Nanoemulsions in Drug Delivery, Food and Beverages, Cosmetics and Personal Care Products

Nanoemulsions have a high potential for development and adoption in the next 2 or 3 years as the delivery vehicle has a number of stakeholder initiatives focused on commercializing new technology innovations. The top markets to focus on in the short term are drug delivery, food and beverages, and cosmetics and personal care as there are a number of research and development initiatives by major technology developers. Innovations in these application areas are expected to be commercialized in the next 2 to 3 years. Drug delivery applications of nanoemulsions have the highest intensity of research and development initiatives, but there is also a rise in commercialized innovations for cosmetics and personal care and new research initiatives in the food and beverages sector. This issue of Advanced Coating & Surface Technology TOE provides an overview of the nanoemulsions adoption trends across drug delivery, food and beverages, and cosmetics and personal care products applications. Emerging opportunities and major stakeholder developments across these application sectors are highlighted.

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