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Hu X, Meng Z. An overview of edible foams in food and modern cuisine: Destabilization and stabilization mechanisms and applications. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2024; 23:e13284. [PMID: 38284578 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Foam, as a structured multi-scale colloidal system, is becoming increasingly popular in food because it gives a series of unique textures, structures, and appearances to foods while maintaining clean labels. Recently, developing green and healthy food-grade foaming agents, improving the stability of edible foams, and exploring the application of foam structures and new foaming agents have been the focus of foam systems. This review comprehensively introduces the destabilization mechanisms of foam and summarizes the main mechanisms controlling the foam stability and progress of different food-grade materials (small-molecular surfactants, biopolymers, and edible Pickering particles). Furthermore, the classic foam systems in food and modern cuisine, their applications, developments, and challenges are also underlined. Natural small-molecular surfactants, novel plant/microalgae proteins, and edible colloidal particles are the research hotspots of high-efficiency food-grade foam stabilizers. They have apparent differences in foam stability mechanisms, and each exerts its advantages. However, the development of foam stabilizers remains to be enriched compared with emulsions. Food foams are diverse and widely used, bringing unique enjoyment and benefit to consumers regarding sense, innovation, and health attributes. In addition to industrial inflatable foods, the foam foods in molecular gastronomy are also worthy of exploration. Moreover, edible foams may have greater potential in structured food design, 3D/4D printing, and controlled flavor release in the future. This review will provide a reference for the efficient development of functional inflatable foods and the advancement of foam technologies in modern cuisine.
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- Xiangfang Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Almeida M, Dudzinski D, Rousseau B, Amiel C, Prévost S, Cousin F, Le Coeur C. Aqueous Binary Mixtures of Stearic Acid and Its Hydroxylated Counterpart 12-Hydroxystearic Acid: Fine Tuning of the Lamellar/Micelle Threshold Temperature Transition and of the Micelle Shape. Molecules 2023; 28:6317. [PMID: 37687150 PMCID: PMC10489131 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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This study examines the structures of soft surfactant-based biomaterials which can be tuned by temperature. More precisely, investigated here is the behavior of stearic acid (SA) and 12-hydroxystearic acid (12-HSA) aqueous mixtures as a function of temperature and the 12-HSA/SA molar ratio (R). Whatever R is, the system exhibits a morphological transition at a given threshold temperature, from multilamellar self-assemblies at low temperature to small micelles at high temperature, as shown by a combination of transmittance measurements, Wide Angle X-ray diffraction (WAXS), small angle neutron scattering (SANS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments. The precise determination of the threshold temperature, which ranges between 20 °C and 50 °C depending on R, allows for the construction of the whole phase diagram of the system as a function of R. At high temperature, the micelles that are formed are oblate for pure SA solutions (R = 0) and prolate for pure 12-HSA solutions (R = 1). In the case of mixtures, there is a progressive continuous transition from oblate to prolate shapes when increasing R, with micelles that are almost purely spherical for R = 0.33.
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- Maëva Almeida
- CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Université Paris Est Creteil, 94320 Thiais, France; (M.A.); (B.R.); (C.A.)
- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA-CNRS UMR 12 CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France;
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA-CNRS UMR 12 CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France;
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- CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Université Paris Est Creteil, 94320 Thiais, France; (M.A.); (B.R.); (C.A.)
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- CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Université Paris Est Creteil, 94320 Thiais, France; (M.A.); (B.R.); (C.A.)
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, CEDEX 9, 38042 Grenoble, France;
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA-CNRS UMR 12 CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France;
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- CNRS, ICMPE, UMR 7182, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, Université Paris Est Creteil, 94320 Thiais, France; (M.A.); (B.R.); (C.A.)
- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA-CNRS UMR 12 CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France;
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Interfacial and rheological properties of long-lived foams stabilized by rice proteins complexed to transition metal ions in the presence of alkyl polyglycoside. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:645-657. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lamolinairie J, Dollet B, Bridot JL, Bauduin P, Diat O, Chiappisi L. Probing foams from the nanometer to the millimeter scale by coupling small-angle neutron scattering, imaging, and electrical conductivity measurements. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:8733-8747. [PMID: 36341841 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01252a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Liquid foams are multi-scale structures whose structural characterization requires the combination of very different techniques. This inherently complex task is made more difficult by the fact that foams are also intrinsically unstable systems and that their properties are highly dependent on the production protocol and sample container. To tackle these issues, a new device has been developed that enables the simultaneous time-resolved investigation of foams by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), electrical conductivity, and bubbles imaging. This device allows the characterization of the foam and its aging from nanometer up to centimeter scale in a single experiment. A specific SANS model was developed to quantitatively adjust the scattering intensity from the dry foam. Structural features such as the liquid fraction, specific surface area of the Plateau borders and inter-bubble films, and thin film thickness were deduced from this analysis, and some of these values were compared with values extracted from the other applied techniques. This approach has been applied to a surfactant-stabilized liquid foam under free drainage and the underlying foam destabilization mechanisms were discussed with unprecedented detail. For example, the information extracted from the image analysis and SANS data allows for the first time to determine the disjoining pressure vs. thickness isotherm in a real, draining foam.
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- Julien Lamolinairie
- Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin (ILL), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France.
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ICSM, Univ Montpellier, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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- ICSM, Univ Montpellier, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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- Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin (ILL), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France.
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Yu X, Miao X, Li H, Qiu K, Zong R, Li Q. Influence of seawater on interfacial Properties, foam performance and aggregation behaviour of Fluorocarbon/Hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Guo K, Wei P, Xie Y, Huang X. Smart ultra-stable foams stabilized using cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) gels via noncovalent bonding. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4723-4726. [PMID: 35302560 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00289b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Smart ultra-stable foams stabilized by cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-based gels were fabricated. The stabilization is ascribed to the dense films and three-dimensional networks at the interface and in the bulk induced by the charge shielding effect and electrostatic attraction between protonated bis(2-hydroxyethyl)oleylamine (BOA-H+) micelles and negatively charged CNC colloids. The as-prepared foam could maintain its morphology without breaking or drainage for two months, showing high stability. Outstanding CO2/N2 reversibility endows the system with on-demand control of foaming/defoaming, which is necessary in many aspects. The functionalized foam is expected to open up an opportunity for the design of intelligent oilfield chemicals and extinguishant systems.
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- Kaidi Guo
- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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Highly stable fluorine-free foam by synergistically combining hydrolyzed rice protein and ferrous sulfate. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.117378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Yu X, Li F, Wang J, Lin Y, Zong R, Lu S. Effects of Fe (II) on stability of aqueous foam prepared by hydrolyzed rice protein in the presence of oil. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Jiang F, Chen Y, Ye Z, Pang S, Xu B. Efficient synthesis of POSS based amphiphilic nanoparticles via thiol-ene "click" reaction to improve foam stability. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jiang F, Gao D, Feng X, Pan J, Pu W. W/O high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) stabilized by a piperazinyl based emulsifier. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:9859-9865. [PMID: 34723315 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01460a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, a piperazinyl-based emulsifier (EA/AMPA) was synthesized to prepare water-in-oil (W/O) high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). Using kerosene as the oil phase, stable HIPEs with internal phase fractions of up to 98% were prepared. This enabled the EA/AMPA to have a high efficiency, as the HIPEs with a 90% internal phase fraction could be easily prepared with 0.1% of EA/AMPA. In addition, the formation of HIPEs was not affected by the addition of Na+. Because of the fact that EA/AMPA has a hydrophilic head with two tertiary amines, EA/AMPA could be easily recovered from the oil phase by adjusting the pH to acidic values. Moreover, the unique structure promoted the formation of stable HIPEs, even with crude oil used as the oil phase. The results indicate that EA/AMPA has the potential to significantly contribute to the preparation of W/O HIPEs and that the design of the hydrophilic head with two tertiary amines can provide a reference for the fabrication of new W/O emulsifiers.
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- Feng Jiang
- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Nanchong 637002, China.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
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- China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
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- Petroleum Engineering School, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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Foamitizer: High ethanol content foams using fatty acid crystalline particles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:882-886. [PMID: 34062345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Aqueous foams are encountered in many commercial products used in our everyday lives and are widely studied. However, the formation and stabilization of foams using high alcohol content (>75%) solvents such as ethanol is still a scientific challenge. Herein, we report for the first-time foams based on high ethanol content showing long-term stability by using natural fatty acid crystals. The platelet-shape crystals are adsorbed at the air-water surface protecting the bubbles against coalescence. The melting of crystals triggers the foam destabilization leading to thermostimulable high ethanol content foams. These foams can be used as a new formulation strategy for alcohol-based hand sanitizers to better clean hands, protect the skin by the presence of fatty acids, and limit the transmission of virus and other pathogens.
