폴리글리세롤에스터 유화제를 이용한 에멀젼의 입자상태 및 시간의 변화에 따른 안정성을 여러 가지 오일을 이용하여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과 오일의 종류에 따라 입자크기 및 안정성에 있어서 다소의 차이가 있는 것을 확인하였다. 폴리글리세롤 에스터로 유화된 가장 안정한 오일은 polar 오일인 실리콘계열과 지방산에스터 오일이고, 탄화수소계열의 nonpolar오일(Mineral oil, squalane, polydecene) 등이 유화에 있어서 가장 불안한 상태를 보였다. 식물성오일도 폴리글리세릴 에스터 유화제와는 안정한 형태의 입자형성을 보였다.

The synthesis and solution properties of polyglycerol alkyl ether(R12Gn) are described. The phase behavior, surface tension, cloud point and HLB value of polyglycerol dodecyl ether in aqueous solution and in mixed solution of surfactant /water /oil have been investigated and compared with values of polyoxyethylene dodecyl ether. The surface tension showed that R12Gn have sufficiently low values of surface tension and cmc to serve as useful polyoxyethylene alkyl ether. The mesophases appearing in the R12Gn systems were more stable in a high temperature range than the mesophases of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether systems. The cloud point and HLB data indicated that addition of one glycerol group was equivalent to the addition of three oxyethylene group units, as far as the hydrophilic property was concerned. The phase diagrams of the polyglycerol alkyl ether /dodecane /water systems showed that the solubilizing and emulsifying powers of R12Gn were greater than those of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether. It is concluded that the polyglycerol chain can be even more useful as hydrophilic group of nonionic surfactants than the polyoxyethylene chain.