Issue 24, 2020

Harnessing bubble behaviors for developing new analytical strategies

Abstract

Gas bubbles are easily accessible and offer many unique characteristic properties of a gas/liquid two-phase system for developing new analytical methods. In this minireview, we discuss the newly developed analytical strategies that harness the behaviors of bubbles. Recent advancements include the utilization of the gas/liquid interfacial activity of bubbles for detection and preconcentration of surface-active compounds; the employment of the gas phase properties of bubbles for acoustic imaging and detection, microfluidic analysis, electrochemical sensing, and emission spectroscopy; and the application of the mass transport behaviors at the gas/liquid interface in gas sensing, biosensing, and nanofluidics. These studies have demonstrated the versatility of gas bubbles as a platform for developing new analytical strategies.

Graphical abstract: Harnessing bubble behaviors for developing new analytical strategies

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
28 Jul. 2020
Accepted
29 Sep. 2020
First published
29 Sep. 2020

Analyst, 2020,145, 7782-7795

Author version available

Harnessing bubble behaviors for developing new analytical strategies

S. An, R. Ranaweera and L. Luo, Analyst, 2020, 145, 7782 DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01497D

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