Recent studies of Janus emulsions prepared by one-step vibrational mixing

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-66

  Ge, Lingling ^a   Friberg, Stig E ^b   Guo, Rong ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Application; Configuration; Janus emulsions; Multiple emulsions; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPIC PARTICLES; CONFIGURATION; EQUILIBRIUM INTERFACIAL TENSION; INTERFACIAL THERMODYNAMICS; LARGE VOLUMES; MEDIUM ENERGY; MULTIPLE EMULSIONS; PHASE INVERSION;

MIXING;

BEHAVIOR; EMULSION; TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84989862765     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2016.05.001     Document Type: Review

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