One-step inversion process to a Janus emulsion with two mutually insoluble oils

Langmuir. 2011 Jun 7;27(11):6584-8. doi: 10.1021/la105118h. Epub 2011 May 2.

Abstract

High internal phase ratio (HIPR) aqueous Janus emulsions of two immiscible oils, silicone oil (SO) and a vegetable oil (VO), were prepared using a vibration mixer. The simple HIPR Janus emulsions, (VO + SO)/W, were found at weight fractions of the aqueous phase in excess of 0.3, while at a corresponding fraction of 0.1, a triple emulsion was obtained with the Janus emulsion forming a drop inside the vegetable oil to give a double Janus emulsion, (VO + SO)/W/VO, which in turn formed drops in the silicone oil resulting in a triple Janus emulsion (VO + SO)/W/VO/SO. Increasing the aqueous-phase fraction from 0.1 to 0.3 consequently meant an inversion, of which one intermediate stage was observed: a more complex configuration, e.g., one in which large SO drops with highly distorted VO drops attached were dispersed in a regular aqueous emulsion with spherical Janus (VO + SO) drops. A preliminary investigation was made into the destabilization process of the triple emulsions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Emulsions
  • Plant Oils / chemistry*
  • Silicone Oils / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Time Factors
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Emulsions
  • Plant Oils
  • Silicone Oils
  • Water