Hydrophobically modified chitosan biopolymer connects halloysite nanotubes at the oil-water interface as complementary pair for stabilizing oil droplets
Olasehinde Owoseni, Yang Su, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Arijit Bose, Vijay T. John
Topics & Concepts
Chemical engineeringWettingEmulsionPulmonary surfactantCoalescence (physics)BiopolymerAdsorptionCationic polymerizationContact angleSurface tensionPickering emulsionHalloysiteMaterials scienceOil dropletChemistryChitosanAqueous two-phase systemAqueous solutionOrganic chemistryPolymerAstrobiologyEngineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsGeological formations and processes