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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Ya Cai, Shanghai, CN;
Jian Cao, Shanghai, CN;
Matthew Duncan Golding, Werribee, AU;
Weichang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Vesselin Nikolaev Paunov, Hull, GB;
Edward George Pelan, AT Vlaardingen, NL;
Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, AT Vlaardingen, NL;
Weizheng Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Ya Cai, Shanghai, CN;
Jian Cao, Shanghai, CN;
Matthew Duncan Golding, Werribee, AU;
Weichang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Vesselin Nikolaev Paunov, Hull, GB;
Edward George Pelan, AT Vlaardingen, NL;
Simeon Dobrev Stoyanov, AT Vlaardingen, NL;
Weizheng Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
There is provided a surface-active material that comprises fibers which have been modified so as to impart surface-active properties onto said fibres and giving it a contact angle between 60° and 120°, wherein the fibres have an aspect ratio of more than 10 to 1,000. The surface-active material can be used for foam and emulsion formation and stabilization, coatings, encapsulation and drug delivery. It can for example be used in the following industries: foods, home and personal care, oilfield, agriculture, textile, construction, emulsion polymerization, leather, plastic, pulp, paper and pharma.