arXiv:1001.2669v1 [cond-mat.soft] 15 Jan 2010 Modelling approaches to the dewetting of evaporating thin films of nanoparticle suspensions U. Thiele $^{∗}$, I. Vancea, A. J. Archer, M. J. Robbins, L. Frastia Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK A. Stannard, E. Pauliac-Vaujour, C. P. Martin, M. O. Blunt, P. J. Moriarty The School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK ∗ homepage: http://www.uwethiele.de, u.thiele@lboro.ac.uk 1