Alginate microgels are widely used as delivery systems in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries for encapsulation and sustained release of hydrophilic compounds and cells. However, the encapsulation of lipophilic molecules inside these microgels remains a great challenge because of the complex oil-core matrix required. The present study describes an original two-step approach allowing ...

The effects of water/oil volume ratio, type and concentration of demulsifier, water salinity and mixing speed on the average water droplets size in water-oil emulsion are evaluated at different times through NMR measurements.The type and concentration of demulsifier have the greatest effects on the average droplet size with 38% and 31.5%, respectively. The water/oil volume ratio, water salinity...

We report on the use of (kraft and soda) lignins as polymeric amphiphiles for the stabilization of emulsions. Lignins’ phase behavior in oil/water systems is presented and explained in terms of their molecular affinities. Emulsions with various oils (including crude oils) were formulated and their properties were rationalized in terms of lignin surface activity as a function of pH and salinity....

Guinea pigs, each with an established syngeneic dermal line 10 tumor and microscopic lymph node metastases, were immunized by injection of a mixture of irradiated line 10 tumor cells and an oil-in-water emulsion containing heat-killed cells of Mycobacterium bovis strain Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. Squalane or squalene-in-water emulsions, prepared by ultrasonication and containing mg doses of myco...

The possibility of stabilizing emulsions of water and non-polar alkane with pure, coloured organic pigment particles is explored. Seven pigment types each possessing a primary colour of the rainbow were selected. Their solubility in water or heptane was determined using a spectrophotometric method and their surface energies were derived from the contact angles of probe liquids on compressed dis...

A superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic surface is fabricated by simply coating silica nanospheres onto a glass fiber membrane through a sol-gel process. Such membrane has a complex framework with micro and nano structures covering and presents a high efficiency (more than 98%) of oil-in-water emulsion separation under harsh environments including strong acidic and concentrated salty ...

This study investigated the preparation of stable conventional heavy crude oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions by mechanical homogenization with addition a non-ionic surfactant, Tween-20. A four-factor, five-level central composite design was carried out to investigate effects four independent variables, including mixing intensity (4,000–10,000 rpm), duration (5–45 min), water salinity (0–40 g/L), and...

Surface-active compounds of biological origin are widely used for many industries (cosmetic, food, petrochemical). The Saccharomyces lipolytica CCT-0913 was able to grow and produce a biosurfactant on 5% (v/v) diesel-oil at pH 5.0 and 32C. The cell-free broth emulsified and stabilized the oil-in-water emulsion through a first order kinetics. The results showed that the initial pH value and temp...

beverage emulsions are systems that are composed of two liquids including oil and water which are prepared by homogenizing oil phase in an acidic aqueous phase. they must be stable in both concentrated and diluted form for a period of 6-12 months upon standing at room temperature. two immiscible phases contained systems are thermodynamically unsta-ble. in other words, they are vulnerable to bre...

Sucrose oleate was assessed as an alternative lipophilic emulsifier to polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) for the stabilisation of internal aqueous phase a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion formulation designed salt release from during oral processing. A water-in-oil (30 g water/100 oil), containing internalised solution (1.5 salt/100 g), successfully incorporated droplets into external (0.5 g) w...