Invited Speaker: Physico-chemical Challenges of Designing Delivery Systems for Consumer and Industrial Applications

There is an increasing use of delivery systems for active ingredients in consumer and industrial applications. The most common systems include microcapsules, polymeric absorbents and associative complexes. Primary advantages offered by these systems include extended release, prolonged protection and reduction in the use of active ingredients and, occasionally, enhanced formulation compatibility. However, significant physicochemical challenges arise during the design of a commercially viable delivery system. This presentation offers examples of technical approaches developed at The Dow Chemical Company to overcome some of these physico-chemical challenges.