Electron microscopy imaging of hydrophobically modified chitosan biopolymer connecting halloysite nanotubes at the oil-water interface for synthetic emulsion stabilization

The dataset shows electron microscopy imaging of hydrophobically modified chitosan (HMC) biopolymer connecting halloysite nanotubes (HNT) at the oil-water interface and optical micrographs of the emulsions. The dataset includes the image files presenting the nanotubular morphology and elemental composition of the HNT, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of native chitosan and HMC, optical microscopy images of dodecane-in-water emulsions, zeta potential of HMC solutions and dodecane-in-water emulsions, Cryogenic Scanning Electron Microscopy (Cryo-SEM) images of dodecane-in-water emulsions, photographs showing colloidal stability of HNT as a function of HMC concentration, SEM of native HNT and HNT with adsorbed HMC, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of native HNT and Span 80 loaded HNT as well as dynamic interfacial tension measurements for dodecane–water interface laden with HMC, HMC/HNT, and HMC/Span 80 loaded HNT.