Studies of nano-structured liquids in confined geometries and at surfaces

摘要

Nano-structuring of liquids and their crystals changes their Gibbs free energy, and hence their dynamics. This may most readily be probed by monitoring the alteration of phase changes as a function of temperature, together with changes in other parameters, particularly the confinement diameter. Such studies may be performed by monitoring the change in the pressure (at constant temperature) of the liquid in its own vapour (Kelvin equation), or by monitoring the change in the freezing/melting temperature (at constant pressure) of a crystal in its own liquid (Gibbs–Thomson equation).