Synthetic parabens and formaldehyde releasers are falling out of favor, but keeping creams safe from microbes remains a challenge. The global shift toward "clean-label" cosmetics has left formulators ...

Polymer colloids, soft matter, stimuli-responsive polymers, emulsion polymerization and water-based polymer coatings, inks and adhesives. Photoresist polymers for nanolithography, nanofluidic devices ...

The objective of this project is to design and fabricate a novel kind of nanocomposite materials, nanowire-colloidal composite particles, using self-assembly and emulsion polymerization. The ...

Control of the zeta potential and size enables control of the characteristics of colloidal particles In production a high zeta potential prevents aggregation of the emulsion, increases stability to ...

The study, published in the journal Food Hydrocolloids, suggests that using a mixture of commonly available emulsifying proteins and solid particles could lead to more stable emulsions and foams. The ...

Self-organization of soft-matter components can create complex and beautiful structures. But the intricate structures created by adding a second stage of organization could reveal more than just a ...

The use of emulsion layering of emulsion surfaces could offer industry with a new approach to focused release of food compounds, such as functional bioactives or flavours, according to new research.

Poor organization makes it hard for readers to find the helpful information in a recent book. The field of colloids, or pseudosolutions, has advanced to the point that a volume dedicated to the ...

The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world's most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine, and is the oldest scientific academy in ...

What I do: "I am a polymer chemist by training (Bayreuth, Germany), but also spent some time in applied physics (Aalto, Finland). The experience from both disciplines taught me the value of ...