Emulsion Systems
Tania Garasanin (previous student, left the group in 2002)
This project focuses on emulsions made from PDMS fluids and investigations include:
- Measurements of emulsion sizes
- The structure and lifetime of surfactant in the system
- The structure of the stabilising layer
- Monitoring the rate of creaming
- Studying the effects of surfactant type on stability and creaming
- The effects of PDMS molecular weight and structure on stability
- Stabilisation of organics in the oil
- Polymer surfactant complexes at the interface
Techniques used: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Small Angle Neutron Scattering , Light Scattering, Optical Microscopy.
This project is funded by Dow Corning
