Controlling the size of two-dimensional polymer platelets for water-in-water emulsifiers

ACS Central Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 63-70

  Inam, Maria ^a   Jones, Joseph R ^a   Pérez Madrigal, Maria M ^a   Arno, Maria C ^a   Dove, Andrew P ^a   O'Reilly, Rachel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; MIXTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STABILIZATION;

BIPHASIC MIXTURES; EMULSION STABILIZATION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHODOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS; WATER-IN-WATER EMULSIONS;

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EID: 85041215660     PISSN: 23747943     EISSN: 23747951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00436     Document Type: Article

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