Nanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticles

Abstract This study expands upon a technique our team previously developed for generating nanobubbles on demand with a collimated pulsed laser beam. This work highlights how the controlled addition of gold nanoparticles enhances nanobubble generation efficiency in water, even at laser intensities we...

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Main Authors: Yatha Sharma, Claus-Dieter Ohl, Juan Manuel Rosselló
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81831-y
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description Abstract This study expands upon a technique our team previously developed for generating nanobubbles on demand with a collimated pulsed laser beam. This work highlights how the controlled addition of gold nanoparticles enhances nanobubble generation efficiency in water, even at laser intensities well below the threshold for multiphoton ionization. Specifically, we investigated the influence of nanoparticles of three distinct sizes on the laser fluence threshold for bubble nucleation and the lifetime of the resultant nanobubbles. Our findings confirm that nanoparticles with a diameter of 60 nm exhibit the greatest nucleation efficiency, achieving nearly 45 % at a fluence threshold of around $$70\,(\pm \,11)\,\hbox {mJ/cm}^2$$ . Interestingly, nanoparticle size did not impact the nanobubble lifetime.
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spelling doaj-art-1c5d91fd9cdc4019a1d8829c622a465a2024-12-22T12:27:12ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-12-0114111210.1038/s41598-024-81831-yNanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticlesYatha Sharma0Claus-Dieter Ohl1Juan Manuel Rosselló2Institute of Physics, Soft Matter Department, Otto-von-Guericke UniversityInstitute of Physics, Soft Matter Department, Otto-von-Guericke UniversityInstitute of Physics, Soft Matter Department, Otto-von-Guericke UniversityAbstract This study expands upon a technique our team previously developed for generating nanobubbles on demand with a collimated pulsed laser beam. This work highlights how the controlled addition of gold nanoparticles enhances nanobubble generation efficiency in water, even at laser intensities well below the threshold for multiphoton ionization. Specifically, we investigated the influence of nanoparticles of three distinct sizes on the laser fluence threshold for bubble nucleation and the lifetime of the resultant nanobubbles. Our findings confirm that nanoparticles with a diameter of 60 nm exhibit the greatest nucleation efficiency, achieving nearly 45 % at a fluence threshold of around $$70\,(\pm \,11)\,\hbox {mJ/cm}^2$$ . Interestingly, nanoparticle size did not impact the nanobubble lifetime.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81831-yLaserNanobubblesPlasmonic bubblesShockwaveNanoparticles
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Plasmonic bubbles
Shockwave
Nanoparticles
title Nanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticles
title_full Nanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticles
title_fullStr Nanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticles
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title_short Nanobubble nucleation by pulsed laser illumination of colloidal gold nanoparticles
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Nanobubbles
Plasmonic bubbles
Shockwave
Nanoparticles
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