Fluid-bicontinuous emulsions stabilized by colloidal particles
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-06-13 v1
Abstract
Using controlled spinodal decomposition, we have created a fluid-bicontinuous structure stabilized by colloidal particles. We present confocal microscopy studies of these structures and their variation with kinetic pathway. Our studies reveal a rigid multilayer of colloidal particles jammed at the interface which prevents the liquids demixing for many hours. The arrangement of two-fluid domains, interpenetrating on the meso-scale, could be useful as a microreaction medium.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604441,
title = {Fluid-bicontinuous emulsions stabilized by colloidal particles},
author = {P. S. Clegg and E. M. Herzig and A. B. Schofield and S. U. Egelhaaf and T. S. Horozov and B. P. Binks and M. E. Cates and W. C. K. Poon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604441},
year = {2007}
}
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12 pages, 4 figures