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Zhou D, Fu P, Lin WT, Li WL, Xu ZK, Wan LS. Poly( N, N-diethylacrylamide)-endowed spontaneous emulsification during the breath figure process and the formation of membranes with hierarchical pores. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:1905-1912. [PMID: 38323340 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01603j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The spontaneous emulsification for the formation of water-in-oil (W/O) or oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions needs the help of at least one kind of the third component (surfactant or cosolvent) to stabilize the oil-water interface. Herein, with the water/CS2-soluble polymer poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEAM) as a surfactant, the spontaneous formation of water-in-PDEAM/CS2 emulsions is reported for the first time. The strong affinity between PDEAM and water or the increase of PDEAM concentration will accelerate the emulsification process with high dispersed phase content. It is demonstrated that the spontaneous emulsification of condensed water droplets into the PDEAM/CS2 solution occurs during the breath figure process, resulting in porous films with two levels of pore sizes (i.e., micron and submicron). The emulsification degree and the amounts of submicron-sized pores increase with PDEAM concentration and solidifying time of the solution. This work brings about incremental interest in spontaneous emulsification that may happen during the breath figure process. The combination of these two simultaneous processes provides us with an option to build hierarchically porous structures with condensed and emulsified water droplets as templates. Such porous membranes may have great potential in fields such as separation, cell culture, and biosensing.
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- Di Zhou
- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- MOE Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment Technology, and MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Zabar MK, Phan CM, Barifcani A. Quantifying the Influence of Electrolytes on the Kinetics of Spontaneous Emulsification. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:100-108. [PMID: 38109722 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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This study quantifies the influence of electrolytes on the kinetics of the spontaneous emulsification phenomenon (SEP) of heavy hydrocarbons in a nonionic surfactant solution. The rate of emulsifying hexadecane in Triton X-100, with the presence of sodium chloride and potassium chloride, has been measured using a technique of monitoring single oil droplet photography. The emulsion droplet size produced in the process was measured under the same conditions by using dynamic light scattering. The data obtained from the two experiments were employed to investigate the mass transfer coefficient of the surfactant molecules through the intermediate layer formed between hexadecane and the surfactant solution. It was found that the electrolytes in an aqueous solution increase the surfactant diffusion rate through the intermediate layer and reduce the emulsion droplet size. As a result, both electrolytes reduce the rate of spontaneous emulsification, with potassium chloride having a more substantial reduction. A model was developed to quantify the influence of electrolytes on the kinetics of the SEP. The data and modeling results verify the influence of ions on the kinetics of spontaneous emulsification. The results provide a significant foundation for predicting the solubilization of heavy hydrocarbons in an electrolyte solution.
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- Muhannad K Zabar
- Discipline of Chemical Engineering, WASM: MECE, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- Discipline of Chemical Engineering, WASM: MECE, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- Discipline of Chemical Engineering, WASM: MECE, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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Douliez JP. Double Emulsion Droplets as a Plausible Step to Fatty Acid Protocells. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2300530. [PMID: 37574259 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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It is assumed that life originated on the Earth from vesicles made of fatty acids. These amphiphiles are the simplest chemicals, which can be present in the prebiotic soup, capable of self-assembling into compartments mimicking modern cells. Production of fatty acid vesicles is widely studied, as their growing and division. However, how prebiotic chemicals require to further yield living cells encapsulated within protocells remains unclear. Here, one suggests a scenario based on recent studies, which shows that phospholipid vesicles can form from double emulsions affording facile encapsulation of cargos. In these works, water-in-oil-in-water droplets are produced by microfluidics, having dispersed lipids in the oil. Dewetting of the oil droplet leaves the internal aqueous droplet covered by a lipid bilayer, entrapping cargos. In this review, formation of fatty acid protocells is briefly reviewed, together with the procedure for preparing double emulsions and vesicles from double emulsion and finally, it is proposed that double emulsion droplets formed in the deep ocean where undersea volcano expulsed materials, with fatty acids (under their carboxylic form) and alkanols as the oily phase, entrapping hydrosoluble prebiotic chemicals in a double emulsion droplet core. Once formed, double emulsion droplets can move up to the surface, where an increase of pH, variation of pressure and/or temperature may have allowed dewetting of the oily droplet, leaving a fatty acid vesicular protocell with encapsulated prebiotic materials.
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, UMR 1332, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRAE), Université De Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, F-33140, France
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Douliez JP, Arlaut A, Beven L, Fameau AL, Saint-Jalmes A. One step generation of single-core double emulsions from polymer-osmose-induced aqueous phase separation in polar oil droplets. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:7562-7569. [PMID: 37751151 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00970j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Water-in-oil-in-water emulsions (W/O/W) are aqueous droplet(s) embedded within oil droplets dispersed in a continuous water phase. They are attracting interest due to their possible applications from cosmetic to food science since both hydrosoluble and liposoluble cargos can be encapsulated within. They are generally prepared using a one-step or a two-step method, phase inversion and also via spontaneous emulsification. Here, we describe a general and simple one-step method based on hydrophilic polymers dispersed in polar oils to generate osmose-induced diffusion of water into oil droplets, forming polymer-rich aqueous droplets inside the oil droplets. Polyethylene glycol, but also other hydrophilic polymers (branched polyethylene imine or polyvinyl pyrrolidone) were successfully dispersed in 1-octanol or other polar oils (oleic acid or tributyrin) to produce an O/W emulsion that spontaneously transformed into a W1/O/W2 emulsion, with the inner aqueous droplet (W1) only containing the hydrophilic polymer initially dispersed in oil. By combining single drop experiments, with macroscopic viscosity measurements, we demonstrated that the double emulsion resulted of water diffusion, which amplitude could be adjusted by the polymer concentration. The production of high internal phase emulsions was also achieved, together with a pH-induced transition from multiple to single core double emulsion. We expect this new method for producing double emulsions to find applications in domains of microencapsulation and materials chemistry.
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- Jean-Paul Douliez
- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, UMR 1332, F-33140 Villenave dOrnon, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000, Rennes, France.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, UMR 1332, F-33140 Villenave dOrnon, France.
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- University Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMET, 369 Rue Jules Guesde, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000, Rennes, France.
