#6929. Roles of aqueous additives in the mass transfer process of water molecules in water/oil/water double emulsion droplets

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Abstract:
Finding suitable aqueous additives to inhibit the mass transfer of water molecules in double emulsion droplets is beneficial for improving the surface quality of polymer shells. In this work, fluorobenzene/aqueous systems with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) molecules and electrolyte ions were constructed by molecular dynamics simulation, which are typical water/oil (W/O) systems in actual fabrication processes of polymer shells. The interfacial mass transfer coefficients and equilibrium water solubility in fluorobenzene of various W/O systems were calculated by fitting the dissolution curves with a classical mass transfer model. The effects of polyvinyl alcohol additives on the diffusion process of water molecules at the fluorobenzene/water interface were investigated from the perspectives of thermodynamics and microscopic interface morphology. Furthermore, to avoid the inner surface defects of polymer shells caused by electrolyte ions osmosis, 1,3-butanediol molecules were proposed to replace ions as aqueous solutes, which also inhibited the diffusion of water molecules to fluorobenzene membrane.
Keywords:
Aqueous interface; Double emulsion droplets; Interfacial mass transfer resistance

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