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Ning B, Wang Y, Zhang M, Bai Y, Wang W, Wang G. Surface adsorption and foam performance of sodium perfluoroalkyl polyoxyethylene ether sulfate in ethanol-water mixed system. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Vishal B. Foaming and rheological properties of aqueous solutions: an interfacial study. REV CHEM ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2020-0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Although aqueous foam is composed of simple fluids, air and water, it shows a complex rheological behavior. It exhibits solid-like behavior at low shear and fluid-like behavior at high shear rate. Therefore, understanding such behavior is important for many industrial applications in foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Additionally, air–water interface of bubble surface plays an important role in the stabilizing mechanism of foams. Therefore, the rheological properties associated with the aqueous foam highly depend on its interfacial properties. In this review, a systematic study of aqueous foam are presented primarily from rheology point of view. Firstly, foaming agents, surfactants and particles are described; then foam structure was explained, followed by change in structure under applied shear. Finally, foam rheology was linked to interfacial rheology for the interface containing particles whose surface properties were altered by surfactants.
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- Badri Vishal
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Hull , Hull , HU6 7RX , UK
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Liu Y, Binks BP. A novel strategy to fabricate stable oil foams with sucrose ester surfactant. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 594:204-216. [PMID: 33761395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Can a mixture of sucrose ester surfactant in vegetable oil be aerated to yield stable oleofoams? Is foaming achievable from one-phase molecular solutions and/or two-phase crystal dispersions? Does cooling a foam after formation induce surfactant crystallisation and enhance foam stability? EXPERIMENTS Concentrating on extra virgin olive oil, we first study the effect of aeration temperature and surfactant concentration on foamability and foam stability of mixtures cooled from a one-phase oil solution. Based on this, we introduce a strategy to increase foam stability by rapidly cooling foam prepared at high temperature which induces surfactant crystallisation in situ. Differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectroscopy, surface tension and rheology are used to elucidate the mechanisms. FINDINGS Unlike previous reports, both foamability and foam stability decrease upon decreasing the aeration temperature into the two-phase region containing surfactant crystals. At high temperature in the one-phase region, substantial foaming is achieved (over-run 170%) within minutes of whipping but foams ultimately collapse within a week. We show that surfactant molecules are surface-active at high temperature and that hydrogen bonds form between surfactant and oil molecules. Cooling these foams substantially increases foam stability due to both interfacial and bulk surfactant crystallisation. The generic nature of our findings is demonstrated for a range of vegetable oil foams with a maximum over-run of 330% and the absence of drainage, coalescence and disproportionation being achievable.
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- Yu Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK.
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Fameau AL, Binks BP. Aqueous and Oil Foams Stabilized by Surfactant Crystals: New Concepts and Perspectives. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:4411-4418. [PMID: 33825479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Surfactant crystals can stabilize liquid foams. The crystals are adsorbed at bubble surfaces, slowing down coarsening and coalescence. Excess crystals in the liquid channels between bubbles arrest drainage, leading to ultrastable foams. The melting of crystals upon raising the temperature allows thermoresponsive foams to be designed. In the case of oil foams, the stabilization by crystals received substantial renewed interest in the last 5 years due to their potential applications, particularly in the food industry. For aqueous foams, several reports exist on foams stabilized by crystals. However, these two kinds of liquid foams possess similarities in terms of stabilization mechanisms and the design of surfactant crystal systems. This field will certainly grow in the coming years, and it will contribute to the engineering of new soft materials not only for food but also for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical applications.
