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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 194, Issue -, Pages 122-131Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.04.001
Keywords
Solid particle; High-pressure homogenizer; Ultrasound; Emulsification; Flocculation; Destabilization mechanism
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- CAPES - Brazil (DEA/FEA/PROEX)
- FAPESP - Brazil (FAPESP) [2007/58017-5, 2011/06083-0]
- CNPq - Brazil [CNPq 140710/2015-9, CNPq 140705/2015-5]
- CNPq [CNPq 307168/2016-6]
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Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) from banana peels was evaluated as promising stabilizer for oil-in-water emulsions. CNFs were treated using ultrasound and high-pressure homogenizer. Changes on the size, crystallinity index and zeta potential of CNFs were associated with the intense effects of cavitation phenomenon and shear forces promoted by mechanical treatments. CNFs-stabilized emulsions were produced under the same process conditions as the particles. Coalescence phenomenon was observed in the emulsions produced using high-pressure homogenizer, whereas droplets flocculation occurred in emulsions processed by ultrasound. In the latter, coalescence stability was associated with effects of cavitation forces acting on the CNFs breakup. Thus, smaller droplets created during the ultrasonication process could be recovered by particles that acted as an effective barrier against droplets coalescence. Our results improved understanding about the relationship between the choice of emulsification process and their effects on the CNFs properties influencing the potential application of CNFs as a food emulsifier.
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