Thompson, K.L., Cinotti, N., Jones, E.R. et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Bespoke diblock copolymer nanoparticles enable production of relatively stable oil-in-water Pickering nanoemulsions. Langmuir, 33 (44). pp. 12616-12623. ISSN 0743-7463
Abstract
Sterically-stabilized diblock copolymer nanoparticles with an intensity-average diameter of 25 nm are prepared in the form of a concentrated aqueous dispersion using polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA). Addition of n-dodecane followed by high-shear homogenization produces n-dodecane-in-water Pickering macroemulsions of 22-46 µm diameter. If the nanoparticles are present in sufficient excess, subsequent processing using a high-pressure microfluidizer leads to formation of Pickering nanoemulsions with a mean droplet diameter below 200 nm. The size of these Pickering nanoemulsions can be tuned by systematically varying the nanoparticle concentration, applied pressure, the number of passes and the oil volume fraction. High internal phase emulsions can also be achieved by increasing the n-dodecane volume fraction up to 0.80. TEM studies of (dried) n-dodecane droplets confirm the presence of intact nanoparticles and suggest a relatively high surface coverage, which is consistent with model packing calculations based on radius ratios. Such Pickering nanoemulsions proved to be remarkably stable with respect to Ostwald ripening, with no significant change in the mean DLS droplet diameter after storage for approximately four months at 20 °C.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Copolymers; Emulsions; Lipids; Liquids; Nanoparticles |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2017 08:35 |
Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 14:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02267 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122513 |