Surface Nanobubbles Are Stabilized by Hydrophobic Attraction

• Main Authors: Tan, Beng Hau, An, Hongjie, Ohl, Claus-Dieter
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Hydrophobic Attraction; Nanobubbles
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88750; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44729
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The remarkably long lifetime of surface nanobubbles has perplexed researchers for two decades. The current understanding is that both contact line pinning and supersaturation of the ambient liquid are strictly required for the stability of nanobubbles, yet experiments show nanobubbles surviving in o...