固体粒子で覆った油滴は硬い?軟らかい?Are oil droplets covered with solid particles hard? Soft?

本研究は、イオン濃度を用いれば水と油の界面の硬さだけではなく、油滴の合一のしやすさも制御できることを示しており、油滴の安定性増加、あるいは不安定性の増加を意図的に行う手法の開発につながると期待されます。This study shows that not only the hardness of the water-oil interface but also the ease of coalescence of oil droplets can be controlled by using ion concentration, which is expected to lead to the development of methods to intentionally increase the stability or instability of oil droplets.