Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:31:43 BST CiteULike: dchens Vancso http://www.citeulike.org/user/dchen/author/Vancso CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/dchen/article/2753716 <i>Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, No. 20. (2007)</i><br /><br />Shock wave induced cavitation experiments and atomic force microscopy measurements of flat polyamide and hydrophobized silicon surfaces immersed in water are performed. It is shown that surface nanobubbles, present on these surfaces, do not act as nucleation sites for cavitation bubbles, in contrast to the expectation. This implies that surface nanobubbles are not just stable under ambient conditions but also under enormous reduction of the liquid pressure down to -6 MPa. We denote this feature as superstability. Superstability of Surface Nanobubbles Bram Borkent Stephan Dammer Holger Schönherr Julius Vancso Detlef Lohse doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.204502 Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, No. 20. (2007) 2008-05-04T16:08:51-00:00 2007 Physical Review Letters 98 20 APS 2007 bubbles focus material nano