The present invention relates to a broad-spectrum biocidal composition, with fungicidal and bactericidal activity, containing metal or metal oxide nanoparticles, polymeric thickeners, plant extracts, surfactants, and additives in an aqueous solvent, as well as the method for in situ production of said metal nanoparticles under controlled operating conditions: concentration, volumetric ratio, time, agitation, temperature, and pH, using plant extracts as reducing agents.

Disclosed is a reaction device, comprising: a reactor body (100) and a supply device (200), wherein the reactor body (100) has a first end (106) and a second end (107) and is used for accommodating a reaction liquid, with a first injection port (101) being provided between the first end (106) and the second end (107), and a discharge port (109) being provided at the second end (107); and the supply device (200) is in communication with the first injection port (101) to inject a continuous phase, wherein the continuous phase directionally flows in the reactor body (100) to form or maintain a parameter gradient in the reactor body (100). By means of injecting the continuous phase into the first injection port (101) on the reactor body (100), the solution presents a certain parameter gradient on two sides of the first injection port (101) in the reactor body (100).

A first aspect of the invention refers to a method for producing a hydrogel microsphere, the method comprising the steps of: a. generating by means of a capillary a droplet of controlled size of a first fluid in a gaseous phase, b. dispensing said droplet of a first fluid into a recipient comprising a second fluid, wherein the first fluid is immiscible with the second fluid and wherein the density of the second fluid is lower than the density of the first fluid, c. contacting the droplet of the first fluid with the second fluid, thereby producing a hydrogel microsphere, d. recovering the hydrogel microsphere from the second fluid for storage. A second aspect of the nvention is directed to a hydrogel microsphere obtainable by the method according to the first aspect of the invention. A further aspect of the invention refers to a system for producing a hydrogel microsphere according to any of the second and third aspect.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a double-layer seamless soft capsule having a water-soluble composition as its fill, and by preparing a capsule shell from an ultraviolet-curing resin composition, a double-layer seamless capsule is made which consists of a capsule shell and a water-soluble composition as a fill and where volatility of the fill due to permeation through the shell is low.

The disclosure relates to a composition comprising amphiphilic Janus particles and a waterborne binder, wherein the particles are self-stratified, and methods of making and using the same. The disclosure also relates to the synthesis of amphiphilic Janus particles.

An apparatus, methods, and systems for forming microspheres comprises a furnace and an ultrasonic nozzle. The furnace has a channel and is operable to generate heat in the channel. The ultrasonic nozzle is configured to receive precursor solution and spray precursor droplets into the channel so that the heat in the channel causes the precursor droplets to form the microspheres.

An apparatus, methods, and systems for forming microspheres comprises a furnace and an ultrasonic nozzle. The furnace has a channel and is operable to generate heat in the channel. The ultrasonic nozzle is configured to receive precursor solution and spray precursor droplets into the channel so that the heat in the channel causes the precursor droplets to form the microspheres.

The present invention provides a method for producing lipid particles that have a desired particle diameter, the method comprising: (A) a step for preparing, in a first mixing region, a primary dilution by mixing a first solution containing a lipid and an alcohol with a second solution containing water; (B) a step for feeding the primary dilution from the first mixing region to a second mixing region through a liquid feed pipe within a prescribed time; and (C) a step for preparing a secondary dilution by mixing the primary dilution with a third solution containing water in the second mixing region, wherein the steps (A)-(C) are continuously carried out, and the particle diameter of the lipid particles is controlled by adjusting at least one condition selected from the group consisting of the concentration of the alcohol and the concentration of the lipid in the primary dilution, the prescribed time, and the temperature during mixing.

This invention refers to a paint composition with prolonged release biocides to repel, reduce, and control insects, characterized by: a) A cbp vehicle, preferably a water-based acrylic vinyl paint; b) At least one pyrethroid biocide or its mixture, selected from: b1) microencapsulated deltamethrin as an active ingredient; b2) microencapsulated cypermethrin as an active ingredient; Where said pyrethroid biocides are activated or catalyzed through (PBO) piperonyl butoxide, and Wherein said microcapsules of the active ingredients are obtained through a microencapsulation process by interfacial polymerization, and/or a microencapsulation by ionic gelation process, for a prolonged release with regards to the biocidal active ingredients' interval.

A method for producing a quantum dot including crystalline nanoparticle fluorescent material, wherein, using a first precursor solution and a second precursor solution containing different elements each other, the second precursor solution is sprayed as an aerosol on the heated first precursor solution, or both the first precursor solution and the second precursor solution are sprayed on a heated solvent as aerosols, and the first precursor solution and the second precursor solution are reacted with each other to synthesize a core particle containing the different elements. The method for producing quantum dots, can suppress the non-uniformity of the particle size of the quantum dots and accompany increase in the distribution of emission wavelengths in large scale synthesis.