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On the origin of the remarkable stability of aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles: link with microscopic surface properties

Cervantes Martinez, A.; Rio, E.; Delon, G.; Saint-Jalmes, A.; Langevin, D.; Binks, B. P.

Authors

A. Cervantes Martinez

E. Rio

G. Delon

A. Saint-Jalmes

D. Langevin



Abstract

We have performed a quantitative study of the coarsening of foams stabilised by partially hydrophobic silica nanoparticles. We have used a variety of techniques: optical and electron microscopy, microfluidics, and multiple light scattering. Using earlier studies of planar particle monolayers, we have been able to correlate the interfacial properties and the macroscopic temporal evolution of the foam. This has shed light on the origin of the absence of coarsening of particle-stabilised foams. Such particle-stabilised foams appear to be the only known foam system where coarsening is inhibited by surface elasticity.

Citation

Cervantes Martinez, A., Rio, E., Delon, G., Saint-Jalmes, A., Langevin, D., & Binks, B. P. (2008). On the origin of the remarkable stability of aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles: link with microscopic surface properties. Soft matter, 4(7), 1531-1535. https://doi.org/10.1039/b804177f

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 24, 2008
Online Publication Date Jun 3, 2008
Publication Date Jun 30, 2008
Journal SOFT MATTER
Print ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 7
Pages 1531-1535
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/b804177f
Keywords General Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/391303
Publisher URL http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2008/SM/b804177f#!divAbstract