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- Anne-Laure Fameau
- L'Oréal Research and Innovation, 13 rue Dora Maar, 93400 Saint-Ouen, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K
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Ning B, Wang Y, Zhang M, Bai Y, Tai X, Wang W, Wang G. Surface and foam property of perfluoroalkyl polyoxyethylene ether phosphate salt in aqueous-ethanol system. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Denkov N, Tcholakova S, Politova-Brinkova N. Physicochemical control of foam properties. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2020.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Su E, Li Q, Xu M, Yuan Y, Wan Z, Yang X, Binks BP. Highly stable and thermo-responsive gel foams by synergistically combining glycyrrhizic acid nanofibrils and cellulose nanocrystals. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 587:797-809. [PMID: 33248696 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Natural saponin glycyrrhizic acid (GA) and GA nanofibrils (GNFs) are effective foaming agents for formulation of aqueous food-grade foams. Through the synergistic combination of soft semiflexible GNFs with rigid nanofiller cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), it should be possible to create advanced composite foams with a more complex structure and diverse properties including high stability and stimuli responsiveness. EXPERIMENTS Foams containing mixtures of GNFs and CNCs were prepared, and their formation and stability were investigated. A range of microscopy techniques and small deformation oscillatory shear were adopted to examine the microstructure and viscoelasticity of foams, and a stabilization mechanism for highly stable foams was then established. Further, the temperature-responsive destabilization of foams was evaluated. FINDINGS CNCs are homogeneously distributed in the architecture and mechanically reinforce the GNF fibrillar network, leading to a highly viscoelastic composite network in the continuous phase of foams, which is the key factor responsible for their high stability. Such ultra-stable gel foams display tunable thermo-responsive behavior and a rapid on-demand destabilization upon heating by inducing a phase transition of the bulk composite network. Our work opens up new scenarios on the use of a novel combination of all-natural, sustainable nanoscale building blocks to develop aqueous "superfoams" which are highly stable, stimulable and processable.
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- Enyi Su
- Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Center), Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- Laboratory of Food Proteins and Colloids, School of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Sheng Y, Lin K, Binks BP, Ngai T. Ultra-stable aqueous foams induced by interfacial co-assembly of highly hydrophobic particles and hydrophilic polymer. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 579:628-636. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.06.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yada S, Shimosegawa H, Fujita H, Yamada M, Matsue Y, Yoshimura T. Microstructural Characterization of Foam Formed by a Hydroxy Group-Containing Amino Acid Surfactant Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:7808-7813. [PMID: 32536168 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering, which has not been extensively utilized for foam characterization, can provide important insights into the microstructure of surfactant-stabilized foam. Small-angle neutron scattering in combination with several other techniques was herein employed to determine the microstructure of foams stabilized by hydroxy group-containing (C12-EtOH-βAla) and hydroxy group-free (C12-Me-βAla) surfactants of the amino acid type. Hydroxy group introduction at the amide nitrogen had no effect on the foam film thickness (∼26 nm in both cases) but increased the foam stability and suppressed draining, as hydrogen bonding between hydroxy groups and carboxylate ions increased the foam film strength. Moreover, the obtained foam films were shown to contain micelles identical to those in the bulk solution.
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- Shiho Yada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- Kracie Home Products, Ltd., 134, Goudo-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa 240-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Jiang N, Yu X, Sheng Y, Zong R, Li C, Lu S. Role of salts in performance of foam stabilized with sodium dodecyl sulfate. Chem Eng Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yu X, Jiang N, Miao X, Zong R, Sheng Y, Li C, Lu S. Formation of stable aqueous foams on the ethanol layer: Synergistic stabilization of fluorosurfactant and polymers. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yan T, Song B, Cui Z, Pei X. Highly wet aqueous foams stabilized by an amphiphilic bio-based hydrogelator derived from dehydroabietic acid. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:2285-2290. [PMID: 32040130 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00002g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Exploration of novel molecular aggregates that stabilize foam systems is helpful to optimize foam properties. Herein, solutions of a rosin-based low-molecular-weight hydrogelator, abbreviated as R-6-AO, were used to generate foams above the critical gelation temperature (Tgel). The foams with R-6-AO concentrations above the critical gelation concentration were very stable below Tgel. The high stability of the foams under such conditions was attributed to the self-assembly of nanoscale fibers of R-6-AO in the liquid films of the foams, leading to extremely slow drainage of water. The foams showed strong water retention and were classified as very wet foams. For example, the foams generated from 10 mM (0.44 wt%) R-6-AO solution subjected to a fast cooling process contained about 45 vol% trapped water after 2000 min. In comparison, the water volume fraction of a 10 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) foam decreased from 20 vol% to 1 vol% within 18 min. Because the growth, elongation, and cross-linking of the assembled nanofibers in the liquid films were affected by the cooling process, the stability of these foams also depended on the initial preparation temperature. The present system reveals the importance of microstructures in regulating foam behavior and serves as a new type of condition-sensitive intelligent foam.
