Microencapsulation: fundamentals, methods and applications

Abstract

Microencapsulation is widely use in industry but remains relatively unknown from the public. The reason is that microcapsules are not an endproduct, but generally a technique to overcome process limitations. Microencapsulation allows immobilization, protection, release and functionalisation of active ingredients. Despite the high diversity of methods, this paper proposes a classification and description of the main technologies to produce microcapsules.