Iron oxide nanoparticles (FexOy-NPs) are currently being applied in numerous high-tech sectors, such as in chemical sectors for catalysis and in the medical sector for drug delivery systems and antimicrobial purposes, due ...

This study aims to evaluate the effect of gum content and pH on the thermal gelation of mixed egg yolk/κ-carrageenan (EY/κC) dispersions, monitored by linear viscoelastic measurements. Heat processing induces dramatic ...

Phycocyanin (PC), a protein pigment obtained from algae, is attracting attention due to the search for new plant-based alternatives to stabilise food products. Furthermore, PC presents surface activity and is able to reduce ...

The manufacture of eco-friendly bioplastic materials from renewable resources to replace petroleum-based plastics has attracted increasing attention. For many years, proteins, lipids and polysaccharides have been proposed ...

Mechanochemistry has attracted a lot of attention over the last few decades with a rapid growth in the number of publications due to its unique features. However, very little is known about how mechanical energy is converted ...

In the last few years, electrospinning has proved to be one of the best methods for obtaining membranes of a micro and nanometric fiber size. This method mainly consists in the spinning of a polymeric or biopolymeric ...

The conjugation of proteins with carbohydrates generates covalent bonds which may improve their techno- and biofunctional properties and therefore expand their applications in the food industry. In the present study, a ...