Author's Note: I became involved in emulsion science by complete accident. My main expertise is in the coating/printing industry, as well as in web-handling, formulation chemistry, nanostructures, bio-mimetics and technical software applications. Two years ago, however, I had to re-formulate an emulsion by changing the oil in it, which required additional guidance as to which surfactant to then use; here, rather than the term emulsifier, surfactant is used, in its neutral scientific sense. Since this substitution process seemed fairly routine, one might assume it would be simple to find a scientific method to carry it out. However, in reviewing the literature, I found it surprisingly challenging.
PIT Versus PIF for the Rational Formulation of Emulsions
Sep 23rd, 2013
