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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 284, 期 2, 页码 714-728出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.10.036
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confocal scanning laser microscopy; image analysis; phase separation; depletion flocculation; sodium caseinate; xanthan gum; emulsion rheology
The time-dependent evolution of the phase-separated microstructure of a caseinate-stabilised emulsion containing xanthan gum added before emulsification has been investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy, image analysis and rheology. Moderately low levels of xanthan addition lead to depletion flocculation and gravity-induced phase separation. Increasing the polysaccharide concentration causes immobilisation of the microstructure due to an increase in the local viscoelasticity : that is, the emulsion structure cannot easily rearrange to expel xanthan-enriched aqueous serum phase because a weak gel-like network is generated. The effect of xanthan on the evolving microstructure of phase-separated regions, which reflects indirectly the local emulsion micro-rheology, has been estimated from image analysis of time sequences of confocal micrographs. A comparison has been made between object shape analysis using four different shape descriptors. The roundness parameter has been found to be a convenient descriptor for reliably quantifying the structural change in terms of the relaxation rate of xanthan-rich aqueous drops. The Taylor parameter has been used to link the kinetics of drop relaxation to the time-dependent small-deformation rheological behaviour. The analysis of the combined experimental data reveals the difficulty of relating the evolving microstructure to bulk rheological measurements. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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