TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanoemulsions
T2 - stability and physical properties
AU - Montes de Oca-Ávalos, Juan Manuel
AU - Candal, Roberto Jorge
AU - Herrera, María Lidia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT) through Project PICT 2013-0897, and by the University of Buenos Aires through Project UBA-20020130100136BA.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Nanoemulsions present several advantages over conventional emulsions due to the small droplets size they contain: high optical clarity, good physical stability against gravitational separation and droplet aggregation, and enhanced bioavailability of encapsulated substances, which make them suitable for food applications. Depending on desired formulation, preparation method should be selected to optimize droplet size distribution since it strongly affects stability behavior. Systems with droplets diameter smaller than 200 nm and a monomodal distribution usually have a homogeneous structure, that is, a structure with well-distributed droplets that do not show flocs. A structure with these characteristics remains unchanged for long time, up to six months, given the nanoemulsion enhanced stability compared to conventional emulsions with the same formulation.
AB - Nanoemulsions present several advantages over conventional emulsions due to the small droplets size they contain: high optical clarity, good physical stability against gravitational separation and droplet aggregation, and enhanced bioavailability of encapsulated substances, which make them suitable for food applications. Depending on desired formulation, preparation method should be selected to optimize droplet size distribution since it strongly affects stability behavior. Systems with droplets diameter smaller than 200 nm and a monomodal distribution usually have a homogeneous structure, that is, a structure with well-distributed droplets that do not show flocs. A structure with these characteristics remains unchanged for long time, up to six months, given the nanoemulsion enhanced stability compared to conventional emulsions with the same formulation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cofs.2017.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cofs.2017.06.003
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:85021282760
SN - 2214-7993
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Current Opinion in Food Science
JF - Current Opinion in Food Science
ER -