COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING COLLOID PHASES

• Main Authors: BLANKSCHTEIN, EDMUNDO, DANIEL, ZARZAR, LAUREN, DELL, SLETTEN, ELLEN, SWAGER, TIMOTHY, M, KALOW, JULIA, ANN, SRESHT, VISHNU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.05.2016
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention generally relates to colloids and methods for changing the arrangement of droplet phases. In some embodiments, the colloids and methods comprise a plurality of droplets comprising two or more components, such that the two or more components can change arrangement of the components in the presence of an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the change in component arrangement is reversible. In certain embodiments, the change in component arrangement forms Janus droplets. La présente invention concerne en général les colloïdes et des procédés permettant de modifier l'agencement des phases sous forme de gouttelettes. Selon certains modes de réalisation, les colloïdes et les procédés comprennent une pluralité de gouttelettes comprenant deux ou plusieurs composants, de telle sorte que les deux ou plusieurs composants peuvent modifier l'agencement des composants en la présence d'un stimulus externe. Selon certains modes de réalisation, la modification de l'agencement des composants est réversible. Selon certains modes de réalisation, la modification de l'agencement des composants forme des gouttelettes de type Janus.