US 12,351,712 B2
Bijels and methods of making the same
Martin F Haase, Philadelphia, PA (US); Daeyeon Lee, Wynnewood, PA (US); and Kathleen J Stebe, Penn Valley, PA (US)
Assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,500.
Application 17/534,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/579,086, granted, now 11,220,597, previously published as PCT/US2016/035031, filed on May 31, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/169,295, filed on Jun. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195171 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08L 35/02 (2006.01); A23P 30/00 (2016.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/04 (2006.01); A61K 8/25 (2006.01); A61K 8/37 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61L 27/02 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/00 (2006.01); B01J 14/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); C08F 2/22 (2006.01); C08F 2/44 (2006.01); C08F 2/50 (2006.01); C08F 8/12 (2006.01); C08F 8/44 (2006.01); C08F 120/18 (2006.01); C08F 122/10 (2006.01); C08J 5/18 (2006.01); C08L 33/08 (2006.01)
CPC C08L 35/02 (2013.01) [A23P 30/00 (2016.08); A61K 8/25 (2013.01); A61K 8/37 (2013.01); A61K 8/8152 (2013.01); A61L 27/025 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); B01D 39/00 (2013.01); B01J 14/00 (2013.01); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); C08F 2/22 (2013.01); C08F 2/44 (2013.01); C08F 2/50 (2013.01); C08F 8/12 (2013.01); C08F 8/44 (2013.01); C08F 120/18 (2013.01); C08F 122/1006 (2020.02); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08L 33/08 (2013.01); A61K 8/0241 (2013.01); A61K 8/027 (2013.01); A61K 8/04 (2013.01); A61K 2800/413 (2013.01); A61K 2800/612 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0258 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00844 (2013.01); C08J 2333/08 (2013.01); C08J 2335/02 (2013.01); C08L 2201/54 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01); C08L 2203/12 (2013.01); C08L 2203/16 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion that is a bijel having temperature-independent stability, the bijel made according to:
dispersing surface-active nanoparticles into a monophasic ternary liquid mixture to give rise to a loaded mixture, a surface-active nanoparticle having a water-soluble ionic surfactant associated thereon,
wherein the monophasic ternary liquid mixture comprises a hydrophilic liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a solvent,
wherein the hydrophilic liquid comprises (i) a liquid that comprises at least one of water, ethylene glycol, and ethane diol, (ii) a polymerizable monomer, or (iii) a combination of the liquid and the polymerizable monomer,
wherein the hydrophobic liquid comprises (i) a liquid that comprises at least one of diethyl phthalate, dimethylphthalate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 1,6-diacetoxyhexane, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate, triacetin, toluene, chloroform, laurylacrylate, butylacrylate, decanol, styrene, and oleic acid, (ii) a polymerizable monomer, or (iii) a combination of the liquid and the polymerizable monomer,
wherein the solvent comprises at least one of ethanol, acetic acid, methanol, propanol, tetrahydrofuran, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), or acetone, and
wherein the surface-active nanoparticles are equally wettable by both the hydrophilic liquid and the hydrophobic liquid; and
contacting the loaded mixture with water so as to initiate phase separation through spinodal decomposition and induce mass transfer of the solvent and give rise to the bijel.