Issue 29, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Microencapsulation using an oil-in-water-in-air ‘dry water emulsion’†

Benjamin O. Carter,a   Jonathan V. M. Weaver,b   Weixing Wang,ac   David G. Spiller,d   Dave J. Adams*a  and  Andrew I. Cooper*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK
E-mail: d.j.adams@liverpool.ac.uk, aicooper@liv.ac.uk

b Departments of Materials and Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London, UK

c School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

d Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK

Abstract

We describe the first example of a tri-phasic oil-in-water-in-air ‘dry water emulsion’. The method combines highly stable oil-in-water emulsions prepared using branched copolymer surfactants, with aqueous droplet encapsulation using ‘dry water’ technology.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12698A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 May 2011
Accepted
10 Jun 2011
First published
27 Jun 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8253-8255

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Microencapsulation using an oil-in-water-in-air ‘dry water emulsion’

B. O. Carter, J. V. M. Weaver, W. Wang, D. G. Spiller, D. J. Adams and A. I. Cooper, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8253 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12698A

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