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Solid State and Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy as Applied to Characterization of Complex Formulated Products and Biological Materials

Ulvenlund S., Topgaard D., Gustavsson S., Sparr E., CR Competence AB, SE

Solid and semisolid formulations in pharmaceutics, cosmetics and foods normally comprise complex structures on the molecular and colloidal length scales. Proper understanding of the functionality of a formulated product, as well as rational optimization of [...]

Soft Matter and Colloids

Evaluation of Biodegraded and Undegraded Plantain Peels as Replacement to Wheat Offal in Broiler Production

Aderemi F.A., Alabi O.M., Awe A., Bowen University iwo,Osun State Nigeria, NG

ABSTRACT This study evaluated replacement of wheat offal with biodegraded and un-degraded plantain peel in raising broilers Plantain peels was biodegraded using fungus Three diets were formulated diet I with 12% wheat offal was the [...]

The Secret of Chia Gel Revealed – Nanoscale 3D Network Retards and Prolongs Food Release

Pottackal N., Das P., Samateh M., John G., The City College of New York, US

Chia Gels have been associated with numerous health benefits over centuries, like curbing diabetes and obesity by retarding digestion rate and quenching craving for more food. However, the exact mode of gelation has always been [...]

A new at-line quality and process control technology for real-time testing of viscoelastic changes in dairy and food products

Strandman S., Henni A.H., Schmitt C., Rheolution Inc., CA

Currently, few methods allow monitoring the viscoelastic properties of food products in production environments for process and quality control. In addition, there is a pressing need for a testing instrument that: is affordable and easy [...]

Food Materials

Preparation of ion group functionalized diblock copolymers and examination of their thermogelling properties

Lee B.K., Kwon D.Y., Kwon J.S., Park J.H., Kwon D.Y., Kwon J.S., Kim J.H., Kim M.S., Oh S.H., Kim J.H., Kim M.S., Ajou University, KR

To investigate thermogelling behavior, in this study, methoxy polyethylene glycol-b-[poly(ε-caprolactone)-ran-poly(6-chloride-ε-caprolactone) (PCL-ran-PfCL)] (PCL-Cl) diblock copolymers were designed such that the PfCL content in the PCL segment was varied. The PCL-Cl diblock copolymers were derivatized by introducing [...]

Non-destructive imaging analysis of unstable foam structures using 3D computed tomography

Eggert A., Müller M., Nachtrab F., Dombrowski J., Rack A., Zabler S., Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems IIS, DE

In this contribution a laboratory CT setup is presented allowing the acquisition of 3D data sets in less than 15 s. The suitability and possibilities of such a system for unstable foams and other porous [...]

New Insights into Microstructure, Rheology & Molecular Level Structural Changes During Self-Assembly & Gelation in Complex Fluids Through Combined DLS-Optical Microrheology-Raman Spectroscopy

Amin S., Blake S., Kidder L., Lewis E.N., Kenyon S., Malvern Instruments, US

Soft Matter/Complex fluid systems are ubiquitous across a range of industrial and consumer sectors. In many instances the final product format of these complex fluids are gels or soft solids and the processing and product [...]

SRD-MD modelling of hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal systems: playing between computational cost and resolution

Laganapan A.M.K., Videcoq A., Cerbelaud M., Mouas M., Bienia M., Ferrando R., Science of Ceramic Processing and Surface Treatments (SPCTS), FR

A ubiquitous problem that has always been a subject of intensive research is the role played by hydrodynamic interactions (HI’s) in several fundamental problems in colloid rheology and aggregation kinetics. However, the high computational demand [...]