Coarsening behavior of bulk nanobubbles in water
- Authors
- Lee, J.I.; Huh, H.S.; Park, J.Y.; Han, J.-G.; Kim, J.-M.
- Issue Date
- 27-Sep-2021
- Publisher
- Nature Research
- Citation
- Scientific Reports, v.11, no.1
- Journal Title
- Scientific Reports
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/50220
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-021-98783-2
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Abstract
- In recent years, minuscule gas bubbles called bulk nanobubbles (BNBs) have drawn increasing attention due to their unique properties and broad applicability in various technological fields, such as biomedical engineering, water treatment, and nanomaterials. However, questions remain regarding the stability and behavior of BNBs. In the present work, BNBs were generated in water using a gas–liquid mixing method. NB analysis was performed using a nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) method to investigate the coarsening behavior of BNBs in water over time. The diameters of the BNBs increased, and their cubic radii increased linearly (r3 ~ t) over time. While the concentration of BNBs decreased, the total volume of BNBs remained the same. The size distribution of the BNBs broadened, and the concentration of larger BNBs increased over time. These results indicate that relatively small BNBs disappeared due to dissolution and larger BNBs grew through mass transfer between BNBs instead of coalescence. In other words, BNBs underwent Ostwald ripening: gas molecules from smaller BNBs diffused through the continuous phase to be absorbed into larger BNBs. © 2021, The Author(s).
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