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Xie X, Xu Z, Yu X, Jiang H, Li H, Feng W. Liquid-in-liquid printing of 3D and mechanically tunable conductive hydrogels. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4289. [PMID: 37463898 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Conductive hydrogels require tunable mechanical properties, high conductivity and complicated 3D structures for advanced functionality in (bio)applications. Here, we report a straightforward strategy to construct 3D conductive hydrogels by programable printing of aqueous inks rich in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) inside of oil. In this liquid-in-liquid printing method, assemblies of PEDOT:PSS colloidal particles originating from the aqueous phase and polydimethylsiloxane surfactants from the other form an elastic film at the liquid-liquid interface, allowing trapping of the hydrogel precursor inks in the designed 3D nonequilibrium shapes for subsequent gelation and/or chemical cross-linking. Conductivities up to 301 S m-1 are achieved for a low PEDOT:PSS content of 9 mg mL-1 in two interpenetrating hydrogel networks. The effortless printability enables us to tune the hydrogels' components and mechanical properties, thus facilitating the use of these conductive hydrogels as electromicrofluidic devices and to customize near-field communication (NFC) implantable biochips in the future.
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- Xinjian Xie
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China.
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Nguyen HM, Mader AV, De S, Basarir F, Vapaavuori J. Controlling the Self‐Assembly of Hierarchical PS‐
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‐P4VP Structures Prepared by Dip‐Coating and Emulsion Breath Figure Techniques. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202300797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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- Hoang M. Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Aalto University Espoo 02150 Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Aalto University Espoo 02150 Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Aalto University Espoo 02150 Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Aalto University Espoo 02150 Finland
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Xu G, Li M, Wang Q, Feng F, Lou Q, Hou Y, Hui J, Zhang P, Wang L, Yao L, Qin S, Ouyang X, Wu D, Ling D, Wang X. A Dual-Kinetic Control Strategy for Designing Nano-Metamaterials: Novel Class of Metamaterials with Both Characteristic and Whole Sizes of Nanoscale. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2205595. [PMID: 36377475 PMCID: PMC9896071 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Increasingly intricate in their multilevel multiscale microarchitecture, metamaterials with unique physical properties are challenging the inherent constraints of natural materials. Their applicability in the nanomedicine field still suffers because nanomedicine requires a maximum size of tens to hundreds of nanometers; however, this size scale has not been achieved in metamaterials. Therefore, "nano-metamaterials," a novel class of metamaterials, are introduced, which are rationally designed materials with multilevel microarchitectures and both characteristic sizes and whole sizes at the nanoscale, investing in themselves remarkably unique and significantly enhanced material properties as compared with conventional nanomaterials. Microarchitectural regulation through conventional thermodynamic strategy is limited since the thermodynamic process relies on the frequency-dependent effective temperature, Teff (ω), which limits the architectural regulation freedom degree. Here, a novel dual-kinetic control strategy is designed to fabricate nano-metamaterials by freezing a high-free energy state in a Teff (ω)-constant system, where two independent dynamic processes, non-solvent induced block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly and osmotically driven self-emulsification, are regulated simultaneously. Fe3+ -"onion-like core@porous corona" (Fe3+ -OCPCs) nanoparticles (the products) have not only architectural complexity, porous corona and an onion-like core but also compositional complexity, Fe3+ chelating BCP assemblies. Furthermore, by using Fe3+ -OCPCs as a model material, a microstructure-biological performance relationship is manifested in nano-metamaterials.
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- Guanhua Xu
- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative MoleculesSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNational Center for Translational MedicineShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical MaterialsSchool of Chemical EngineeringNorthwest UniversityXi'anShaanxi710069P. R. China
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- College of Life Science and TechnologyBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesState Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable SpeciesInstitute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesState Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable SpeciesInstitute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of ScienceBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative MoleculesSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNational Center for Translational MedicineShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240P. R. China
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- Institute of Process EquipmentCollege of Energy EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027P. R. China
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Chen Z, Hu M, Li X, Smith DM, Seong H, Emrick T, Rzayev J, Russell TP. In Situ Hydrolysis of Block Copolymers at the Water‐Oil Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201392. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zhan Chen
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260-3000 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Material Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Seong HG, Chen Z, Emrick T, Russell TP. Reconfiguration and Reorganization of Bottlebrush Polymer Surfactants. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200530. [PMID: 35224828 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bottlebrush random copolymers (BRCPs), having randomly distributed hydrophilic and hydrophobic side chains, are shown to reconfigure into hydrophilic-rich and hydrophobic-rich conformations at liquid-liquid interfaces to reduce interfacial energy. Both the degree of polymerization (NBB ) and extent of grafting in these BRCPs were found to impact surface coverage and assembly kinetics. The time-dependence of the interfacial tension is described as the sum of two exponential relaxation functions characterizing BRCP diffusion, interfacial adsorption, and reorganization. Interfacial tension (γ) and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) results showed that higher molecular weight BRCPs require longer time to adsorb to the water-oil interface, but less time for interfacial reorganization. Overall, this work describes fundamental principles of BRCP assembly at liquid-liquid interfaces, with implications pertaining to polymer design with enhanced understanding of emulsification, adhesion, and related properties in fluids and at interfaces.
