Applications range from coatings and films to foams.
In particular, coatings, manufactured by the deposition of a liquid film on a solid substrate, are of significant industrial importance , and they are used in a large number of products . The exact mechanics governing such processes, such as the hydrodynamics controlling wetting, or the macroscopic action of surfactants in the evolution of films or coatings, is still not fully understood. Our research brings together the fields of fluid mechanics, capillary mechanics, colloid and interface science, rheology, as well as transport theory. Our goal is to improve the understanding of the fundamentals of interfacial phenomena by using a combination of mathematical modeling, continuum theories and advanced computational techniques. Elucidating the physical mechanisms underlying complex interfacial phenomena will translate into improved, optimized and controlled interfacial processing technologies.