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- Title
Effect of temperature, pH and ionic strength on hydroxyapatite stabilised Pickering emulsions produced in batch and continuous mode.
- Authors
Ribeiro, Andreia; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Barreiro, Maria Filomena; Lopes, José Carlos B.; Dias, Madalena M.
- Abstract
Oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering emulsions are attracting attention as carriers of lipophilic active compounds with clear advantages over traditional systems. Having in view their effective use it is important to study their stability against environmental stresses impacting manufacture, storage, and application conditions. In this work, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (n-HAp) Pickering emulsions produced in continuous mode using a mesostructured reactor (average size ~ 7, 11 and 18 µm) and in batch mode using a rotor–stator device (average size ~ 18 µm) were studied concerning their behaviour at different temperatures (5–90 ºC), pH (2–10) and ionic strength (0–500 mM), conditions with relevance for food applications. Droplet size, morphology, and zeta-potential were analysed after 1 and 7 days under storage. In general, and despite the droplet size, the n-HAp Pickering emulsions were stable within the tested ionic strength range, at relatively high pH environments (6–10), and at temperatures up to 70 ºC. Pickering emulsions undergo complete phase separation at very low pH (2) due to n-HAp particle's disruption. A clear tendency to aggregation and coalescence was observed for high temperatures (70–90 ºC). Results indicate no significant differences related to the used production method. From an industrial perspective, this work also corroborates that the scale-up to a continuous process using a mesostructured reactor, NETmix, from a batch laboratorial process is feasible without impacting stability.
- Subjects
IONIC strength; TEMPERATURE effect; HYDROXYAPATITE; EMULSIONS; BATCH reactors; PHASE separation; BATCH processing; HIGH temperatures
- Publication
Food Biophysics, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 3, p422
- ISSN
1557-1858
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11483-022-09732-z