Formation of Pickering Emulsions Stabilized via Interaction between Nanoparticles Dispersed in Aqueous Phase and Polymer End Groups Dissolved in Oil Phase

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• 作者：Masahiro Okada ; Hayata Maeda ; Syuji Fujii ; Yoshinobu Nakamura ; Tsutomu Furuzono
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：June 26, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：25
• 页码：9405-9412
• 全文大小：450K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.25(June 26, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

The influence of end groups of a polymer dissolved in an oil phase on the formation of a Pickering-type hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticle-stabilized emulsion and on the morphology of HAp nanoparticle-coated microspheres prepared by evaporating solvent from the emulsion was investigated. Polystyrene (PS) molecules with varying end groups and molecular weights were used as model polymers. Although HAp nanoparticles alone could not function as a particulate emulsifier for stabilizing dichloromethane (oil) droplets, oil droplets could be stabilized with the aid of carboxyl end groups of the polymers dissolved in the oil phase. Lower-molecular-weight PS molecules containing carboxyl end groups formed small droplets and deflated microspheres, due to the higher concentration of carboxyl groups on the droplet/microsphere surface and hence stronger adsorption of the nanoparticles at the water/oil interface. In addition, Pickering-type suspension polymerization of styrene droplets stabilized by PS molecules containing carboxyl end groups successfully led to the formation of spherical HAp-coated microspheres.