Oleogels: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Chemistry and Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 2602
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oleogel are lipid-based soft materials in which liquid oil is immobilized in an elastic or viscoelastic crosslinked network stabilized by molecular assembly of organogelators. Oleogels have found enormous potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and petrochemical industries due to their desirable rheological properties and beneficial health effects. For instance, oleogels have been used as healthy fat replacers in numerous food systems to decrease saturated and trans fatty acid content without sacrificing the textural properties. Other functional characteristics include limiting oil migration, reducing lipid oxidation, regulating lipid digestion, preventing re-crystallization and achieving controlled release in delivery systems, etc. In recent years, oleogel-derived colloidal systems have also drawn much attention in attempts tto expand their application versatility, i.e., through bigels, oleogel-based emulsions, oleofoams, etc.
This Special Issue will focus on recent advances and future perspectives in edible oleogels and oleogel-derived colloidal systems, i.e., bigels, oleogel-based emulsions, oleofoams, etc. A broad range of topics will be discussed including but not limited to the fabrication of novel oleogel-based colloidal systems, investigation of in-depth assembly mechanisms, potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, and more.
Prof. Dr. Yaqi Lan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oleogels
- assembly
- oleogel-derived colloidal systems
- foods
- pharmaceuticals
- cosmetics
