Birth and growth of cavitation bubbles within water under tension confined in a simple synthetic tree

• Main Authors: Quinto-Su, Pedro A., Vincent, Olivier, Marmottant, Philippe, Ohl, Claus-Dieter
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104603; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9162
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Water under tension, as can be found in several systems including tree vessels, is metastable. Cavitation can spontaneously occur, nucleating a bubble. We investigate the dynamics of spontaneous or triggered cavitation inside water filled microcavities of a hydrogel. Results show that a stable bubbl...