CleggaĪ School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK b Formulation Technology Group, Syngenta Crop Sciences, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, UK cSyngenta Inc., 410 Swing Rd, P.O. French a'*, Phil Taylorb, Jeff Fowlerc, Paul S. Making and breaking bridges in a Pickering emulsionĭavid J. Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Particle bridges can subsequently be removed by applying low shear or by modifying the particle wettability. Particles with a slight preference for the continuous phase are required for bridging to occur, and the degree of bridging increases with increasing shear rate but decreases with increasing particle volume fraction. This aggregating state can be accessed by varying several different parameters, including particle wettability and particle volume fraction. We have created strongly aggregating Pickering emulsions using our model system. We have looked for direct evidence of droplets sharing particles using freeze fracture scanning electron microscopy. We have used light scattering and microscopy to study the degree to which emulsions are bridged, and how this is affected by parameters including particle volume fraction, particle wettability and shear rate. A mixture of dodecane and isopropyl myristate was used as the oil phase. We have developed a model oil-in-water system for studying particle bridging in Pickering emulsions stabilised by fluorescent Stöber silica. They can subsequently be broken by low shear or by modifying the particle wettability. Particle bridges form in Pickering emulsions when the oil–water interfacial area generated by an applied shear is greater than that which can be stabilised by the available particles and the particles have a slight preference for the continuous phase. French, Phil Taylor, Jeff Fowler, Paul S. Abstract of research paper on Chemical engineering, author of scientific article - David J.
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