Surface nanobubbles and nanodroplets

D Lohse, X Zhang - Reviews of modern physics, 2015 - APS
Surface nanobubbles are nanoscopic gaseous domains on immersed substrates which can
survive for days. They were first speculated to exist about 20 years ago, based on stepwise …

Physicochemical hydrodynamics of droplets out of equilibrium

D Lohse, X Zhang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Droplets abound in nature and technology. In general, they are multicomponent, and, when
out of equilibrium, have gradients in concentration, implying flow and mass transport …

Droplet microarrays: from surface patterning to high‐throughput applications

W Feng, E Ueda, PA Levkin - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput screening of live cells and chemical reactions in isolated droplets is an
important and growing method in areas ranging from studies of gene functions and the …

Bubble puzzles: from fundamentals to applications

D Lohse - Physical review fluids, 2018 - APS
For centuries, bubbles have fascinated artists, engineers, and scientists alike. In spite of
century-long research on them, new and often surprising bubble phenomena, features, and …

Evaporating pure, binary and ternary droplets: thermal effects and axial symmetry breaking

C Diddens, H Tan, P Lv, M Versluis… - Journal of fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The Greek aperitif Ouzo is not only famous for its specific anise-flavoured taste, but also for
its ability to turn from a transparent miscible liquid to a milky-white coloured emulsion when …

Plasmonic Nanostructures Grown from Reacting Droplet‐In‐Microwell Array on Flexible Films for Quantitative Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Plant …

C Kanike, Q Lu, H Wu, LD Unsworth, A Atta… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant wearable detection has garnered significant interest in advancing agricultural
intelligence and promoting sustainable food production amidst the challenges of climate …

Nanobubble technology in environmental engineering: revolutionization potential and challenges

T Lyu, S Wu, RJG Mortimer, G Pan - 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanobubbles (NBs) are defined as bubbles with diameters less than 1000 nm. The concept
of NBs was first proposed in 1994 to explain the underpredicted attractive forces observed …

Formation and stability of bulk nanobubbles in different solutions

S Ke, W **ao, N Quan, Y Dong, L Zhang, J Hu - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The existence of bulk nanobubbles is still controversial in spite of their significance in a large
range of applications. Here, we developed a new method of compression–decompression to …

Self-lubricating drops

H Tan, D Lohse, X Zhang - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the study of multicomponent
drops. These drops exhibit unique phenomena, as the interplay between hydrodynamics …

Immobilization of photocatalytic ZnO nanocaps on planar and curved surfaces for the photodegradation of organic contaminants in water

Y Li, Q Lu, M Gamal EI-Din, X Zhang - ACS ES&T Water, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles are widely used as photocatalysts to effectively remove organic contaminants
in water. However, additional separation steps are needed to recycle the dispersed …