Mini or nanoemulsions are widely used in different fields like cosmetic, pharmaceutic and biomedical… Different processes allow the preparation of nanoemulsions. However, they all present limitations in terms of droplet size, mixing energy, viscosity ratios, pressure ranges… This work focused on the development of a new process based on elongational flow for theelaboration of miniemulsions. The approach consisted in studying the influence of the process and formulation parameters on droplet sizes. This study allowed us to better understand the mechanisms of drop breakup. Then, a dimensional analysis was carried out in order to correlate the obtained droplet sizes to the studied parameters by the use of the appropriate dimensionless numbers. Finally, miniemulsion synthesis experiments were performed in order to try to combine, in the samedevice, both emulsification and polymerization, in the prospect of process intensification.
