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An "inside-out" microfluidic approach to monodisperse emulsions stabilized by solid particles

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Nie, Zhihong, Il Park, Jai, Li, Wei, Bon, Stefan Antonius Franciscus and Kumacheva, Eugenia. (2008) An "inside-out" microfluidic approach to monodisperse emulsions stabilized by solid particles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130 (No.49). 16508-16509.. ISSN 0002-7863

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja807764m

Abstract

We report a versatile "inside-out" microfluidic approach to producing monodisperse particle-stabilized emulsions, as well as supracolloidal polymer microspheres. This approach addresses the challenges faced in conventional strategies for the preparation of Pickering emulsions, that is, an insufficient control of droplet dimensions and an excess of particles in the continuous media. The proposed method minimizes waste of particles, due to their introduction in the droplet phase, rather than in the continuous medium; allows control over the coverage of droplets with particles by manipulating the concentration of particles or the flow rates of the liquids; and provides a route for an easier analysis of the dynamics of formation and buckling of Pickering emulsions.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

Q Science > QD Chemistry
T Technology > TP Chemical technology

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Chemistry

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Microfluidics, Stabilizing agents, Emulsions, Liquid-liquid interfaces

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Publisher:

American Chemical Society

ISSN:

0002-7863

Official Date:

10 December 2008

Dates:

Date	Event
10 December 2008	Published

Volume:

Vol.130

Number:

No.49

Number of Pages:

Page Range:

16508-16509.

Identification Number:

10.1021/ja807764m

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Publication Status:

Published

Access rights to Published version:

Restricted or Subscription Access

Funder:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) (NSERC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

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