A method of manufacturing an electrowetting element. A first fluid is dispensed. A second fluid immiscible with the first fluid is dispensed. A fluid coating around the first fluid and the second fluid is dispensed. The fluid coating is hardened to form a capsule containing the first and the second fluid.

Described herein is solid scent booster composition including: solid carrier, granulated powder including particles made of: a) a water soluble polymer matrix, b) an oil phase including a perfume dispersed in the polymer matrix, the oil being at least partly encapsulated in microcapsules, wherein granulated powder includes up to 30% by weight of encapsulated oil based on the total weight of the powder.

A method for producing microcapsules is provided. The method includes providing a core liquid comprising one or more oils and one or more surfactants and a shell liquid comprising water, one or more surfactants and at least one wall forming material. The method further includes forming a plurality of liquid droplets within a gas, wherein each of the plurality of liquid droplets has a core formed from the core liquid and a shell surrounding the core formed from the shell liquid, wherein the core liquid and shell liquid have a dynamic spreading coefficient greater than zero at 0.03 seconds. At least some of the water is evaporated within a drying chamber to form microcapsules.

Hollow structure particles which contain titanium oxide and silica, in which the crystal type of the titanium oxide is rutile type; a method for producing the hollow structure particles; a white ink which contains these hollow structure particles as a coloring agent; use of the white ink in inkjet recording; and an inkjet recording method which uses the white ink.

Comestible products, for example beverage products, are disclosed containing encapsulated probiotic bacteria having resistance to subjection to at least thermal and acidic conditions. Beverage products include at least one aqueous liquid and capsules comprising a gelled mixture of alginate and denatured protein, and probiotic bacteria entrapped within the gelled mixture. The average particle size of the capsules is optionally less than 1000 microns (m) in diameter, such as less than 500 m in diameter. Methods are provided for making such encapsulated probiotics by providing a mixture comprising sodium alginate, denatured protein and active probiotic cells, and combining the mixture with a divalent cation to initiate cold gelation of the sodium alginate and denatured protein to form a second mixture. The second mixture is passed through an opening having a diameter of less than 1000 m to form capsules. The weight ratio of protein to alginate is from 1:1 to 9:1.

Polyurea capsule compositions. A subset of these compositions contain a plurality of capsules and a capsule formation aid, in which each of the capsules contains a polyurea wall and an oil core; the polyurea wall is formed of a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a cross-linking agent in the presence of the capsule formation aid; and the oil core contains an active material. The polyisocyante, cross-linking agent, and capsule formation aids are described herein. Also disclosed are methods of preparing polyurea capsule compositions, as well as consumer products containing one of these compositions.

In the present technology, a thermally expandable microcapsule complex is blended in a rubber component, the thermally expandable microcapsule complex being obtained by preparing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer having a concentration of 1 to 30 mass %, adding from 5 to 60 parts by mass of cellulose fibers to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous solution to prepare a liquid dispersion (1), adding from 10 to 200 parts by mass of thermally expandable microcapsules to the liquid dispersion (1) to prepare a liquid dispersion 2), and evaporating the moisture content of the liquid dispersion (2).

A method for controlling the encapsulation efficiency and burst release of water soluble molecules from nanoparticle and microparticle formulations produced by the inverted Flash NanoPrecipitation (iFNP) process and subsequent processing steps is presented. The processing steps and materials used can be adjusted to tune the encapsulation efficiency and burst release of the encapsulated water-soluble material. The encapsulation efficiency of the soluble agent in the particles and the burst release of the soluble agent from the particles can be controlled by: (1) the copolymers used in the assembly or coating process, (2) the degree of crosslinking of the nanoparticle core, (3) the incorporation of small molecule or polymeric additives, and/or (4) the processing and release conditions employed.

Provided herein are various gas-filled particles having a stimuli-responsive shell encapsulating the gas. The stimuli-responsive shell comprises one or more release triggers. Compositions for medical or non-medical applications, methods of use and treatment, and methods of preparation are also described.

An encapsulation system and method including a solution having a first system with a first rate of removal, a second system with a second rate of removal, and a material soluble in the first system, but not soluble in the second system. The first rate of removal is quicker than the second rate of removal, and removal of the first system from the solution creates a concentration of the second system and the material migrates around the second system. Thus, the material creates a shell around the second system, generating a capsule with a shell of the material and a core of the second system. Such material may include a polymer, copolymer, or block copolymer, while the second system is poor solvent for the material, such as hexadecane or Oil Red O. The first system is a good solvent for the material and is readily removable from solution via evaporation during processes like electrospraying.