IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

• Main Authors: HARRISON, Ian, BULGARELLI, Nelly
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.04.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

Disclosed is a consumer product comprising a plurality of microcapsules dispersed in a dispersing medium. The microcapsules comprise a core and a shell around the core. The core comprises at least one functional material. The shells of the microcapsules are coated with chitosan. The dispersing medium comprises additional free chitosan. Disclosed is also a method for making such a consumer product, a method for enhancing the deposition and rinse resistance of a plurality of microcapsules dispersed in a dispersing medium and a use of chitosan for enhancing the deposition and rinse resistance of a plurality of microcapsules dispersed in a dispersing medium.