Instrument: Vasco
Industry: Food chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00536
Keywords: Calcium, Fibers, Gelation, Hydrodynamics, Suspensions, cold gelation, calcium, whey protein isolate, osmotic flow, microfluidics, food
Using fractal protein aggregates as building blocks, porous fibers were produced. The suspension of aggregates was coinjected with a solution of calcium chloride. Sol–gel transition of the suspension was induced by diffusion of calcium ions in the jet. The production of these fibers required a precise control of both hydrodynamic and physicochemical conditions as hydrodynamic instabilities competed with the gelation kinetics. (369 characters)