Showing papers in "Advances in Colloid and Interface Science in 2015"

TL;DR: The most outstanding advantages and challenges of the spray-drying method for the production of pure drug particles and drug-loaded polymeric particles are described and the potential of this technique and the more advanced equipment to pave the way toward reproducible and scalable processes that are critical to the bench-to-bedside translation of innovative pharmaceutical products are discussed.

TL;DR: The chemical, physical, and processing solutions suggested in the scientific and patent literature to improve storage stability are extensively discussed, with particular attention to an emerging class of asphalt binders in which the technologies of polymer-modified asphalts and polymer nanocomposites are combined.

TL;DR: The irreversibility of wetting transitions is explained, based on the asymmetry of the energy barrier, which is low from the side of the metastable (higher-energy) state and high from the Side of the stable state.

TL;DR: This review highlights the major challenges associated with developing colloidal delivery systems for hydrophilic bioactive components that can be utilized in foods, pharmaceuticals, and other products intended for oral ingestion.

TL;DR: The preparation of nanofluids by various techniques, methods of stabilization, stability measurement techniques, thermal conductivity and heat capacity studies, proposed mechanisms of heat transport, theoretical models on thermal Conductivity, factors influencing k and the effect of nanoinclusions in PCM are discussed in this review.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the energetic process of NP cellular entry can be evaluated by studying the effects of NPs on lipid mesophase transitions, as the molecular deformations and thus the elastic energy cost are analogous between such transitions and endocytosis.

TL;DR: The development of cellulose dissolution/regeneration strategies constitutes an increasingly active research field and there is an intense activity in both industrial and academic research aiming to optimize existing solvents and develop new ones.

TL;DR: An extensive overview of the main principles and the recent synthetic technologies about fabricating various innovative 3D graphene based materials are shown and challenges and outlooks in materials development for energy and environment are suggested.

TL;DR: This review concludes that a selection of reviewed methods is validated experimentally for one of the most challenging cases: Extra heavy-oil and bitumen recovery from fractured-strongly-oil-wet carbonates.

TL;DR: The model applies to the determination of the cmc from the pyrene fluorescence intensity, especially from the intensity ratio at two vibronic bands in the monomer emission or from the ratio of excimer to monomers emission intensity.

TL;DR: This review addresses the recent research progress made to improve aqueous solubility, functionalization of biomolecules to QD surface and the poorly understood chemistry involved in the steps of bio-functionalization of such nanoparticles.

TL;DR: The subject is reviewed by providing an overview of the relevant key mechanisms of bubble generation within a coherent hydrodynamic context; and different foaming techniques which exploit these mechanisms are discussed.

TL;DR: Although it is well established that the transport of both hard particles and microgels to the interface is driven by diffusion, the analysis of the adsorption kinetics needs reconsideration and a proper equation of state relating the surface pressure to the Adsorbed mass should be used.

TL;DR: The general mechanisms governing the inversion phenomenon have not been completely elucidated and quantitative predictions of the phase inversion point are limited to specific systems and experimental conditions.

TL;DR: This article reviews the typical cases of heteroaggregation between nanoparticles and biocolloids and/or geocolloid, mechanisms, modeling, and important indicators used to determine hetero Aggregation in aqueous phase, and summarizes the research challenges and perspective.

TL;DR: This review gives examples of procedures used for preparation of amino acid-based surfactants and discusses important physicochemical properties of the amphiphiles and how these can be taken advantage of for various applications.

TL;DR: This review explores the physics underlying the rheology of highly concentrated emulsions (HCEs) to determine the relationship between elasticity and HCE stability, and to consider whether it is possible to describe all physicochemical properties of HCEs on the basis of a unique physical approach.

TL;DR: Properties and foaming of surfactant-polymer mixtures are discussed as well as current applications of foams andfoaming agents as foams are widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceutics, medicine and the food industry.

TL;DR: The properties of the different classes of model compounds proposed and present their properties by comparison with fractionated asphaltenes are reviewed.

TL;DR: Advances made in the synthesis of carbon- and iron-based nanomaterials, graphene-carbon nanotubes-iron oxides, which can remove pollutants and inactivate virus and bacteria efficiently in water are presented.

TL;DR: Aryldiazonium salts are highlighted as efficient coupling agents for many types of molecular, macromolecular and nanoparticulate species, therefore ensuring stability to colloids on the one hand, and the construction of composite materials and hybrid systems with robust and durable interfaces/interphases, on the other hand.

TL;DR: The synthesis and attachment of novel functionalization schemes whose design is meant to affect controllable aggregation are highlighted and the primary methods for measuring the kinetics of particle aggregation are discussed.

TL;DR: Some practicalities and advantages of working with Caenorhabditis elegans are described that will be of interest for chemists and materials scientists who would like to enter the "worm" community, anticipates some drawbacks, and offers relevant examples of nanoparticle assessment by using C. elegans.

TL;DR: An overview of recent advances in the understanding of foam structure and energy and their dependence on liquid volume fraction is presented and liquid foams in equilibrium for which the relevant energy is surface energy are considered.

TL;DR: This paper reviews recent developments in the formation of polyelectrolyte oil-core nanocarriers by subsequent multilayer adsorption at micellar structures, their imaging, physical state and stability, drug encapsulation and applications, in vitro release profiles and in vitro biological evaluation.

TL;DR: This paper reviews the drying progress and deposition formation from the evaporative sessile droplets with the suspended insoluble solutes, especially nanoparticles, and expresses abundant experimental interventions, various types of deposits, and the effects on nanoparticle deposition.

TL;DR: The coagulation mechanism of inorganic coagulants can be understood better with the hydroxyl clusters being tailor-made with the special stability of aluminum clusters compared with the traditional salts.

TL;DR: An evaluation of the causes of early superhydrophobicity loss under operative conditions clearly indicates that a SH surface cannot preserve this feature by itself alone, so it is considered to highlight the behaviour of SH surfaces in seawater in relation to early stages of biocolonization.

TL;DR: The present review has emphasized the need of complying scattered as well as limited literature on this front, and has focused on creating the urgency to highlight the importance of judicious uses of these materials with minimum safety factors with an aim to achieving lighter weight in enhancing specific properties.

TL;DR: This paper reviews the current understanding of bitumen's surface microstructures characterized by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and critical technical challenges associated with AFM characterization ofbitumen surface structures are discussed, with possible solutions recommended.