Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion is one of the best "one-shot" delivery system for antigen to generate high and durable antibody response. Here a facile method using premixed Shirasu Porous Glass (SPG) membrane emulsification technique was employed to fabricate uniform-sized emulsion and mechanical stirring was employed to prepare non-uniform-sized emulsion as control. In release kinetics studies, u...

The performance of an optimized tree-type cylindrical-shaped nanoporous fltering membrane proposed in the former study is analytically investigated for varying operational parameter values. Across the membrane thickness, this membrane has two-leveled tree-structured pores including one trunk pore and the multiple branch pores. The physical properties of the surfaces of ...

This is a communication on the removal of copper(II) ions from a residual mine water using an emulsified liquid membrane (ELM). The membrane was prepared by dissolving the extractant LIX-860 (a salicylaldoxime), used as a mobile carrier, and Span80, a surfactant, in kerosene. The ELM allowed an efficient metal transport from the feed solution towards the strip liquor, in experiments carried out...

Various aspects of particle-stabilized emulsions (or so-called Pickering emulsions) have been extensively investigated during the last two decades, but the preparation of uniform Pickering emulsion droplets via a simple and scalable method has been sparingly realized. We report the preparation of uniform Pickering emulsions by Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membrane emulsification. The size of the ...

The effectiveness of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP)-modification of a zirconia-based ultrafiltration membrane was investigated for the treatment of oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions. Fouling, hydraulic permeability, flux decline, and solute rejection for modified and native membranes were evaluated using a diagnostic o/w emulsion as well as an emulsion prepared using a commercial cutting oil. The nati...

Microfluidic devices composed of glass capillaries were used for generation of double emulsion droplets with photocurable shell phase. The cores of the emulsion droplets were aqueous suspension of higly charged polystyrene (PS) particles which readily form the crystals by repulsive interparticle potential. The shells of double emulsion droplets were solidified downstream and formed the polymeri...

Kinetin is a highly potent growth factor that is capable of delaying or preventing age-related changes of human skin fibroblasts. The purpose of this study was to develop and characterize topical kinetin-loaded emulsion gel and liposome gel formulations. Emulsion formulation was prepared using the spontaneous emulsification method. Pseudoternary phase diagram for oil/water (o/w) type emulsion w...