High Internal Phase Emulsions Stabilized Solely by Functionalized Silica Particles

Abstract

Small but mighty: Oleic acid functionalized silica particles possess adequate hydrophobicity to stabilize water/oil Pickering high internal phase emulsions. The particles adsorb irreversibly at the aqueous/organic interface and prevent droplet coalescence and phase inversion. Polymerization of the emulsions produced highly porous polymer foams. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2008/z802244_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.