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LANGMUIR
Volume 35, Issue 33, Pages 10920-10926Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01977
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency-Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (JST-CREST) [JPMJCR13B2]
- JSPS [17K15298]
- JST-Mirai RD program [JPMJMI17ED]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K15298] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The emulsifying and dispersing mechanisms of oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TEMPO)-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) have been investigated. The emulsifying mechanism was studied by changing the oil/water interfacial tension from 8.5 to 53.3 mN/m using various types of oils. The results showed that the higher the oil/water interfacial tension, the greater is the amount of CNFs adsorbed at the oil/water interface, making the CNF-adsorbed oil-in-water emulsions thermodynamically more stable. Moreover, the amount of CNFs adsorbed on the surfaces of the oil droplets increased with increasing interfacial area. The dispersion stability of the oil droplets was dominated by the CNF concentration in the water phase. Above the critical concentration (0.15% w/w), the CNFs formed network structures in the water phase, and the emulsion was effectively stabilized against creaming. Emulsion formation and the CNF network structures in the emulsion were visualized by cryo-scanning electron microscopy.
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