Thompson, Kate L., Lane, Jacob A., Derry, Matthew J. and Armes, Steven P. (2015). Non-aqueous Isorefractive Pickering Emulsions. Langmuir, 31 (15), pp. 4373-4376.
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.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00630 |
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| Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry |
| Additional Information: | This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited. |
| Publication ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2025 08:02 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2020 12:14 |
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| Published Date: | 2015-04-21 |
| Authors: |
Thompson, Kate L.
Lane, Jacob A. Derry, Matthew J. ( 
0000-0001-5010-6725)
Armes, Steven P. |