Professor Dr. Uwe Thiele
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9
Research Foci
Self-organisation and complexity
The group "Self-Organization and Complexity" explores universal properties of non-equilibrium systems with theoretical and numerical methods. Of considerable interest are methods of nonlinear dynamics like bifurcation theory and pattern formation combined with methods of statistical physics and the theory of stochastic processes.
Structure formation in active and passive soft matter systems
One focus of the group is the modelling of the dynamics of complex liquids and soft matter. Often, it is interface-dominated, i.e., controlled by capillarity and/or wettability. Examples include (driven) droplets on homo; and heterogeneous substrates, (active) liquid crystals and colloidal suspensions, self-propelled droplets, and multicomponent multilayer. An important objective is to understand the structure-forming interaction of the various interdependent advective and diffusive transport processes and phase transitions. The inclusion of chemical reactions and chemo-mechanical coupling naturally leads to questions related to cell locomotion, tissue growth and morphogenesis, and the motion of micro swimmers.
Further Affiliations at the University of Münster
Projects
In Process
- SPP 2171: Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces ( – )
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme - InterKI – Interdisziplinäres Lehrprogramm zu maschinellem Lernen und künstlicher Intelligenz ( – )
Individual Granted Project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 16DHBKI049 - Anticipation of critical transitions in complex systems with applications to real world systems (since )
Own Resources Project - Workshop "Non-equilibrium dynamics of thin films - solids, liquids and bioactive materials" (since )
Own Resources Project - Depinning Transitions in heterogeneous driven systems (since )
Own Resources Project - Phase Field Crystal models and Dynamical Density Functional Theory for one- and two-component colloidal systems (since )
Own Resources Project - Interface-dominated dynamics of complex liquids and soft matter (since )
Own Resources Project
Finished
- Stochastic approaches to complexity ( – )
Own Resources Project - SPP 2171 -Subproject: Ensembles of sitting and sliding drops on elastic media - experiment, simulation and theory ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: TH 781/12-1 - SPP 2171: Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces ( – )
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme - Thin-film modelling of bacterial colonies - Effects of collective motility ( – )
Individual Granted Project: German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 57511756 - DAAD Austauschprogramm: PPP Frankreich - Long-wave models for the dynamics of biofilms ( – )
Individual Granted Project: German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 57211968 - CeNoS WtC 2015 I – Conference Windows to Complexity 2015 "Nonlinear Dynamics of Structure Formation at Interfaces" ( – )
Own Resources Project - Summerschool "Structure Formation at Interfaces and Surfaces" ( – )
Own Resources Project
- SPP 2171: Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces ( – )
Publications
- Areshi, ., Tseluiko, ., Thiele, ., Goddard, . and Archer, ., . Binding potential and wetting behavior of binary liquid mixtures on surfaces: Physical Review E, 109, p. 024801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.024801.
- Hartmann, ., Diekmann, ., Greve, . and Thiele, ., . Drops on polymer brushes -- advances in thin-film modelling of adaptive substrates: Langmuir, 40(8), pp. 4001–4021. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03313.
- Diekmann, J. and Thiele, U., . Drops of volatile binary mixtures on brush-covered substrates: European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 233(8), pp. 1615–1624. doi: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01169-4.
- Greve, D. and Thiele, U., . An amplitude equation for the conserved-Hopf bifurcation—Derivation, analysis, and assessment: Chaos, 34, p. 123134. doi: 10.1063/5.0222013.
- Hartmann, ., Diekmann, ., Greve, . and Thiele, ., . Drops on polymer brushes -- advances in thin-film modelling of adaptive substrates: Langmuir, 40(8), pp. 4001–4021. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03313.
- te Vrugt, ., Frohoff-Hülsmann, ., Heifetz, ., Thiele, . and Wittkowski, ., . From a microscopic inertial active matter model to the Schrödinger equation: Nature Communications, 14, Article 1302 doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35635-1.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, T., Thiele, U. and Pismen, L.M., . Nonreciprocity induces resonances in two-field Cahn-Hilliard model: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381(2245) doi: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0087.
- Kap, Ö., Hartmann, S., Hoek, H., de Beer, S., Siretanu, I., Thiele, U. and Mugele, F., . Nonequilibrium configurations of swelling polymer brush layers induced by spreading drops of weakly volatile oil: Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(17), Article 174903 doi: 10.1063/5.0146779.
- Kasischke, M., Hartmann, S., Niermann, K., Smarra, M., Kostyrin, D., Thiele, U. and Gurevich, E.L., . Pattern formation in slot-die coating: Physics of Fluids, 35(7), p. 074117. doi: 10.1063/5.0150340.
