
Professor Thomas Mason led the development of a novel method of making multicomponent nanoemulsions to create a deformable liquid delivery vehicle for multiple drugs or other insoluble molecules.
Researchers at UCLA have developed a process for making multicomponent oil-in-water nanoemulsions that have identifiable compartments as well as defined interfaces between different immiscible oils within the same droplet. In particular, two types of nanoemulsions are created: two-component linear Janus nanodroplets and three-component linear-engulfed Cerberus nandroplets. This technology is able to create Janus droplets of less than 100nm and the first linear-engulfed three-component Cerberus droplets, including sub-micron and nanoscale Cerberus droplets.
Figure from related publication: Cerberus Nanoemulsions Produced by Multidroplet Flow-Induced Fusion
Langmuir, 2013, 29 (51), pp 15787-15793; DOI: 10.1021/la403817a
Applications
Drug delivery applications in pharmaceuticals