Creating recipes through this method is called a permanent emulsion because the ingredients come together and do not separate. The most common emulsions are salad dressings. Simple dressings that are ...
Emulsions are formed when tiny droplets of one liquid are suspended within another liquid. A mixture of oil and water is a good example of an emulsion. It is not uncommon for foods that we eat to ...
Soaps play a vital role in keeping clean. They are salts made from the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils (triglycerides). Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when ...
Assess the quality of the emulsions at 400× magnification with an inverted microscope. Dip a pipette tip into the emulsion, and streak it over the bottom of a 48-well cell culture plate.
Many emulsions consist of a hydrophobic ‘oily’ phase dispersed in a continuous aqueous phase. Additionally, most emulsions contain at least one other substance, a surfactant, to stabilize ...
Inspired by the two-faced Roman god Janus, the team at Zhejiang University put a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic membrane next to each other to form a 4 mm-wide channel. As they pump a lab-mixed ...