Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science最新文献

Electrically conductive microcellular foams via high internal phase emulsions 导电微孔泡沫通过高内相乳剂

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101939

Song Hee Lee , Joung Sook Hong , Seong Jae Lee

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Evaporation of emulsion drops on surfaces: A short review 表面上乳液滴的蒸发：简要回顾

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101938

Dileep Mampallil

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Machine learning for food colloids: Novel tools to advance fundamental understanding, stability, texture, and processability 食品胶体的机器学习：促进基本理解，稳定性，质地和可加工性的新工具

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101937

Kelvin Wong , Tarsila Rodrigues Arruda , Keith T. Butler , Stefan Guldin , Stephen Schrettl

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Light-responsive emulsions and dispersions: Design and applications 光响应乳剂和分散体：设计和应用

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101935

Jack W. Avery , Beatrice E. Jones , Gregory N. Smith , Rachel C. Evans

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Microfluidic production of hydrogel-shelled microcapsules and their applications 水凝胶微胶囊的微流控制备及其应用

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101936

Jiwoo Lee , Ji-Won Kim , Shin-Hyun Kim

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Aqueous two-phase emulsion systems in 3D cell culture 三维细胞培养中的水相两相乳液体系

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101933

Amro K.F. Dyab , Agata N. Burska , Vesselin N. Paunov

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Micro- and nanoplastics as transport vectors for organic contaminants in the environment: A critical review 微塑料和纳米塑料作为环境中有机污染物的运输载体：综述

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101934

Charlotte Henkel , Thorsten Hüffer , Snežana Maletić , Thilo Hofmann

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Pickering emulsions stabilized by cellulose nanofibers obtained from agricultural and food waste 由从农业和食物垃圾中获得的纤维素纳米纤维稳定的酸洗乳

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101931

Noriko Kanai , Izuru Kawamura

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Confocal Raman spectroscopy applied to microemulsions and nanoemulsions 共聚焦拉曼光谱在微乳液和纳米乳液中的应用

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101932

Cintia J. Fernandez, Verónica Volpe, Analía Guerrero, Danielle Silva do Nascimento, Marcos Grünhut

{"title":"Confocal Raman spectroscopy applied to microemulsions and nanoemulsions","authors":"Cintia J. Fernandez, Verónica Volpe, Analía Guerrero, Danielle Silva do Nascimento, Marcos Grünhut","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Raman spectroscopy is a light scattering technique in which a molecule scatters incident light at different wavelengths depending on the chemical structure of the analyte, from a high-intensity laser light source. The Raman scattered light is detected to create the Raman spectrum, which is unique to the chemical compounds present in the sample, acting as chemical fingerprints. Since Raman spectrometers can be coupled to a confocal microscope, the selection of regions of interest and a high magnification of the image of the sample can be achieved. Furthermore, 2D and 3D mapping can be generated from thousands of Raman spectra acquired from different positions on the sample, showing the distribution of individual chemical components in the sample. This review summarizes recent advances in the application of confocal Raman spectroscopy to the physicochemical and analytical characterization of microemulsions and nanoemulsions, focusing primarily on topical formulations and biological studies (<em>in-vitro</em> and <em>ex-vivo</em>), and including representative <em>in-vivo</em> and clinical investigations. Identification, quantification, and distribution of components (surfactants, oil phase, active ingredients, etc.) in the colloidal systems, as well as to biological studies related to dynamic processes of formulations in different tissues, even in real-time, were performed. The methodological aspects of confocal Raman spectroscopy in recent works were adequately described, discussed, and compared. Also, we analyzed the limitations and advantages of the spectroscopic technique, including its contribution to green chemistry. Finally, we discuss future perspectives considering its combination with chemometric and artificial intelligence algorithms to improve the quality of the results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"78 ","pages":"Article 101932"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrigendum to “Forces at superhydrophobic and superamphiphobic surfaces” [Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 47 (June 2020) 46–57] “超疏水和超两疏表面的作用力”的勘误表[Curr Opin胶体界面科学47 (June 2020) 46-57]

IF 7.9 2区化学

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101923

Mimmi Eriksson , Agne Swerin

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