Abstract:
A process for the preparation of stable suspensions and powders of stable microcapsules containing at least one active material having a variable porosity comprising preparing a colloidal solution of equal parts by weight of gelatin and acacia gum with a total concentration of 4 to 6% by weight of the final emulsion, preparing an oil solution, suspension or emulsion of the active material at a concentration of 1 to 5% by weight of the final emulsion and containing a variable amount of organosoluble ethyl hydroxyethylcellulose, mixing the said two compositions with stirring at a temperature near 50.degree. C. in the presence of an emulsifying agent to form an "oil in water" emulsion, effecting consecutively coacervation and microencapsulation of the emulsified droplets containing the active material by adjusting the pH to 4.2 to 4.4 by addition of an acid and then cooling the mixture to about 20.degree. C. with stirring, reticulating the walls of the formed microcapsules by reaction with glutaric aldehyde and tannin with stirring at about 20.degree. C. and either forming a concentrated suspension of microcapsules by slow addition at 20.degree. C. of a water soluble ethyl hydroxyethylcellulose to the eticulated microcapsules or adding an antiagglomeration agent with stirring to the reticulated microcapsules at 20.degree. C. and drying the resulting powder and the microcapsules produced thereby which are stable with respect to physico chemical influences and to exterior elements generally, such as sunlight and temperature changes so that the encapsulated active material maintains its activity.
Abstract:
A process for microencapsulating water-immiscible chemicals is disclosed which comprises mixing a colloidal solution of gelatin Type A and gum acacia with an emulsion or slurry of the water-immiscible chemical, both of which are prepared and mixed at a temperature above about 50.degree. C., and allowing the mixture to cool so that the droplets or particles of water-immiscible chemical are encapsulated with a macromolecular membrane of a complex coacervate of gelatin and gum acacia. Anti-fouling marine paints capable of sustained release of anti-fouling agent are prepared by adding microcapsules of anti-fouling agents to a marine paint vehicle.
Abstract:
The method of making oil-containing microcapsules comprises the step of (1) preparing an aqueous system comprising an aqueous solution of gelatin and at least one anionic colloid material and oil droplets dispersed in said solution (2) causing coacervation in said aqueous system at a temperature above the gelation point of said gelatin to form a coacervate suspension in which each of said oil droplets is surrounded by a coacervate and (3) cooling said coacervate suspension to a temperature below the gelation points of said gelatin to form multi-nucleus capsules. During the step of cooling the coacervate suspension, aggregation of particles of oil droplets each having a coacervate therearound is controlled by an agitation flow so as to allow formation of multi-nucleus microcapsules having an average diameter within the range of 3 to 20 microns. The gelatin has an average viscosity not larger than 35 millipoise in terms of the value measured by the bloom type pipette method at 40.degree..+-.0.5.degree. C. according to Japan Industrial Standard K 6503 with respect to a 62/3% aqueous solution of said gelatin at the pH of 4.5 and at least 5% by weight of said gelatin has a viscosity not larger than 25 millipoise in said terms and/or the anionic colloid material is a carboxymethylcellulose having a viscosity within the range of 2 to 500 centipoise measured by the Brookfield viscometer with a 60 r.p.m. No. 1 rotor with respect to a 2% aqueous solution of said carboxymethylcellulose at 25.degree. C.
Abstract:
Minute capsules having a pearlescent effect are obtained by incorporating inorganic pearlescent particles in the capsule walls during the manufacture thereof. Pearlescent particles of mica coated with titanium dioxide are initially dispersed in an oily internal phase material and then flushed into the aqueous coacervation phase upon addition of the internal phase to an encapsulation medium. The pearlescent particles remain embedded in the capsule wall material and provide the pearlescent effect to the finished capsules.
Abstract:
In a process for producing microcapsules of complex hydrophilic colloid material enclosing fine particles of a hydrophobic substance, the improvement characterized in that:An acid-treated gelatin and at least one of carboxy-modified cellulose derivatives are used as the hydrophilic colloid materials, the amount of the cellulose derivative being 1/7 to 1/40 the amount of the gelatin by weight, the cellulose derivative having an average polymerization degree of 50 to 1,000 and a carboxyl substitution degree of 0.4 to 1.5, andThe coacervation of the colloid material solution is effected at a pH of 4.8 to 6.0.
