Here, we investigate homogeneous and heterogeneous bubble nucleation processes in systems under tension using molecular dynamics simulations. Advantages of studying bubble nucleation in systems under negative pressures are three fold: (a) The nucleation barrier is lowered and nucleation event can be observed within timescales accessible by MD simulations (b) Critical bubble radius is ∼nm, which are typical length scales attainable by MD (c) Circumvents inconsistencies -hydrophilic surfaces reduce nucleation barrier as compared to hydrophobic ones -which crop up as the solid is rapidly heated to reduce the nucleation barrier. Subsequently, the maximum negative pressure sustained by the system is used a as measure of the system's propensity to nucleate a bubble.