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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 2, Issue 5, Pages 362-367Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/apj.66
Keywords
peptide; protein; surfactant; emulsion; foam; Pepfactants; coalescence
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We have developed a series of sustainable peptide surfactants (Pepfactants) capable of stabilizing foams and emulsions in a stimuli-responsive manner, based on the reversible formation of a mechanically strong interfacial film. Under conditions where the interfacially adsorbed peptide forms a mechanically strong 'film state', foam or emulsion stabilization occurs as a direct result of the film strength. Under conditions where the interfacially adsorbed peptide forms a mobile 'detergent state', foam or emulsion stabilization is either reduced, or does not occur. Preformed foams or emulsions stabilized by Pepfactants undergo rapid phase coalescence when the film state is converted to the detergent state. Switching between film and detergent states is readily and reversibly achieved by a change in the bulk solution composition, such as a change in pH, or the addition or sequestering of metal ions. (c) 2007 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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