Thompson, K.L., Lane, J.A., Derry, M.J. et al. (1 more author) (2015) Non-aqueous Isorefractive Pickering Emulsions. Langmuir, 31 (15). pp. 4373-4376. ISSN 0743-7463
Abstract
Non-aqueous Pickering emulsions of 16–240 μm diameter have been prepared using diblock copolymer worms with ethylene glycol as the droplet phase and an n-alkane as the continuous phase. Initial studies using n-dodecane resulted in stable emulsions that were significantly less turbid than conventional water-in-oil emulsions. This is attributed to the rather similar refractive indices of the latter two phases. By utilizing n-tetradecane as an alternative oil that almost precisely matches the refractive index of ethylene glycol, almost isorefractive ethylene glycol-in-n-tetradecane Pickering emulsions can be prepared. The droplet diameter and transparency of such emulsions can be systematically varied by adjusting the worm copolymer concentration.
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Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) |
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Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2016 14:04 | ||||
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2016 17:10 | ||||
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00630 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | ACS | ||||
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00630 | ||||
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