Phase-Selective Gelation of the Water Phase in an Oil-Water Mixture : An Approach Based on Oil-Activated Nanoparticle Assembly in Water

Phase-selective gelation refers to the selective gelation of one phase in an immiscible mixture. Thus far, all such examples have involved a molecular gelator forming nanofibers in (and thus gelling) the oil phase in an oil/water mixture. Here, for the first time, we report the counterpart to the ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 37(2021), 27 vom: 13. Juli, Seite 8107-8114
1. Verfasser: Yue, Xiu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Subraveti, Sai Nikhil, John, George, Raghavan, Srinivasa R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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