Tuesday, September 25, 2012

1209.5250 (Karan Kapoor et al.)

A new tuning fork-based instrument for oscillatory shear rheology of
nano-confined liquids
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Karan Kapoor, Vinod Kanawade, Vibham Shukla, Shivprasad Patil
We present a new method to measure rheological response of liquids confined to nano-scale which exhibit a considerable slow-down in dynamics compared to bulk liquids. The method relies on using a robust force sensor that has a sensitivity to measure shear forces in the range of 1 to 10 nN and a stiffness of 55000 N/m to avoid thermal noise. Off-resonance operation ensures application of a range of shear frequencies . This range is higher than the inverse of the system's mechanical relaxation time and allows the measurement of non-linear effects emerging due to significant "slow down" in dynamics upon confinement. The instrument is a step forward towards resolving the controversies about the nature of nano-confined liquids.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5250

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