Advances in Hydrocolloid
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2022) | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editor
Interests: analysis characterization of polysaccharides (crop-based and microbial) in aqueous media by means of distribution analyses (chromatography for homogeneous subsystems; AF4 for the mix of homogenous and heterogeneous systems); investigation of electrokinetic mobility and correlated size analyses, rheology/viscosimetry and surface/interface-energy analysis due to drop geometry and contact angle
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The importance of colloidal systems is increasing for many reasons, one of which being the interest in nano-structured materials for certain. Hydrocolloids represent such nano-structured systems, as well in biology and ecology and also in technology. The challenge when leaving the molecular domain is the mix of homogeneous and increasingly dominant partitions of heterogeneous systems that introduce new qualities and may result in an expanded spectrum of performance of such materials. Different to the molecular level where chemical functionalities determine the performance, dimensions of colloidal dispersed/emulsified objects in continuous aqueous media become dominant. The law of masses decreases to a sidekick; status of dissolution and electrokinetic mobilities become important; flow behavior, adsorption characteristics and response capabilities upon controlled stress on diffuse structures and objects up to the micrometer-range need to be monitored for appropriate datasheets of such systems. In addition, composition/synthesis, as well as analysis/characterization, of hydrocolloidal systems is challenging, and changes to such systems are developing fast—the actual status is intended to be covered by the contributions to this book.
Prof. Dr. Anton Huber
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mix of homogenous and heterogeneous fractions
- status of dissolution
- nano-structured systems
- continuous aqueous media
- distribution of dimension and geometry of super-molecular objects
- surface/interface
- adsorption characteristics
- stabilization/destabilization
- diffusive and electrokinetic mobilities
- response capabilities upon applied stress
- separation techniques: SEC, AF4
- light scattering/photon correlation spectroscopy
