Colloids and Interfaces, Volume 7, Issue 1

The microalgae-induced membrane system applied in wastewater treatment has attracted attention due to microalgae’s outstanding nutrient fixation capacity and biomass harvesting. However, the fundamental understanding of the interaction of micro...

Background: Non-invasive and patient-friendly nose-to-brain pathway is the best-suited route for brain delivery of therapeutics as it bypasses the blood–brain barrier. The intranasal pathway (olfactory and trigeminal nerves) allows the entry of...

Many applications for crystalline triglyceride-in-water dispersions exist in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. The main dispersion structures influencing product properties are the particle morphology and size distribution. These can b...

The main objective of this study was to establish the relative importance of the main operating parameters impacting the formation of food-grade oil-in-water nanoemulsions by high-pressure homogenization. The goal of this unit operation was to create...

The work is dedicated to study of thin V₂O₅ film formation by pen plotter printing using vanadyl alkoxyacetylacetonate as hydrolytically active precursor. Solution of the prepared vanadyl butoxyacetylacetonate complex with 87% of butoxyl groups was u...

The importance of electrospinning to produce biomimicking micro- and nano-fibrous matrices is realized by many who work in the area of fibers. Based on the solubility of the materials to be spun, organic solvents are typically utilized. The toxicity...

The creeping flow of a viscous fluid around a soft colloidal sphere rotating about a diameter normal to two planar walls at an arbitrary position between them is theoretically investigated in the steady limit of small Reynolds numbers. The fluid velo...

The objective of this research work is to propose a phase diagram that can be used to find a proper operating condition for generating droplets of different types. It is found that the phase diagram of Q_R versus Ca_D can effectively classify the dropl...

Formulations based on emulsions for enhancing hydrophobic and lipophilic drug delivery and its bioavailability have attracted a lot of interest. As potential therapeutic agents, they are integrated with inert oils, emulsions, surfactant solubility, l...

Due to surface effects and quantum size effects, nanomaterials have properties that are vastly different from those of bulk materials due to surface effects. The particle size distribution plays an important role in chemical and physical properties....

The development of electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) is of great significance for hydrogen production. Defect engineering is an effective strategy to improve the OER performance of electrocatalyst by regulating the local electron...

The effect of wax molecular weight distribution on the efficacy of two alpha olefin-maleic anhydride paraffin inhibitors (PIs) having different densities of alkyl side-chains were examined in light West Texas crude in the absence and presence of asph...

Emulsions with crystalline dispersed phase fractions are becoming increasingly important in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and life science industries. They can be produced by using two-stage melt emulsification processes. The completeness of the crys...

Periodical oil spills and massive production of industrial oil wastewater have impacted the aquatic environment and has put the sustainability of the ecosystem at risk. Oil–water separation has emerged as one of the hot areas of research due to...

The possibility of obtaining porous films through solutions of polylaurolactam (PA12) in benzyl alcohol (BA) was considered. The theoretical calculation of the phase diagram showed the presence of the upper critical solution temperature (UCST) for th...

Here, we prepared hydrophobic cryogel particles with monolithic supermacropores based on poly-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (pTrim) by combining the inverse Leidenfrost effect and cryo-polymerization technique. The hydrophobic cryogel particles...

Magnetic resonance imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic techniques, since it is non-invasive and provides high spatial resolution. Contrast agents (CAs) are usually required to improve the contrast capability. CAs can be classified as T1...

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The hierarchically directed assembly of multiple types of colloidal nano-objects on surfaces is of interest for developing disruptive applications combining their original properties. We propose herein a versatile, electrostatically driven strategy t...

The physicochemical properties of ligand-coated nanoparticles make them superior adsorbents for heavy metals from water. In this study, we investigate the adsorption potential of novel polyacrylic-co-maleic-acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles (PAM@MN...

Two-phase aqueous systems have replaced and simplified steps in extraction and purification processes, especially for biocompounds. Thus, this study evaluated the liquid-liquid equilibrium behavior of Pluronic L64 + water + sodium salts at pH 5.0, 7....

Bridging the gap between laboratory-scale experiments and actual oilfield operations is a complex task that requires a compromise between real (authentic) fluids and model systems. Commercial products (i.e., asphaltene inhibitors and dispersants) are...

Although nanoparticles (NPs) are known to increase foam stability, foam stabilisation is not observed in all surfactant/NP combinations. The present study evaluates the stability of CO₂ foams containing surfactant/NP mixtures with attractive or repul...

Stable primary emulsion formation in which different parameters such as viscosity and droplet size come into prominence for their characterization is a key factor in W/O/W emulsions. In this study, different emulsifiers (Crill™ 1, Crill™...