Molecular effects on boundary condition in micro/nanoliquid flows

We experimentally investigated molecular effects of the slip/no-slip boundary condition of Newtonian liquids in micro-and nanochannels as small as 350 nm. The slip was measurable for channels smaller than approximately 2 mu m. The amount of slip is found to be independent of the channel size, but is a function of the shear rate, the type of liquid (polar or nonpolar molecular structure), and the morphology of the solid surface (molecular-level smoothness). (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3006031]