title: Bijels stabilized using rod-like particles.
abstract: Bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels, in short 'bijels', rely on a trapped layer of colloidal particles for their stability. These structures have traditionally been created using spherical colloidal particles. Here we show for the first time the use of rod-shape particles to stabilize bijels. We show that domain size decreases more rapidly with particle concentration in the case of rods compared to spheres. Large-scale analysis and detailed examination of images show that the packing fraction of rods is much higher than expected, in part, due to the role of 'flippers'.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK. paul.clegg@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Niek
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hijnen
authors.forename: Dongyu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Clegg