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- Hong-Gyu Seong
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.,Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Lian X, Song C, Wang Y. Regulating the Oil-Water Interface to Construct Double Emulsions: Current Understanding and Their Biomedical Applications. Chem Res Chin Univ 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-022-2019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chen Z, Hu M, Li X, Smith D, Seong HG, Emrick T, Rzayev J, Russell TP. In Situ Hydrolysis of Block Copolymers at the Water‐Oil Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Zhan Chen
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering UNITED STATES
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering UNITED STATES
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- University at Buffalo Chemistry UNITED STATES
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering UNITED STATES
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering UNITED STATES
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- University of Massachusetts Polymer Science and Engineering Conte Research Center 01003 Amherst UNITED STATES
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Seong H, Chen Z, Emrick T, Russell TP. Reconfiguration and Reorganization of Bottlebrush Polymer Surfactants. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hong‐Gyu Seong
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts 120 Governors Drive Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts 120 Governors Drive Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts 120 Governors Drive Amherst MA 01003 USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts 120 Governors Drive Amherst MA 01003 USA
- Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Yang S, Qin W, He F, Zhao X, Zhou Q, Lin F, Gong H, Zhang S, Yu G, Feng Y, Li J. Tuning Supramolecular Polymers' Amphiphilicity via Host-Guest Interfacial Recognition for Stabilizing Multiple Pickering Emulsions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:51661-51672. [PMID: 34696581 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Supramolecular host-guest chemistry bridging the adjustable amphiphilicity and macromolecular self-assembly is well advanced in aqueous media. However, the interfacial self-assembled behaviors have not been further exploited. Herein, we designed a β-cyclodextrin-grafted alginate/azobenzene-functionalized dodecyl (Alg-β-CD/AzoC12) supra-amphiphilic system that possessed tunable amphiphilicity by host-guest interfacial self-assembly. Especially, supra-amphiphilic aggregates could be utilized as highly efficient soft colloidal emulsifiers for stabilizing water-in-oil-water (W/O/W) Pickering emulsions due to the excellent interfacial activity. Meanwhile, the assembled particle structures could be modulated by adjusting the oil-water ratio, resulting from the tunable aggregation behavior of supra-amphiphilic macromolecules. Additionally, the interfacial adsorption films could be partially destroyed/reconstructed upon ultraviolet/visible irradiation due to the stimuli-altering balance of amphiphilicity of Alg-β-CD/AzoC12 polymers, further constructing the stimulus-responsive Pickering emulsions. Therefore, the supramolecular interfacial self-assembly-mediated approach not only technologically advances the continued development of creative templates to construct multifunctional soft materials with anisotropic structures but also serves as a creative bridge between supramolecular host-guest chemistry, colloidal interface science, and soft material technology.
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- Shujuan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, Hainan, China
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Yang G, Liu Y, Li H, Tian X, Pan J. One-step double emulsion via amphiphilic Se N supramolecular interactions: Towards porous multi-cavity beads for efficient recovery lithium from brine. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ren M, Hou Z, Zheng X, Xu J, Zhu J. Electrostatic Control of the Three-Dimensional Confined Assembly of Charged Block Copolymers in Emulsion Droplets. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Min Ren
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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Chen X, Yang X, Song DP, Men YF, Li Y. Discovery and Insights into Organized Spontaneous Emulsification via Interfacial Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Xi Chen
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Nishimura S, Murakami Y. Precise Control of the Surface and Internal Morphologies of Porous Particles Prepared Using a Spontaneous Emulsification Method. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:3075-3085. [PMID: 33657324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Porous particles with controllable surface and internal morphologies were successfully prepared by a "one-step mechanical emulsification" technique via the control of spontaneous emulsification where self-emulsification is followed by mechanical emulsification. The morphological changes in the porous particles were determined not by the preparation conditions of the water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) emulsion but by the proportion of solvents that favors the stabilization of the spontaneously prepared water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion droplets acting as porogens. The proposed method for controlling the morphology of the porous particles could be applied to all particle-preparation systems based on emulsion-solvent evaporation using organic solvents. The methodology for the morphological control of porous particles independent of the concentration or composition of the polymer is considered valuable for future investigations into the aerodynamic performance and drug-release behavior of biomedical porous particles with complex shapes.
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- Shinnosuke Nishimura
- Department of Organic and Polymer Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymer Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Zhang T, Ngai T. One-Step Formation of Double Emulsions Stabilized by PNIPAM-based Microgels: The Role of Co-monomer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:1045-1053. [PMID: 33426887 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microgels have been widely used as particulate emulsifiers to stabilize emulsions due to their multiresponsiveness and deformability. Generally, microgels stabilize oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions, whereas occasionally water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions are reported using oils like n-octanol in which microgels can swell. However, the use of microgels to stabilize double emulsions (DEs) remains scarce. In this work, we report a special poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)- (PNIPAM-) based microgel to obtain water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) DEs in one step with the introduction of 1-vinylimidazole (VIM) as comonomer and hydroxy silicone oil as the oily phase. By comparison, when methacrylic acid (MAA) is used, an o/w emulsion will be obtained. The same holds true even when we freeze-dry and redisperse the microgels in the oil. Compared with PNIPAM-co-MAA microgel, PNIPAM-co-VIM microgel achieves a lower interfacial tension (IFT) when dispersed in the aqueous phase. This interfacial affinity of PNIPAM-co-VIM is believed to result from acid-base interaction between VIM and hydroxyl groups of the silicone oil, the same interaction used for preparing silica-vinyl polymer composite particles. Increasing the particle concentrations from 0.05% to 0.9% (w/v), we observe the inversion from w/o to o/w/o and w/o/w emulsions. When the oil fraction is changed from 0.1 to 0.9, the emulsion morphology evolves from o/w and w/o/w to w/o emulsions. At last, we examine the emulsifying ability of PNIPAM-co-VIM microgel with other oils and find that w/o/w emulsions are obtained with edible oils as well. Considering the similarity between microgels and biopolymers, the discovery in this work will help in designing food-grade emulsifiers to form edible DEs.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Bazazi P, Hejazi SH. Spontaneous Formation of Double Emulsions at Particle-Laden Interfaces. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 587:510-521. [PMID: 33406465 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Traditionally, double emulsions are produced in the presence of both oil-soluble and water-soluble surfactants in sequential droplet formation settings or unique fluidic designs. Micelles, assemblies of surfactants in liquid mediums, can generate single emulsion droplets without requiring input energy. We hypothesize that the synergy between nanoparticles in one phase, and micelles in the other phase can spontaneously generate double emulsions. Nanoparticles can become surface-activated by adsorbing surfactants and form the second type of emulsions from the initially emulsified phase by micelles. EXPERIMENTS We design a thermodynamically-driven emulsification platform where double emulsions are spontaneously formed as soon an aqueous nanoparticle dispersion is placed in contact with an oleic micellar solution. Confocal and cryogenic-scanning electron microscopies are utilized to characterize structure and intensity of emulsions at various concentrations of silica nanoparticle and Span micelles. The rate of particle surface activation and emulsification and the amount of water intake are quantified using dynamic light scattering, dynamic interfacial tension, and density measurements. FINDINGS Nanoscale water droplets nucleate in the oil in form of swollen micelles. Over time, nanoparticles form a water-shell encapsulating the swollen-micelle rich oil phase. The gradual surfaceactivation of nanoparticles is key in self-double emulsification and controlling the emulsion intensity. We build on this new discovery and design a novel system for double emulsification. Incorporating nanoparticles into spontaneous emulsification systems opens novel routes for designing emulsion-based materials.
