Partic. vol. 3 no. 4 pp. 208-212 (August 2005)
doi: 10.1016/S1672-2515(07)60188-2

Adsorption of nano-particles on bubble surface in nano-particle suspension

Buxuan Wang^*, Chunhui Li, Xiaofeng Peng

bxwang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

The adsorption of nano-particles on bubble surface is discussed for saturated boiling on thin wire of nano-particle suspensions. Owing to the decrease of surface tension for suspensions, the nano-particles tend to adsorb on the bubble surface to decrease the Gibbs free energy for stability, and meanwhile the velocity of nano-particles would be smaller than that of bubble growth. The long-range van der Waals force existing between “water particles” and nano-particles is considered the attractive force between the nano-particles and the bubble surface. Thus, the nano-particles would attach on the bubble surface if the particle-surface distance is smaller than its critical value. The distribution of nano-particles on the bubble surface and in the adjacent region is also investigated.

Keywords

nano-particle suspension; attachment; critical distance