Long-Scale Evolution of Thin Liquid Films Bounded by a Viscous Phase with Diffusing Charged Surfactants

Dewetting of thin liquid films near soft elastomeric layers

“…Considering instabilities on nonrigid substrates is also of fundamental scientific interest because it represents a generalization of previous work involving rigid substrates and requires dealing with the coupled dynamics of fluid and solid media. Finally, such studies may also be relevant to understanding cell and vesicle adhesion to solid substrates, where a thin liquid film breaks before the cell or vesicle contacts the substrate [4][5][6]. If the substrate is relatively soft, then its deformation may affect the dynamics of rupture and adhesion.…”

Nonlinear evolution of thin liquid films dewetting near soft elastomeric layers

“…Extending previous work on thin films to include the presence of a soft underlying support is also of fundamental interest since it involves understanding the coupling between interacting fluid and solid media. Finally, such studies may be relevant to understanding cell and vesicle adhesion to solid substrates [4][5][6]. Kumar and Matar [7] examined the linear stability of a thin liquid film on a soft elastomeric layer as a function of the relevant system parameters; the layer was modeled as a linear viscoelastic solid.…”

Nonequilibrium Adhesion Patterns at Lipid Bilayer Junctions

“…Considering contact between flexible membranes separated by a thin fluid layer, Coakley, Ramos-de-Souza, and coworkers 20,21 have shown that spatial instabilities in the intermembrane spacing can generally develop as a consequence of strong adhesion or attraction, in our case, the rapid contact induced by osmotic shock. While the forces between membranes (van der Waals, electrostatic, hydration, etc.)…”