Quantum Feedback at the Solid-Liquid Interface: Flow-Induced Electronic Current and Its Negative Contribution to Friction
Baptiste Coquinot, Lydéric Bocquet, Nikita Kavokine
Abstract
A new quantum-mechanical theory predicts that a neutral liquid can generate an electric current in the solid wall along which it flows. The current in turn reduces the friction at the liquid-solid interface.
Topics & Concepts
Current (fluid)QuantumElectric currentFlow (mathematics)Materials scienceElectrical currentInterface (matter)MechanicsCondensed matter physicsPhysicsThermodynamicsElectrical engineeringComposite materialQuantum mechanicsEngineeringCapillary actionCapillary numberElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides