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We review here the physics of capillary condensation of liquids in confinedmedia, with a special regard to the application in nanotechnologies. Thethermodynamics of capillary condensation and thin film adsorption are firstexposed along with all the relevant notions. The focus is then shifted to themodelling of capillary forces, to their measurements techniques (including SFA,AFM and crack tips) and to their influence on AFM imaging techniques as well ason the static and dynamic friction properties of solids (including granularheaps and sliding nanocontacts). A great attention is spent in investigatingthe delicate role of the surface roughness and all the difficulties involved inthe reduction of the probe size to nanometric dimensions. Another majorconsequence of capillary condensation in nanosystems is the activation ofseveral chemical and corrosive processes that can significantly alter thesurface properties, such as dissolution/redeposition of solid materials andstress-corrosion crack propagation.

Capillary Condensation in Confined Media