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Adsorption of carboxylic modified latex particles at liquid interfaces studied by the gel trapping technique (2014)
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Al-Shehri, H., Horozov, T. S., & Paunov, V. N. (2014). Adsorption of carboxylic modified latex particles at liquid interfaces studied by the gel trapping technique. Soft matter, 10(34), 6433-6441. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01030b

We have studied how carboxylic modified latex (CML) microparticles adsorb at liquid surfaces and the preferred type of emulsion they can stabilise depending on the particle size and the surface density of carboxylic groups. We measured the particle c... Read More about Adsorption of carboxylic modified latex particles at liquid interfaces studied by the gel trapping technique.

Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique (2013)
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Sharp, E. L., Al-Shehri, H., Horozov, T., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2014). Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique. RSC advances, 4(5), 2205-2213. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra44563a

We have studied the attachment and orientation of anisotropic and porous microparticles at liquid surfaces by using the gel trapping technique (GTT). This technique involves spreading of the microparticles of interest at the liquid interface, subsequ... Read More about Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique.

Self-assembly of two-dimensional colloidal clusters by tuning the hydrophobicity, composition, and packing geometry (2013)
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Law, A. D., Auriol, M., Smith, D., Horozov, T. S., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2013). Self-assembly of two-dimensional colloidal clusters by tuning the hydrophobicity, composition, and packing geometry. Physical review letters, 110(13), 0 - 0. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.110.138301

We study the structure of binary monolayers of large (3 m diameter) very hydrophobic (A) and large (3 m diameter) hydrophilic (B) or small (1 m diameter) hydrophilic (C) silica particles at an octanewater interface. By tuning the composition and pack... Read More about Self-assembly of two-dimensional colloidal clusters by tuning the hydrophobicity, composition, and packing geometry.

Adsorption of sterically stabilized latex particles at liquid surfaces: Effects of steric stabilizer surface coverage, particle size, and chain length on particle wettability (2012)
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Horozov, T. S., Paunov, V. N., Armes, S. P., Borovicka, J., Reed, K. M., Thompson, K. L., & Walsh, A. (2012). Adsorption of sterically stabilized latex particles at liquid surfaces: Effects of steric stabilizer surface coverage, particle size, and chain length on particle wettability. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(18), 7291-7298. https://doi.org/10.1021/la300735u

A series of five near-monodisperse sterically stabilized polystyrene (PS) latexes were synthesized using three well-defined poly(glycerol monomethacrylate) (PGMA) macromonomers with mean degrees of polymerization (DP) of 30, 50, or 70. The surface co... Read More about Adsorption of sterically stabilized latex particles at liquid surfaces: Effects of steric stabilizer surface coverage, particle size, and chain length on particle wettability.

The structure and melting transition of two-dimensional colloidal alloys (2011)
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Law, A. D., Horozov, T. S., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2011). The structure and melting transition of two-dimensional colloidal alloys. Soft matter, 7(19), 8923-8931. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1sm05446e

We study theoretically the structure and melting transition of two-dimensional (2D) binary mixtures of colloidal particles interacting via a dipole-dipole potential. Using a lattice sum method, we find that at zero temperature (T = 0) the system form... Read More about The structure and melting transition of two-dimensional colloidal alloys.

Two-dimensional colloidal alloys (2011)
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Law, A. D., Buzza, D. M. A., & Horozov, T. S. (2011). Two-dimensional colloidal alloys. Physical review letters, 106(12), Article ARTN 128302. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.128302

We study the structure of mixed monolayers of large (3μm diameter) and small (1μm diameter) very hydrophobic silica particles at an octane-water interface as a function of the number fraction of small particles ξ. We find that a rich variety of two-d... Read More about Two-dimensional colloidal alloys.

Highly permeable macroporous polymers synthesized from pickering medium and high internal phase emulsion templates (2010)
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Horozov, T. S., Bismarck, A., Ikem, V. O., & Menner, A. (2010). Highly permeable macroporous polymers synthesized from pickering medium and high internal phase emulsion templates. Advanced materials, 22(32), 3588-3592. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201000729

Open porous poly-Plckerlng-M/HIPEs with permeabilities of up to 2.6 D were prepared by polymerisation of PickeringM/HIPEs to which small amounts of surfactant were added. The permeability of these poly-Pickering-M/HIPEs is more than 5 times that of c... Read More about Highly permeable macroporous polymers synthesized from pickering medium and high internal phase emulsion templates.

"Comb-like" non-ionic polymeric macrosurfactants (2010)
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Raduan, N. H., Horozov, T. S., & Georgiou, T. K. (2010). "Comb-like" non-ionic polymeric macrosurfactants. Soft matter, 6(10), 2321-2329. https://doi.org/10.1039/b926822g

A series of non-ionic comb-like polymeric macrosurfactants were synthesized by group transfer polymerisation. Specifically, nine amphiphilic block copolymers were prepared based on the hydrophobic n-hexyl methacrylate and the hydrophilic poly(ethylen... Read More about "Comb-like" non-ionic polymeric macrosurfactants.

Novel film-calliper method of measuring the contact angle of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces (2007)
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Fletcher, P. D., Binks, B. P., Horozov, T. S., Braz, D. A., & Clint, J. H. (2008). Novel film-calliper method of measuring the contact angle of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 24(5), 1678-1681. https://doi.org/10.1021/la703414q

A simple and reliable film-calliper method of measuring the particle contact angle at the water-air (oil) interface in real time has been developed. Its applicability to submicrometer and micrometer latex and silica particles is demonstrated.

Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles (2007)
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Horozov, T. S. (2008). Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 13(3), 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.11.009

Recent developments in the field of particle-stabilised aqueous foams and foam films are reviewed. Reports on ultrastable foams stabilised by solid particles are highlighted and factors responsible for the extraordinary foam stability are discussed i... Read More about Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles.

Effect of electrolyte in silicone oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by fumed silica particles (2007)
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Horozov, T., Binks, B. P., & Gottschalk-Gaudig, T. (2007). Effect of electrolyte in silicone oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by fumed silica particles. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 9(48), 6398-6404. https://doi.org/10.1039/b709807n

Partially hydrophobised fumed silica particles are used to make silicone oil-in-water emulsions at natural pH of the aqueous phase. The stability and rheological properties of the emulsions and suspensions are studied at NaCl concentrations in the ra... Read More about Effect of electrolyte in silicone oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by fumed silica particles.