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Professor Bernie Binks' Outputs (4)

Edible surfactants at fluid-fluid interfaces (2021)
Thesis
Liu, Y. Edible surfactants at fluid-fluid interfaces. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223435

This thesis probes into the adsorption properties of several edible surfactants/fats at a range of fluid-fluid interfaces, e.g. air-oil, air-water and water-oil. Based on this, various colloidal materials are fabricated including aqueous and oil foam... Read More about Edible surfactants at fluid-fluid interfaces.

Charge-Reversible Surfactant-Induced Transformation Between Oil-in-Dispersion Emulsions and Pickering Emulsions (2021)
Journal Article
Jiang, J., Yu, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, H., Cui, Z., Xia, W., & Binks, B. P. (2021). Charge-Reversible Surfactant-Induced Transformation Between Oil-in-Dispersion Emulsions and Pickering Emulsions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(21), 11793-11798. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102098

A novel charge-reversible surfactant, (CH ) N-(CH ) COONa, was designed and synthesized, which together with silica nanoparticles can stabilize a smart n-octane-in-water emulsion responsive to pH. At high pH (9.3) the surfactant is anionic carboxylat... Read More about Charge-Reversible Surfactant-Induced Transformation Between Oil-in-Dispersion Emulsions and Pickering Emulsions.

A novel strategy to fabricate stable oil foams with sucrose ester surfactant (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., & Binks, B. P. (2021). A novel strategy to fabricate stable oil foams with sucrose ester surfactant. Journal of colloid and interface science, 594, 204-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.021

Hypothesis: Can a mixture of sucrose ester surfactant in vegetable oil be aerated to yield stable oleofoams? Is foaming achievable from one-phase molecular solutions and/or two-phase crystal dispersions? Does cooling a foam after formation induce sur... Read More about A novel strategy to fabricate stable oil foams with sucrose ester surfactant.

Highly Selective Catalysis at the Liquid-Liquid Interface Microregion (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Ettelaie, R., Binks, B. P., & Yang, H. (2021). Highly Selective Catalysis at the Liquid-Liquid Interface Microregion. ACS Catalysis, 1485-1494. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c04604

Liquid-liquid interfaces in principle have the potential to regulate the selectivity of chemical reactions because of highly anisotropic microenvironments but have not yet been well exploited. Here, we present a liquid-liquid interface-based strategy... Read More about Highly Selective Catalysis at the Liquid-Liquid Interface Microregion.