Abstract
Alkane fluids in a Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA) was investigated using Frantz and Salmeron method to cleave mica, which confirmed several predictions of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. A low friction was also observed when solid side on incommensurate solids and in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), when fluid films of macroscopic thickness are squeezed between two surfaces. Using the SFA it was found that when nonpolar fluids were confirmed between smooth mica sheets to a thickness of <5-10 molecular dimensions, the effective shear velocity increase to the point that the frictional response turned solidlike. The results show low energy dissipation, in which concern was not only given to shear flow but also to hydrodynamic flow.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 096101 |
| Pages (from-to) | 096101-1-096101-4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - Aug 27 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)