chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 A First Discussion of Instability Phenomena Driven by the Marangoni Effect -- chapter 3 Excitation of Isothermal Liquid Surface Instability by Variable (Vibrational and Electric) Force Fields -- chapter 4 Stabilizing In?uence of High-Frequency Vibrations on the Possible Instability of an Isothermal Liquid Surface -- chapter 5 Thermocapillary Instability of the Free Surface of a Plane Liquid Layer -- chapter 6 Convective Instability of a Liquid Layer with a Permeable Partition -- chapter 7 Thermocapillary Instability of Two-Layer Systems with Liquid�Liquid or Liquid�Gas Interfaces -- chapter 8 Thermocapillary Instability in Multilayer Systems -- chapter 9 Thermocapillary Convection of Constrained Interfaces -- chapter 10 Thermocapillary Migration of Bubbles and Drops -- chapter 11 Spreading and Layer Breaking Driven by the Marangoni Effect -- chapter 12 Parametric Wave Excitation in Nonisothermal Liquid Layers -- chapter 13 Thermocapillary Instability of a Liquid Interface Under the Joint Action of High-Frequency Vibration and the Marangoni Effect.