Abstract

MICROENCAPSULATION: A REVIEW

Gayatri J. Khanderao*, Kanchan A. Hiwe*, Vaishnavi G. Karule* and Jitendra A. Kubde*

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Abstract

A technique called “microencapsulation” encases objects in microscopic particles and creates thin wall material coverings around them. These materials can be liquids or even solids. Tiny compounds containing an active component known as the core material that is embedded in a matrix structure or covered in a covering substance as microparticles or microencapsulated goods. The present review describes the encapsulation,it’s components, methods of preparation, the physics of release via the capsule wall and microcapsule characterisation and the wide range of uses for microcapsules..It also discusses common microencapsulation methods, their advantages and disadvantages and their wider uses in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural industries.

Keywords: Microencapsulation techniques, Centrifugal extrusion, Polymerization, Coacervation.