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A dry and fully dispersible bacterial cellulose formulation as a stabilizer for oil-in-water emulsions
| Resumo: | Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an emerging alternative to plant cellulose in different applications. Several works demonstrated the potential of never-dried BC; however, envisioning real industrial applications, a dry product retaining its functional properties upon rehydration is preferable. A dry and completely redispersible formulation of BC with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was prepared by Spray-drying. The obtained material showed a Zeta Potential of (-67.0±3.9) mV, a Dv(50) of (601±19.7) µm and was able to decrease the oil/water interface energy. The dry BC:CMC formulation was employed as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions, in parallel with commercial plant celluloses and Xanthan gum. The emulsions were monitored over time by optical microscopy and characterized by rheological measurements. BC:CMC effectively stabilized emulsions against coalescence and creaming, at a concentration of 0.50 % - contrarily to other commercial dry celluloses due to the Pickering effect and to the structuring of the continuous phase, as seen with Cryo-SEM. |
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| Autores principais: | Martins, Daniela |
| Outros Autores: | Estevinho, B.; Rocha, F.; Dourado, Fernando; Gama, F. M. |
| Assunto: | Bacterial Cellulose Spray-Dryer Oil-in-Water Emulsions Interfacial Tension |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an emerging alternative to plant cellulose in different applications. Several works demonstrated the potential of never-dried BC; however, envisioning real industrial applications, a dry product retaining its functional properties upon rehydration is preferable. A dry and completely redispersible formulation of BC with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was prepared by Spray-drying. The obtained material showed a Zeta Potential of (-67.0±3.9) mV, a Dv(50) of (601±19.7) µm and was able to decrease the oil/water interface energy. The dry BC:CMC formulation was employed as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions, in parallel with commercial plant celluloses and Xanthan gum. The emulsions were monitored over time by optical microscopy and characterized by rheological measurements. BC:CMC effectively stabilized emulsions against coalescence and creaming, at a concentration of 0.50 % - contrarily to other commercial dry celluloses due to the Pickering effect and to the structuring of the continuous phase, as seen with Cryo-SEM. |
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