Jamming of Solid-Stabilized Emulsions

Emulsions -- metastable suspensions of droplets of one fluid dispersed within another -- can be concentrated over a wide range of volume fractions, due to droplet deformability. Here, we study the rheological properties of solid-stabilized (versus surfactant-stabilized) emulsions over a range of volume fractions. These experiments allow us to explore the role of interfacial effects in determining bulk mechanical behavior, potentially yielding further insight into the elasticity of jammed emulsions.