Layered clay minerals, synthetic layered double hydroxides and hydroxide salts applied as pickering emulsifiers

JPE Machado, RA de Freitas, F Wypych - Applied Clay Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Clay mineral particles have longstanding applications in many semisolid formulations
produced by the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, due to the good physical-chemical …

Tunable exfoliation of synthetic clays

M Stöter, S Rosenfeldt, J Breu - Annual Review of Materials …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The large hydration enthalpy of inorganic interlayer cations sandwiched between
moderately negatively charged silicate layers endows to smectites (eg, hectorite) remarkably …

Microstructure and soft glassy dynamics of an aqueous laponite dispersion

K Suman, YM Joshi - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Synthetic hectorite clay Laponite RD/XLG is composed of disk-shaped nanoparticles that
acquire dissimilar charges when suspended in an aqueous medium. Owing to their property …

Dramatic Enhancement of One and Two Photon-Excited Emission of a Stilbazolium Dye Coupled to Laponite Platelets

S Gupta, GS He, V Kumar, A Pitter… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural clays are the oldest example of two-dimensional materials and have been
extensively investigated for their structural, morphological, and viscoelastic properties …

Multiple nonergodic disordered states in Laponite suspensions: A phase diagram

S Jabbari-Farouji, H Tanaka, GH Wegdam… - Physical Review E …, 2008 - APS
We study the time evolution of different Laponite suspensions from a low-viscosity ergodic
state to a viscoelastic nonergodic state over a wide range of volume fractions and salt …

More on the phase diagram of laponite

B Ruzicka, L Zulian, G Ruocco - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
The phase diagram of a charged colloidal system (Laponite) has been investigated by
dynamic light scattering in a previously unexplored range of salt and clay concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted Micro-Phase separation–A generic design concept to control the elasticity of extrudable hydrogels

BR Maciel, K Wang, M Müller, C Oelschlaeger… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Controlling their mechanical properties
and under-standing their complex microstructure is critical eg for 3D bioprinting or tissue …

Single lamella nanoparticles of polyethylene

CHM Weber, A Chiche, G Krausch, S Rosenfeldt… - Nano …, 2007 - ACS Publications
We present a complete analysis of the structure of polyethylene (PE) nanoparticles
synthesized and stabilized in water under very mild conditions (15° C, 40 atm) by a nickel …

Functional polymer brushes in aqueous media from self-assembled and surface-initiated polymers

R Toomey, M Tirrell - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses on the behavior of single-component, water-soluble neutral and
charged brushes. Selected examples illustrate how solvation effects, hydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological analysis of polydisperse nanoplatelets using SAXS

LS van Hazendonk, R Tuinier, E Foschino… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional materials like graphene and boron nitride find applications in numerous
innovations thanks to their high specific surface area and unusual electrical, thermal and …