Influence of asymmetric ratio of amphiphilic diblock copolymers on one-step formation and stability of multiple emulsions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-22

  Sun, Guanqing ^b   Liu, Min ^a   Zhou, Xi ^a   Hong, Liangzhi ^a   Ngai, To ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Catastrophic phase inversion; Multiple emulsions; Polymeric surfactant

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AMPHIPHILIC CO-POLYMERS; AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; EMULSION INTERFACES; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; LONG TERM STABILITY; MULTIPLE EMULSIONS; PHASE INVERSION; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

COPOLYMER; OIL; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) B POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EMULSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84899114296     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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