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New controlled release systems produced by self-assembly of biopolymers and colloidal particles at fluid-fluid interfaces
Microrheology involves simultaneous determination of microstructure and deformation properties, which is essential for understanding structure-deformation relationships. The unit used combines a confocal laser scanning microscope with a compression unit. The main advantage of this approach is that the changes in the microstructure during deformation can be visualised and quantified in three dimensions. It was used to measure microstructural changes and breakdown mechanisms in whey protein isolate/polysaccharide gels. Microstructural changes in protein continuous and bicontinuous gels were quantified. The changes relate to the amount of serum released from the gels during compression. Additionally, the gels showed similar breakdown mechanisms, i.e. they fractured through the protein beams into the serum phase. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [hide]
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Andreas Bausch
TU Munich, Germany ►
Peter Fischer
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Anne-Marie Hermansson
SIK, Sweden ►
Martin Kroger
ETH Zurich, Germany/Switzerland ►
Erik van der Linden
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Niklas Loren
SIK, Sweden ►
Leonard Sagis
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Erich Windhab
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Klaas-Jan Zuidam
Unilever, The Netherlands ►
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Manuela Duxenneuner
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Sophia Fransson
SIK, Sweden ►
Nam-Phuong Humblet-Hua
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Joeska Husny
ETH Zurich, Australia/Switzerland ►
Orit Peleg
ETH Zurich, Israel/Switzerland ►
Cyrille Vezy
TU Munich, Germany ►
Varvara Mitropoulos
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
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CURRENT BIOLOGY 19 (2009) R745 ►Selected conferences (co-)organized by project members
8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM8 2008
30 June - 5 July 2007, Venice, Italy ►13 May 2025
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