Encapsulation and Enhanced Retention of Fragrance in Polymer Microcapsules

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• 作者：Hyomin Lee ; Chang-Hyung Choi ; Alireza Abbaspourrad ; Chris Wesner ; Marco Caggioni ; Taotao Zhu ; David A. Weitz
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：6
• 页码：4007-4013
• 全文大小：400K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Fragrances are amphiphilic and highly volatile, all of which makes them a challenging cargo to efficiently encapsulate and retain in microcapsules using traditional approaches. We address these limitations by introducing a new strategy that combines bulk and microfluidic emulsification: a stable fragrance-in-water (F/W) emulsion that is primarily prepared from bulk emulsification is incorporated within a polymer microcapsule via microfluidic emulsification. On the basis of the in-depth study of physicochemical properties of the microcapsules on fragrance leakage, we demonstrate that enhanced retention of fragrance can be achieved by using a polar polymeric shell and forming a hydrogel network within the microcapsule. We further extend the utility of these microcapsules by demonstrating the enhanced retention of encapsulated fragrance in powder state.