- Hartmann, S., Diddens, C., Jalaal, M. and Thiele, U., . Sessile drop evaporation in a gap – crossover between diffusion-limited and phase transition-limited regime: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 960, p. A32. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2023.176.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, ., Holl, ., Knobloch, ., Gurevich, . and Thiele, ., . Stationary broken parity states in active matter models: Physical Review E, 107, p. 064210. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.107.064210.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, . and Thiele, ., . Nonreciprocal Cahn-Hilliard model emerges as a universal amplitude equation: Physical Review Letters, 131, p. 107201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.107201.
- Greve, D., Hartmann, S. and Thiele, U., . Stick-slip dynamics in the forced wetting of polymer brushes: Soft Matter, 19(22), pp. 4041–4061. doi: 10.1039/D3SM00104K.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, T., Thiele, U. and Pismen, L.M., . Nonreciprocity induces resonances in two-field Cahn-Hilliard model: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381(2245) doi: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0087.
- Henkel, C., Snoeijer, . and Thiele, U., . Gradient-dynamics model for drops on elastic substrates: Soft Matter, 17
- te Vrugt, ., Holl, .P., Koch, ., Wittkowski, . and Thiele, ., . Derivation and analysis of a phase field crystal model for a mixture of active and passive particles: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 30(8), Article 084001 doi: 10.1088/1361-651X/ac856a.
- Stegemerten, F., John, K. and Thiele, U., . Symmetry-breaking, motion and bistability of active drops through polarization-surface coupling.: Soft Matter, 18(31), pp. 5823–5832. doi: 10.1039/D2SM00648K.
- Steinberg, A., Maucher, F., Gurevich, S. and Uwe, T., . Exploring bifurcations in Bose–Einstein condensates via phase field crystal models: Chaos, 32(11) doi: 10.1063/5.0101401.
- Henkel, C., Essink, M.H., Hoang, T., van Zwieten, .J., van Brummelen, .H., Thiele, U. and Snoeijer, J.H., . Soft wetting with (a)symmetric Shuttleworth effect: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478(2246) doi: 10.1098/rspa.2022.0132.
- te Vrugt, ., Holl, .P., Koch, ., Wittkowski, . and Thiele, ., . Derivation and analysis of a phase field crystal model for a mixture of active and passive particles: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 30(8), Article 084001 doi: 10.1088/1361-651X/ac856a.
- Ophaus, ., Knobloch, ., Gurevich, S. and Thiele, U., . Two-dimensional localized states in an active phase-field-crystal model: Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 103, p. 032601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.032601.
- Holl, M.P., Archer, . and Thiele, U., . Efficient calculation of phase coexistence and phase diagrams: application to a binary phase-field-crystal model: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 33(11), p. 115401. doi: 10.1088/1361-648x/abce6e.
- Henkel, ., Snoeijer, . and Thiele, ., . Gradient-dynamics model for liquid drops on elastic substrates: Soft Matter, 17, pp. 10359–10375. doi: 10.1039/D1SM01032H.
- Holl, M.P., Archer, ., Svetlana, G., Knobloch, ., Ophaus, . and Thiele, U., . Localized states in passive and active phase-field-crystal models: IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 86(5), pp. 896–923. doi: 10.1093/imamat/hxab025.
- Mitas, K.D., Manor, O. and Thiele, U., . Bifurcation study for a surface-acoustic-wave-driven meniscus: Physical Review Fluids, 6, Article 032601 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.094002.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, T. and Thiele, U., . Localized states in coupled Cahn-Hilliard equations: IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 86 doi: 10.1093/imamat/hxab026.
- Frohoff-Hülsmann, T., Wrembel, J. and Thiele, U., . Suppression of coarsening and emergence of oscillatory behavior in a Cahn-Hilliard model with nonvariational coupling: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 103 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042602.
- Holl, M.P., Archer, . and Thiele, U., . Efficient calculation of phase coexistence and phase diagrams: application to a binary phase-field-crystal model: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 33(11), p. 115401. doi: 10.1088/1361-648x/abce6e.
- Ly, ., Mitas, ., Thiele, . and Gurevich, ., . Two-dimensional patterns in dip coating - first steps on the continuation path: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 409, p. 132485. doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2020.132485.
- Stegemerten, F., Gurevich, S. and Thiele, U., . Bifurcations of front motion in passive and active Allen–Cahn-type equations: Chaos, 30(5), p. 053136. doi: 10.1063/5.0003271.
- Ophaus, L., Kirchner, J., Gurevich, S. and Thiele, U., . Phase-field-crystal description of active crystallites: Elastic and inelastic collisions: Chaos, 30(12), p. 123149. doi: 10.1063/5.0019426.
- Willers, C., Thiele, U., Archer, .J., Lloyd, . and Kamps, O., . Adaptive stochastic continuation with a modified lifting procedure applied to complex systems: Physical Review E, 102(3) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.032210.
- Tseluiko, ., Alesemi, ., Lin, T.-S. and Thiele, ., . Effect of driving on coarsening dynamics in phase-separating systems: Nonlinearity, 33, pp. 4449–4483. doi: 10.1088/1361-6544/ab8bb0.
