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SUBMITTER: Tcholakova S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5457670 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tcholakova Slavka S Valkova Zhulieta Z Cholakova Diana D Vinarov Zahari Z Lesov Ivan I Denkov Nikolai N Smoukov Stoyan K SK
Nature communications 20170427
In self-emulsification higher-energy micrometre and sub-micrometre oil droplets are spontaneously produced from larger ones and only a few such methods are known. They usually involve a one-time reduction in oil solubility in the continuous medium via changing temperature or solvents or a phase inversion in which the preferred curvature of the interfacial surfactant layer changes its sign. Here we harness narrow-range temperature cycling to cause repeated breakup of droplets to higher-energy sta ...[more]