Modern biopolymer science bridging the divide between fundamental treatise and industrial application

• Other Authors: Kasapis, Stefan, Norton, Ian T., Ubbink, Johan B.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2009.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Biopolymers.; Biopolymers > Biotechnology.; Biopolymers > Industrial applications.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080921143; 9780123741950
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (x, 627 pages) : illustrations

Industrialists developing new food and pharmaceutical products face the challenge of innovation in an increasingly competitive market that must consider incredient cost, product added-value, expectations of a healthy life-style, improved sensory impact, controlled delivery of active compounds and la...

Table of Contents:

• Low- and High-Solid Biopolymer/co-Solute Mixtures; Mapping the Different States of Food as a Function of Solids Content and Temperature Using a State Diagram; Microstructural Advances in the Understanding of Carbohydrate Glasses; Molecular Mobility of Bioactive Compounds in Biopolymer Matrices; Hydroccoloids and Medical Chemistry Applications; Fundamentals and Application of Protein Gelation; Biopolymer Composite Theory in Relation to Novel Product Development; Effect of Processing on Biopolymer Interactions; Molecular Theory of Polysaccharide Gels and Applications; Unifying Theory of Molecular Dynamics for Synthetic and Bio-macromolecules across the Viscoelastic Spectrum; Self Assembling Structures; Coacervates as Food Ingredients or Microencapsulation Delivery Systems; Biopolymer Films and Composite Coatings; Applications of Single-Molecule Techniques.