- Willers, C., Thiele, U., Archer, A.J., Lloyd, D.J. and Kamps, O., . Adaptive stochastic continuation with a modified lifting procedure applied to complex systems.. v2 doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2002.01705.
- Thiele, U. and Hartmann, S., . Gradient dynamics model for drops spreading on polymer brushes: European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 229, pp. 1819–1832. doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-900231-2.
- Trinschek, S., Stegemerten, F., John, ., Thiele and Uwe, . Thin-film modeling of resting and moving active droplets: Physical Review E, 101(6) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.062802.
- Stegemerten, F., Gurevich, S. and Thiele, U., . Bifurcations of front motion in passive and active Allen–Cahn-type equations: Chaos, 30(5), p. 053136. doi: 10.1063/5.0003271.
- Thiele, ., Frohoff-Huelsmann, ., Engelnkemper, ., Knobloch, . and Archer, .J., . First order phase transitions and the thermodynamic limit: New Journal of Physics, 21, p. 123021. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab5caf.
- Engelnkemper, . and Thiele, ., . The collective behaviour of ensembles of condensing liquid drops on heterogeneous inclined substrates: Europhysics Letters, 127, p. 54002. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/127/54002.
- Tewes, ., Wilczek, ., Gurevich, .V. and Thiele, ., . Self-organized dip-coating patterns of simple, partially wetting, nonvolatile liquids: Physical Review Fluids, 4, p. 123903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.123903.
- Engelnkemper, ., Gurevich, ., Uecker, ., Wetzel, . and Thiele, ., . Continuation for Thin Film Hydrodynamics and Related Scalar Problems. in: G. A. eds. Computational Modelling of Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics. Basel: Springer International Publishing. pp. 459–501. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-91494-7_13.
- Ly Phong-Minh Timmy, T.U. and Chi Lifeng, G.V., . Effects of time-periodic forcing in a Cahn-Hilliard model for Langmuir-Blodgett transfer: Physical Review E, 2019(Vol. 99, No. 6), pp. 1–11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.062212.
- Engelnkemper, . and Thiele, ., . The collective behaviour of ensembles of condensing liquid drops on heterogeneous inclined substrates: Europhysics Letters, 127, p. 54002. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/127/54002.
- Borries, L.A., Thiele, . and Hazel, ., . On the multiple solutions of coating and rimming flows on rotating cylinders: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017(835), pp. 540–574.
- Wallmeyer, ., Trinschek, ., Yigit, ., Thiele, . and Betz, ., . Collective Cell Migration in Embryogenesis Follows the Laws of Wetting: Biophysical Journal, 114(1) doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.011.
- Thiele, ., Snoeijer, ., Trinschek, . and John, ., . Equilibrium contact angle and adsorption layer properties with surfactants: Langmuir, 35, pp. 7210–7221. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00513.
- Trinschek, ., John, . and Thiele, ., . Modelling of surfactant-driven front instabilities in spreading bacterial colonies: Soft Matter, 14, pp. 4464–4476. doi: 10.1039/c8sm00422f.
- Thiele and U, . Recent advances in and future challenges for mesoscopic hydrodynamic modelling of complex wetting: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 553, pp. 487–495. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.05.049.
- Abo, J.M., Egbaria, ., Zigelman, ., Thiele, . and Manor, ., . Connecting monotonic and oscillatory motions of the meniscus of a volatile polymer solution to the transport of polymer coils and deposit morphology: Langmuir, 34, pp. 11784–11794. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02268.
- Ophaus, ., Gurevich, .V. and Thiele, ., . Resting and Traveling Localized States in an Active Phase-Field-Crystal Model: Physical Review E, 98 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.022608.
- Wallmeyer, ., Trinschek, ., Yigit, ., Thiele, . and Betz, ., . Collective Cell Migration in Embryogenesis Follows the Laws of Wetting: Biophysical Journal, 114(1) doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.011.
- Wilczek, ., Tewes, ., Engelnkemper, ., Gurevich, . and Thiele, ., . Sliding Drops: Ensemble Statistics from Single Drop Bifurcations: Physical Review Letters, 119, p. 204501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.204501.
- Trinschek, ., John, ., Lecuyer, . and Thiele, ., . Continuous vs. arrested spreading of biofilms at solid-gas interfaces - the role of surface forces: Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, p. 078003.
- Tewes, ., Buller, ., Heuer, ., Thiele, . and Gurevich, ., . Comparing Kinetic Monte Carlo and Thin-Film Modeling of Transversal Instabilities of Ridges on Patterned Substrates: Journal of Chemical Physics, 146(9), p. 094704. doi: 10.1063/1.4977739.
- Buller, ., Tewes, ., Archer, ., Heuer, ., Thiele, . and Gurevich, ., . Nudged Elastic Band calculation of the binding potential for liquids at interfaces: Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(2), p. 024701. doi: 10.1063/1.4990702.
