Microfluidic emulsification in food processing

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Maan, Abid Aslam ^a   Nazir, Akmal ^a   Khan, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal ^a   Boom, Remko ^b   Schroën, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emulsions; Microfluidic systems; Monodispersity

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROFLUIDICS; SHEAR FLOW;

CURRENT LIMITATION; DROPLET GENERATION; DROPLET SIZES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MONODISPERSITY; RELATED PRODUCTS; SCALE-UP;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84907748664     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2014.09.021     Document Type: Review

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