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- Parisa Bazazi
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Li Y, Chen X, Geng H, Dong Y, Wang B, Ma Z, Pan L, Ma G, Song D, Li Y. Oxidation Control of Bottlebrush Molecular Conformation for Producing Libraries of Photonic Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Yu‐Lian Li
- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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Li Y, Chen X, Geng H, Dong Y, Wang B, Ma Z, Pan L, Ma G, Song D, Li Y. Oxidation Control of Bottlebrush Molecular Conformation for Producing Libraries of Photonic Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:3647-3653. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yu‐Lian Li
- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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- Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
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Rosenfeld J, Duan G, Lee D. Controlling the Emulsion Type Using Adjustable Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:8617-8625. [PMID: 32614598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The combination of polyelectrolytes and ionic surfactants in precise proportions presents the possibility of producing a new class of emulsifiers with tunable emulsification properties. We use chitosan along with dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium, also known as aerosol-OT (AOT), to demonstrate that emulsion types can be varied, and phase inversion emulsification (PIE) can be induced via changes in the water-phase pH and the molar ratio of the surfactant to the repeat unit of the polyelectrolyte. Confocal microscopy of the emulsions shows that the morphology can be changed from O/W to O/W/O to W/O by varying the surfactant to polyelectrolyte molar ratio at a fixed aqueous-phase pH while maintaining droplet sizes in the range of micrometers to tens of micrometers. Measurements of the oil (toluene)-water partition coefficient suggest that controlling the emulsion type relies on the ability of the surfactants to partition from the bulk oil to the bulk water phase and to induce polyelectrolyte-surfactant aggregation. We confirm this hypothesis using different combinations of polyelectrolytes and surfactants. Changes in the water-phase pH in situ induce phase inversion only in a particular direction, which suggests that the complexes at the interface are in a kinetically trapped state. Changes in the molar ratio in situ by addition of an oppositely charged surfactant also can induce phase inversion.
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- Joseph Rosenfeld
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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The formation of spontaneous double emulsions is a peculiar phenomenon in emulsion systems. When compared to the traditional one-step and two-step methods for preparing double emulsions, spontaneous emulsification can not only steadily load uniform water droplets into an oil phase, but can also facilitate the preparation of emulsions with higher stability. However, the limited solubility of salts, which are typically used to modify osmotic pressure, in organic oils has inhibited the viability of this method for the preparation of W/O/W double emulsions. In this paper, a redox-driven spontaneous emulsification method is developed and investigated. Instead of employing oil-soluble salts, an oxidation reaction is implemented in the oil phase, which produces cation radicals and iodide counterions to generate osmotic pressure. Additionally, amphiphilic polymer chains are harnessed as stabilizers for the newly formed W/O interfaces. Various characterization methods have been used to elucidate the mechanism of both the oxidation reaction and the spontaneous formation of double emulsions.
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- Ruiting Li
- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Deng Y, Chen H, Tao X, Trépout S, Ling J, Li MH. Synthesis and self-assembly of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(N-3-(methylthio)propyl glycine) and their oxidation-sensitive polymersomes. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li Z, Xu D, Yuan Y, Wu H, Hou J, Kang W, Bai B. Advances of spontaneous emulsification and its important applications in enhanced oil recovery process. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 277:102119. [PMID: 32045722 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2020.102119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Emulsions, including oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, can play important roles in both controlling reservoir conformance and displacing residual oil for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. However, current methods, like high-shear mixing, high-pressure homogenizing, sonicators and others, often use lots of extra energy to prepare the emulsions with high costs but very low energy efficiency. In recent decades, spontaneous emulsification methods, which allow one to create micro- and nano-droplets with very low or even no mechanical energy input, have been launched as an overall less expensive and more efficient alternatives to current high extra energy methods. Herein, we primarily review the basic concepts on spontaneous emulsification, including mechanisms, methods and influenced parameters, which are relevant for fundamental applications for industrials. The spontaneity of the emulsification process is influenced by the following variables: surfactant structure, concentration and initial location, oil phase composition, addition of co-surfactant and non-aqueous solvent, as well as salinity and temperature. Then, we focus on the description of importance for emulsions in EOR processes from advances and categories to improving oil recovery mechanisms, including both sweep efficiency and displacement efficiency aspects. Finally, we systematically address the applications and outlooks based on the use of spontaneous emulsification in the practical oil reservoirs for EOR processes, in which conventional, heavy, high-temperature, high-salinity and low-permeability oil reservoirs, as well as wastewater treatments after EOR processes are involved.
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- Zhe Li
- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China
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- School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China.
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, PR China; Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65401, United States
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Ku KH, Li J, Yoshinaga K, Swager TM. Dynamically Reconfigurable, Multifunctional Emulsions with Controllable Structure and Movement. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1905569. [PMID: 31639256 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Dynamically reconfigurable oil-in-water (o/w) Pickering emulsions are developed, wherein the assembly of particles (i.e., platinum-on-carbon and iron-on-carbon particles) can be actively controlled by adjusting interfacial tensions. A balanced adsorption of particles and surfactants at the o/w interface allows for the creation of inhomogeneity of the particle distribution on the emulsion surface. Complex Pickering emulsions with highly controllable and reconfigurable morphologies are produced in a single step by exploiting the temperature-sensitive miscibility of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon liquids. Dynamic adsorption/desorption of (polymer) surfactants afford both shape and configuration transitions of multiple Pickering emulsions and encapsulated core/shell structured can be transformed into a Janus configuration. Finally, to demonstrate the intrinsic catalytic or magnetic properties of the particles provided by carbon bound Pt and Fe nanoparticles, two different systems are investigated. Specifically, the creation of a bimetallic microcapsule with controlled payload release and precise modulation of translational and rotational motions of magnetic emulsions are demonstrated, suggesting potential applications for sensing and smart payload delivery.
