Calcium Alginate Foams Prepared by a Microfluidic T-Junction System: Stability and Food Applications

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2848-2857

  Ahmad, Bilal ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Foam; Microbubble; Microfluidic; Porous; T junction

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CALCIUM; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOAMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGINATE SOLUTIONS; CALCIUM ALGINATE; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROFLUIDIC T JUNCTIONS; POROUS; PRODUCTION METHODS; SOLUTION FLOW RATE; T JUNCTIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84867537518     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0650-3     Document Type: Article

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