University of California

Matthew E Helgeson

Samir M Mitragotri

Maksymilian Nowak

Mengwen Zhang

Paula Malo De Molina

Nanoscale multiple emulsions, nanoparticles resulting therefrom and methods of making and using thereof are described. The nanoscale multiple emulsions are typically double nanoemulsions, such as oil-in-water-in-oil (O1/W/O2) nanoemulsions, in which nanodroplets of the first oil (O1) phase are suspended in the aqueous (W) phase and together are dispersed in the second oil (O2) phase. The double nanoemulsions are stable with high encapsulation efficiency allowing templating to form multiphase nanoparticles. The multiphase nanoparticles include nanodroplets of O1 phase dispersed in a continuous matrix that can be a liquid, a gel, or a solid at room temperature and pressure. Methods of making the double nanoemulsions include high-energy forces and serial nanoemulsifications.

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Matthew E Helgeson