Cold Process Formulation Aid with Ionic Polymer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cold process formulation aids for personal care products often require heating, which can damage temperature-sensitive ingredients and increase energy consumption, and they lack eco-friendly alternatives that maintain performance.
Innovation Solution
The development of cold process formulation aids comprising a wax and a polymer with an aliphatic, polysaccharide, or silicone backbone, featuring pendant ionic, ionizable, or dipole-containing groups, which can be used to create stable emulsions and hydrogels at room temperature, reducing energy usage and incorporating more sustainable materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If heating is used in cold process formulation aids, then emulsion stability is improved, but energy consumption increases and temperature-sensitive ingredients are damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the formulation aid by incorporating polymers with specific functional groups (ionic, ionizable, or dipole-containing pendant groups) that enable cold process emulsification. This allows the system to achieve emulsion stability without thermal energy input, resolving the contradiction between stability and energy consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The formulation aid combines wax with polymers having specific backbone structures (aliphatic, polysaccharide, or siloxane) and functional pendant groups. This composite material structure provides both the stability needed for emulsion formation and the capability to function at low temperatures, simultaneously addressing both requirements
2Stability of the object's composition
If heating is used in cold process formulation aids, then emulsion stability is improved, but temperature-sensitive ingredients are damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the chemical composition parameters by introducing polymers with specific functional groups that enable emulsification at low temperatures. This parameter change allows achieving emulsion stability without applying thermal stress to temperature-sensitive ingredients
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the thermal mechanism (heating) with a chemical mechanism (polymer-wax interactions through ionic, ionizable, or dipole groups). This substitution eliminates the harmful thermal effect on temperature-sensitive ingredients while maintaining emulsion stability
3Reliability
If conventional materials are used in formulation aids, then product performance is maintained, but environmental impact increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material selection parameters by specifying polymers with biodegradable or environmentally friendly backbone structures (polysaccharides, aliphatic chains, or siloxanes) combined with wax. These material parameter changes maintain product performance while reducing environmental impact through sustainable material choices
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
These aids enable the production of stable, eco-friendly personal care products without heating, preserving the integrity of temperature-sensitive ingredients and reducing environmental impact while maintaining product performance.
Implementation Method 1
a polymer having a backbone and a plurality of pendant groups thereon that are pendant ionic or ionizable groups
Implementation Method 2
pendant groups having at least one permanent dipole that includes an alcohol, thiol, ester, amide, imide, imine, or nitrile moiety
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AI summary
Provided are cold process formulation aids, methods for their manufacture, and personal care products made using them. The cold processing aids include a wax and a polymer having a backbone and a plurality of pendant groups thereon that are pendant ionic or ionizable groups, or pendant groups having at least one permanent dipole that includes an alcohol, thiol, ester, amide, imide, imine, or nitrile moiety. The backbone can be an aliphatic backbone, a polysaccharide backbone, a siloxane backbone, or a polyamide backbone. Also provided is a method of making personal care products using the cold processing aid.