Aqueous foam stabilized by plate-like particles in the presence of sodium butyrate

Qian Liu1, Lingyu Luan, Dejun Sun

  • 1Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of the Education Ministry, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China.

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