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Simple shaking yields bicontinuity

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A macroscopically homogeneous emulsion with bicontinuous microstructure is created by simple shaking of a mixture containing polymers, nanoparticles and two immiscible fluids.

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Figure 1: Bicontinuous emulsion stabilized by nanoparticles and polymers.
Figure 2: Characteristics of bijels5,6.

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Mohraz, A. Simple shaking yields bicontinuity. Nature Nanotech 12, 1021–1022 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.201

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