Abstract: A composition including a plurality of particles and a process of making such particles, wherein the particles include: a water-soluble carrier, and a plurality of capsules dispersed in the water-soluble carrier, wherein the capsules comprise a core and a shell surrounding the core and the core includes a benefit agent; wherein the capsules are bio-based.

Abstract: Liquid fabric care compositions that include certain fabric treatment adjuncts and/or water, where the compositions further include capsules characterized by substantially inorganic shells, for example silica-based shells. The present disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: A treatment composition that includes a treatment adjunct and a population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell is made from an acid-treated chitosan and a cross-linking agent, where the acid-treated chitosan results from treating chitosan with a weak acid, or even a mixture of a strong acid and a weak acid. Related methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: A biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.

Abstract: A fabric care composition that includes quaternary ammonium ester material and a population of delivery particles, where the quaternary ammonium ester material includes triester quaternary ammonium material (“triester quats”), and where the shells of the delivery particles include a polymeric material that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and chitosan, preferably hydrolyzed chitosan. A method of treating a fabric with the composition.

Abstract: A consumer product composition that includes a population of delivery particles, where the delivery particles include a core and a polymer wall surrounding the core, the polymer wall being derived from (meth)acrylate monomers and at least one free radical initiator, and the core including a benefit agent such as perfume, where the core and the polymer wall are present in a weight ratio of from about 95:5 to about 99.5:0.5, and where the initiator is typically used at a certain level. Related methods of making and using such consumer product compositions.

Abstract: A dryer sheet including: a nonwoven fibrous substrate; a fabric softener composition engaged with the nonwoven fibrous layer, wherein the fabric softener composition includes: a fabric softening active; a clay; and delivery particles including a core and a polymer wall surrounding the core; wherein the core includes: a benefit agent; and about 5% to about 55% partitioning modifier by weight of the of core; wherein the polymer wall includes a (meth)acrylate polymer derived, at least in part, from one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers or oligomers, the one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers or oligomers having at least three radical polymerizable functional groups, wherein at least one of the radical polymerizable groups is acrylate or methacrylate, wherein the core and the polymer wall are present at a weight ratio of from about 96:4 to about 99.5:0.5.

Abstract: A population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell is made, at least in part, of a polymeric material that is the reaction product of chitosan and a cross-linking agent, where the chitosan is characterized by a particular weight average molecular weight, such as from 100 kDa to 600 kDa. Related methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: A method of preparing a product for the release of volatile hydrophobic material includes (i) providing a solid article comprising a polymer gel matrix formed from a chemically cross-linked material; and (ii) absorbing the volatile hydrophobic material into the solid article by contacting the solid article with liquid phase volatile hydrophobic material until the solid article comprises at least 5 wt % of the volatile hydrophobic material, based on a final weight of the solid article. The solid article is non-porous. The product is able to provide release of the volatile hydrophobic material by volatilization of the volatile hydrophobic material from the solid article at a temperature of 25° C., a relative humidity of 60%, and atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A composition comprising a population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shell includes a polymeric material formed from a cross-linked amine-containing biopolymer, and where the core includes a fragrance material that includes ester-containing perfume raw materials. Related methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: A population of core-shell delivery particles comprising a benefit agent core material and a shell encapsulating the core material is described, along with a process for forming such delivery particles and articles of manufacture. The shell is the reaction product of a crosslinking agent and a modified chitosan. Chitosan is treated with a mixture of an acid and redox initiator comprising a persulfate or peroxide, which results in an enhanced polymeric shell. The delivery particle of the invention has improved release characteristics, with enhanced degradation characteristics in OECD test method 301B.

Abstract: Consumer products that include treatment adjuncts and delivery particles having certain sizes, certain monomers (for example, multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers), and certain core:wall polymer weight ratios. Methods related to the use and manufacture of such compositions, including methods of treating a surface, such as a fabric.

Abstract: A composition comprising a population of core/shell delivery particles, where the shells of the particles are made, in part, from biopolymers, and where the particles are characterized as having certain ductile properties. Related methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: An improved polyurea and chitosan core-shell delivery particles encapsulating a benefit agent is described. Chitosan is pre-modified with a modifying compound which is cationic, anionic, or nonionic. Alternatively the modification is accomplished in situ. The modifying compound is selected from the group consisting of an epoxide, aldehyde, or an ?,?-unsaturated compound, and is reactive with free amine moieties of chitosan, covalently bonding through CN bonds with the amine moieties of the chitosan. The modifying compound can contain acidic, hydroxyl, and quaternary ammonium groups. The reaction product of the chitosan, the modifying compound along with an electrophile, preferably a polyisocyanate yields a microcapsule with charge, improved release characteristics, improved compatibility or enhanced degradation characteristics, such as in OECD test method 301B.

Abstract: Consumer product compositions, such as fabric care compositions, that include a treatment adjunct and a population of encapsulates, where the encapsulates comprise a core and a shell surrounding the core, where the shell comprises an acrylate material, where the core includes a benefit agent, and where the population is characterized by a core-shell weight ratio of equal to or greater than 95:5. Related methods of using and making such compositions.

Abstract: A unit-dose article comprising a water-soluble film creating a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment includes a first liquid composition wherein the first liquid composition includes: i) from more than 5% to 90% by weight of the first liquid composition of an alcohol alkoxylated nonionic surfactant; ii) less than 20% by weight of the first liquid composition of polyethylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of from 200 Da to 1000 Da and/or less than 4% by weight of the first liquid composition of propylene glycol; iii) from 1 to 50% by weight of the first liquid composition of perfume capsules; iv) from 1 to 25% by weight of the first liquid composition of water; and v) less than 5% by weight of the first liquid composition of anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A unit-dose article comprising a water-soluble film creating a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment comprises a first liquid composition wherein the first liquid composition comprises: i) from more than 16% to 90% by weight of the first composition of an alcohol alkoxylated nonionic surfactant; ii) from 1 to 50% by weight of the first liquid composition of perfume capsules; iii) from 1 to 25% by weight of the first liquid composition of water; and iv) less than 5% by weight of the first liquid composition of anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A liquid composition including: i) from 5 to 90% by weight of the composition of an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide triblock copolymer having one of the following structures: a) an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide (EO/PO/EO) triblock copolymer, wherein the copolymer includes a first EO block, a second EO block and PO block and wherein the first EO block and the second EO block are linked to the PO block; b) a propylene oxide-ethylene oxide-propylene oxide (PO/EO/PO) triblock copolymer, wherein the copolymer includes a first PO block, a second PO block and EO block and wherein the first PO block and the second PO block are linked to the EO block; ii) from 1 to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules; iii) less than 25% by weight of the composition of water; and iv) less than 5% by weight of the composition of anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A liquid composition comprising: i) from 5 to 90% by weight of the composition of a non-aqueous solvent selected from the group consisting of alkoxylated polyol, alkoxylated polyol ester, and a mixture thereof, wherein the polyol has from 3 to 5 hydroxyl groups; and ii) from 1 to 50% by weight of the composition of perfume capsules; and iii) less than 25% by weight of the composition of water.

Abstract: An improved delivery particle comprising a benefit agent core material and a shell encapsulating the core material is described, along with a process for forming such a delivery particle and articles of manufacture. The shell is the reaction product of a cross-linking agent and an acid-treated chitosan wherein the acid-treated chitosan is treated with a weak acid, or even a mixture of a first acid and a second acid, the first acid comprising a strong acid, and the second acid comprising a weak acid. The first acid and the second acid are present in a normality ratio from about 20:80 to about 80:20. The delivery particle of the invention has improved release characteristics, with enhanced degradation characteristics in OECD test method 301B.