several interesting multiphysics effects. In addition to fluid …

Pulsed laser-induced dewetting (PLiD) of Ag0. 5Ni0. 5 thin films results in phase-separated
bimetallic nanoparticles with size distributions that depend on the initial thin film thickness …

A substrate-based templated assembly route has been devised which offers large-area, high-
throughput capabilities for the fabrication of periodic arrays of sub-micrometer and …

At the foundation of nanoscience and nanotechnology is the ability to shape-engineer
nanometric objects so as to exert control over their physical and chemical properties …

A liquid metal filament supported on a dielectric substrate was directed to fragment into an
ordered, mesoscale particle ensemble. Imposing an undulated surface perturbation on the …

The directed assembly of arrayed nanoparticles is demonstrated by dictating the flow of a
liquid phase filament on the nanosecond time scale. Results for the assembly of Ni …

We investigate heat transfer mechanisms relevant to metal films of nanoscale thickness
deposited on a silicon (Si) substrate coated by a silicon oxide (SiO 2) layer and exposed to …

A fundamental phenomenon regarding spontaneous formation of symmetrical folding
patterns induced on liquid metal free surface with circular shape features was disclosed. The …

Utilization of the Marangoni effect in a liquid metal is investigated, focusing on initiating
instabilities to direct material assembly via the Rayleigh–Plateau instability. Thin (2 nm) …

We study the hydrodynamic mechanisms involved in the motion of the contact line formed at
the end region of a liquid filament laying on a planar and horizontal substrate. Since the flow …