- Wilczek, ., Zhu, ., Chi, ., Thiele, . and Gurevich, ., . Dip-coating with prestructured substrates: transfer of simple liquids and Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers: J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 29, p. 014002. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/29/1/014002.
- Hughes, ., Thiele, . and Archer, ., . Influence of the fluid structure on the binding potential: Comparing liquid drop profiles from density functional theory with results from mesoscopic theory: Journal of Chemical Physics, 146, p. 064705. doi: 10.1063/1.4974832.
- Yin, ., Sibley, ., Thiele, . and Archer, ., . Films, layers and droplets: The effect of near-wall fluid structure on spreading dynamics: Phys. Rev. E, 95, p. 023104. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.023104.
- Trinschek, ., John, ., Lecuyer, . and Thiele, ., . Continuous vs. arrested spreading of biofilms at solid-gas interfaces - the role of surface forces: Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, p. 078003.
- Archer, ., Walters, ., Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Generation of defects and disorder from deeply quenching a liquid to form a solid. in: Y. Nishiura and M. Kotani eds. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 166Mathematical Challenges in a New Phase of Materials Science. Basel: Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–26. doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-56104-0_1.
- Pototsky, ., Thiele, . and Stark, ., . Mode instabilities and dynamic patterns in a colony of self-propelled surfactant particles covering a thin liquid layer: Eur. Phys. J. E, 39, pp. 1–19. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2016-16051-4.
- Lin, ., Rogers, ., Tseluiko, . and Thiele, ., . Bifurcation analysis of the behavior of partially wetting liquids on a rotating cylinder: Phys. Fluids, 28, p. 082102. doi: 10.1063/1.4959890.
- Trinschek, ., John, . and Thiele, ., . From a thin film model for passive suspensions towards the description of osmotic biofilm spreading: AIMS Materials Science, 3, pp. 1138–1159. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2016.3.1138.
- Engelnkemper, ., Wilczek, ., Gurevich, . and Thiele, ., . Morphological transitions of sliding drops - dynamics and bifurcations: Phys. Rev. Fluids, 1, p. 073901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.073901.
- Chervanyov, ., Gomez, . and Thiele, ., . Effect of the orientational relaxation on the collective motion of patterns formed by self-propelled particles: Europhysics Letters, 115(6), p. 68001. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/115/68001.
- Thiele, ., Archer, . and Pismen, ., . Gradient dynamics models for liquid films with soluble surfactant: Phys. Rev. Fluids, 1, p. 083903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.083903.
- Pototsky, ., Thiele, . and Stark, ., . Swarming of Self-propelled Particles on the Surface of a Thin Liquid Film. in: E. Schöll, S.H. Klapp and P. Hövel eds. Understanding Complex SystemsControl of Self-Organizing Nonlinear Systems. Basel: Springer International Publishing. pp. 393–412. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28028-8_20.
- Pototsky, ., Thiele, . and Stark, ., . Mode instabilities and dynamic patterns in a colony of self-propelled surfactant particles covering a thin liquid layer: Eur. Phys. J. E, 39, pp. 1–19. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2016-16051-4.
- Honisch, ., Lin, ., Heuer, ., Thiele, . and Gurevich, ., . Instabilities of layers of deposited molecules on chemically stripe patterned substrates: Ridges vs.\ drops: Langmuir, 31, pp. 10618–10631. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02407.
- Sarika, ., Tomar, ., Basu, . and Thiele, ., . Bimodality of hierarchical self-assembly of polymeric nanoparticles: Soft Matter, 11, pp. 8975–8980. doi: 10.1039/c5sm02108a.
- Archer, ., Walters, ., Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Generation of defects and disorder from deeply quenching a liquid to form a solid: Procedings Volume, 2015
- Wilczek, M., B.H., T.W., Gurevich, S.V., Köpf, M.H., Chi, L. and Thiele, U., . Modelling Pattern Formation in Dip-Coating Experiments: Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, 10(4), pp. 44–60. doi: 10.1051/mmnp/201510402.
- Xu, ., Thiele, . and Qian, ., . A Variational Approach to Thin Film Hydrodynamics of Binary Mixtures: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 27, p. 085005. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/8/085005.
- Hughes, ., Thiele, . and Archer, ., . Liquid drops on a surface: using density functional theory to calculate the binding potential and drop profiles and comparing with results from mesoscopic modelling: Journal of Chemical Physics, 142, p. 074702. doi: 10.1063/1.4907732.
- Sarika, ., Tomar, ., Basu, . and Thiele, ., . Bimodality of hierarchical self-assembly of polymeric nanoparticles: Soft Matter, 11, pp. 8975–8980. doi: 10.1039/c5sm02108a.
