Symbiosis between the components of a soft composite material responding to osmotic shock: the case of three-liquid systems

Wei Chen, P. S. Clegg, Tao Li*

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Abstract

For conventional high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) with an external osmotic pressure greater than Laplace pressure, once the osmotic balance is broken, the swelling or shrinking of the aqueous phase can easily trigger phase separation. Mixing two immiscible dispersed phases in a double HIPE can evolve differently following an osmotic shock, which is expected to creat a synergistic effect that can frustrate the phase separation of the system.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1135-1140
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume608
Issue number2
Early online date28 Oct 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2022

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