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Nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds for food applications
(2012-06-19)
The increase in dietary-intake-related illnesses, such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes and cancer, have made in recent years the development of health-and-wellness promoting foods a priority of ...
Continuous supercritical emulsion extraction: process characterization and optimization of operative conditions to produce biopolymer microspheres
(2012-07-04)
Controlled release systems for therapeutic drugs have received extensive attention in recent years, due to their great clinical potential. Biodegradable microspheres are well-recognized systems to control the release rate ...
The effect of temperature on flow properties of powders
(2012-06-18)
Changes of cohesive flow properties of powders at high temperature are observed in many industrial process units, such as fluidized bed reactors, granulators and dryers. Many authors investigated the behaviour of powders ...
Production and characterization of loaded smart microcapsules, performance evaluation and industrialization of supercritical CO2 based processes
(2021-11-16)
In the last years, scientists and engineers have designed a wide range of polymeric systems capable responding to internal or external stimuli. There is a great range of responsive polymers that are sensitive to different ...
Preparation of powder layers in selective laser sintering process
(2021-11-29)
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process by means of which three-dimensional objects can be manufactured using a laser beam to selectively sinter powder particles. Many are the advantages of ...
Optimization of a supercritical assisted process for the production of liposomes for industrial applications
(2019-03-11)
Liposomes are spherical vesicles made of a double lipidic layer that surrounds an inner aqueous core.
Several methods for the preparation of liposomes have been developed in the last decades. However, these
methods present ...
Sustainable recovery and advanced use of nanostructured cellulose from agri-food residues
(2023-07-14)
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the development of sustainable alternative materials
due to the environmental impacts related to the high disposal of fossil oil-based products. In this regard, ...
Batteries for electric mobility: life Cycle assessment and processes for Recycling of raw materials
(2022-06-26)
Climate change is pushing to rethink the paradigm of anthropic activities. From a society strongly
based on fossil fuels and their exploitation, there are many initiatives that aim at a transition towards
sustainable energy ...
Production of polymer/active compound composites by supercritical CO2 assisted processes
(2021-03-04)
The interest in the production of novel polymer/active compound composites has increased over
time as a response to the main issues encountered in the pharmaceutical field. Nowadays, polymeric
carriers are employed to ...
Functionalization of pasta through the incorporation of active ingredients of natural origins
(2023-05-03)
L'industria alimentare sta attraversando un processo di costante evoluzione per soddisfare le esigenze
dinamiche di una popolazione in crescita, sempre più preoccupata per le malattie legate alla dieta.
Tuttavia, le strategie ...