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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Continuous Synthesis of Nanoscale Emulsions by Vapor Condensation (EVC).

Sushant Anand, Vincent Galavan, Mahesh Uttamrao Mulik

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Continuous Synthesis of Nanoscale Emulsions by Vapor Condensation (EVC).Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Sushant AnandDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-1840
Vincent GalavanDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9033-6015
Mahesh Uttamrao MulikDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Branco Weiss Fellowship - Society in ScienceDirectorate for Engineering NSF CAREER (Award#1847627)Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emulsions are widely used in many industrial applications, and the development of efficient techniques for synthesizing them is a subject of ongoing research. Vapor condensation is a promising method for energy-efficient, high-throughput production of monodisperse nanoscale emulsions. However, previous studies using this technique are limited to producing small volumes of water-in-oil dispersions. In this work, a new method for the continuous synthesis of nanoscale emulsions (water-in-oil and oil-in-water) is presented by condensing vapor on free-flowing surfactant solutions. The viability of oil vaporization and condensation is demonstrated under mild heating/cooling using diverse esters, terpenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, and alkanes. By systematically investigating water vapor and oil vapor condensation dynamics on bulk liquid-surfactant solutions, a rich diversity of outcomes, including floating films, nanoscale drops, and hexagonally packed microdrops is uncovered. It is demonstrated that surfactant concentration impacts oil spreading, self-emulsification, and such behavior can aid in the emulsification of condensed oil drops. This work represents a critical step toward advancing the vapor condensation method's applications for emulsions and colloidal systems, with broad implications for various fields and the development of new emulsion-based products and industrial processes.

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condensationcontinuous synthesisemulsions

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PMID38353349
PMCPMC11022740
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