VERFAHREN ZUR BILDUNG VON MIKROKAPSELN ODER MIKROMATRIXKOERPERN.

摘要

An organic phase which comprises a water-insoluble material to be encapsulated, a capsule-forming or matrix-forming monomer or prepolymer and, should this be desirable, a solvent, is dispersed in droplet form in an aqueous phase. The capsule-forming or matrix-forming monomer or prepolymer forms a sheath around the material to be encapsulated. As a capsule-forming or matrix-forming monomer, an organosilicon compound of the general formula is used, wherein R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, n-functional hydrocarbon moiety, which may be interrupted by groups containing oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a hydrocarbon moiety with 1 to 6 carbon atoms or X; X is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group and n is a whole number greater than or equal to 1, with the proviso that, when n=1, R1 has at least 12 carbon atoms and R2 and R3 represent X or a prepolymer hereof. The method can be carried out easily and requires only one compound to form the capsules or micromatrix bodies. In the implementation of the method, no foam occurs and the method results in end products with an acceptable shelf life.