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Progress on the Surface Nanobubble Story: What is in the bubble? Why does it exist?

Overview of attention for article published in Advances in Colloid & Interface Science, September 2014
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Title
Progress on the Surface Nanobubble Story: What is in the bubble? Why does it exist?
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Advances in Colloid & Interface Science, September 2014
DOI 10.1016/j.cis.2014.09.004
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Hong Peng, Greg R. Birkett, Anh V. Nguyen

Abstract

Interfaces between aqueous solutions and hydrophobic solid surfaces are important in various areas of science and technology. Many researchers have found that forces between hydrophobic surfaces in aqueous solution are significantly different from the classical DLVO theory. Long-range attractive forces (non-DLVO forces) are thought to be affected by nanoscopic gaseous domains at the interfaces. This is a review of the latest research on nanobubbles at hydrophobic surfaces from experimental and simulation studies. The review focusses on non-intrusive optical view of surface nanobubbles and gas enrichment on solid surfaces by imaging and force mapping. By use of these recent experimental data in conjunction with molecular simulation work, all major theories on surface nanobubble formation and stability are critically reviewed. Even though the current body of research cannot comprehensively explain all properties of surface nanobubbles observed, the fundamental understanding has been significantly improved. Line tension has been shown to be incapable of explaining the contact angle of nanobubbles. Dense gas layer theory provides a new explanation on both large contact angle and long-time stability. The high density of gas in these domains may significantly affect the gas-water interface which is in line with some observation made on bulk nanobubbles. Along this line of inquiry, experimental and simulation effort should be focussed on measuring the density within surface nanobubbles and the properties of the gas water interface which may be the key to explaining the stability of these nanobubbles.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
China 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Unknown 134 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 30 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 17%
Student > Master 19 14%
Student > Bachelor 15 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 9%
Other 16 12%
Unknown 22 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 34 25%
Chemical Engineering 16 12%
Chemistry 14 10%
Materials Science 11 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 6%
Other 24 17%
Unknown 31 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 January 2015.
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#15,518,326
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#529
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#133,526
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#4
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