Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Efficient self-emulsification via cooling-heating cycles

  • Slavka Tcholakova,
  • Zhulieta Valkova,
  • Diana Cholakova,
  • Zahari Vinarov,
  • Ivan Lesov,
  • Nikolai Denkov,
  • Stoyan K. Smoukov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Emulsions are mixtures of liquids which have applications to pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food components. Here Tcholakovaet al. have developed a low-energy emulsification method which requires a low amount of surfactant, works for temperature-sensitive compounds and has potential for scale-up.