Better understanding of how thermoplastics like polyether ether ketone (PEEK) spread on
fiber surfaces within a composite, or themselves during fused filament fabrication is crucial …

Slip length describes the classical no-slip boundary condition violation of Newtonian fluid
mechanics, where fluids glide on the solid surfaces. Here, we propose a new analytical …

The slip behavior of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer melts flowing on weakly
adsorbing surfaces made of short nonentangled PDMS chains densely end-grafted to silica …

Understanding confined flows of complex fluids requires simultaneous access to the
mechanical behaviour of the liquid and the boundary condition at the interfaces. Here, we …

Understanding and controlling the flow of materials confined in channels play important
roles in science and engineering. The general no-slip boundary condition will result in it …

The slippage of polymer solutions on solid surfaces is often attributed to a depletion layer
whose origin, thickness, and interaction with the flow are poorly understood. Using a …

Instability, glass transition temperature (T g), and thermal expansion of polystyrene (PS)
films are evaluated with respect to the thickness of a silicon oxide (SiO x) interlayer that …

We present a direct approach to fabricating the perfect neutral layer for block copolymer
(BCP) self-assembled thin films. An irreversible physisorption of polystyrene-b-poly (methyl …

The progressive onset of slip at the wall, which corresponds to a slip length increasing with
the solicitation time before reaching a plateau, has been investigated for model viscoelastic …

The role of the polymer volume fraction, ϕ, on steady-state slippage and interfacial friction is
investigated for semi-dilute polystyrene solutions in diethyl phthalate in contact with two …