Studies on macro- and microstructures of highly concentrated water-in-oil emulsions (gel emulsions)

Preparation of hydrophilic/hydrophobic porous materials

“…Above this value, the drops are either deformed or polydispersed [21][22][23][24]. Since the wall separating the dispersed drops contains also microdrops, the porous material obtained from a concentrated emulsion polymerization possesses an opencelled structure.…”

Interparticle interactions in concentrate water–oil emulsions

“…Excluding the case of very concentrated emulsions that can create gels (see, e.g., the paper of Solans et al [33]), the kinetic stability of emulsions depends on the interplay between surface forces and Brownian motion [18,[34][35][36][37]. In both cases, the emulsion destabilization can be considered as a combination of an irreversible aggregation and a coalescence of dispersed droplets [12,38] that gives a relevant model for analysis of experimental data.…”

Water-in-oil gel emulsions from a cholesterol derivative: Structure and unusual properties

“…For the preparation of a gel emulsion, formation of a stable gellike continuous phase is crucial because it plays a fundamental role for the compartmentalization of the dispersed phase and stabilization of the whole emulsions [55][56][57][58]. Therefore, emulsifiers used in the preparation of gel emulsions must be functioning as dispersing agents, foam-forming additives, and gelators at the same time.…”