- Hughes, ., Thiele, . and Archer, ., . An introduction to inhomogeneous liquids, density functional theory, and the wetting transition: American Journal of Physics, 82, pp. 1119–1129. doi: 10.1119/1.4890823.
- Tseluiko, ., Galvagno, . and Thiele, ., . Collapsed heteroclinic snaking near a heteroclinic chain in dragged meniscus problems: European Physical Journal E, 37, p. 33. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2014-14033-2.
- Galvagno, ., Tseluiko, ., Lopez, . and Thiele, ., . Continuous and discontinuous dynamic unbinding transitions in drawn film flow: Physical Review Letters, 112, p. 137803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.137803.
- Pototsky, ., Thiele, . and Archer, ., . Coarsening modes of clusters of aggregating particles: Physical Review E, 89, p. 032144. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032144.
- Pototsky, ., Thiele, . and Stark, ., . Stability of liquid films covered by a carpet of self-propelled surfactant particles: Physical Review E, 90, p. 030401(R). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.030401.
- Köpf, . and Thiele, ., . Emergence of the bifurcation structure of a Langmuir-Blodgett transfer model: Nonlinearity, 27, pp. 2711–2734. doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/27/11/2711.
- Tsoumpas, ., Dehaeck, ., Galvagno, ., Rednikov, ., Ottevaere, ., Thiele, . and Colinet, ., . Non Equilibrium Gibbs' Criterion for Completely Wetting Volatile Liquids: Langmuir, 30, pp. 11847–11852. doi: 10.1021/la502708f.
- Archer, ., Walters, ., Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Solidification in soft-core fluids: disordered solids from fast solidification fronts: Physical Review E, 90, p. 042404. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.042404.
- Dijkstra, ., Wubs, ., Cliffe, ., Doedel, ., Dragomirescu, ., Eckhart, ., Gelfgat, ., Hazel, ., Lucarini, ., Salinger, ., Phipps, ., Sanchez-Umbria, ., Schuttelaars, ., Tuckerman, . and Thiele, ., . Numerical Bifurcation Methods and their Application to Fluid Dynamics: Analysis beyond Simulation: Commun. Comput. Phys., 15, pp. 1–45. doi: 10.4208/cicp.240912.180613a.
- Thiele, ., . Patterned deposition at moving contact line: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 206, pp. 1–45. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.11.002.
- Tseluiko, ., Galvagno, . and Thiele, ., . Collapsed heteroclinic snaking near a heteroclinic chain in dragged meniscus problems: European Physical Journal E, 37, p. 33. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2014-14033-2.
- Tseluiko, ., Baxter, . and Thiele, ., . A homotopy continuation approach for analysing finite-time singularities in thin liquid films: IMA J. Appl. Math., 78, pp. 762–776. doi: 10.1093/imamat/hxt021.
- Lin, ., Kondic, ., Thiele, . and Cummings, ., . Modelling spreading dynamics of nematic liquid crystals in three spatial dimensions: J. Fluid Mech., 729, pp. 214–230. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.297.
- Lin, ., Cummings, ., Archer, ., Kondic, . and Thiele, ., . Note on the hydrodynamic description of thin nematic films: Strong anchoring model: Physics of Fluids, 25(8), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.4816508.
- Thiele, ., Todorova, . and Lopez, ., . Gradient dynamics description for films of mixtures and suspensions: dewetting triggered by coupled film height and concentration fluctuations.: Physical Review Letters, 111(11), p. 117801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.117801.
- Amarandei, ., O'Dwyer, ., Arshak, ., Thiele, ., Steiner, . and Corcoran, ., . Effect of Au nanoparticle spatial distribution on the stability of thin polymer films.: Langmuir, 29(22), p. 6706–14. doi: 10.1021/la400659q.
- Thiele, ., Archer, ., Robbins, ., Gomez, . and Knobloch, ., . Localized states in the conserved Swift-Hohenberg equation with cubic nonlinearity.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 87(4), p. 042915. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042915.
- Tretyakov, ., Müller, ., Todorova, . and Thiele, ., . Parameter passing between molecular dynamics and continuum models for droplets on solid substrates: the static case.: Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(6), p. 064905. doi: 10.1063/1.4790581.
- Lin, ., Kondic, ., Thiele, . and Cummings, ., . Modelling spreading dynamics of nematic liquid crystals in three spatial dimensions: J. Fluid Mech., 729, pp. 214–230. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.297.
- Todorova, ., Thiele, . and Pismen, ., . The relation of steady evaporating drops fed by an influx and freely evaporating drops: J. Eng. Math., 73, pp. 17–30. doi: 10.1007/s10665-011-9485-1.
- Amarandei, ., Beltrame, ., Clancy, ., O'Dwyer, ., Arshak, ., Steiner, ., Corcoran, . and Thiele, ., . Pattern formation induced by an electric field in a polymer-air-polymer thin film system: Soft Matter, 8, pp. 6333–6349. doi: 10.1039/c2sm25273b.
