By the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique, films of precise thickness and controlled molecular architecture and order can be obtained. In spite of the large number of applications of LB films, unreliability and slow film deposition speed, problems that can be traced back to the inability to control the nature of the liquid flow field near the vicinity of the moving contact line, have hampered the potential industrial applications of the LB technique. In this book, the deposition of LB films, based on a hydrodynamic model that includes the effect of molecular and double layer forces, is...