DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2001-10112-9
Nanorheology: An investigation of the boundary condition at hydrophobic and hydrophilic interfaces
C. Cottin-Bizonne1, S. Jurine1, J. Baudry1, J. Crassous2, F. Restagno1, 3 and É. Charlaix11 Département de Physique des Matériaux (UMR 5586), Université Lyon I, 43 bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
2 Laboratoire de Physique (UMR 5672), ENS-Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
3 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (UMR 8502), Bât. 510 - Campus Universitaire, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France (Present address.)
ccottin@dpm.univ-lyon1.fr
(Received 21 December 2001 and Received in final form 3 August 2002 / Published online: 22 November 2002)
Abstract
It has been shown that the flow of a simple liquid over
a solid surface can violate the so-called no-slip boundary
condition. We investigate the flow of polar liquids, water and
glycerol, on a hydrophilic Pyrex surface and a hydrophobic surface
made of a Self-Assembled Monolayer of OTS
(octadecyltrichlorosilane) on Pyrex. We use a Dynamic Surface
Force Apparatus (DSFA) which allows one to study the flow of a
liquid film confined between two surfaces with a nanometer
resolution. No-slip boundary conditions are found for both fluids
on hydrophilic surfaces only. Significant slip is found on the
hydrophobic surfaces, with a typical length of one hundred
nanometers.
47.15.Gf - Low-Reynolds-number (creeping) flows.
68.35.-p - Solid surfaces and solid-solid interfaces: Structure and energetics.
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