Figure 2: Characterization of Cu3(BTC)2-stabilized HIPEs.

(a-c) Photographs of the emulsions stabilized by Cu3(BTC)2 with the initial diethyl ether volume fractions of 0.57, 0.43 and 0.29, respectively. (d-f) The corresponding CLSM images of the above HIPEs (HIPE-1, HIPE-2 and HIPE-3, respectively). Scale bars, 20 μm.