Wetting behavior of chitosan solutions on blueberry epicarp with or without epicuticular waxes

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1449-1457

  Skurtys, O ^a   Velasquez P ^a   Henriquez, O ^a   Matiacevich, S ^a   Enrione, J ^a   Osorio, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Blueberry; Coating; Surface free energy; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COATINGS; FREE ENERGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BLUEBERRY; CHITOSAN - BASED COATINGS; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; LOW ENERGY SURFACES; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; SPREADING COEFFICIENTS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

WETTING;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 79953026751     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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