2024-03-28T08:29:51Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/251542018-08-22T12:15:26Zcom_10261_36com_10261_4col_10261_289
2010-06-10T10:30:07Z
urn:hdl:10261/25154
Field-Induced Formation of Nanometer-Sized Water Bridges
Gómez-Moñivas, Sacha
Sáenz, J. J.
Calleja, Montserrat
García García, Ricardo
Water meniscus
AFM oxidation
A method to form and manipulate the properties of nanometer-size liquid bridges by an external electric field is discussed. The properties of bridges are shown to be the result of an interplay among the field-induced polarization of the water layer adsorbed on the surface, the surface energy, and the water condensation from the humid air. For a given tip-sample separation, a simple model predicts the existence of a threshold voltage Vth to form the bridge in full agreement with experiments.
2010-06-10T10:30:07Z
2010-06-10T10:30:07Z
2003-08-01
artículo
Physical Review Letters 91, 056101 (2003)
0031-9007
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/25154
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.056101
eng
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.056101
openAccess
American Physical Society