Klein, Jacob; Kumacheva, Eugenia - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 249 (1998) 1, pp. 206-215
The mechanical properties of confined thin films of simple liquids were measured via a surface force balance as a function of the film thickness. We find an abrupt transition from liquid-like to a solid-like behaviour at a confinement alone and does not require external applied pressure. At the...