Coalescence in double emulsions
© 2012 American Chemical Society
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 28(2012), 14 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 5934-9 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2012
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2012 American Chemical Society Coalescence processes in double emulsions, water-in-oil-in-water, are studied by optical microscopy. The time evolution of such systems is determined by the interplay of two coalescence processes, namely, between inner water droplets and between the inner water droplets and the continuous external water phase. The predominance of one of those processes over the other, regulated by the relative amount of hydrophilic and lipophilic surfactants, leads to different evolutions of the system. We present here results for a class of systems whose evolution follows a master behavior. We also implemented a computer simulation where the system is modeled as a spherical cavity filled with smaller Brownian spheres. Collisions between spheres allow coalescence between them with probability P(i), whereas collisions between a sphere and the wall of the cavity allow coalescence with the external phase with probability P(e). The phenomenology observed in the experimental systems is well reproduced by the computer simulation for suitable values of the probability parameters |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 06.08.2012 Date Revised 10.04.2012 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la205144g |