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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 442, Issue -, Pages 67-74Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.11.047
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Pickering emulsion; Colloidal stability; Nanocomposites; Two-dimensional stabilizers; Surfactants; Interfacial tension
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- University of New South Wales
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Hypothesis: Two-dimensional nanoparticles such as graphene oxide (GO) can serve as emulsion stabilizers due their ability to adsorb at oil-water (o/w) interfaces with high atom efficiency. The ability for GO to act as a surfactant is hypothesized to be highly dependent on the nature (i.e. polarity) of the oil phase, which has not considered previously. Modelling and experiments: The stabilization energy associated with adsorption of GO sheets at an o/w interface was modelled as a function of the polarity of the oil phase using surface tension contributions terms and Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs). Oil-in-water (o/w) miniemulsions were prepared via ultrasonication in the presence of GO for a variety of different oil phases, and were studied using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Findings: The stabilization energy associated with GO adsorption was greater for non-polar oil phases compared to more polar oils. This behaviour is driven by the significant reduction in the oil-water interfacial tension as the polarity of the oil increases, to the point where GO adsorption is no longer thermodynamically favourable. This was verified by DLS measurements experiments, as GO-stabilized emulsion were successfully prepared for hydrophobic and aromatic oil phases (e.g. styrene), but not for polar oil phases such as methyl methacrylate. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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