The lubrication effect of bicontinuous microemulsions describes a facilitated flow along hydrophilic planar surfaces because the fluid forms lamellar domains that can slide off along each other much better than randomly ordered domains. The applicability of this effect is based on the prerequisite of the lamellar structure not being destroyed by external shear-fields. In this paper, we demonstrate that the lamellar structure is highly stable for shear rates of up to 600 s⁻¹ using neutron reflectivity and grazing incidence small angle neutron scattering experiments. The transition structure that consists of perforated lamellae is attacked by the flow, and the bicontinuous microemulsion comes closer to the solid interface when shear is applied. All of this verifies the stability of the lubrication effect for technical applications.

双连续微乳状液的润滑作用描述了沿亲水性平面表面的促进流动，因为流体形成的层状微区比彼此随机排列的微区更好地沿彼此滑落。该效果的适用性是基于层状结构不被外部剪切场破坏的前提。在本文中，我们证明了层状结构在高达600 s ^-1的剪切速率下是高度稳定的利用中子反射率和掠入射小角中子散射实验。由穿孔的薄片组成的过渡结构会受到流动的攻击，当施加剪切力时，双连续微乳液会更靠近固体界面。所有这些都验证了技术应用润滑效果的稳定性。