Nanoconfined liquid aliphatic compounds under external electric fields: roles of headgroup and alkyl chain length
Abstract
Understanding the structures and dynamics of the confined liquids in nonequilibrium states becomes increasingly important for many practical applications, e.g., nanolubrication and micro/nanofabrication. In the present paper, the effect of external electric fields (EEFs) on several normal straight-chain aliphatic liquids nanoconfined in a ball-plate configuration has been investigated by measuring the dynamic film thickness with the thin film