- Frastia, ., Archer, . and Thiele, ., . Modelling the formation of structured deposits at receding contact lines of evaporating solutions and suspensions: Soft Matter, 8, pp. 11363–11386. doi: 10.1039/C2SM26574E.
- Herde, ., Thiele, ., Herminghaus, . and Brinkmann, ., . Driven large contact angle droplets on chemically heterogeneous substrates: Europhys. Lett., 100, p. 16002. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/100/16002.
- Thiele, ., Archer, . and Plapp, ., . Thermodynamically consistent description of the hydrodynamics of free surfaces covered by insoluble surfactants of high concentration: Physics of Fluids, 24(10), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.4758476.
- Kopf, ., Gurevich, ., Friedrich, . and Thiele, ., . Substrate-mediated pattern formation in monolayer transfer: A reduced model: New Journal of Physics, 14(null), pp. –. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/2/023016.
- Bribesh, ., Frastia, . and Thiele, ., . Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures. III. Two-dimensional steady films with flat and modulated surfaces: Physics of Fluids, 24(6), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.4727888.
- Archer, ., Robbins, ., Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Solidification fronts in supercooled liquids: how rapid fronts can lead to disordered glassy solids.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 86(3 Pt 1), p. 031603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.031603.
- Robbins, ., Archer, ., Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Modeling the structure of liquids and crystals using one- and two-component modified phase-field crystal models.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 85, p. 061408. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.061408.
- Amarandei, ., Beltrame, ., Clancy, ., O'Dwyer, ., Arshak, ., Steiner, ., Corcoran, . and Thiele, ., . Pattern formation induced by an electric field in a polymer-air-polymer thin film system: Soft Matter, 8, pp. 6333–6349. doi: 10.1039/c2sm25273b.
- Thiele, ., . On the depinning of a drop of partially wetting liquid on a rotating cylinder: J. Fluid Mech., 671, pp. 121–136. doi: 10.1017/S0022112010005483.
- Frastia, ., Thiele, . and Pismen, ., . Determination of the thickness and composition profiles for a film of binary mixture on a solid substrate: Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., 6, pp. 62–86. doi: 10.1051/mmnp/20116104.
- Thiele, ., . Note on thin film equations for solutions and suspensions: Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 197, pp. 213–220. doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01462-7.
- Pototsky, ., Archer, ., Savel'Ev, ., Thiele, . and Marchesoni, ., . Ratcheting of driven attracting colloidal particles: Temporal density oscillations and current multiplicity: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 83(6), pp. –. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061401.
- Robbins, ., Archer, . and Thiele, ., . Modelling the evaporation of thin films of colloidal suspensions using dynamical density functional theory: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23(41), pp. –. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/41/415102.
- Frastia, ., Archer, . and Thiele, ., . Dynamical model for the formation of patterned deposits at receding contact lines.: Physical Review Letters, 106(7), p. 077801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.077801.
- Beltrame, ., Knobloch, ., Hänggi, . and Thiele, ., . Rayleigh and depinning instabilities of forced liquid ridges on heterogeneous substrates.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 83(1 Pt 2), p. 016305. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.016305.
- Frastia, ., Thiele, . and Pismen, ., . Determination of the thickness and composition profiles for a film of binary mixture on a solid substrate: Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., 6, pp. 62–86. doi: 10.1051/mmnp/20116104.
- Beltrame, . and Thiele, ., . Time integration and steady-state continuation method for lubrication equations: SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst., 9, pp. 484–518. doi: 10.1137/080718619.
- Thiele, . and John, ., . Transport of free surface liquid films and drops by external ratchets and self-ratcheting mechanisms: Chemical Physics, 375(null), pp. 578–586. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.07.011.
- Stannard, ., Alhummiany, ., Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Sharp, ., Moriarty, . and Thiele, ., . Directing the formation of nanostructured rings via local oxidation: Langmuir, 26(17), pp. 13892–13896. doi: 10.1021/la1004787.
- John, . and Thiele, ., . Self-ratcheting Stokes drops driven by oblique vibrations.: Physical Review Letters, 104(10), p. 107801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.107801.
- Archer, ., Robbins, . and Thiele, ., . Dynamical density functional theory for the dewetting of evaporating thin films of nanoparticle suspensions exhibiting pattern formation.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 81(2 Pt 1), p. 021602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.021602.
- Thiele, ., . Thin film evolution equations from (evaporating) dewetting liquid layers to epitaxial growth.: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(8), p. 084019. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/8/084019.
- Thiele, . and John, ., . Transport of free surface liquid films and drops by external ratchets and self-ratcheting mechanisms: Chemical Physics, 375(null), pp. 578–586. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.07.011.
- Thiele, ., Goyeau, . and Velarde, ., . Stability analysis of thin film flow along a heated porous wall: Physics of Fluids, 21(1), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.3054157.
