Method for preparing microcapsules by coacervation
US8088403B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J13/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing microcapsules by coacervation, and to the use of transglutaminase for cross-linking in complex coacervation. The present invention relates further to coacervation processes in general in which a material to be encapsulated is added to a solution comprising at least one colloid below the gelling temperature of the colloid. According to a method of the present invention, an emulsion or suspension of hydrophobic material is prepared after cooling a solution that includes hydrocolloids below the critical gelling temperature of a coacervate phase.
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