Temperature sensitive water-in-water emulsions

Pavlovic, M., Plucinski, A., Zeininger, L. and Schmidt, B. V.K.J. (2020) Temperature sensitive water-in-water emulsions. Chemical Communications, 56(50), pp. 6814-6817. (doi: 10.1039/D0CC02171G) (PMID:32432264)

Abstract

A novel approach for a temperature-sensitive stabilization of water-in-water (W/W) emulsions is described. Specifically, we leveraged the thermal induced conformation change of tailored thermoresponsive block copolymers to reversibly stabilize and destabilize water–water interfaces. In addition, we investigated our approach to reversibly tune the reaction kinetics of enzymes compartmentalized within aqueous two-phase systems.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: MP acknowledges financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (project no: P2GEP2_181528). LZ is grateful for financial support through the Emmy-Noether program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (grant no: ZE1121-3). BS and AP acknowledge funding from the DFG (grant no: SCHM 3282/3-1).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Plucinski, Alexander and Schmidt, Dr Bernhard
• Authors: Pavlovic, M., Plucinski, A., Zeininger, L., and Schmidt, B. V.K.J.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
• Journal Name: Chemical Communications
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• ISSN: 1359-7345
• ISSN (Online): 1364-548X
• Published Online: 20 May 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
• First Published: First published in Chemical Communications 56(50): 6814-6817
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license