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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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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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A review of recent trends in structuring oleogel-based emulsions for food applications 综述了食品用油凝胶基乳剂结构的最新趋势

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Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101924

Shahzad Farooq , Muhammad Ijaz Ahmad , Abdullah , Usman Ali , Hui Zhang

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Recent advances in fluorine-free functionalized nanomaterials for low-wettability applications 低润湿性应用的无氟功能化纳米材料的最新进展

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Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101922

Donald Hill, Henry Apsey, Shirin Alexander

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Plant protein adsorption at oil–water interfaces: A mapping review using alternate subphase tensiometry 植物蛋白在油水界面的吸附：利用交替亚相张力测定法的制图回顾

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Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101920

Li-Hsuan Lin , Jotam Bergfreund , Peter Fischer , Pascal Bertsch

{"title":"Plant protein adsorption at oil–water interfaces: A mapping review using alternate subphase tensiometry","authors":"Li-Hsuan Lin , Jotam Bergfreund , Peter Fischer , Pascal Bertsch","doi":"10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101920","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101920","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant proteins are rapidly emerging as functional food ingredients as a more sustainable and ethical alternative to established animal proteins, e.g., for the interfacial stabilization of emulsions and foams. To date, there is a large knowledge gap between plant and animal proteins, and it is often difficult to predict the interfacial performance of novel plant proteins, their individual fractions, and behavior as a function of processing conditions. Here, we introduce alternate subphase tensiometry (AST) as a novel method to map literature data on interfacial tension reduction of novel protein sources. We collected, compiled, and reanalyzed interfacial tension literature data from pea, soy, chickpea, lentil, faba bean, wheat, and microalgae protein. AST allows standardized plotting of literature data in uniform graphs, providing a rapid overview of the present data and pinpointing current gaps. Furthermore, grouped data can be readily singled out to identify promising protein fractions and effects of processing conditions such as pH, ionic strength, or pretreatments. Hence, AST is a powerful tool to summarize the existing data landscape, identify research gaps and particularly promising protein fractions, and ultimately predict the interfacial performance of plant proteins for interfacial stabilization of emulsions and foams.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":293,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 101920"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143927683","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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Designing tomorrow’s polymers: Enabling multiscale porous structures from high internal phase emulsions via additive manufacturing 设计未来的聚合物：通过增材制造实现高内相乳液的多尺度多孔结构

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Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-04-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2025.101921

Nihan Sengokmen-Ozsoz , Frederik Claeyssens

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