Issue 3, 2012

Surface-active solid lipidnanoparticles as Pickering stabilizers for oil-in-water emulsions

Abstract

Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions solely stabilized by surface-active solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) were developed. The SLNs were generated by quench-cooling hot O/W nanoemulsions consisting of 7.5% glyceryl stearyl citrate (GSC) dispersed in water. Their initial volume-weighted mean particle diameter (∼152 nm) and zeta potential (ca. −49 mV) remained unchanged for 24 weeks. O/W emulsions (oil phase volume fraction: 0.2) containing 7.5% (w/w) GSC SLNs in the aqueous phase were kinetically-stable for 12 weeks and did not visually phase-separate over 24 weeks. The O/W emulsions generated with solid-state GSC SLNs had a volume-weighted mean oil droplet diameter of ∼459 nm and a zeta potential of ca. −43 mV. Emulsion microstructure evaluated with TEM revealed dispersed oil droplets sparsely covered with adsorbed Pickering-type SLNs as well aggregated SLNs present in the continuous phase. Gradual emulsion destabilization resulted from GSC SLN dissolution during the experimental timeframe. Overall, surface-active SLNs developed via nanoemulsions effectively kinetically stabilized O/W emulsions.

Graphical abstract: Surface-active solid lipid nanoparticles as Pickering stabilizers for oil-in-water emulsions

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Sep 2011
Accepted
14 Dec 2011
First published
12 Jan 2012

Food Funct., 2012,3, 302-311

Surface-active solid lipid nanoparticles as Pickering stabilizers for oil-in-water emulsions

R. Gupta and D. Rousseau, Food Funct., 2012, 3, 302 DOI: 10.1039/C2FO10203J

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