Emulsion Science and Technology

EMULSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION Introduction Industrial Applications of Emulsions The Physical Chemistry of Emulsion Systems The Thermodynamics of Emulsion Formation and Breakdown Interaction Energies (Forces) Between Emulsion Droplets and Their Combinations Adsorption of Surfactants at the Liquid/Liquid Interface Selection of Emulsifiers Creaming or Sedimentation of Emulsions Flocculation of Emulsions Ostwald Ripening Emulsion Coalescence Rheology of Emulsions STABILIZATION OF EMULSIONS, NANOEMULSIONS AND MULTIPLE EMULSIONS USING HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED INULIN (POLYFRUCTOSE) Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion INTERACTION FORCES IN EMULSION FILMS STABILIZED WITH HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED INULIN (POLYFRUCTOSE) AND CORRELATION WITH EMULSION Introduction Materials and Methods Results and Discussion ENHANCEMENT OF STABILIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF PERSONAL CARE FORMULATIONS USING POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion EFFECT OF AN EXTERNAL FORCE FIELD ON SELF-ORDERING OF THREE-PHASE CELLULAR FLUIDS IN TWO DIMENSIONS Introduction The Model Results and Discussion THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF COSMETIC EMULSIONS: APPLICATIONS TO FACE MAKE-UP FOUNDATIONS Introduction Materials and Methods Experimental Results and Discussion NANOPARTICLE PREPARATION BY MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PRODUCING MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS USING STRAIGHT-THROUGH MICROCHANNEL ARRAY DEVICES Introduction Principles of Microchannel Emulsification Straight-Through MC Array Device and Emulsification Set-Up Effect of Channel Shapes on Emulsification Using Symmetric Straight-Through MC Arrays Effect of Process Factors on Emulsification Using Symmetric Straight-Through MC Arrays Scaling-Up of Straight-Through MC Array Devices Emulsification Using an Asymmetric Straight-Through MC Array ISOTROPIC AND ANISOTROPIC METAL NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY INVERSE MICROEMULSIONS Introduction General Aspects of Microemulsions Isotropic Nanoparticles Anisotropic Nanoparticles PREPARATION OF NANOEMULSIONS BY SPONTANEOUS EMULSIFICATION AND STABILIZATION WITH POLY(CAPROLACTONE)-b-POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) BLOCK COPOLYMERS Introduction Materials and Methods Results and Discussion ROUTES TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF WATERBORNE ACRYLIC/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion PREPARATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GIANT VESICLES WITH CONTROLLED SIZE AND HIGH ENTRAPMENT EFFICIENCY USING MONODISPERSE WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS Introduction Materials and Methods Results and Discussion ON THE PREPARATION OF POLYMER LATEXES (CO)STABILIZED BY CLAYS Introduction Cloisite Clays and Organoclays Radical Polymerization Collective Properties of Polymer/MMT Nanocomposites Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites General