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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2011
Composition in the form of an emulsion, comprising a hydrophobic phase dispersed in an aqueous phase
Bernard Cathala, La Chapelle sur Erdre, FR;
Isabelle Capron, Nantes, FR;
Hervé Bizot, Suce-sur-Erdre, FR;
Alain Buleon, La Chapelle sur Erdre, FR;
Irina Kalashnikova, Leningradskaya, Obl., RU;
Bernard Cathala, La Chapelle sur Erdre, FR;
Isabelle Capron, Nantes, FR;
Hervé Bizot, Suce-sur-Erdre, FR;
Alain Buleon, La Chapelle sur Erdre, FR;
Irina Kalashnikova, Leningradskaya, Obl., RU;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition in the form of an emulsion, advantageously a Pickering emulsion, comprising a hydrophobic phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, which composition contains emulsifying particles capable of stabilizing said emulsion, at least some of said particles consisting of cellulose nanocrystals having an elongated shape, which have the following features: a length between 25 nm to 1 μm, and a width between 5 to 30 nm.