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Does anyone know if an easily obtainable emulsifier or ingredient that forms a hydrophobic reversed hexagonal liquid crystalline phase in an emulsion?
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Reversed phase means w/o type emulsion.Hexagonal is a type of lyotropic liquid crystal phase. These phases depend on the system (type of aqueous phase, type of oil phase and type of emulsifier phase but also their relative proportions).Bottom line: There is no definite answer to your question. You may obtain your wish with many different emulsifiers but the haptics may then not suite your needs. On the other hand, you could use the ‘best’ emulsifier and terribly mess up your aim. You can’t predict/calculate it and have to try and… well… you’d also have to have real expensive equipment to determine whether or not the outcome is what you envisage.
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