Rheology of Pickering Emulsions Stabilized and Thickened by Cellulose Nanocrystals over Broad Ranges of Oil and Nanocrystal Concentrations

Colloids and Interfaces

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Saumay Kinra¹  Rajinder Pal¹ 

[1] Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo

关键词: emulsion;    nanocrystals;    nanocrystalline cellulose;    Pickering;    rheology;    viscosity;    non-Newtonian;    shear-thinning;   

DOI  :  10.3390/colloids7020036

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The rheology of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, stabilized and thickened by cellulose nanocrystals, also referred to as nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), was investigated over broad ranges of NCC and oil concentrations. The NCC concentration was varied from 1.03 to 7.41 wt% based on the aqueous phase. The oil concentration of the emulsion was varied from approximately 10 to 70 wt%. The emulsions produced were highly stable with respect to creaming and coalescence. The emulsions were non-Newtonian in that they exhibited strong shear-thinning behavior. The rheological data were described adequately by a power-law model. The consistency index (K) and the flow behavior index (n) of the emulsions were strongly dependent on the NCC and oil concentrations. At a fixed oil concentration, the consistency index increased whereas the flow behavior index decreased with the increase in NCC concentration. A similar behavior was observed when the NCC concentration was fixed and the oil concentration was increased; that is, the consistency index increased whereas the flow behavior index decreased.

【 授权许可】

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