Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Processable high internal phase Pickering emulsions using depletion attraction

  • KyuHan Kim,
  • Subeen Kim,
  • Jiheun Ryu,
  • Jiyoon Jeon,
  • Se Gyu Jang,
  • Hyunjun Kim,
  • Dae-Gab Gweon,
  • Won Bin Im,
  • Yosep Han,
  • Hyunjung Kim,
  • Siyoung Q. Choi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14305
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The fabrication of emulsion droplets stabilized by solid particles adsorbed on the interface is restricted to delicate interfacial conditions. Here, Kimet al. show a general approach to prepare them using the depletion interaction, modified by soluble polymers, between particles and emulsions.