Section 1: Chapter 1. Novel Method for Synthesizing Mono-disperse Dispersion of Nanometer Liposomes -- Chapter 2. Preparation of Liposomes for Drug Delivery Applications by Extrusion of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles -- Chapter 3. Worm-like Micelles as Templates for Rod-shaped Nanoparticles: Experiments and Simulations -- Chapter 4. Scalable Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles -- Section 2: Chapter 5. Dewetting and Hole Formation in Spin-coated Films of Lipid Bilayers -- Chapter 6. Understanding Wetting Transitions Using Molecular Simulation -- Chapter 7. Effect of Electric Field on Planar Fluid-fluid Interfaces -- Chapter 8. Suppression of Interfacial Instabilities Using Soft, Deformable Solid Coatings -- Section 3: Chapter 9. Effect of Asymmetry on Adhesion and Locomotion of Soft Bodied Objects -- Chapter 10. Dynamics of Soft Glassy Materials Under Tensile and Squeeze Flow Fields -- Chapter 11. Carbon Based Hierarchical Micro- and Nano- Structures: From Synthesis to Applications -- Chapter 12. Micro-structured Reactors for Hydrogen Production from Ethanol -- Chapter 13. Axial Back-Conduction through Channel Walls during Internal Convective Micro-channel Flows.