The study on thin film lubrication under an external electric field (EEF) is a frontier field of the lubrication research, and it is of considerable academic and engineering values to charged lubrication systems and micro/nano electromechanical devices, etc. This dissertation focuses on the properties of nanoscale lubricant films under an EEF in terms of the film forming properties and the microbubble emergence behavior in thin lubricant films. The following conclusions are drawn:
Firstly, the film form...