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Thermal and rheological properties of unsaturated polyester resins-based composites
(Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Fundamentals, Design, Fabrication, and Applications, 2019)
Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) are among the most commercially important thermosetting matrix materials for composites. This chapter summarizes the importance of the thermal and rheological properties of UPR. The ...
Health hazards of heavy metal pollution
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016)
The global population growth, urbanization and the increased energy demand led to serious changes in the environment. Numerous anthropogenic activities release a variety of toxic and potentially toxic pollutants into the ...
Compatibilization of polymer blends by the addition of graft copolymers
(Compatibilization of Polymer Blends: Micro and Nano Scale Phase Morphologies, Interphase Characteriz, 2019)
Polymer blends are mixtures of two or more polymers that are very often immiscible components and they need to be compatibilized. The compatibilization must not only ensure improvement in microstructure uniformity, but ...
Industry-Relevant Encapsulation Technologies for Food and Functional Food Production
(CRC Press, 2017)
Despite numerous challenges, encapsulation technologies are likely to become increasingly the focus of the food industry, because of their advantages for certain applications, for example, taste masking, limiting oxidation, ...
Recent advances in and applications of encapsulated microbial and non-microbial active agents in food and beverage manufacture
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
Encapsulation is a well-established process that allows formulation of a wide range of active agents within a defined carrier material using various techniques. This chapter describes the general concept and benefits of ...
Novel approaches in nanoencapsulation of aromas and flavors
(Elsevier, 2016)
In recent years, people’s dietary habits become more oriented toward healthy, safe, and, at the same time, tasty food. The perception of food taste is mostly affected by the addition of flavors and aromas during processing. ...
The contribution of bioactive peptides of whey to quality of food products
(Academic Press, 2018)
Whey proteins are sources of biologically active peptides that can be released by controlled enzymatic hydrolysis or bacterial activity. Whey peptides have a wide range of bioactivities (ACE-inhibitory activity, antioxidant ...
Matrix resistance stress reduction-prerequisite for achieving higher concentration of immobilized cells
(Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Bioactive Materials, Properties, and Applications, 2019)
Some of the main rheological properties that Ca-alginate hydrogel matrix should satisfy for biomedical and biotechnological applications are the matrix viscoelasticity and the ability of stress relaxation. Although alginate ...
Chocolate as a carrier for cocoa's functional ingredients
(The Diversified Benefits of Cocoa and Chocolate, 2018)
The aim of this chapter was to introduce chocolate as a cocoa carrier of probiotics and bioactive whey protein hydrolysate. This research examined the influence of additional ingredients on the functional properties and ...
Galacto-Oligosaccharide Synthesis by Transgalactosylation Activity of β-Galactosidase: Recent Trends, Challenges and Future Perspectives
(2019 Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2019)
The growing interest in functional foods and their beneficial effects
on human health, yielded due interest in the field of obtaining novel
bioactive ingredients featuring enhanced physiological and
physical/chemical ...