Incorporation of Nicandra physalodes (Linn.) Gaertn. pectin as a way to improve the textural properties of fish gelatin gels

Yuan, Kai; Yang, Xudong; Li, Daoming; Wang, Guoliang; Wang, Shuaida; Guo, Yurong; Yang, Xi

doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107790

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“…Although the tube inversion is a quite versatile method in checking whether the observed object ought to be classified as gel or not, it cannot be applied to investigating the transient gelation process. Direct observation with naked eyes is obviously the most straightforward method for taking a view of the vanishing flowability and was used even in recent studies [8][9][10][11]. Furthermore, an auxiliary procedure of dispersing tiny particles in the gelling solution for enhancing the observability was revealed to work effectively in helping the observers to trace the in situ gelation process [12][13][14].…”

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Direct Observation of Transient Flow Kinematics of Environment-Friendly Silica-Based Alcogel at Instantaneous Gelation

Kurumada,

Ue,

Sato

2023

Sustainability

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This study was intended to exploit the possibility of using the quick gelation of alcogel that is induced by adding catalytic imidazole into a silicate-oligomer-based solution. For this purpose, the experimental viability of the direct observation of the gelation behavior was actually examined. The silicate oligomer, derived from tetraethyl orthosilicate hydrolyzed under an acidic condition (pH ~ 5), was used as the quickly gelling mother solution. The capability of the oligomer solution to form a non-flowable matter in only a few seconds when triggered by the addition of the catalytic solution of imidazole is promising, for example, for stabilizing a sandy ground surface, due to its simplicity. From the practical viewpoint, how long the gelation could take (=gel time) is a crucial parameter when the choice of an appropriate gelling chemical species needs to be made. Thus, this study focused its interest on as simple an experimental method as possible for evaluating the gel time of the gelling systems that actually underwent instantaneous gelation. The silicate oligomer solution was an appropriate material both in its quick gelling behavior and environmental friendliness. For such quick gelation, rheological approaches are not applicable for detecting the boundary in the mechanical properties that delineate the regime of “gel”. In this study, instead, direct observation was employed to capture the short interval during which the gelation was completed. The silicate-oligomer-based gelling solution was observed to lose its flowability within only 0.2 s, as it was seen to come off the bottom of the shaken cylinder at 5 Hz. For a more quantitative estimation, the same gelling solution was observed by high-speed motion picture. The high-speed motion picture could clearly capture the instantaneous gelation as a sudden arrest of the flow. The sub-millisecond direct observation of the gelation behavior revealed that the timescale of the instantaneous termination of the flow was as quick as 1 ms in order of magnitude. Such instantaneous gelation in the sub-millisecond-order timescale could not be forecasted from the observable megascopic gelation, which appeared to last from 102 ms to 103 ms in our naked-eye observation. The noteworthy gap between the timescale of the naked-eye-observed gelation and that of the true gel time at a localized spot determined by the high-speed motion picture should be noted to avoid excess agitation, which can result in total collapse into gel fragments of the just solidifying or already solidified gel under strong deformational influence by mechanical agitation, for example.

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