Seminar Presentation On Pickering Emulsions and It's Applications
Seminar Presentation On Pickering Emulsions and It's Applications
Seminar Presentation On Pickering Emulsions and It's Applications
Prepared By,
Guided By, Krunal H. Parmar
Dr. Bina Sengupta BE-4 Chemical
Roll No : 810
Solid particles bind to the surface of the interface and prevent the droplets from
coalescing, making the emulsion more stable.
Solid particles are 10-fold smaller in size than dispersed droplets of the emulsion.
To Ngai, Stefan A F. Bon. Particle-stabilized Emulsions and Colloids : Formation and Applications. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015
Examples of Pickering Particles
Fumed silica O/W or W/O
Alumina W/O
2. Particle size
3. Solid Concentration
4. Interparticulate interaction
Wettability
The morphology of pickering emulsion depends on contact angle of particle at
liquid-liquid interface.
Particles that are partially hydrophobic (i.e. contact angle = 90°) are
better stabilizers because they are partially wettable by both liquids and
therefore bind better to the surface of the droplets.
The stabilization energy is given by :
Where,
= Interfacial Tension
= Contact angle
Tang, Juntao; Quinlan, Patrick James; Tam, Kam Chiu. Stimuli-responsive Pickering Emulsions; Recent advances and potential
applications. Soft Matter. 2015; 3512-3529
Particle Size
Particle size of pickering particles : Between 100 nm to 5 µm
Particle size of surfactants : 0.4-1 mm
Larger the particles, slower the kinetics of adsorption, means larger energy
required to the particle to adsorb at the interface.
Emulsification time is larger compared to surfactant emulsion.
Concentration of Particle
Edible
Degradable
Biocompatible
Environmental friendly
Ease of Synthesis
Can be easily inverted from W/O to O/W by simply increasing the volume
fraction of water.
Applications
Used in Biomedical and health fields where use of surfactant is undesirable.
Catalyst recycling
Cosmetics and personal care products like skin moisturizers, sunscreen lotion,
whitening products, anti-aging products, deodorants and hair care products.