Clearly, a Pickering-like W/W emulsion formed in these conditions, with oily droplets playing the role of particles. In other words, these compartments also resemble W/O/W double emulsion, although the Dex-rich droplets are not covered by a regular oily shell but by juxtaposed small droplets (see also scheme 1). Similar findings have been reported by others when using lipid particles that also spread at the Dex-rich interface with PEG .