Pickering emulsions stabilized by nanoparticle surfactants |
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Authors: | Kjersta Larson-Smith Danilo C Pozzo |
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Institution: | Chemical Engineering Department, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98195, United States. |
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Abstract: | Amphiphilic gold nanoparticles are demonstrated to effectively stabilize emulsions of hexadecane in water. Nanoparticle surfactants are synthesized using a simple and scalable one-pot method that involves the sequential functionalization of particle surfaces with thiol-terminated polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains and short alkane-thiol molecules. The resulting nanoparticles are shown to be highly effective emulsifying agents due to their strong adsorption at oil-water and air-water interfaces. The original nonfunctionalized gold nanoparticles are unable to effectively stabilize oil-water emulsions due to their small size and low adsorption energy. Small-angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy are used to demonstrate the formation of nanoparticle-stabilized colloidosomes that are stable against coalescence and show significant shifts in plasmon resonance enhancing the near-infrared optical absorption. |
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