使用酸性ABCtriblock共聚合物合成外交联,并将其应用于pH响应颗粒乳化剂
Syuji Fujii1, Yuanli Cai, Jonathan V M Weaver
1Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, U.K.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 19, 2005
概括
新贝交联的细胞作为pH响应的乳化剂. 这些新型微粒在pH 8时形成稳定的1-undecanol-in-water乳液,在pH 2时完全分解.
科学领域:
- 合体和表面科学科学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 颗粒物乳化剂对于稳定乳液至关重要.
- 开发响应性乳化剂可以对乳液特性进行先进的控制.
- 的交叉连接片为颗粒乳化提供了一个新的平台.
研究的目的:
- 介绍和表征新型的贝交叉连接的微粒作为响应pH的颗粒乳化剂.
- 根据pH值的变化,证明这些微粒能够形成和破坏水中的油乳液的能力.
主要方法:
- 贝交叉连接的细胞的合成.
- 在水中制备1-undecanol乳液.
- 在一系列的pH值中研究乳液稳定性.
- 显微镜以确定乳液滴滴大小.
主要成果:
- 的交联被成功地用作颗粒乳化剂.
- 在pH8下形成了稳定的1-undecanol-in-water乳液,平均液滴直径为18微米.
- 在将pH值降低到2时实现了完全的脱,表明了显著的pH响应.
结论:
- 的交联是有效的响应pH的颗粒乳化剂.
- 乳液的pH触发形成和脱乳化表明可调节的乳液稳定性.
- 这项工作为各种应用中控制乳液系统开辟了道路.
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