scholarly journals Inner Rotation of Pickering Janus Emulsions

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3312
Author(s):  
Rajarshi Roy Raju ◽  
Joachim Koetz

Janus droplets were prepared by vortex mixing of three non-mixable liquids, i.e., olive oil, silicone oil and water, in the presence of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the aqueous phase and magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) in the olive oil. The resulting Pickering emulsions were stabilized by a red-colored AuNP layer at the olive oil/water interface and MNPs at the oil/oil interface. The core–shell droplets can be stimulated by an external magnetic field. Surprisingly, an inner rotation of the silicon droplet is observed when MNPs are fixed at the inner silicon droplet interface. This is the first example of a controlled movement of the inner parts of complex double emulsions by magnetic manipulation via interfacially confined magnetic nanoparticles.

Fluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajinder Pal

Suspensions and emulsions are prone to kinetic instabilities of sedimentation and creaming, wherein the suspended particles and droplets fall or rise through a matrix fluid. It is important to understand and quantify sedimentation and creaming in such dispersed systems as they affect the shelf-life of products manufactured in the form of suspensions and emulsions. In this article, the unhindered and hindered settling/creaming behaviors of conventional emulsions and suspensions are first reviewed briefly. The available experimental data on settling/creaming of concentrated emulsions and suspensions are interpreted in terms of the drift flux theory. Modeling and simulation of nanoparticle-stabilized Pickering emulsions are carried out next. The presence of nanoparticles at the oil/water interface has a strong influence on the creaming/sedimentation behaviors of single droplets and swarm of droplets. Simulation results clearly demonstrate the strong influence of three-phase contact angle of nanoparticles present at the oil/water interface. This is the first definitive study dealing with modeling and simulation of unhindered and hindered creaming and sedimentation behaviors of nanoparticle-stabilized Pickering emulsions.


Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (37) ◽  
pp. 17471-17477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Chen ◽  
Dejing Meng ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Haiyun Li ◽  
Yinglu Ji ◽  
...  

Using DMAB as the Raman internal reference, the spatial trajectory of modulating 4-ATP molecules was tracked during the shell growth process.


2015 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 1282-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shyam B. Mehta ◽  
Rachael Lewus ◽  
Jared S. Bee ◽  
Theodore W. Randolph ◽  
John F. Carpenter

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 2355-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shintaro Kawano ◽  
Toshiyuki Kida ◽  
Mitsuru Akashi ◽  
Hirofumi Sato ◽  
Motohiro Shizuma ◽  
...  

Background: Emulsions stabilized by colloidal particles are known as Pickering emulsions. To date, soft microgel particles as well as inorganic and organic particles have been utilized as Pickering emulsifiers. Although cyclodextrin (CD) works as an attractive emulsion stabilizer through the formation of a CD–oil complex at the oil–water interface, a high concentration of CD is normally required. Our research focuses on an effective Pickering emulsifier based on a soft colloidal CD polymer (CD nanogel) with a unique surface-active property. Results: CD nanogels were prepared by crosslinking heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin with phenyl diisocyanate and subsequent immersion of the resulting polymer in water. A dynamic light scattering study shows that primary CD nanogels with 30–50 nm diameter assemble into larger CD nanogels with 120 nm diameter by an increase in the concentration of CD nanogel from 0.01 to 0.1 wt %. The CD nanogel has a surface-active property at the air–water interface, which reduces the surface tension of water. The CD nanogel works as an effective Pickering emulsion stabilizer even at a low concentration (0.1 wt %), forming stable oil-in-water emulsions through interfacial adsorption by the CD nanogels. Conclusion: Soft CD nanogel particles adsorb at the oil–water interface with an effective coverage by forming a strong interconnected network and form a stable Pickering emulsion. The adsorption property of CD nanogels on the droplet surface has great potential to become new microcapsule building blocks with porous surfaces. These microcapsules may act as stimuli-responsive nanocarriers and nanocontainers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 5498-5509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Araiza-Calahorra ◽  
Anwesha Sarkar

The aim of this study was to restrict the degree of gastric destabilization of Pickering emulsions by using electrostatic deposition of a biopolymeric layer at the proteinaceous particle–laden oil–water interface.


2003 ◽  
Vol 789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew M. Maye ◽  
Sandy Chen ◽  
Wai-Ben Chan ◽  
Lingyan Wang ◽  
Peter Njoki ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe application of molecularly-capped gold nanoparticles (1–5 nm) in catalysis (e.g., electrocatalytic oxidation of CO and methanol) requires a thorough understanding of the surface composition and structural properties. Gold nanoparticles consisting of metallic or alloy cores and organic encapsulating shells serve as an intriguing model system. One of the challenges for the catalytic application is the ability to manipulate the core and the shell properties in controllable ways. There is a need to understand the relative core-shell composition and the ability to remove the shell component under thermal treatment conditions. In this paper, we report results of a thermogravimetric analysis of the alkanethiolate monolayer-capped gold nanoparticles. This investigation is aimed at enhancing our understanding of the relative core-shell composition and thermal profiles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 1919
Author(s):  
А.С. Камзин ◽  
I.M. Obaidat ◽  
А.А. Валлиулин ◽  
В.Г. Семенов ◽  
I.A. Al-Omari

The results of Mössbauer studies of the composition and magnetic structure of Fe3O4 / -Fe2O3 nanoparticles placed in an external magnetic field with a strength of 1.8 kOe, which is a continuation of the work [A.S. Kamzin, I.M. Obaidat, A.A. Valliulin, V.G. Semenov, I.A. Al-Omari. FTT No. 10/2020]. It is shown that the thickness of the maghemite (-Fe2O3) shell can be changed by the synthesis conditions. It was found that on the surface of the maghemite (-Fe2O3) shell in the Fe3O4 / -Fe2O3 nanocomposites there is a layer in which the magnetic moments are not oriented collinearly to the moments located in the depth of the shell, i.e., there is a canted spin structure. An intermediate layer in the spin-glass state is formed between the core and the shell. The data obtained on the structure of core / shell particles are important for understanding the properties of nanocomposites, which are of great interest for applications in various fields, including biomedicine.


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