Microfluidic production of monodisperse biopolymer particles with reproducible morphology by kinetic control

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-27

  Wassén, Sophia ^a,c   Rondeau, Elisabeth ^b   Sott, Kristin ^a,c   Lorén, Niklas ^a,c   Fischer, Peter ^b   Hermansson, Anne Marie ^a,c  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gelation; Microfluidic; Microparticles; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; COOLING; LIME; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BIOPOLYMER PARTICLES; COOLING RATES; DOMAIN SIZE; KINETIC CONTROL; MALTODEXTRINS; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO PARTICLES; MONO-DISPERSE; PIG SKIN; SLOW COOLING;

GELATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 83455263804     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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