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Emulsions are everywhere in daily life, and serve as a base technology for products in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Whether in creams, lotions, sauces, or drug delivery systems, the stabilization of emulsions is traditionally ensured with the aid of surface-active molecules or polymers to prevent coalescence of the droplets.
However, growing consumer demand for sustainable, natural, and skin-friendly alternatives has led to the development of innovative emulsion stabilizers. One such approach is the use of Pickering emulsions—emulsions stabilized by solid particles that adsorb irreversibly at the oil-water interface.
Pickering emulsions were first described in the early 20th century by Ramsden W1 and Pickering SU2 (1903 and 1907 respectively), and their practical applications are still numerous today.
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