Dataset for: Synergistic Formation and Stabilization of Oil-in-Water Emulsions by a Weakly-Interacting Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant and Silica Nanoparticles

Oil-in-water emulsions were formed and stabilized at low amphiphile concentrations by combining hydrophilic nanoparticles (NPs) (i.e., bare colloidal silica) with a weakly interacting zwitterionic surfactant, caprylamidopropyl betaine (CAPB), to generate a high hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. This dataset reports results from static light scattering (SLS) used to determine droplet size distribution for dodecane-in-deionized water and dodecane-in-synthetic sea water emulsions. SLS data are presented immediately after emulsions were prepared and after 1 and 24 hours after prepration for both treatments. Viscosity of dodecane-in-deionized water and dodecane-in-synthetic sea water emulsions are included. Viscosity of the aqueous phase in the absence of oil was measured using a AR-G2 rhometer for a shear rate from 0.01 to 1000 s^-1. Data used to calculate the emulsion formulation using the DLVO theory are provided. These data were used in the publication Worthen, A. J., et al. (2014) Synergistic Formation and Stabilization of Oil-in-Water Emulsions by a Weakly Interacting Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant and Silica Nanoparticles. Langmuir, 30(4), 984–994. doi:10.1021/la404132p.