Title
Dynamic light scattering for measuring microstructure and rheological properties of food
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Michigan State University
Publisher(s)
CRC Press
Abstract
Nowadays, microstructure and dynamical behavior of viscoelastic food systems have attracted considerable attention of food designers and developers, and attempts have been made to relate the microstructure of food systems to their bulk, or macroscopic, properties and stability (i.e., particles forces/interactions). Knowledge and characterization of particle size distribution, microstructure, and rheological properties and their changes in complex fluids, such as colloidal aggregates, surfactant solutions, and polymer blends, are of fundamental importance to better understand, create, and control structure formation in soft materials (Moschakis 2013). In food materials, the changes occurring during colloidal destabilization may have important implications on the structural characteristics of the final matrix, and thus impact the final texture, sensory perception, and consumer acceptance of the food (Alexander and Corredig 2013). A typical manifestation of formulation instability in a colloidal suspension, for example, is an increase in particle size due to the aggregation of individual compounds or particles. As the particle size increases, the efficacy of particle dispersion is diminished, primarily due to the decrease in the active surface area (Mattison et al. 2003).
Start page
331
End page
360
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85052181288
Resource of which it is part
Light Scattering Technology for Food Property, Quality and Safety Assessment
ISBN of the container
9781482263350
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