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- Kang Hee Ku
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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Bartolini A, Tempesti P, Ghobadi AF, Berti D, Smets J, Aouad YG, Baglioni P. Liquid-liquid phase separation of polymeric microdomains with tunable inner morphology: Mechanistic insights and applications. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 556:74-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gao N, Cui J, Zhang W, Feng K, Liang Y, Wang S, Wang P, Zhou K, Li G. Observation of osmotically driven, highly controllable and reconfigurable oil/water phase separation. Chem Sci 2019; 10:7887-7897. [PMID: 31853347 PMCID: PMC6836749 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01649j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Liquid-liquid phase separation has been proven to be a valuable method for producing structured materials and creating chemical systems. Although several strategies have been developed to date, osmotically driven oil/water phase separation has never been achieved owing to the limited solubility of inorganic salts in conventional organic solvents and thus the insufficient osmotic driving force to counterbalance the Laplace pressure associated with the interfacial tension. Herein, we report the discovery that a mixture of 1-alkyl-3-vinylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and LiTf2N can generate sufficient and widely tunable osmotic pressure in oil to realize water transport from the surrounding aqueous phase into the oil phase, triggering spontaneous phase separation. This osmotically driven phase separation could be modulated with unprecedented flexibility, offering unlimited possibilities to facilely access diverse thermodynamically metastable structures using one system. Importantly, this oil system can serve as a general phase separation carrier platform for realizing phase separation of various substances.
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- Ning Gao
- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China .
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Ghosh SK, Böker A. Self‐Assembly of Nanoparticles in 2D and 3D: Recent Advances and Future Trends. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Fraunhofer‐Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung Geiselbergstraβe 69 14476 Potsdam‐Golm Germany
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Deng Y, Chen H, Tao X, Cao F, Trépout S, Ling J, Li MH. Oxidation-Sensitive Polymersomes Based on Amphiphilic Diblock Copolypeptoids. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:3435-3444. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Yangwei Deng
- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University Paris, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, UMR8247, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, 310027 Hangzhou, China
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University Paris, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, UMR8247, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University Paris, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, UMR8247, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, 310027 Hangzhou, China
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- Institut Curie, INSERM U1196 and CNRS UMR9187, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, 310027 Hangzhou, China
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University Paris, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, UMR8247, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, 310027 Hangzhou, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing, China
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Zhai W, Song Y, Gao Z, Fan JB, Wang S. Precise Synthesis of Polymer Particles Spanning from Anisotropic Janus Particles to Heterogeneous Nanoporous Particles. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Wenzhong Zhai
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072 Hubei, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072 Hubei, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Zhang W, Zhang L, Zhu D, Wu Y, Qin Y, Ou W, Song L, Zhang Q. Influence of composition on the encapsulation properties of P/O/W multiple emulsions for Vitamin C. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2018.1527228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Wanping Zhang
- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghaitech University , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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- School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology , Shanghai , People’s Republic of China
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Zhao Y, Liu J, Chen Z, Zhu X, Möller M. Hybrid nanostructured particles via surfactant-free double miniemulsion polymerization. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1918. [PMID: 29765045 PMCID: PMC5953918 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04320-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Double emulsions are complex fluid systems, in which droplets of a dispersed liquid phase contain even smaller dispersed liquid droplets. Particularly, water-in-oil-in-water double emulsions provide significant advantages over simple oil-in-water emulsions for microencapsulation, such as carrier of both aqueous and oily payloads and sustained release profile. However, double emulsions are thermodynamically unstable systems consisting typically of relatively large droplets. Here we show that nanoscale water-in-oil-in-water double emulsions can be prepared by adding a silica precursor polymer, hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane, to the oil phase without any additional surfactants. The resulting double miniemulsions are transformed to robust water@SiO2@polymer@SiO2 nanocapsules via conversion of the precursor to silica and polymerization of the oil phase. Other intriguing nanostructures like nanorattles and Janus-like nanomushrooms can also be obtained by changing preparation conditions. This simple surfactant-free double miniemulsion polymerization technique opens a promising avenue for mass production of various complex hybrid nanostructures that are amenable to numerous applications. Double emulsions show significant advantages for microencapsulation but are thermodynamically unstable. Here the authors show, that silica nanocapsules with nanorattles or Janus-like nanomushroom structures can be prepared by stabilizing double emulsions with a silica precursor polymer and subsequent polymerization of the oil phase.
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- Yongliang Zhao
- DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.
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- DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.
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Morphology of block copolymer micelles formed via electrospray enabled interfacial instability. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 512:411-418. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.10.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Duan G, Haase MF, Stebe KJ, Lee D. One-Step Generation of Salt-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules via Surfactant-Organized Nanoscale Interfacial Complexation in Emulsions (SO NICE). LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:847-853. [PMID: 28609107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polyelectrolyte microcapsules are versatile compartments for encapsulation, protection, and controlled/triggered release of active agents. Conventional methods of polyelectrolyte microcapsule preparation require multiple steps or do not allow for efficient encapsulation of active agents in the lumen of the microcapsule. In this work, we present the fabrication of hollow polyelectrolyte microcapsules with a salt-responsive property based on surfactant organized nanoscale interfacial complexation in emulsions (SO NICE). In SO NICE, polyelectrolyte microcapsules are templated by water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) double emulsions. One polyelectrolyte is dissolved in the inner water droplet of the W/O/W double emulsions, whereas the second polyelectrolyte is dissolved in the organic phase by hydrophobic ion paring with an oppositely charged hydrophobic surfactant. Interfacial complexation of the two polyelectrolytes generates a few hundred-nanometer thick film at the inner water-oil interface of the W/O/W double emulsions. SO NICE microcapsules can be triggered to release their cargo by increasing the ionic strength of the solution, which is a hallmark of polyelectrolyte-based microcapsules. By enabling dissolution and interfacial complexation of polyelectrolytes in organic solvents, SO NICE widens the pallet of polymers that can be used to generate functional polyelectrolyte microcapsules with high encapsulation efficiency for applications in encapsulation and controlled/triggered release.
