Abstract
We demonstrate, experimentally and by molecular dynamics simulations, that krypton and xenon form nanostructured water-gas domains. High pressure was applied to force the inert gases to dissolve in water following Henry's law, then the liquid was depressurized, centrifuged, and inspected by dynamic light scattering. The observed objects have similar sizes and electrical properties to nanobubbles, but we found that they have fairly neutral buoyancy even at high gravitational fields. We posit that the formed nano objects are not bubbles but blobs, unique structures conceived as clathrate-hydrate precursors, thus resolving the so-called Laplace pressure bubble catastrophe.
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