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- Tingting Yan
- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China.
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Binks BP, Shi H. Aqueous Foams in the Presence of Surfactant Crystals. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:991-1002. [PMID: 31985231 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aqueous foams are used extensively in many fields and anionic surfactants are commonly used foaming agents. However, potential trouble may arise when they are utilized in hard water areas and/or at low temperatures. Anionic surfactants, like sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), may precipitate in the form of crystals when the concentration of divalent counterions such as Mg2+ exceeds a certain limit. In an attempt to prepare ultrastable foams containing precipitated crystals, the behavior of SDS in water was systematically investigated as a function of surfactant concentration at different concentrations of Mg(NO3)2 prior to a study of their foam properties. We quantitatively study the conversion of surfactant micelles to crystals and the redissolution of crystals into micelles. It was found that the presence of surfactant crystals reduced the initial foam volume and foam half-life but greatly improved the long-term stability of foams. Foam studies were also conducted for the supernatant and sediment isolated from crystal dispersions so that the importance of surfactant crystals to foam stability could be established. Despite the foamability of a sediment being low, an order of magnitude increase in foam half-life was related to the coverage of bubble surfaces by surfactant crystals. Both rapid cooling and ultrasonication were shown to influence the surfactant crystal shape and size with an impact on foam properties.
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- Bernard P Binks
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Hull , Hull , HU6 7RX , U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Hull , Hull , HU6 7RX , U.K
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Zhang L, Wang H, Zheng B, Du H, Salonen A. Surfactant Crystals as Stimulable Foam Stabilizers: Tuning Stability with Counterions. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Li Zhang
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringXi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringXi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringXi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringXi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an Shaanxi China
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, University of Paris‐SudUniversité Paris Saclay 91405 Orsay France
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Liu M, Cao XL, Zhu YW, Guo ZY, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhao S. The effect of demulsifier on the stability of liquid droplets: A study of micro-force balance. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.11.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mansour OT, Cattoz B, Beaube M, Heenan RK, Schweins R, Hurcom J, Griffiths PC. Segregation versus Interdigitation in Highly Dynamic Polymer/Surfactant Layers. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11010109. [PMID: 30960093 PMCID: PMC6402036 DOI: 10.3390/polym11010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Many polymer/surfactant formulations involve a trapped kinetic state that provides some beneficial character to the formulation. However, the vast majority of studies on formulations focus on equilibrium states. Here, nanoscale structures present at dynamic interfaces in the form of air-in-water foams are explored, stabilised by mixtures of commonly used non-ionic, surface active block copolymers (Pluronic®) and small molecule ionic surfactants (sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS, and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide, C12TAB). Transient foams formed from binary mixtures of these surfactants shows considerable changes in stability which correlate with the strength of the solution interaction which delineate the interfacial structures. Weak solution interactions reflective of distinct coexisting micellar structures in solution lead to segregated layers at the foam interface, whereas strong solution interactions lead to mixed structures both in bulk solution, forming interdigitated layers at the interface.
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- Omar T Mansour
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
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- Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK.
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- Institut Laue Langevin ILL, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3TB, UK.
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
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Singh R, Panthi K, Weerasooriya U, Mohanty KK. Multistimuli-Responsive Foams Using an Anionic Surfactant. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:11010-11020. [PMID: 30149723 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this work, we report a novel class of a commercially available surfactant which shows a multistimuli-responsive behavior toward foam stability. It comprises three components-a hydrophobe (tristyrylphenol), a temperature-sensitive block (polypropylene oxide, PO), and a pH-sensitive moiety (carboxyl group). The hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity balance of the surfactant can be tuned by changing either the pH or temperature of the system. At or below pH 4, the carboxyl functional group is dominantly protonated, resulting in zero foamability. At higher pH, the surfactant exhibits good foamability and foam stability marked with a fine bubble texture (∼200 μm). Foam destabilization could be achieved rapidly by either lowering the pH or bubbling CO2 gas. At a fixed pH in the presence of salt, increasing the temperature to 65 °C resulted in rapid defoaming because of the increased hydrophobicity of the PO chain. This stimuli-induced stabilization and destabilization of foam were found to be reversible. We envisage the use of such a multi-responsive foaming system in diverse applications such as foam-enhanced oil recovery and environmental remediation where spatial and temporal control over foam stability is desirable. The low-cost commercial availability of the surfactant further makes it lucrative.
