Encapsulates
AssigneeProcter & Gamble International Operations SA
InventorsJohan Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Albert Gasull Morales, Jennifer Efua Kwansima Quansah
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Abstract
The present application relates processes that can be used to produce encapsulated benefit agents comprising a core and a shell that encapsulates said core, encapsulated benefit agents produced by such process and products comprising such encapsulated benefit agents as well as methods of making and using such products. Such process can be used to produce particles that offer the desired protection and release benefits when used in a varity of products.
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A population of encapsulated benefit agents having a population diameter coefficient of variation from about 6% to about 50%, said population of encapsulated benefit agents comprising encapsulated benefit agents having a mean diameter of from about 3 micrometers to about 300 micrometers, said encapsulated benefit agent comprising a core and a shell that encapsulates said core, said shell comprising a polymer, said shell having a thickness of from about 0.5 micrometers to about 15 micrometers and a shell thickness coefficient of variation from about 2% to about 30%.
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