Kinetic aspects of emulsion stabilization by surfactants: a microfluidic analysis
- PMID: 19292501
- DOI: 10.1021/la9000472
Kinetic aspects of emulsion stabilization by surfactants: a microfluidic analysis
Abstract
In classical emulsification processes, surfactants play two roles: first, they reduce the interfacial tension, facilitating droplet deformation and rupture, and second, they reduce droplet coalescence. Here, we use a microfluidic emulsification system to completely uncouple these two processes, allowing stabilization against coalescence to be studied quantitatively and independently of droplet formation. We demonstrate that, in addition to the classical effect of stabilization by an increase of surfactant concentration, the dynamics of adsorption of surfactant at the water-oil interface is a key element for droplet stabilization. Microfluidic emulsification devices can therefore be tailored to improve emulsification while decreasing the concentration of surfactant by increasing the time before the droplets first come into contact.
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