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Water-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized by Silica Janus Nanosheets

Journal

SMALL
Volume 19, Issue 16, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206215

Keywords

aqueous two-phase systems; emulsion templating; hydrogel microspheres; Janus nanosheets; water-in-water emulsions

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In this study, silica Janus nanosheets (JNs) with polyacrylic acid (PAA) chains were synthesized and used as Pickering stabilizer for water-in-water (w/w) emulsions. The interfacial area of w/w emulsions increased linearly with the concentration of silica JNs, and the interfacial coverage of nanosheets was calculated to be about 98%. The entrapped silica JNs at the interface of w/w emulsions with the smooth PAA-grafted surface located toward MAA-rich phase, indicating their specific interaction.
Water-in-water (w/w) emulsions have been recognized for their broad applications in foods, cosmetics, and biomedical engineering. In this work, silica Janus nanosheets (JNs) with polyacrylic acid (PAA) chains grafted on one surface via crushing functional silica foams, and used silica JNs as Pickering stabilizer to produce stable water-in-water (w/w) emulsions from the aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) containing methacrylic acid (MAA) and NaCl are prepared. The interfacial area of w/w emulsions increases linearly with the concentration of silica JNs, and the interfacial coverage of nanosheets is calculated to be about 98%. After polymerizing w/w emulsions prepared from MAA/NaCl ATPS, it is found that silica JNs are entrapped at the interface of w/w emulsions with the smooth PAA-grafted surface located toward MAA-rich phase due to their specific interaction. These results show that functional silica JNs can be used as a promising amphiphilic Pickering stabilizer to produce well-defined w/w emulsions for numerous application fields.

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