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Soft Matter

Where physics meets chemistry meets biology for fundamental soft matter research.



Food Science


13 May 2008

Welcome to the Soft Matter web theme issue, focussing on food science. 

This Soft Matter web theme explores fundamental interdisciplinary research into food science covering a variety of areas including food biophysics, food colloids and emulsions, and complex food structure. Articles included in this web theme issue will be published in forthcoming regular issues of Soft Matter and will be FREE to access online for a limited period. Articles will be added to this page as they are published online, so please do keep checking back for the latest news!

 

Guest Editor: Professor Peter Fryer, University of Birmingham, UK. 

"Foods are the soft solids we eat every day. Their manufacture, and breakdown in the mouth and stomach, governs the taste, texture and nutritional value we receive. Understanding the ways food materials behave is thus vital in practice as well as being difficult and interesting science."
- Peter Fryer

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Just added: a Highlight article by Athene Donald on aggregation in beta-lactoglobulin and original research on the crystallinity and binding capacity of edible oils from Alejandro Marangoni.      


 

 


Highlights

Aggregation in -lactoglobulin
Athene M. Donald, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1147
DOI: 10.1039/b800106e

Reviews

Microscopy, microstructure and displacement of proteins from interfaces: implications for food quality and digestion
Victor John Morris and Allan Patrick Gunning, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 943
DOI: 10.1039/b718904d

Interfacial structure and stability of food emulsions as affected by protein–polysaccharide interactions
Eric Dickinson, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 932
DOI: 10.1039/b718319d

Papers

Engineering the oil binding capacity and crystallinity of self-assembled fibrillar networks of 12-hydroxystearic acid in edible oils
Michael A. Rogers, Amanda J. Wright and Alejandro G. Marangoni, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1483
DOI: 10.1039/b803299h

The influence of electrostatic interaction on the structure and the shear modulus of heat-set globular protein gels
Soraya Mehalebi, Taco Nicolai and Dominique Durand, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 893
DOI: 10.1039/b718640a

Direct observation of adhesion and spreading of emulsion droplets at solid surfaces
Diane M. Dresselhuis, George A. van Aken, Els H. A. de Hoog and Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1079
DOI: 10.1039/b718891a

Also of interest

RSC publishing have an extensive online catalogue of books in the area of food and nutrition. Recent examples include:

Science of Chocolate

Science of Chocolate

Copyright: 2008
Stephen T Beckett

This book takes the reader on the journey of chocolate, to discover how confectionery is made and will appeal to those with a fascination for chocolate.


Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 14

Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 14

Copyright: 2008
Peter A Williams

A useful information source for researchers and other professionals in industry and academia, particularly those involved directly with food science.


Food Colloids

Food Colloids

Copyright: 2007
Eric Dickinson

This authoritative book will serve as a guide and reference to researchers in the field of food colloids.


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