Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 76, Number 2, October 2006
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Page(s) | 332 - 338 | |
Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10255-9 | |
Published online | 13 September 2006 |
Bicontinuous emulsion gels induced by partial coalescence: Kinetics and mechanism
1
Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CNRS Avenue Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac, France
2
Laboratoire des Milieux Dispersés Alimentaires, ISTAB Av. des facultés, 33405 Talence, France
Corresponding author: schmitt@crpp-bordeaux.cnrs.fr
Received:
21
June
2006
Accepted:
21
August
2006
We describe a gelation process based on the unrelaxed coalescence of partially crystallised droplets in a primary oil-in-water emulsion. Under the effect of a gentle thermal treatment, fluid emulsions turned into hard gels whose evolution was arrested by the solid nature of the droplets. The kinetic evolution of the bulk elastic modulus G' during the thermal treatment was interpreted within the frame of percolation theory. The experimental data support the conclusion that coalescence involves irreversible bridging between crystallised and melted patches in the thin liquid films.
PACS: 82.70.Kj – Emulsions and suspensions / 68.60.Dv – Thermal stability; thermal effects / 47.57.-s – Complex fluids and colloidal systems
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