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Acknowledgements<br />

The work was carried out with<strong>in</strong> the Centre for Formulation Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, School <strong>of</strong><br />

Chemical Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, University <strong>of</strong> Birm<strong>in</strong>gham. I wish <strong>to</strong> express my s<strong>in</strong>cere<br />

gratitude <strong>to</strong> my supervisors, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ian T. Nor<strong>to</strong>n and Dr. Benjam<strong>in</strong> Le Reverend<br />

for their valuable and constructive advice throughout the entire period <strong>of</strong> the project. I<br />

am deeply grateful <strong>to</strong> programme manager Dr. Richard Greenwood for the<br />

endorsement <strong>of</strong> the MRes and for his <strong>in</strong>valuable help dur<strong>in</strong>g the write up phase <strong>of</strong><br />

the project.<br />

Very special thanks <strong>to</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g staff and postgraduate students for technical<br />

help with<strong>in</strong> the department; Sala Odeen, Asja Pörtsch, Roman Pichot, Sarah Frasch-<br />

Melnik, Jennifer Nor<strong>to</strong>n, Aleksandra Pawlik, Fidel<strong>in</strong>e Tchuenbou and Georg<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Porras Parral, alongside Theresa Morris from Metallurgy and Materials Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ally I want <strong>to</strong> express my appreciation <strong>to</strong> Wilma O’Leary technical expert <strong>in</strong><br />

Cosmetics, Boots’ HQ for her <strong>in</strong>itial help with formulation and provid<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

necessary materials (waxes and <strong>oil</strong>s) throughout the duration <strong>of</strong> the project.<br />

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