Formation of water-in-water emulsions and microgels in nonionic surfactant + gelatin aqueous mixtures

Water-in-water (W/W) emulsions can be obtained when two water-soluble components are mutually immiscible. The scientific literature on W/W emulsions focuses on polymer-polymer mixtures, with only a few reports on polymer-salt systems, and no documented cases involving polymer-surfactant mixtures. Ou...

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Autores: Miras, Jonathan, Vílchez, Susana, Bouju, Cyprien, Blanco-Pérez, Martí, Ros-Espinal, Marc, Rodríguez-Abreu, Carlos, Esquena, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376884
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376884
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85214518713
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:W/W emulsions
Cloud point
Gelatin
Kolliphor ELP
Microgels
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Sumario:Water-in-water (W/W) emulsions can be obtained when two water-soluble components are mutually immiscible. The scientific literature on W/W emulsions focuses on polymer-polymer mixtures, with only a few reports on polymer-salt systems, and no documented cases involving polymer-surfactant mixtures. Our hypothesis was that by lowering the cloud temperature of a surfactant through the addition of a polymer, phase segregation into two immiscible aqueous solutions could enable the formation of W/W emulsions.