Application of microfluidics in the production and analysis of food foams

Foods

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Deng, Boxin ^a   De Ruiter, Jolet ^a   Schroën, Karin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Dynamic surface tension; Emulsions; Foams; Microfluidics; Monodispersity; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074110900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23048158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/foods8100476     Document Type: Review

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