From spherical to polymorphous dispersed phase transition in water/oil emulsions
Optical scanning tomography is used to characterize bulk properties of transparent water-in-paraffin oil emulsions stabilized with hexadecyl-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and silica nanoparticles. A flow of 500 hundred images is used to analyze each scanning shot with a precision of about 1 micro...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 25(2009), 8 vom: 21. Apr., Seite 4266-70 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2009
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | Optical scanning tomography is used to characterize bulk properties of transparent water-in-paraffin oil emulsions stabilized with hexadecyl-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and silica nanoparticles. A flow of 500 hundred images is used to analyze each scanning shot with a precision of about 1 microm. The role of silica particles in the shape of the water droplets is investigated. Depending on the concentration of CTAB and silica nanoparticles, a transition occurs in their geometry that changes from spherical to polymorphous. This transition is controlled by the ratio R=[CTAB]/[SiO2] and is described using an identification procedure of the topology of the gray level contours of the tomographic images. The transition occurs for Rcrit approximately 3x10(-2) and is shown to correspond to a pH of the dispersed phase of 8.5 |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 07.07.2009 Date Revised 15.04.2009 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la804214m |