This study evaluated the potential of poly(iso-butyl cyanoacrylate) (PBCA) nanocapsules dispersed in a biocompatible microemulsion to facilitate the absorption of insulin following intragastric administration to diabetic rats. Insulin-loaded PBCA nanocapsules were prepared in-situ in a biocompatible water-in-oil microemulsion by interfacial polymerisation. The microemulsion consisted of a mixtu...

The objective of this study was to develop an oral microemulsion formulation of the antitumor diterpenoid agent, ent-11α-hydroxy-15-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oic-acid (henceforth referred to as 5F), to enhance its bioavailability and evaluate its hepatotoxicity. Pseudoternary phase diagrams showed that the optimal microemulsion formulation contained 45% water, 10% castor oil as the oil phase, 15% Cremo...

Nanoparticles of silver halides are widely used to study the quantum confinement effects in indirect band gap semiconductors [1]. These particles are typically prepared by carrying out a precipitation reaction in the water pools of w/o microemulsions, or reverse micelles, by mixing two identical microemulsions containing aqueous solutions of AgNO3 and KBr, or other halides [2]. The mixing of tw...

In the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction carried out in a reverse microemulsion with Aerosol OT as surfactant, the existence of two different sizes of droplets containing the BZ reactants leads to the emergence of segmented (dashed) waves. This bimodal distribution of sizes is stabilized by adding small amounts of the homopolymer poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). Addition of PEO lengthens the period...

High surface area alumina-supported cobalt oxides and carbides were synthesized using a one-pot reverse microemulsion method (followed by carburization for carbides). Two synthesis variations gave fine powders having specific areas ranging from 178−272 m2/g, consisting of oxide or carbide nanoparticles (5−10 nm) dispersed on γ-alumina (10−13 wt% loadings). The resulted materials tested CO2 hydr...

In this paper we investigate the receipt of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles in the microemulsion system stabilized by nonionic surfactants, and the effect of the volume of microemulsion droplets and supersaturation on the size of the particles formed CdS. The photoluminescence spectrum microemulsion system containing nanoparticles of CdS, is shifted to shorter wavelengths of the spectrum and the ...

The finite-wavelength instability gives rise to a new type of wave in reaction-diffusion systems: packet waves, which propagate only within a wave packet, are found in experiments on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction dispersed in water-in-oil AOT microemulsion (BZ-AOT) as well as in model simulations. Inwardly moving packet waves with negative curvature occur in experiments and in a model of th...

The purpose of this study was to develop a docetaxel microemulsion containing an anti-tumor synergistic ingredient (Brucea javanica oil) and to investigate the characteristics of the microemulsion. Brucea javanica oil contains oleic acid and linoleic acids that have been shown by animal and human studies to inhibit tumor formation. The microemulsion containing Brucea javanica oil, medium-chain ...

The objective of the present study was to design and develop a microemulsion based transungual drug delivery formulation of ciclopirox olamine using colloidal carrier for treatment of onychomycosis. Capmul PG8 was selected as oil phase due to the high solubility of ciclopirox in it as compared to other oils and Cremophor EL and Transcutol P were used as surfactant and cosurfactant respectively....