2013•RSC AdvancesRequires access

Shellac as a natural material to structure a liquid oil-based thermo reversible soft matter system

Ashok Raj Patel, Domien Schatteman, Winnok Harald De Vos, Koen Dewettinck

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We demonstrate the novel use of shellac as a natural material to structure liquid oil into an oleogel. Thermo reversible oleogels with different texture, gel strength and temperature behaviour could be obtained by altering the concentration of shellac. Further, a possible application of shellac oleogel in the preparation of w/o spreadable emulsions is described.

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Key concepts: Shellac, Texture (cosmology), Chemical engineering, Materials science, Chemistry, Polymer science, Composite material, Engineering