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Koh A, Gillies G, Gore J, et al. Flocculation and Coalescence of Oil-in-Water Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Emulsions. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2000;227(2):390-397doi: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6909.
Koh, A., Gillies, G., Gore, J., & Saunders, B. R. (2000). Flocculation and Coalescence of Oil-in-Water Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Emulsions. Journal of colloid and interface science, 227(2), 390-397. https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2000.6909
Koh, et al. "Flocculation and Coalescence of Oil-in-Water Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Emulsions." Journal of colloid and interface science vol. 227,2 (2000): 390-397. doi: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2000.6909
Koh A, Gillies G, Gore J, Saunders BR. Flocculation and Coalescence of Oil-in-Water Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Emulsions. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2000 Jul 15;227(2):390-397. doi: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6909. PMID: 10873325.
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J Colloid Interface Sci. 2000 Jul 15;227(2):390-397. doi: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6909.

Flocculation and Coalescence of Oil-in-Water Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Emulsions.

Journal of colloid and interface science

Koh, Gillies, Gore, Saunders

Affiliations

  1. Colloid and Polymer Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

PMID: 10873325 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6909

Abstract

The stability of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) oil-in-water emulsions has been investigated in the presence of added NaCl as well as in the presence of added surfactant. The emulsions were prepared using a combination of nonionic (C(x)E(y), x and y represent the number of methylene (C) and ethylene oxide (E) groups, respectively) and cationic (quarternary alkylammonium) surfactants. The droplets were observed to exhibit weak flocculation in the presence of high NaCl concentration (1 M). Phase separation and optical microscopic observations revealed that the principal mechanism for emulsion destabilization at high salt concentration was coalescence, which was accelerated at elevated temperature (50 degrees C). The effective coalescence rate for diluted emulsions was investigated using photon correlation spectroscopy. The small effective Hamaker constant for PDMS is the primary reason for the slow rate of coalescence observed for the emulsions at neutral pH in the presence of NaCl. The stability of PDMS emulsions to flocculation is qualitatively similar to that reported for low Hamaker constant dispersions (e.g., microgel particles). Addition of cationic surfactants (cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and dodecyl dimethylbenzylammonium chloride) to the negatively charged droplets after preparation was shown to decrease the emulsion stability once the surfactant concentration exceeded the CMC. Electrophoretic mobility measurements showed that added cationic surfactant changed the sign of the droplet charge from negative to positive at concentrations well below the CMC. Charged micelles of the same sign as the droplets are electrostatically excluded from close approach to the droplet surface within a distance (varepsilon) which results in depletion flocculation. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

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