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- Robin Singh
- Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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Liquid foam templating - A route to tailor-made polymer foams. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 256:276-290. [PMID: 29728156 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Solid foams with pore sizes between a few micrometres and a few millimetres are heavily exploited in a wide range of established and emerging applications. While the optimisation of foam applications requires a fine control over their structural properties (pore size distribution, pore opening, foam density, …), the great complexity of most foaming processes still defies a sound scientific understanding and therefore explicit control and prediction of these parameters. We therefore need to improve our understanding of existing processes and also develop new fabrication routes which we understand and which we can exploit to tailor-make new porous materials. One of these new routes is liquid templating in general and liquid foam templating in particular, to which this review article is dedicated. While all solid foams are generated from an initially liquid(-like) state, the particular notion of liquid foam templating implies the specific condition that the liquid foam has time to find its "equilibrium structure" before it is solidified. In other words, the characteristic time scales of the liquid foam's stability and its solidification are well separated, allowing to build on the vast know-how on liquid foams established over the last 20 years. The dispersed phase of the liquid foam determines the final pore size and pore size distribution, while the continuous phase contains the precursors of the desired porous scaffold. We review here the three key challenges which need to be addressed by this approach: (1) the control of the structure of the liquid template, (2) the matching of the time scales between the stability of the liquid template and solidification, and (3) the preservation of the structure of the template throughout the process. Focusing on the field of polymer foams, this review gives an overview of recent research on the properties of liquid foam templates and summarises a key set of studies in the emerging field of liquid foam templating. It finishes with an outlook on future developments. Occasional references to non-polymeric foams are given if the analogy provides specific insight into a physical phenomenon.
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Jin H, Wang W, Chang H, Shen Y, Yu Z, Tian Y, Yu Y, Gong J. Effects of Salt-Controlled Self-Assembly of Triblock Copolymers F68 on Interaction Forces between Oil Drops in Aqueous Solution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:14548-14555. [PMID: 29198115 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nonionic triblock copolymers, surfactant Pluronic F68 (PEO76-PPO29-PEO76), are widely used in industrial processes, such as foaming, emulsification, and stabilization. The behaviors of triblock copolymers such as the salt-dependent self-assembly in bulk solution and the irreversible adsorption at the oil/water interface are mainly focused to explore their effects on the interaction forces between nano-spacing interfaces of oil droplets. In this study, the atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique was employed to measure the drop interaction forces with different F68 bulk concentrations. All selected bulk concentrations (≥100 μM) of copolymers can ensure the formation of a stable layer structure of stretched polymer chains ("brush") at the oil/water interface, which behaved as a mechanical barrier at the interface. This study quantified the forces caused by the space hindrance of F68 copolymers both in the bulk phase and at the interface of oil/F68 aqueous solution during drop interaction. The effects of monovalent electrolyte (NaCl)-induced self-assembly behavior of triblock copolymers F68 in bulk solution on drop interaction forces were measured through the AFM technique.
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- Hang Jin
- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing , 18# Fuxue Road, Changping District, 102249 Beijing, China
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Mansour OT, Cattoz B, Beaube M, Montagnon M, Heenan RK, Schweins R, Appavou MS, Griffiths PC. Assembly of small molecule surfactants at highly dynamic air-water interfaces. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:8807-8815. [PMID: 29139528 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01914a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering has been used to probe the interfacial structure of foams stabilised by small molecule surfactants at concentrations well below their critical micelle concentration. The data for wet foams showed a pronounced Q-4 dependence at low Q and noticeable inflexions over the mid Q range. These features were found to be dependent on the surfactant structure (mainly the alkyl chain length) with various inflexions across the measured Q range as a function of the chain length but independent of factors such as concentration and foam age/height. By contrast, foam stability (for C < CMC) was significantly different at this experimental range. Drained foams showed different yet equally characteristic features, including additional peaks attributed to the formation of classical micellar structures. Together, these features suggest the dynamic air-water interface is not as simple as often depicted, indeed the data have been successfully described by a model consisting paracrystalline stacks (multilayer) of adsorbed surfactant layers; a structure that we believe is induced by the dynamic nature of the air-water interface in a foam.
