Porous Polymerized High Internal Phase Emulsions Prepared Using Proteins and Essential Oils for Antimicrobial Applications

摘要: High internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) provide a versatile platform for encapsulating large volumes of therapeutics that are immiscible in water. A stable scaffold is obtained by polymerizing the external phase, resulting in polyHIPEs. However, fabrication of polyHIPEs usually requires using a considerable quantity of surfactants along with nonbiocompatible components, which hinders their biological applications, eg, drug-eluting devices. We describe here a straightforward method for generating porous biomaterials by using proteins …