title: Diverse morphologies in thin-film bijels by varying film thickness and composition.
abstract: Thin-film bijels have many potential energy and environmental applications. In this work, the metastable bijel morphology space in thin-film confinement is explored with a Cahn-Hilliard/Brownian-Dynamics computational model. The key parameters varied are the bijel liquid phase blend ratio and the bijel film thickness. Simulations reveal a broad spectrum of structurally unique morphologies that have yet to be observed in experiments and which could have interesting applications in membrane science and other domains. Extensive analyses of surface-to-volume ratios, interfacial particle attachment statistics, and topological interfacial curvatures within the bijels are presented for a complete characterization of the morphological structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. pmillett@uark.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carmack
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Millett