[HTML][HTML] Amphiphilic Lipids for Food Functionality

RVM Freire, S Salentinig - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic lipids are essential biomolecules, critical components in nature's functional
materials, and crucial nutrients in food. Being sustainable, biocompatible, and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal programming of lyotropic phase transition in nanoporous microfluidic confinements

V Ulaganathan, A Sengupta - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The nanoporous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces of a rectangular
microfluidic channel, selectively uptakes water molecules, concentrating the solute …

Enhancement of stability and dermal delivery of Carissa carandas Linn. leaf extract by liquid crystals

W Neimkhum, S Anuchapreeda, WC Lin, SC Lue… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop liquid crystal (LC) containing the ethyl acetate extract from
Carissa carandas Linn. leaves and investigate their stability, release profile, and skin …

The influence of bilayer fluidity on the stability of aqueous foams made from surfactant vesicle dispersions

C Ravazzano, GA Ferreira - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
The structures formed by surfactant self-assembly in bulk can affect the surface properties of
the resulting solutions, thus impacting foam formation and stability. Bilayer fluidity in …

Formulating plant-based hexosomes for the sustained delivery of food proteins

H de AV Matos, GA Ferreira - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
Hexosomes (HEXs) are nanoparticles formed by dispersing a lipid reverse hexagonal phase
in water. Although they have attracted a great interest in the development of delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Shear and cooling effects on lamellar gel network structure: Insights from Rheo-SANS

AL Fameau, L Veronico, C Le Coeur… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate the formation of lamellar gel networks (LGNs) composed of long-chain fatty
alcohols (C16, C18) and their mixture, combined with the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium …

Complexes of charged-neutral block copolymers and surfactants: process-dependent features and long-term stability of their aqueous dispersions

GA Ferreira, M Ram-On, Y Talmon, K Schillén… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aqueous dispersions of charged-neutral block copolymers (poly (acrylamide)-b-poly
(acrylate)) complexed with an oppositely charged surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium) …

Processing effects on bilayer structures formation and rheological behavior of softeners using cationic di (hydrogenated tallow) dimethylammonium chloride aqueous …

NV de Castro, GA Ferreira… - Journal of Surfactants and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of softeners is essential for enhancing laundered fabrics and hair textures after
washing. For these, products based on double‐tailed cationic surfactants are used to reduce …

Effect of Phenoxyethanol and Sodium benzoate on the liquid crystal phase behavior of mixed surfactant system

P Patra, D Hiban, T Moaddel, V Tirucherai… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants in a mixed concentrated (∼ 30 wt% and higher)-surfactant system self-assemble
to form a variety of liquid crystal (lc) types depending the lc curvature determined by the …

Simulations of Graphene Oxide Dispersions as Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystals in Couette Flow Using Ericksen-Leslie (EL) Theory

A Nikzad, S Bhatia, D Grecov - Fluids, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to simulate the flow of graphene oxide (GO) dispersions, a
discotic nematic liquid crystal (DNLC), using the Ericksen-Leslie (EL) theory. GO aqueous …