Cryo-EM Visualization of Nanobubbles in Aqueous Solutions.
Langmuir
; 32(43): 11111-11115, 2016 11 01.
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ABSTRACT
The detection of nanobubbles on surfaces is well established (e.g., AFM and optical microscopy methods), but currently no methods exist for the direct detection of bulk nanobubbles. Here, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has been employed to observe bubbles in aqueous solutions for the first time. Nitrogen bubbles generated by a chemical reaction were observed in amorphous ice trapped between two carbon films. The cryo-EM images of bubbles showed the same features as predicted by theory. The fact that no bubbles were observed near an air-water interface suggests that bubbles may diffuse to the nearby air-water interface and escape. The estimate of the bubble diffusion coefficient is about 30-250 µm2/s.
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Langmuir
Asunto de la revista:
QUIMICA
Año:
2016
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Article
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Estados Unidos