10.26180/5b5e87811dfe3
Tanesh Dinesh Gamot
Tanesh Dinesh
Gamot
Exploring Surfactant-like Properties of Graphene Oxide for Thermal Engineering of the Emulsions
Monash University
2018
Graphene oxide
Emulsion
High internal phase emulsions
Water-in-oil
Thermal conductivity
Thermodynamics
2018-07-30 03:35:27
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Exploring_Surfactant-like_Properties_of_Graphene_Oxide_for_Thermal_Engineering_of_the_Emulsions/6875636
This thesis examines the use of two-dimensional nano sized
additives like Graphene oxide as an additive to increase the stability and
thermal conductivity of the high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion (HIPE).
Graphene oxide along with the traditional emulsifier enhances the stability,
rheology and most importantly, thermal conductivity by the virtue of its
surfactant property and high thermal conductivity. The amine-functionalisation
of Graphene oxide (fGO) renders it an ability to thermally percolate in HIPE.
The significance of the thesis is that with current strategy thermal transport
in a two-phase system can be achieved at an ultra-low volume fraction of
additives.