Abstract:
In a process for preparing oil-containing microcapsules comprising cooling a coacervate dispersion of a gelatin-containing colloid deposited around individual oil droplets to cause gelation of the colloid and subsequently hardening the gelled colloid by adding to the dispersion a hardening agent and adjusting the pH to the alkaline region, the improvement which comprises adding to the dispersion, after gelation but prior to hardening, an aqueous solution of an anionic high molecular weight electrolyte and an aqueous solution of an anionic surface active agent. Specific electrolytes and specific surface active agents are disclosed.
Abstract:
In a process for producing oil-containing microcapsules by coacervation comprising A. INTRODUCING A FINE POWDER OR HYDROPHOBIC LIQUID INTO A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ELECTROLYTIC WALL-FORMING COLLOID; B. COACERVATING THE RESULTING DISPERSION OR EMULSION; C. COOLING THE RESULTING COACERVATE TO GEL IT AND FORM THE WALL OF SAID MICROCAPSULES; AND D. HARDENING SAID WALL OF SAID MICROCAPSULES; THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES ADDING A PHENOLIC COMPOUND TO THE SYSTEM AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 8* C., during steps B) and C), said phenolic compound being present in an amount ranging from 1/500 to 3/4 parts by weight based on one part by weight of colloid used to form the capsule wall.
Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR MANUFACTURING MINUTE CAPSULES, EN MASSE, WHEREIN THE CAPSULE WALLS COMPRISE A HARDENED SILICATE MATERIAL. THE PROCESS INCLUDES LIQUIDLIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF THE WALL MATERIAL SILICATE FROM SOLUTION AS SILICIC ACID IN AN AQUEOUS CAPSUL MANUFACTURING VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A GLYCOL PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING MATERIAL. PREFERRED STARTING MATERIALS FOR THE PRESENT PROCESS INCLUDE ALKALI-METAL WATER GLASS AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, THE PRESENT LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE SIMILAR TO SO-CALLED "COMPLEX COACERVATION" OF THE PRIOR ART IN THAT A COMPLEX OF TWO POLYMERIC MATERIALS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE EMERGENT LIQUID PHASE. THE CAPSULE WALLS ARE SOLIDIFIED BY REACTING THE SILCEOUS CAPSULE WALL MATERIAL WITH AN INORGANIC SALT, VIZ, ALUMINUM SULFATE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM SULFATE, IRON CHLORIDE OR MAGNESIUM BROMIDE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICROCAPSULES WITH COACERVATES OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS AS SHELL SUBSTANCES, WHEREIN THE SOLID OR LIQUID CORE MATERIAL TO BE ENCAPSULATED IS DISPERSED IN AN AQUOUS SOLUTION OF A THERMOREVERSIBLE COACERATIVE COPOLYMER OF 70 TO 30 MOL PERCENT OF THE ACRYLIC ACID AND 30 TO 70 MOL PERCENT OF ACRYLAMIDE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE COACERVATE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, THE RESULTING DISPERSION IS COOLED TO BELOW THE COACERVATE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, THE COACERVATE FORMED IS DEPOSITED ONTO THE DISPERSED PARTICLES, IS OPTIONALLY CHEMICALLY CROSSLINKED, AND THE MICROCAPSULES OBTAINED ARE SEPARATED OFF AND DRIED.
Abstract:
A PROCESS IS DISCLOSED FOR MANUFACTURING CAPSULES, EN MASSE, BY USE OF A LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION WHICH INCLUDES POLYSILICATE INORGANIC MATERIAL AS A COMPLEXING, PHASE-SEPARATION-INDUCING, POLYMER. THE DISCLOSED PROCESS IN CONDUCTED IN AN AQUEOUS CAPSULE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE AND THE MATERIAL WHICH EMERGES AS A LIQUID PHASE IS AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND INORGANIC POLYSILICATE MATERIAL. THE LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF THIS INVENTION IS THE TYPE GENERALLY NAMED "COMPLEX" COACERVATION WHEREIN THE SEPARATED, EMERGENT, LIQUID PHASE INCLUDES A MAJOR PORTION OF BOTH, THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE PHASESEPARATION-INDUCING MATERIAL;-IN THIS INVENTION POLYSILICATE POLYMERIC MATERIAL. THE ORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL ARE COMPLEXED TOGETHER BY VIRTUE OF OPPOSITE ELECTRICAL CHARGES, THE COMPLEX IS LEAST PARTIALLY IMMISCIBLE WITH THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURING VEHICLE CONTAINS ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF EITHER POLYMERIC MATERIAL. PREFERRED MATERIALS FOR USE IN PRACTICING THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDE GELATIN AS THE ORGANIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND POLYSILICATES AS THE INORGANIC POLYMERIC PHASE-SEPARATIONINDUCING MATERIAL.