Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar

Nanodroplets and nanobubbles at the interface with solid substrates can lead to impressive phenomena, which are relevant for a wide range of applications, such as coating and transport in nanofluidic devices. In our meeting, we will discuss on the fast and complete spreading of surfactant-laden aqueous droplets on hydrophobic substrates (superspreading), the durotaxis motion of droplets, and the intriguing stability of surface nanobubbles. Understanding these phenomena goes beyond the capabilities of experiment and continuum simulation, since their mechanisms require access to the molecular-level detail of the studied systems, which molecular dynamics simulation can provide.