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- Omar T Mansour
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK.
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Mikhailovskaya A, Zhang L, Cousin F, Boué F, Yazhgur P, Muller F, Gay C, Salonen A. Probing foam with neutrons. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 247:444-453. [PMID: 28764854 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Foams are multiscale materials that have an enormous number of uses. As the relevant structural length-scales span from a few nanometres up to millimetres a number of characterisation methods need to be combined to obtain the full material structure. In this review we explain how foams can be explored using Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS). We remind the reader of the basics of SANS and contrast variation before we describe the different types of experiments that have been carried out on foams emphasising the specific role of neutrons in learning about the systems. To date SANS has been used to measure different foam structural parameters, such as the film thickness and the bubble size. Several studies have also been carried out to elucidate the organisation of the stabilising objects in the bulk solution. Finally we show how SANS measurements can be used to measure foam composition. Some of the accessible information is unique to SANS experiments, but as the method is still not very widely used on foams the review is also aimed to act as an introduction on how to carry out such measurements on foams.
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA Saclay, France; LICORNE, ECE Paris Ecole d'Ingénieurs, France
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- Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France.
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Hofmann MJ, Motschmann H. A parameter predict ing the foam stability of mixtures of aqueous ionic amphiphile solutions with indifferent electrolyte. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhang Y, Wang S, Zhou J, Benz G, Tcheimou S, Zhao R, Behrens SH, Meredith JC. Capillary Foams: Formation Stages and Effects of System Parameters. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b02180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yi Zhang
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States
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Zhang L, Tian L, Du H, Rouzière S, Wang N, Salonen A. Foams Stabilized by Surfactant Precipitates: Criteria for Ultrastability. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7305-7311. [PMID: 28669193 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Foams are ultrastable when all the aging processes arrest. We make such foams by precipitating sodium dodecyl sulfate with potassium chloride during the foaming process. The precipitate crystals adsorb onto the bubble surfaces to arrest coarsening and stop drainage by blocking in the interstices around the bubbles. However, if the concentration of SDS is too high, the foams are no longer ultrastable. The transition is sudden and corresponds to the point at which significant dodecyl sulfate remains in solution. The presence of the noncrystallized surfactant allows the foam to coarsen leading to the eventual disappearance of the foams, even if the crystals in the continuous phase can still block drainage. The transition occurs as the concentration of nonsolubilized KCl becomes higher than the concentration of SDS, giving us a linear stability boundary. The system offers an interesting alternative to other types of particles because the surfactant crystals break and reform as the temperature is cycled, which makes for reusable solutions and stimulable foams.
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- Li Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology , Xi'an 710054, China
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- School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology , Xi'an 710054, China
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay , 91405 Orsay, France
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- School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710072, China
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay , 91405 Orsay, France
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Ultra-stable aqueous foams with multilayer films stabilized by 1-dodecanol, sodium dodecyl sulfonate and polyvinyl alcohol. Chem Eng Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Briceño-Ahumada Z, Maldonado A, Impéror-Clerc M, Langevin D. On the stability of foams made with surfactant bilayer phases. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:1459-1467. [PMID: 26647140 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02541a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The stability of foams made with sponge phases (L3 phases) and lamellar phases (L(α) phases), both containing surfactant bilayers, has been investigated. The extreme stability of foams made with lamellar phases seems essentially due to the high viscosity of the foaming solution, which slows down gravity drainage. Moreover, the foams start draining only when the buoyancy stress overcomes the yield stress of the L(α) phase. The bubble growth associated with gas transfer is unusual: it follows a power law with an exponent smaller than those corresponding to Ostwald ripening (wet foams) and to coarsening (dry foams). The foams made with sponge phases are in turn very unstable, even less stable than pure surfactant foams made with glycerol solutions having the same viscosity. The fact that the surfactant bilayers in the sponge phase have a negative Gaussian curvature could facilitate bubble coalescence.
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- Zenaida Briceño-Ahumada
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, Bâtiment 510, 91400 Orsay Cedex, France
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