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Rheological properties of rotator and crystalline phases of alkanes
Diana Cholakova, Krastina Tsvetkova, Slavka Tcholakova +1
Linear long-chain organic molecules are known to form lamellar intermediate phases (called also rotator phases) between their fully ordered crystalline phases and their isotropic l…
Rechargeable self-assembled droplet microswimmers driven by surface phase transitions
Diana Cholakova, Maciej Lisicki, Stoyan K. Smoukov +6
The design of artificial microswimmers is often inspired by the strategies of natural microorganisms. Many of these creatures exploit the fact that elasticity breaks the time-rever…
Rotator phases in hexadecane emulsion drops revealed by X-ray synchrotron techniques
Diana Cholakova, Desislava Glushkova, Zhulieta Valkova +4
Micrometer sized alkane-in-water emulsion drops, stabilized by appropriate long-chain surfactants, spontaneously break symmetry upon cooling and transform consecutively into series…
Comment on "Faceting and Flattening of Emulsion Droplets: A Mechanical Model"
Pierre A. Haas, Raymond E. Goldstein, Diana Cholakova +2
García-Aguilar et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett 126, 038001 (2021)] have shown that the deformations of "shape-shifting droplets" are consistent with an elastic model, that, unlike previous…
Cold-burst method for nanoparticle formation with natural triglyceride oils
Diana Cholakova, Desislava Glushkova, Slavka Tcholakova +1
Preparation of nanoemulsions of triglyceride oils in water usually requires high mechanical energy and sophisticated equipment. Recently, we showed that alpha-to-beta (viz. gel-to-…