NANO-PERSONALITY: ENGINEERING AND MANIPULATING GREEN SOLVENTS BY NANO-BUBBLES (NIMBLE)

Project Information

NIMBLE

Grant agreement ID: 101095098

DOI

10.3030/101095098

EC signature date 25 August 2023

Start date 1 September 2024

End date 31 August 2029

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 461 515,00

EU contribution

€ 2 461 515,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
Ireland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Multiscale stability analysis of electric-field-based air nanobubbles under varying pH and generation time using experimental and molecular dynamics insights

Author(s): Shoaib Ahmad, Parisa Naeiji, Marziyeh Jannesari, Niall J. English
Published in: Water Research, Issue 306, 2026, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.WATRES.2026.126511

Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Peptide Hydrophobicity in Methane Hydrate Formation

Author(s): Bastien Radola, Mengdi Pan, Christopher C. R. Allen, Niall J. English
Published in: Energy & Fuels, Issue 40, 2026, ISSN 0887-0624
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.ENERGYFUELS.6C02127

Electric Field-Based Ozone Nanobubbles in Tandem with Reduced Ultraviolet Light Exposure for Water Purification and Treatment: Aquaculture and Beyond

Author(s): Niall J. English
Published in: Environments, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2076-3298
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ENVIRONMENTS11120292

Electric-Field Nanobubble-Enhanced Progress in Anaerobic Digestion Unit Operations: Biogas Upgrading and Up- and Down-Stream Water and Sludge Treatment Operations

Author(s): Niall J. English
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/NANO15130968

Environmentally Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Nanobubble Engineering: Applications in the Oil and Fuels Sector

Author(s): Niall J. English
Published in: Fuels, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2673-3994
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/FUELS6030050

Understanding CO ₂ nanobubbles’ behaviour and (meta)stability in water under different electric field strengths: non-equilibrium molecular-dynamics simulation

Author(s): Yusuf Isyaku, Bastien Radola, Niall J. English
Published in: Molecular Physics, 2026, ISSN 0026-8976
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2026.2700660

Study of CO2-hydrate formation in contact with bulk nanobubbles: An investigation from experiment and molecular-dynamics simulations

Author(s): Mengdi Pan, Parisa Naeiji, Niall J. English
Published in: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Issue 685, 2025, ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCIS.2025.01.138

Industrial-Scale Wastewater Nano-Aeration and -Oxygenation and Dissolved Air Flotation: Electric Field Nanobubble and Machine Learning Approaches to Enhanced Nano-Aeration and Flotation

Author(s): Niall J. English
Published in: Environments, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2076-3298
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ENVIRONMENTS12070228

Evolution of CO2 hydrate dissociation in the presence of nanobubbles and additives: Thermodynamic, kinetic and molecular dynamic insights

Author(s): Saeid Sinehbaghizadeh, Niall J. English
Published in: Journal of CO2 Utilization, Issue 109, 2026, ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCOU.2026.103462

Vortex–Swirl Flow Results in Microbubble-Enhanced Transient Water Properties: A Time-Resolved Analysis from Fine-Bubble Engineering

Author(s): Niall J. English, Cees M. B. Kamp
Published in: Water, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 2073-4441
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/W16243565

Physicochemical Properties of Water in Contact with Nanobubbles Generated by CO ₂ ‐Hydrate Dissociation: An Investigation from Experiment and Molecular‐Dynamics Simulation

Author(s): Parisa Naeiji, Mengdi Pan, Niall J. English
Published in: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2196-7350
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADMI.202400496

Recent Development in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Gas Hydrates in Flow Assurance

Author(s): Parisa Naeiji, Mengdi Pan, Judith M. Schicks, Niall J. English
Published in: Energy & Fuels, Issue 39, 2025, ISSN 0887-0624
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.ENERGYFUELS.5C00558

Conference proceedings (10)

Nanobubble-enhanced and -controlled gas-hydrate formation modulated by zeolites

Author(s): I. Auwal & N.J. English
Published in: 2025
Publisher: All Ireland Conferences

Large-scale CO2-nanobubble utilisation for improving biomass productivity in marine micro-algal cultivation

Author(s): A I Abdel-Fattah, S. Sangaru & N.J. English
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Nanobubbles Conference Series

Study of sustainable wastewater infrastructure using energy-efficient and highly stable electric field (EF)- based oxygen (O2) nanobubbles (NBs) for the chemicalfree removal of recalcitrant antibiotics

Author(s): S. Ahmad & N.J. English
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Nanobubble Conference Series

Molecular-simulation of insights of nanobubble formation: role of electric-field intensity

Author(s): Y. Isyaku, B. Radola & N.J. English
Published in: 2025
Publisher: All Ireland Conferences

System-Level Co-Optimisation of a Nanobubble-Enabled MD–PRO Water Treatment Platform

Author(s): S. Ahmad, U. Safder & N.J. English
Published in: 2026
Publisher: SDEWES Conference Series

Design and characterisation of a compact milli-scale Venturi injector for nanobubble generation, and submersible nanobubble generators as an efficient way for long-time water aeration

Author(s): E. Hosseini, O. Saremi & N.J. English
Published in: 2025
Publisher: All Ireland Conferences

A Kinetic and pH-Driven Stability Analysis of Electric Field-Based Air Nanobubbles and Comparison with Mechanical Generation Approaches

Author(s): S. Ahmed & N.J. English
Published in: 2025
Publisher: All Ireland Conferences

Nanobubble engineering of low-energy aeration for water treatment

Author(s): N.J. English
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Nanobubbles Conference Series

Molecular engineering of nano-bubbles and -droplets in mixed milieux: under the influence of fields

Author(s): N.J. English
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Nanobubble Conference Series

Molecular Insights into Water–Nanobubble Interactions with and without Electric Fields: Implications for Science and Industry

Author(s): P. Naieji & N.J. English
Published in: 2025
Publisher: All Ireland Conferences