Inside a collapsing bubble: sonoluminescence and the conditions during cavitation

KS Suslick, DJ Flannigan - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Acoustic cavitation, the growth and rapid collapse of bubbles in a liquid irradiated with
ultrasound, is a unique source of energy for driving chemical reactions with sound, a …

Plasma formation and temperature measurement during single-bubble cavitation

DJ Flannigan, KS Suslick - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract Single-bubble sonoluminescence (SBSL,,,,) results from the extreme temperatures
and pressures achieved during bubble compression; calculations have predicted, the …

Theory of supercompression of vapor bubbles and nanoscale thermonuclear fusion

RI Nigmatulin, IS Akhatov, AS Topolnikov… - Physics of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
This paper provides the theoretical basis for energetic vapor bubble implosions induced by
a standing acoustic wave. Its primary goal is to describe, explain, and demonstrate the …

Acoustic multibubble cavitation in water: a new aspect of the effect of a rare gas atmosphere on bubble temperature and its relevance to sonochemistry

K Okitsu, T Suzuki, N Takenaka… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Acoustic cavitation generates transient microbubbles with extremely high temperatures and
high pressures, which can provide unique reaction routes. The maximum bubble …

Bioinspired mechanical device generates plasma in water via cavitation

X Tang, D Staack - Science Advances, 2019 - science.org
Nature can generate plasma in liquids more efficiently than human-designed devices using
electricity, acoustics, or light. In the animal world, snap** shrimp can induce cavitation that …

Plasma line emission during single-bubble cavitation

DJ Flannigan, KS Suslick - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
Emission lines from transitions between high-energy states of noble-gas atoms (Ne, Ar, Kr,
and Xe) and ions (Ar+, Kr+, and Xe+) formed and excited during single-bubble cavitation in …

Dynamics of a sonoluminescing bubble in sulfuric acid

SD Hopkins, SJ Putterman, BA Kappus, KS Suslick… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
The spectral shape and observed sonoluminescence emission from Xe bubbles in
concentrated sulfuric acid is consistent only with blackbody emission from a spherical …

Measurement of pressure and density inside a single sonoluminescing bubble

DJ Flannigan, SD Hopkins, CG Camara, SJ Putterman… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
The average pressure inside a sonoluminescing bubble in sulfuric acid has been
determined by two independent techniques:(1) plasma diagnostics applied to Ar atom …

Computational modelling of the interaction of shock waves with multiple gas-filled bubbles in a liquid

MR Betney, B Tully, NA Hawker, Y Ventikos - Physics of fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
This study presents a computational investigation of the interactions of a single shock wave
with multiple gas-filled bubbles in a liquid medium. This work illustrates how multiple …