Ultrathin plate-like colloidal particles
are effective candidates
for Pickering stabilization of water-in-water emulsions, a stabilization
that is complicated by the thickness and ultralow tension of the water–water
interface. Plate-like particles have the advantage of blocking much
of the interface while simultaneously having a low mass. Additionally,
the amount of blocked interface is practically independent of the
equilibrium contact angle θ at which the water–water
interface contacts the nanoplates. As a result, the adsorption of
nanoplates is stronger than for spheres with the same maximal cross
section, except if θ = 90°.
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