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- Gang Duan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Cui C, Zeng C, Wang C, Zhang L. Complex Emulsions by Extracting Water from Homogeneous Solutions Comprised of Aqueous Three-Phase Systems. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:12670-12680. [PMID: 29022717 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Multiple emulsions can be obtained by binary and ternary liquid phase separation. And the use of the aqueous two-phase system provides a simple route to prepare water-in-water-in-oil (W/W/O) or water-in-water-in-water (W/W/W) multiple emulsions. It is thus expected that we can fabricate more complex emulsions by using an aqueous three-phase system. Herein, we present a simple and versatile method to generate complex emulsions based on phase separation in homogeneous droplets made up of aqueous three-phase system: poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and dextran (DEX) through extracting water from droplets. We examine the formation process and the effect of mass ratio of each two components in the three phase system. Emulsion droplets with five types of morphologies, i.e., binary-core/shell, core/shell-single phase Janus, ellipsoid Janus, multicore-in-matrix and single core-double shell morphologies can be formed, depending on the mass ratio of each two components and modification of PEG with Fe3O4 nanoparticles. We observe transition of core/shell-single phase Janus to binary-core/shell and single core-double shell to core/shell-single phase Janus geometry with prolongation of extracting time, and obtain the geometry map for the formation of different shaped droplets. Due to different affinities of PEG, PVA and DEX to certain materials, we functionalize each compartment in the complex emulsion droplets, and apply the resulting droplet for glucose sensing and the construction of antibody-mediated targeting drug delivery. This emulsion generation method is simple and the choice for the component of the aqueous three-phase system is broad, which can be further extended to generate complex emulsions from aqueous multiphase systems.
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- Chen Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemical Engineering and ‡College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemical Engineering and ‡College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemical Engineering and ‡College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemical Engineering and ‡College of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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Wu B, Zhang W, Gao N, Zhou M, Liang Y, Wang Y, Li F, Li G. Poly (ionic liquid)-Based Breath Figure Films: A New Kind of Honeycomb Porous Films with Great Extendable Capability. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13973. [PMID: 29070886 PMCID: PMC5656582 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14563-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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In this work, we reported a new method for the convenient fabrication of various functional porous films, which cannot be directly generated using breath figures (BFs). A series of polystyrene-b-poly (ionic liquid) (PS-b-PIL) block copolymers were employed for BFs process for the first time. It was found that PS-b-PIL could form well-defined BFs porous structure. Remarkably, the described PS-b-PIL copolymers are prone to form hierarchical structure, and the formed pore structure is strongly dependent on the used experimental parameters. Importantly, we found that the anion exchange could provide as an effective means, by which the porous films could be further and facilely converted into other functional films. As a demonstration, in our case, porous films with different surface (hydrophilic and hydrophobic) property, porous polydopamine films decorated with Au nanoparticles or glutathione and porous SiO2 films were prepared by using different counteranions as well as further conversion. Due to the unlimited combination of cation and anion in ionic liquid moiety, all the results indicate that the BFs films generated by using PS-PIL could serve as a platform to access various functional porous films by a simple counteranion exchange, showing a great extendable capability.
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- Baozhen Wu
- College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
- Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, School of Environment Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, 710054, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, College of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Jennings L, Waton G, Schosseler F, Mendes E. Towards a rational morphology control of frozen copolymer aggregates. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:6090-6099. [PMID: 28785758 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Kinetically frozen copolymer micelles are commonly prepared by confining amphiphilic block copolymers in the evaporating dispersed phase of oil-in-water emulsions. We revisit the mechanisms of this process by examining its successive steps separately: the formation of the solvent/water interface, the emulsification, the solvent evaporation and the formation of aggregates. We bring into evidence that: (i) spontaneous water-in-solvent emulsification, i.e., the formation of a double emulsion, is a necessary step for the subsequent assembly of the copolymers into kinetically frozen aggregates with certain morphologies far from equilibrium. (ii) Equilibration of the copolymer conformation at the solvent-water interfaces is a relatively slow process that can be outpaced, or even quenched before completion, by fast solvent evaporation rates. (iii) Rather than being dictated by the packing parameter at equilibrium, the morphology of the aggregates is determined by the effective copolymer conformation at the solvent-water interface when they form. (iv) Ultra-long worm-like micelles do not form by a direct digitation of the dispersed oil phase into the water continuous phase but through the inversion of the double emulsion. From these findings, we design a simple setup that allows us to control the morphology of the frozen aggregates obtained from a given copolymer composition by simply tuning the solvent evaporation rate.
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- Laurence Jennings
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR 22, Institut Charles Sadron, 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg cedex 2, France.
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Huang C, Cui M, Sun Z, Liu F, Helms BA, Russell TP. Self-Regulated Nanoparticle Assembly at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: A Route to Adaptive Structuring of Liquids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7994-8001. [PMID: 28718650 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The controlled structuring of liquids into arbitrary shapes can be achieved in biphasic liquid media using the interfacial assemblies of nanoparticle surfactants (NP-surfactants), that consist of a polar nanoparticle "head group" bound to one or more hydrophobic polymer "tails". The nonequilibrium shapes of the suspended liquid phase can be rendered permanent by the jamming of the NP-surfactants formed and assembled at the interface between the liquids as the system attempts to minimize the interfacial area between the liquids. While critical to the structuring process, little is known of the dynamic mechanical properties of the NP-surfactant monolayer at the interface as it is dictated by the characteristics of the component, including NP size and concentration and the molecular weight and concentration of polymers bound to the NPs. Here we provide the first comprehensive understanding of the dynamic mechanical character of two-dimensional NP-surfactant assemblies at liquid/liquid interfaces. Our results indicate that the dynamics of NP-polymer interactions are self-regulated across multiple time scales and are associated with specific mesoscale interactions between self-similar and cross-complementary components. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of the NP-surfactant monolayer are tunable over a broad range and deterministic on the basis of those component inputs. This control is key to tailoring the functional attributes of the reconfigurable structured liquids to suit specific applications.
