Collapse of surface nanobubbles

• Main Authors: Chan, Chon U., Chen, Longquan, Arora, Manish, Ohl, Claus-Dieter
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107190; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25394
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Surface attached nanobubbles populate surfaces submerged in water. These nanobubbles have a much larger contact angle and longer lifetime than predicted by classical theory. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish them from hydrophobic droplets, e.g., polymeric contamination, using standard atomic...