Patent ID: 7271200

Claim:
An emulsion comprising a dispersed phase droplet having a surfactant layer at the interface with the continuous phase wherein said surfactant layer is formed by the reaction of the wall-forming moieties of a microcapsule wall-forming material with an interface modifying compound selected from compounds having a formula (I), (II), (III) (IV) or (V) X-z (I) X-z-X (II) X—X-z (IV) wherein Z is a moiety that contributes to modifying the surface properties of said emulsion and each X is, independently, a functional moiety capable of reacting with the wall-forming moieties of a wall-forming material and the moieties designated by lines linking the X and Z functional groups have a molecular weight of between 50 and 4000, and may be optionally substituted aryl, hydrocarbyl, or heterocyclic units, or combinations thereof, optionally containing internally linked amino, ether, thioether, acetal, ester, thioester, amide, sulphonamide, urethane, urea, carbonate, siloxane, or phosphonamide groups or combinations thereof and wherein substantially all of the wall-forming moieties of the wall-forming material are reacted with one or more groups —X of the interface modifying compound such that little or no wall-forming functionality remains after reaction, provided that the wall forming material is not a urea formaldehyde.