Producing shape-engineered alginate particles using viscoplastic fluids
Sima Asadi, Arif Z. Nelson, Patrick S. Doyle
Abstract
We report a new method that leverages the yield stress property of viscoplastic fluids and combines it with the gel-forming capacity of sodium alginate to produce shape-engineered alginate particles. The image displays non-spherical alginate particles.
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ViscoplasticityMaterials scienceYield (engineering)Particle (ecology)Stress relaxationStress (linguistics)Deformation (meteorology)Composite materialChemical engineeringNanotechnologyThermodynamicsCreepConstitutive equationPhysicsOceanographyPhilosophyFinite element methodEngineeringLinguisticsGeologyHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization3D Printing in Biomedical Research