Abstract
Perfluorocarbon (PFC) nanoemulsions have great potential in biomedical applications due to their unique chemical stability, biocompatibility, and possibilities for enhanced oxygen supply. The addition of amphiphilic block copolymers promotes the formation and long-term stability of emulsion-based gels. In this work, we report the systematic study of the impact of adding amphiphilic triblock copolymers to water-in-perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions on their structure and viscoelasticity, utilizing small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS) and rheology. We find that an intermediate concentration of copolymer yields the highest strength of attraction between droplets, corresponding to a maximum in the elasticity and storage modulus. The stability and viscoelastic moduli can be tuned via the amount of copolymer and surfactant along with the volume fraction of aqueous phase. SANS provides the detail on nanostructure and can be fit to a spherical core-shell form factor with a square-well hard sphere structure factor. The PFC nanoemulsion system displays thermoresponsive and thermoreversible properties in temperature sweeps.
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