Dispersion and Stabilisation of Nanoparticles in Liquids

Applications and Scope

This course consists of different sessions covering various processes involved in the Dispersion and Stabilisation of Nanoparticles in Liquids.

• Incorporation
• Break up
• Stabilisation

The course will include:

• Different process devices, mechanisms and kinetics of break up and drawdown which are crucially important in process design.
• Different stabilisation methods depending on the system (for example, by controlling the surface charge properties of the particles or by an entropic method arising from the adsorption of polymeric materials onto the particle surfaces).
• The molecular architecture of stabilising polymers specifically designed according to the chemistry of the particle surface and continuous phase.

BHR Group's Work in Dispersion and Stabilisation of Nanoparticles in Liquids

BHR Group has led collaborative research projects in the mechanisms for break-up and drawdown, and the use of a variety of equipment in nanoparticle dispersion and stabilisation for a number of years.  BHR Group managed the PROFORM consortium project under the EC FP6 programme, and work continues with the DOMINO consortium - an industrially-led collaborative research programme.  For more information about BHR Group's services in research or consultancy, please see our web pages on Nanoparticle Dispersion.