Surface Nanobubbles in Nonaqueous Media: Looking for Nanobubbles in DMSO, Formamide, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylammonium Nitrate, and Propylammonium Nitrate | Zendy

Hongjie An | Zendy; Guangming Liu | Zendy; Rob Atkin | Zendy; Vincent S. J. Craig | Zendy

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Surface Nanobubbles in Nonaqueous Media: Looking for Nanobubbles in DMSO, Formamide, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylammonium Nitrate, and Propylammonium Nitrate

Author(s) -

Hongjie An,

Guangming Liu,

Rob Atkin,

Vincent S. J. Craig

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

acs nano

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.554

H-Index - 382

eISSN - 1936-086X

pISSN - 1936-0851

DOI - 10.1021/acsnano.5b02915

Subject(s) - propylene carbonate , formamide , solvent , nitrate , chemistry , supersaturation , dimethyl sulfoxide , contact angle , inorganic chemistry , carbonate , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , electrolyte , electrode , engineering

Surface nanobubbles produced by supersaturation during the exchange of ethanol for water are routinely observed on hydrophobic surfaces, are stable for days, and have contact angles that are very much greater than observed macroscopically. Here, we test the hypothesis that nanobubbles can also be observed in nonaqueous solvents in order to ascertain if their anomalous lifetimes and contact angles are related to properties of the solvent. Nanobubbles were seen in the protic solvents formamide, ethylammonium nitrate, and propylammonium nitrate, but not in propylene carbonate or dimethyl sulfoxide. Solvents in which nanobubbles were observed exhibit a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network. Like in aqueous systems, the nanobubbles were stable for days and exhibited high contact angles (∼165°).

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