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Inorganic Particle-Based Oleogels

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Fumed silica has a complex microstructure comprising of micron-sized agglomerates of submicron aggregates of nanosized primary particles. Due to this complex microstructure and interesting surface chemistry, fumed silica is capable of forming oleogels through the formation of a continuous 3D network stabilized by hydrogen bonding among particles. These oleogels can be further combined with weak water gels to create a relatively unexplored class of colloids called bigels. The microstructure and rheological properties of fumed silica-based oleogels and bigels are described in details in this chapter.

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  1. Laboratory of Food Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Vandemoortele Centre for Lipid Science and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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Patel, A.R. (2015). Inorganic Particle-Based Oleogels. In: Alternative Routes to Oil Structuring. SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19138-6_4

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