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- Caili Huang
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts , 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029, China
- WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University , 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Du G, Peng J, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Lü J, Fang Y. One-Step Synthesis of Hydrophobic Multicompartment Organosilica Microspheres with Highly Interconnected Macro-mesopores for the Stabilization of Liquid Marbles with Excellent Catalysis. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:5223-5235. [PMID: 28489386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The combination of an emulsion template with polymerization is a very convenient approach to the one-step realization of both simple control porous structures via a change in emulsion formulation and easy functionalization via the concomitant choice of an on-demand monomer. A major challenge of this approach is the inherent instability of the oil/water interface in emulsions, especially the occurrence of chemical reactions in oil or aqueous phases. This study reports the pioneering preparation of highly interconnected macro-mesopores and multicompartment (HIMC) vinyl organosilica microspheres with hydrophobicity by the one-step formation of W/O/W emulsions acting as a template. The emulsion system consists of acidified deionized water, a stabilizer, and vinyltriethoxysilane (VTEO) in which VTEO can be used to produce an organosilica skeleton of the resultant microsphere by a sol-gel process. The study demonstrated that the marvelous stability of W/O/W emulsions aids the formation of multicompartment organosilica microspheres with highly interconnected macro-mesopores by emulsion droplets rather than single-compartment (SC) microspheres. Meanwhile, the internal porous structure and surface morphology of as-prepared organosilica microspheres could be largely tuned by a simple variation of the pH value, the volume fraction of the water phase, and the stabilizer concentration in the initiating multiemulsions. Benefiting from such a well-orchestrated structure and the existence of numerous vinyl groups on the surface, HIMC organosilica microspheres exhibit very high hydrophobicity (with a water contact angle larger than 160°), which allows them to stabilize liquid marbles with excellent stability and high mechanical robustness. Because of its strong catalyst, Ag nanoparticles within HIMC organosilica microspheres enable Ag/HIMC-vinyl organosilica microsphere-based liquid marbles to be an efficient catalytic microreactor, realizing the complete degradation of MB to leuco methylene blue by NaBH4 in 10 min. The result of this work could provide some guidance for the easy, low-cost, benign preparation of HIMC microspheres having the potential to be excellent supporter of metal nanoparticles or other functionalized compounds for applications in sensing, optoelectronics, and catalysis.
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- Guanqun Du
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
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Wang X, Feng X, Ma G, Zhang D, Chai Y, Ge M, Yao L. Dual-Phase Separation in a Semiconfined System: Monodispersed Heterogeneous Block-Copolymer Membranes for Cell Encoding and Patterning. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1605932. [PMID: 28295720 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Block copolymers (BCPs) have the capacity to self-assemble into a myriad of well-defined aggregate structures, offering great promise for the construction of drug delivery, photolithographic templates, and complex nanoscale assemblies. A uniqueness of these materials is their propensity to become kinetically frozen in non-equilibrium states, implying that the process of self-assembly can be utilized to remodel the resulting structures. Here, a new semiconfined system for processing the BCP self-assembly is constructed, in which an unusual dual-phase separation occurs, including nonsolvent-induced microphase separation and osmotically driven macrophase separation, ultimately yielding heterogeneous BCP membranes. These membranes with cellular dimensions show unique anisotropy that can be used for cell encoding and patterning, which are highly relevant to biology and medicine. This processing method not only provides new levels of tailorability to the structures and encapsulated contents of BCP assemblies, but can also be generalized to other block polymers, particularly those with attractive electronic and/or optical properties.
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- Xiuyu Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North First Street 2, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North First Street 2, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North First Street 2, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North First Street 2, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North First Street 2, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Lei L, Zhang Q, Shi S, Zhu S. High internal phase emulsion with double emulsion morphology and their templated porous polymer systems. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 483:232-240. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Protat M, Bodin N, Gobeaux F, Malloggi F, Daillant J, Pantoustier N, Guenoun P, Perrin P. Biocompatible Stimuli-Responsive W/O/W Multiple Emulsions Prepared by One-Step Mixing with a Single Diblock Copolymer Emulsifier. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:10912-10919. [PMID: 27615806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Multiple water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions are promising materials in designing carriers of hydrophilic molecules or drug delivery systems, provided stability issues are solved and biocompatible chemicals can be used. In this work, we designed a biocompatible amphiphilic copolymer, poly(dimethylsiloxane)-b-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMS-b-PDMAEMA), that can stabilize emulsions made with various biocompatible oils. The hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties of the copolymer can be adjusted using both pH and ionic strength stimuli. Consequently, the making of O/W (oil in water), W/O (water in oil), and W/O/W emulsions can be achieved by sweeping the pH and ionic strength. Of importance, W/O/W emulsions are formulated over a large pH and ionic strength domain in a one-step emulsification process via transitional phase inversion and are stable for several months. Cryo-TEM and interfacial tension studies show that the formation of these W/O/W emulsions is likely to be correlated to the interfacial film curvature and microemulsion morphology.
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- Marine Protat
- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, UMR CNRS 7615, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, UMR CNRS 7615, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin - BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, UMR CNRS 7615, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
- Sorbonne-Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, SIMM , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
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- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, UMR CNRS 7615, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
- Sorbonne-Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, SIMM , 10 rue Vauquelin, Paris 75005, France
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Huang C, Sun Z, Cui M, Liu F, Helms BA, Russell TP. Structured Liquids with pH-Triggered Reconfigurability. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:6612-8. [PMID: 27214196 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Through pH-tuning of electrostatic interactions between polymer ligands and nanoparticles at structured-liquid interfaces, liquid droplets can be directed between a jammed nonequilibrium state and a dynamic reconfigurable state. The nanoparticle-surfactant dynamics highly depend on the pH, so that the liquids can be structured using an external field and under variation of pH, or alternatively being realized by remote photo-triggering.
