The interface characteristics of liquid films confined within a nanogap between a steel ball and a smooth glass disk after exposing to an external electric field (EEF) are reported in the paper. The emergence of micro-bubbles induced by the EEF has been found to be closely related with the electric current flow at both a positive EEF and a negative EEF. The polarity effect of the variation in the electric current flowing through a polar liquid film over time is more pronounced than that through a nonpolar liquid film. The surface of the contacting pair with the polar liquid film confined after the removal of the EEF is more severely damaged at a negative EEF, while no indication of damage has been observed on the surface contacting the nonpolar liquid film at either polarity. The bubbles generated under a positive EEF can collapse more readily than those generated under a negative EEF. Different mechanisms of these experimental phenomena have been discussed in the paper. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Indian Inst Technol Madras, Dept Met & Mat Engn, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIndian Inst Technol Madras, Dept Met & Mat Engn, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kalpathy, Sreeram K.
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Indian Inst Technol Madras, Dept Met & Mat Engn, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIndian Inst Technol Madras, Dept Met & Mat Engn, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India