- Bandyopadhyay, ., Sharma, ., Thiele, . and Reddy, ., . Electric-field-induced interfacial instabilities and morphologies of thin viscous and elastic bilayers.: Langmuir, 25(16), p. 9108–18. doi: 10.1021/la900635f.
- Thiele, ., Vancea, ., Archer, ., Robbins, ., Frastia, ., Stannard, ., Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Martin, ., Blunt, . and Moriarty, ., . Modelling approaches to the dewetting of evaporating thin films of nanoparticle suspensions.: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(26), p. 264016. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/26/264016.
- Bandyopadhyay, ., Sharma, ., Thiele, . and Reddy, ., . Electric-field-induced interfacial instabilities and morphologies of thin viscous and elastic bilayers.: Langmuir, 25(16), p. 9108–18. doi: 10.1021/la900635f.
- Vancea, ., Thiele, ., Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Stannard, ., Martin, ., Blunt, . and Moriarty, ., . Front instabilities in evaporatively dewetting nanofluids: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 78(4), pp. –. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041601.
- Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Stannard, ., Martin, ., Blunt, ., Notingher, ., Moriarty, ., Vancea, . and Thiele, ., . Fingering instabilities in dewetting nanofluids: Physical Review Letters, 100(17), pp. –. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.176102.
- Vancea, ., Thiele, ., Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Stannard, ., Martin, ., Blunt, . and Moriarty, ., . Front instabilities in evaporatively dewetting nanofluids. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041601.
- Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Stannard, ., Martin, ., Blunt, ., Notingher, ., Moriarty, ., Vancea, . and Thiele, ., . Fingering instabilities in dewetting nanofluids: Physical Review Letters, 100(17), pp. –. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.176102.
- Pereira, ., Trevelyan, ., Thiele, . and Kalliadasis, ., . Dynamics of a horizontal thin liquid film in the presence of reactive surfactants: Physics of Fluids, 19(11), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.2775938.
- Thiele, ., Madruga, . and Frastia, ., . Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures. I. Model derivation and stratified base states: Physics of Fluids, 19(12), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.2824404.
- Martin, ., Blunt, ., Pauliac-Vaujour, ., Stannard, ., Moriarty, ., Vancea, . and Thiele, ., . Controlling pattern formation in nanoparticle assemblies via directed solvent dewetting.: Physical Review Letters, 99(11), p. 116103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.116103.
- Thiele, ., Madruga, . and Frastia, ., . Decomposition driven interface evolution for layers of binary mixtures. I. Model derivation and stratified base states: Physics of Fluids, 19(12), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.2824404.
- Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . On the depinning of a driven drop on a heterogeneous substrate: New Journal of Physics, 8(null), pp. –. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/313.
- Muller-Buschbaum, ., Bauer, ., Pfister, ., Roth, ., Burghammer, ., Riekel, ., David, . and Thiele, ., . Creation of multi-scale stripe-like patterns in thin polymer blend films: Europhysics Letters, 73(1), pp. 35–41. doi: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10369-6.
- Pismen, . and Thiele, ., . Asymptotic theory for a moving droplet driven by a wettability gradient: Physics of Fluids, 18(4), pp. –. doi: 10.1063/1.2191015.
- Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Driven drops on heterogeneous substrates: onset of sliding motion.: Physical Review Letters, 97(20), p. 204501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.204501.
- Muller-Buschbaum, ., Bauer, ., Pfister, ., Roth, ., Burghammer, ., Riekel, ., David, . and Thiele, ., . Creation of multi-scale stripe-like patterns in thin polymer blend films: Europhysics Letters, 73(1), pp. 35–41. doi: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10369-6.
- Merkt, ., Pototsky, ., Bestehorn, . and Thiele, ., . Long-wave theory of bounded two-layer films with a free liquid-liquid interface: Short- and long-time evolution: Physics of Fluids, 17(6), pp. 1–20. doi: 10.1063/1.1935487.
- John, ., Bär, . and Thiele, ., . Self-propelled running droplets on solid substrates driven by chemical reactions.: European Physical Journal E, 18(2), p. 183–99. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10039-1.
- Pototsky, ., Bestehorn, ., Merkt, . and Thiele, ., . Morphology changes in the evolution of liquid two-layer films.: Journal of Chemical Physics, 122(22), p. 224711. doi: 10.1063/1.1927512.
- John, ., Bär, . and Thiele, ., . Self-propelled running droplets on solid substrates driven by chemical reactions.: European Physical Journal E, 18(2), p. 183–99. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10039-1.
- Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Thin liquid films on a slightly inclined heated plate: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 190(null), pp. 213–248. doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2003.09.048.
- Thiele, ., John, . and Bar, ., . Dynamical model for chemically driven running droplets: Physical Review Letters, 93(2), p. 027802–1. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.027802.
