Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science. This book describes a number of unconventional approaches developed to control the morphology of polymer surfaces and materials, from random or simple patterns to complex structures. Specialists provide an up-to-date and complete overview of each technique in their respective field.

Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science. This book describes a number of unconventional approaches developed to control the morphology of polymer surfaces and materials, from random or simple patterns to complex structures. Specialists provide an up-to-date and complete overview of each technique in their respective field.

Non-Conventional Methods for Patterning Polymer Surfaces.- From Holes to Drops to Toroids: Conditions for the transcription of surface patterns into three-dimensional morphologies via rim instabilities in the course of dewetting.- Directing Convection to Pattern Thin Polymer Films: Coffee Rings.- Nanopatterns produced by directed self-assembly in block copolymer thin films.- Nanostructured interfaces by surface segregation of block copolymers.- Template Guided Structuration of Polymer Films.- Electrohydrodynamic Lithography of Functional Soft Materials for Advanced Applications.- Elastic Instability and Surface Wrinkling.- Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics Induced Surface Instabilities.- Breath Figures: fabrication of honeycomb porous films induced by Marangoni instabilities.- Spontaneous Structuration of Hydrophobic Polymer Surfaces in Contact with Salt Solutions.- Nanobubble-Assisted Nanopatterning.- Future trends of unconventional methods in polymer surface patterning.