화학공학소재연구정보센터
학회 한국화학공학회
학술대회 2005년 가을 (10/21 ~ 10/22, 인하대학교)
권호 11권 2호, p.2483
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제목 Colloidal Clusters of Microspheres from Water-in-Oil Emulsions
초록 We report a general method for small aggregates (or clusters) of water-borne colloids inside water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions. First, aqueous suspension of monodisperse polystyrene or silica (SiO2) microspheres was emulsified into polydisperse water droplets of micrometer scales in oil phase and colloidal aggregates were produced spontaneously during slow evaporation of water. Then, the colloidal clusters consolidated by complete removal of water were separated from the oil phase and re-dispersed in water for the subsequent fractionation according to the number (n) of the constituent spheres by a density gradient ultracentrifugation. Each cluster of n particles possessed a unique configuration except for a few particular cases of n = 7, 8 and 11, in which we observed some isomeric structures depending on their surface properties of colloidal microspheres. These isomers have not been reported in the preceding studies for colloidal clusters fabricated from the phase inverted oil-in-water emulsions.
저자 조영상1, 이기라2, 김신현1, David J. Pine3, 양승만1
소속 1한국과학기술원, 2LG화학기술원, 3New York Univ.
키워드 colloidal clusters; supraballs; emulsions; evaporation-induced self-assembly; density gradient separation
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