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- Caili Huang
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Conte Center for Polymer Research, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
- WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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Bahtz J, Gunes DZ, Syrbe A, Mosca N, Fischer P, Windhab EJ. Quantification of Spontaneous W/O Emulsification and its Impact on the Swelling Kinetics of Multiple W/O/W Emulsions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:5787-5795. [PMID: 27195479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An osmotic imbalance between the two water phases of multiple water-in-oil-in-water (W1/O/W2) emulsions results in either emulsion swelling or shrinking due to water migration across the oil layer. Controlled mass transport is not only of importance for emulsion stability but also allows transient emulsion thickening or the controlled release of encapsulated substances, such as nutriments or simply salt. Our prior work has shown that mass transport follows two sequential stages. In the first stage, the oil-phase structure is changed in a way that allows rapid, osmotically driven water transport in the second, osmotically dominated stage. These structural changes in the oil layer are strongly facilitated by the spontaneous formation of tiny water droplets in the oil phase, induced by the oil-soluble surfactant, i.e., polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR). This study provides a simple method based on microscopy image analysis, allowing a detailed investigation of spontaneous W/O emulsification. It quantitatively describes the volume of droplets generated and the rate of droplet creation. Moreover, it describes the effect of spontaneous W/O emulsification on the swelling kinetics of microfluidic processed W1/O/W2 emulsions. Two different concentration regimes of the oil-soluble surfactant are identified: below a critical concentration the overall water transport rate increases, and above a critical concentration water transport stagnates because of maximized structure formation.
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- Jana Bahtz
- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich , Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
- Nestlé Product Technology Centre, Lange Str. 21, 78224 Singen, Germany
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- Nestlé Research Center, 1000 Lausanne 26, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland
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- Nestlé Research Center, 1000 Lausanne 26, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich , Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich , Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich , Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Wang Z, Sun F, Huang S, Yan C. From toroidal to rod‐like nanostructure, a mechanism study for the reversible morphological control on amphiphilic triblock copolymer micelles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.24057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zhida Wang
- Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy ConversionChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou China510640
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentGuangzhou China510640
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- Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy ConversionChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou China510640
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentGuangzhou China510640
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing China100039
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- Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy ConversionChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou China510640
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentGuangzhou China510640
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- Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy ConversionChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou China510640
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and DevelopmentGuangzhou China510640
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing China100039
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Clegg PS, Tavacoli JW, Wilde PJ. One-step production of multiple emulsions: microfluidic, polymer-stabilized and particle-stabilized approaches. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:998-1008. [PMID: 26576500 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01663k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Multiple emulsions have great potential for application in food science as a means to reduce fat content or for controlled encapsulation and release of actives. However, neither production nor stability is straightforward. Typically, multiple emulsions are prepared via two emulsification steps and a variety of approaches have been deployed to give long-term stability. It is well known that multiple emulsions can be prepared in a single step by harnessing emulsion inversion, although the resulting emulsions are usually short lived. Recently, several contrasting methods have been demonstrated which give rise to stable multiple emulsions via one-step production processes. Here we review the current state of microfluidic, polymer-stabilized and particle-stabilized approaches; these rely on phase separation, the role of electrolyte and the trapping of solvent with particles respectively.
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- Paul S Clegg
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK.
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- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK
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Chen Q, Hill MR, Brooks WLA, Zhu A, Sumerlin BS, An Z. Boronic Acid Linear Homopolymers as Effective Emulsifiers and Gelators. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:21668-21672. [PMID: 26402568 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report emulsion studies using poly(vinylphenyl boronic acid) (PVPBA) linear homopolymer as an effective emulsifier and gelator. Two stabilizing regimes were identified depending on the pH of PVPBA aqueous solutions, i.e., emulsions stabilized by the hompolymer nanoparticles (Pickering emulsions) at pH < pKa and emulsions stabilized by the homopolymer unimers at pH > pKa. In both cases, gelled emulsions were obtained from medium to high internal phase volume fractions with the unimers exhibiting more effective emulsification and gelling properties. Hydrogen bonding between the boronic acid units is proposed to account for the high strength of the emulsions. The emulsions were shown to be pH- and sugar-responsive. Finally, the stable emulsions were used as templates to directly prepare PVPBA macroporous materials and to fabricate multilayered capsules. This remarkable observation that a simple homopolymer can serve as an effective emulsifier and gelator may dramatically extend the scope of potential emulsifiers and inspire further research in the design of new types of efficient emulsifying agents.
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- Qijing Chen
- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, College of Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, College of Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, College of Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444, China
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Bahtz J, Gunes DZ, Hughes E, Pokorny L, Riesch F, Syrbe A, Fischer P, Windhab EJ. Decoupling of mass transport mechanisms in the stagewise swelling of multiple emulsions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:5265-5273. [PMID: 25919942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This contribution reports on the mass transport kinetics of osmotically imbalanced water-in-oil-in-water (W1/O/W2) emulsions. Although frequently studied, the control of mass transport in W1/O/W2 emulsions is still challenging. We describe a microfluidics-based method to systematically investigate the impact of various parameters, such as osmotic pressure gradient, oil phase viscosity, and temperature, on the mass transport. Combined with optical microscopy analyses, we are able to identify and decouple the various mechanisms, which control the dynamic droplet size of osmotically imbalanced W1/O/W2 emulsions. So, swelling kinetics curves with a very high accuracy are generated, giving a basis for quantifying the kinetic aspects of transport. Two sequential swelling stages, i.e., a lag stage and an osmotically dominated stage, with different mass transport mechanisms are identified. The determination and interpretation of the different stages are the prerequisite to control and trigger the swelling process. We show evidence that both mass transport mechanisms can be decoupled from each other. Rapid osmotically driven mass transport only takes place in a second stage induced by structural changes of the oil phase in a lag stage, which allow an osmotic exchange between both water phases. Such structural changes are strongly facilitated by spontaneous water-in-oil emulsification. The duration of the lag stage is pressure-independent but significantly influenced by the oil phase viscosity and temperature.
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- Jana Bahtz
- †Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ‡Nestlé Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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- ‡Nestlé Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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- †Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- †Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ‡Nestlé Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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- †Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- †Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Guo R, Mei P, Zhong Q, Yao Y, Su Q, Zhang J. Well-defined triblock copolymers with a photolabile middle block of poly(phenyl vinyl ketone): facile synthesis, chain-scission mechanism and controllable photocleavability. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra02863a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Well-defined triblock copolymers with a photocleavable middle block were synthesized by RAFT polymerization and the photodegradation process was tracked by GPEC.
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- Ruiwei Guo
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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