Closeup of a contact setup to investigate rheological properties of liquids confined to nanometer scales. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion.

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Effect of Surface Elasticity on the Rheology of Nanometric Liquids
Richard Villey, Emmanuelle Martinot, Cécile Cottin-Bizonne, Magali Phaner-Goutorbe, Liliane Léger, Frédéric Restagno, and Elisabeth Charlaix
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 215701 (2013)

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