Silicone Technology offers Novel Methods for Delivering Active Ingredients

摘要

This article describes a range of Silicone technologies available to deliver or enhance Personal Care actives in final formulations.The most basic example of such a system is when a physical association of ingredients in a formulation can be used to achieve a carrier effect,e.g.volatile silicones have often been used as vehicles for delivering antiperspirant actives.In another form of entrapment,silicone elastomers can be used to entrap or absorb polar or non-polar oils prior to their formulation into the end product.In this case,release of the active material occurs under shear-such as a rubbing motion onto the face or body.Finally,a number of specific silicone-based formulations can act as deliver systems for actives and provide solutions for their issues.These include multiple phase emulsions or non-aqueous emulsions of polyols,using Silicone Emulsifiers.Overall,these novel techniques hold potential for a range of innovative personal care applications.Creative formulators hold the key to almost limitless high-performance,multifunctional products based on combinations of silicones and active ingredients.