Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tauer, Klaus
• Kozempel, Steffen
• Rother, Gudrun

Titel

The interface engine: Experimental consequences

Ist Teil von

• Journal of colloid and interface science, 2007-08, Vol.312 (2), p.432-438

Ort / Verlag

San Diego, CA: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A light microscopy study confirms spontaneous emulsification at the quiescent, thermally equilibrated interface between pure oil and pure water during the chemical equilibration period. The process is qualitatively explained within the frame of the classical nucleation theory assuming a mixed interface layer between the two liquids in contact allowing supersaturation. Light microscopy image of the interface between pure tert-butylstyrene and pure water. Droplets formation occurs spontaneously triggered by the composition of the interfacial layer.