- Pototsky, ., Bestehorn, . and Thiele, ., . Control of the structuring of thin soft matter films by means of different types of external disturbance. Trends in Pattern Formation: Stability, Control and Fluctuation. Dresden, deu doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.08.019.
- Pototsky, ., Bestehorn, ., Merkt, . and Thiele, ., . Alternative pathways of dewetting for a thin liquid two-layer film.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 70(2 Pt 2), p. 025201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.025201.
- Thiele, ., John, . and Bär, ., . Dynamical model for chemically driven running droplets. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.027802.
- Schäffer, . and Thiele, ., . Dynamic domain formation in membranes: thickness-modulation-induced phase separation.: European Physical Journal E, 14(2), p. 169–75. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2003-10147-x.
- Thiele, ., John, . and Bar, ., . Dynamical model for chemically driven running droplets: Physical Review Letters, 93(2), p. 027802–1. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.027802.
- Thiele, . and Knobloch, ., . Front and back instability of a liquid film on a slightly inclined plate: Physics of Fluids, 15(4), pp. 892–907. doi: 10.1063/1.1545443.
- Bestehorn, ., Pototsky, . and Thiele, ., . 3D large scale Marangoni convection in liquid films: European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 33(4), pp. 457–467. doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00186-3.
- Thiele, ., . Open questions and promising new fields in dewetting.: European Physical Journal E, 12(3), pp. 409–414. doi: 10.1140/epje/e2004-00009-4.
- Thiele, ., Brusch, ., Bestehorn, . and Bär, ., . Modelling thin-film dewetting on structured substrates and templates: bifurcation analysis and numerical simulations.: European Physical Journal E, 11(3), p. 255–71. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2003-10019-5.
- Bestehorn, ., Pototsky, . and Thiele, ., . 3D large scale Marangoni convection in liquid films: European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 33(4), pp. 457–467. doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00186-3.
- Brusch, ., Kühne, ., Thiele, . and Bär, ., . Dewetting of thin films on heterogeneous substrates: pinning versus coarsening.: Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 66(1 Pt 1), p. 011602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.011602.
- Thiele, ., Velarde, . and Neuffer, ., . Dewetting: film rupture by nucleation in the spinodal regime.: Physical Review Letters, 87(1), p. 016104. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.016104.
- Areshi, ., Tseluiko, ., Thiele, ., Goddard, . and Archer, ., . Binding potential and wetting behavior of binary liquid mixtures on surfaces: Physical Review E, 109, p. 024801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.024801.
Supervised Theses
Doctoral Studies
Steinberg, Alina Barbara Pattern formation in Bose-Einstein condensates Frohoff-Hülsmann, Tobias Pattern formation with mass conservation From passive to active models Holl, Max Philipp Phase Field Crystal Models for active and passive soft matter Bickmann, Jens Field theories for active colloidal liquid crystals Mitas, Kevin David Joachim Nonlinear behaviour of moving contact lines driven by surface acoustic waves and other means Voß, Johannes Self-acoustophoretic particles Bröker, Stephan Active materials in external fields Willers, Clemens Stochastic approaches to complexity Ly, Phong-Minh Timmy Pattern formation in dynamic self-assembly systems Nitschke, Tobias Active colloidal particles in external fields Tabbert, Felix Delay-Induced Dynamics of Localized Structures in Optical Systems Ophaus, Lukas Discrete and continuous models for the collective behaviour of active particles Trinschek, Sarah Long-wave modelling of films of simple and complex liquids and biofilms Tewes, Walter Dynamics of pattern formation in interface-dominated systems Engelnkemper, Sebastian Nonlinear Analysis of Physicochemically Driven Dewetting – Statics and Dynamics Wilczek, Markus Pattern Formation in Driven Thin Layers of Simple and Complex Liquids Osthues, Marc Erosions- und redepositionsgetriebene Strukturbildung: Theoretische Analyse einer verallgemeinerten Kuramoto-Sivashinsky-Gleichung Galvagno, Mariano Modelling of driven free surface liquid films Honisch, Christoph Analysis of complex systems: From stochastic time series to pattern formation in microscopic fluidic films Postdoctoral Study
Gurevich, Svetlana Control and Selection of Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Dissipative Systems Scientific Talks
- Lukas Ophaus, Svetlana Gurevich, Uwe Thiele : “Resting and traveling localized states in an active phase-field-crystal model”. Dynamics Days Europe 2018 , Loughborough University, Loughborough, England, .
- Chervanyov A.I, Thiele U. : “Effect of the orientational relaxation on the collective motion of patterns formed by self-propelled particles”. DPG-Frühjahrstagungen 2017 , Dresden, Germany, .
- Chervanyov A.I., Homez H., Thiele U. : “Effect of the orientational relaxation on the collective motion of patterns formed by self-propelled particles”. Patterns in Nature: Functions, Variations and Control, Bayreuth, Germany, .