Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 383, Issue -, Pages 1-12Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.05.049
Keywords
Composite materials; Organic/inorganic composites; Foams; Colloid chemistry; Porous materials
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- Swiss Competence Centre for Materials Science and Technology (CCMX) through the Surface, Coatings, & Particles Education and Research Unit (SPERU)
- ETH Zurich
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The high absorption energies of partially wetted particles at fluid interfaces allow the production of macroporous composite materials from particle-stabilized foams. Competition between the different particle types determines how they are distributed in the foam lamella and allow the phase distribution to be controlled; a technique that is useful in the design and engineering of porous composites. Here, we report details on the effects of preferential and competitive adsorption of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and alumina (Al2O3) particles at the foam interfaces on the consolidated macroporous composite materials. By varying the relative composition and surface energies of the stabilizing particles, macroporous composite materials with a broad range of phase distributions are possible. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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