1. The water infusion experiments of the type presented in Figure (A) show that the dodecanoic acid remains unhydrated when PTBS is pre-dissolved in the organic liquid. Note that similar results are also obtained in experiments, where surfactant and water have to migrate into the organic phase from the aqueous phase. While the latter experiment is dependent on the solubility and the mass transfer kinetics of water from the aqueous to the organic phase, which are drastically arrested by PTBS (Figure (B)), emulsification in the water infusion experiment is decoupled from the issue of surfactant transport.