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Published on: March 9, 2021
Pickering emulsions with stimulable particles: from highly- to weakly-covered interfaces
Florent Gautier1, Mathieu Destribats, Romain Perrier-Cornet
1Université Bordeaux 1, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CNRS UPR 8641, Avenue du Dr Albert Schweitzer, 33600, Pessac, France.
Abstract:
We study oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by pH-sensitive colloidal silica or latex particles. Depending on the composition of the continuous phase, the same type of particles and the same emulsification process lead to emulsions characterised either by large drops densely covered by the particles, or to small droplets which are weakly covered. The two kinetically stable states can be tuned reversibly by using pH or salinity as compositional stimuli. We examine the emulsions' behaviour in these two limiting cases and we discuss the possible mechanisms allowing stabilisation, especially in the case of low surface coverage.
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