Thin Liquid Films

• Applications of Thin Films.- Statistical Mechanics of Thin Films.- Capillarity and Surface Tension.- Forces acting on Interfaces.- Wetting and Dewetting.- The Solid-Liquid Boundary.- Polymers as Thin Films: Glass Transition.- Hydrodynamics of Thin Films.- Lubrication Approximation for Viscous Thin Films.- Film Rupture.- Rims.- Fluctuations in Thin Films.- Visco-elastic Thin Films.- Mathematics of Thin-Film Equations.- Existence and Regularity of Solutions to Thin Film Equations.- Numerics for Thin-Film Equations.

From the reviews: "The text is spread over six chapters with appendices, lists of figures and symbols used, and bibliography. The appendices make the text self-sufficient. A useful aspect for graduate students is the inclusion of tasks in each chapter. ... The text is very well written, and the concepts are laid down with clarity. The emphasis is on the reader to appreciate the subject ... ." (S. C. Rajvanshi, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1255, 2013)