Our model system Brushes (layers of grafted polymers) Prototypes for soft-deformable substrates Rich behavior with grafting density Tailor flow properties Melt/Brush interface Identical interactions ("clean" system) Rich wetting behavior Autophobicity Different mechanisms of dissipation Precursor foot of droplet spreading M. Mueller & L. Gonzalez MacDowell, Europhys. Lett. 55:221 (2001)