Phase Inversion of Pickering Emulsions Induced by Interfacial Electrostatic Attraction

Phase inversion of Pickering emulsions from water-in-oil (W/O) to oil-in-water (O/W) is achieved by the formation of an interfacial particle bilayer using negatively charged and positively charged particles dispersed in water and oil, respectively, before emulsification. A mechanism based on electro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 39(2023), 4 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 1386-1393
1. Verfasser: Sun, Guanqing (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Guo, Tiehuang, Luo, Jing, Liu, Ren, Ngai, To, Binks, Bernard P
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:Phase inversion of Pickering emulsions from water-in-oil (W/O) to oil-in-water (O/W) is achieved by the formation of an interfacial particle bilayer using negatively charged and positively charged particles dispersed in water and oil, respectively, before emulsification. A mechanism based on electrostatic attraction across the toluene-water interface is proposed and verified by systematic investigation of the parameters that affect the surface charge of negatively charged particles such as pH and salt concentration. Cationic silica-FITC particles (600 nm) can be dispersed in toluene and stabilize W/O emulsions alone; phase inversion of this emulsion can be induced by the addition of anionic silica-RB particles in the aqueous phase at a concentration of 1.0 wt % or above. It is revealed that silica-RB particles of a smaller size (100 nm) can induce emulsion phase inversion at a much lower concentration (0.4 wt %) and an interfacial particle bilayer is clearly revealed by CLSM and SEM images. By tuning the surface charge density of silica-RB particles, the electrostatic attraction mechanism leading to the formation of the interfacial particle bilayer is confirmed and emulsion stability can be tuned as demonstrated by osmotic pressure enhancement results obtained from centrifugation
Beschreibung:Date Completed 31.01.2023
Date Revised 02.02.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02048