Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 966-971

  Herzig, E M ^a   White, K A ^a   Schofield, A B ^a   Poon, W C K ^a   Clegg, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION;

BICONTINUOUS EMULSIONS; BICONTINUOUS NETWORKS; INTERFACIAL SEPARATION;

EMULSIONS;

EID: 36749043830     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2055     Document Type: Review

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