ABSTRACT
Nano uidics deals with liquid systems in which there is movement and control over liquids in or around objects with at least one dimension of the order of 10-50 nm or below [1]. is includes the study of nano ows in and around nanosized objects [2]. Open nano uidic systems exhibit a free liquid-vapor or liquid-liquid interface as they occur, e.g., in liquid lms with a thickness of less than 10-50 nm [3].* Nano uidic systems are ubiquitous in biology: with a diameter of a few Angstroms ion-channels are the ultimate closed nano uidic device [4]. But nano uidics is also technologically interesting as the basis for further miniaturization of micro uidic devices down to the nanoscale [5].
