Plasmonic bubbles in binary liquids

Abstract

These results allow to tune the delay time and size of a vapor bubble by varying the corresponding liquid parameters. We envision that our findings will allow finer bubble control in applications which is particularly promising for medical applications. 32CHAPTER 1. BUBBLE NUCLEATION 2.1. INTRODUCTION 39 2.2. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND FINDINGS 41 62 CHAPTER 3. TRANSITION IN GROWTH MODE SUMMARYscaling parameter β used to collapse the viscosity data is proportional to the specific zero-shear viscosity η 0,sp and its scaling with concentration is identical to experimental studies that measured η 0,sp and to theoretical predictions for η 0,sp . Hence, combing birefringence and rheology is a fast, easy to use and comparatively cheap way to measure the scaling of the specific zero-shear viscosity η 0,sp . This is especially promising for RLPs because it can be performed at moderate shear rates ( γ ≈ 1 s −1 ) and therefore allows to measure the scaling for RLPs such as Pf1 where measuring η 0,sp via shear rheology is quite challenging due to the low shear rates required.