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Recent Advances in Chemically Modified Cellulose and Its Derivatives for Food Packaging Applications: A Review by Jiang, Zhuolun, Ngai, To

“…The application of cellulose in the food packaging field has gained increasing attention in recent years, driven by the desire for sustainable products…”
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All‐Silica Submicrometer Colloidosomes for Cargo Protection and Tunable Release by Jiang, Hang, Hong, Liangzhi, Li, Yunxing, Ngai, To

“…Colloidosomes have received considerable attention for the controlled delivery of active ingredients in medicine, agrochemicals, and cosmetics. However, most…”
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Fortification of edible films with bioactive agents: a review of their formation, properties, and application in food preservation by Chen, Wenzhang, Ma, Shaobo, Wang, Qiankun, McClements, David Julian, Liu, Xuebo, Ngai, To, Liu, Fuguo

“…Biodegradable films constructed from food ingredients are being developed for food coating and packaging applications to create more sustainable and…”
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Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Binary Mixtures of Colloidal Particles: Synergies between Contrasting Properties by Liu, Liangdong, Ngai, To

“…Pickering emulsions that are stabilized by colloidal particles have attracted substantial research attention because of their potential applications in various…”
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Multiple Pickering emulsions stabilized by surface-segregated micelles with adaptive wettability by Zhang, Tongtong, Jiang, Hang, Hong, Liangzhi, Ngai, To

“…Surface-segregated micelles (SSMs) with adaptive wettability have considerable potential for application in Pickering emulsions and bioanalytical technology…”
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Ultra-stable Pickering emulsion stabilized by a natural particle bilayer by Tao, Shengnan, Jiang, Hang, Wang, Rongjie, Yang, Cheng, Li, Yunxing, Ngai, To

“…Ultra-stable Pickering emulsions synergistically stabilized by zein nanoparticles and starch nanocrystals were successfully prepared and the stabilization is…”
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Nitrogen-Rich and Fire-Resistant Carbon Aerogels for the Removal of Oil Contaminants from Water by Yang, Yu, Tong, Zhen, Ngai, To, Wang, Chaoyang

“…Effective removal of crude oils, petroleum products, organic solvents, and dyes from water is of significance in oceanography, environmental protection, and…”
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Edible, strong, and low‐hygroscopic bacterial cellulose derived from biosynthesis and physical modification for food packaging by Cheung, Ka Man, Jiang, Zhuolun, Ngai, To

“…Background The pervasive presence of plastic packaging has led to significant environmental contamination due to excessive reliance on petrochemicals and the…”
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Gelatin Particle-Stabilized High Internal Phase Emulsions as Nutraceutical Containers by Tan, Huan, Sun, Guanqing, Lin, Wei, Mu, Changdao, Ngai, To

“…In this paper, we report for the first time the use of a well-dispersed gelatin particle as a representative of natural and biocompatible materials to be an…”
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Polysaccharide-based Pickering emulsions: Formation, stabilization and applications by Cui, Fengzhan, Zhao, Sheliang, Guan, Xin, McClements, David Julian, Liu, Xuebo, Liu, Fuguo, Ngai, To

“…Organic particles are increasingly being utilized instead of inorganic ones to form and stabilize Pickering emulsions for food applications. In particular,…”
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Sodium caseinate as a particulate emulsifier for making indefinitely recycled pH-responsive emulsions by Xi, Yongkang, Liu, Bo, Jiang, Hang, Yin, Shouwei, Ngai, To, Yang, Xiaoquan

“…pH-responsive emulsions are one of the simplest and most readily implementable stimuli-responsive systems. However, their practical uses have been greatly…”
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Polymer coatings on magnesium‐based implants for orthopedic applications by Zhu, Yuwei, Liu, Wei, Ngai, To

“…Nowadays, the need for bio‐implants, which can gradually degrade after fulfilling the therapeutic tasks is continuously increasing. Under such situation,…”
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CO2-responsive Pickering emulsions stabilized by soft protein particles for interfacial biocatalysis by Xi, Yongkang, Liu, Bo, Wang, Shuxin, Wei, Shuheng, Yin, Shouwei, To Ngai, Yang, Xiaoquan

“…Pickering emulsions are emulsions stabilized by colloidal particles and serve as an excellent platform for biphasic enzymatic catalysis. However, developing…”
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Submicron Inverse Pickering Emulsions for Highly Efficient and Recyclable Enzymatic Catalysis by Jiang, Hang, Li, Yunxing, Hong, Liangzhi, Ngai, To

“…Herein, we report the utilization of a submicron Pickering emulsion (SPE) for the encapsulation of enzymes (e.g., lipase from Candida sp.) in water droplets…”
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Naphthalimide‐Based Aggregation‐Induced Emissive Polymeric Hydrogels for Fluorescent Pattern Switch and Biomimetic Actuators by Liu, Hao, Wei, Shuxin, Qiu, Huiyu, Zhan, Beibei, Liu, Qingquan, Lu, Wei, Zhang, Jiawei, Ngai, To, Chen, Tao

“…Substituted naphthalimide (NI) moieties are highly versatile and newly recognized aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) building blocks for many potentially…”
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Engineering proteinaceous colloidosomes as enzyme carriers for efficient and recyclable Pickering interfacial biocatalysis by Jiang, Hang, Hu, Xiaofeng, Li, Yunxing, Yang, Cheng, Ngai, To

“…Despite Pickering interfacial biocatalysis being a popular topic in biphasic biocatalysis, the development of water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion systems stabilized by…”
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High Internal Phase Emulsions Stabilized Solely by Microgel Particles by Li, Zifu, Ming, Tian, Wang, Jianfang, Ngai, To

“…Smart microgels: High internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) with a volume fraction up to 0.9 are prepared using soft microgel particles as stabilizer. Adsorption of…”
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Engineering hybrid microgels as particulate emulsifiers for reversible Pickering emulsions by Jiang, Hang, Zhang, Shengwei, Sun, Guanqing, Li, Yunxing, Guan, Xin, Yang, Cheng, Ngai, To

“…Thermo-responsive microgels are unique stabilizers for stimuli-sensitive Pickering emulsions that can be switched between the state of emulsification and…”
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Pickering emulsions stabilized by biocompatible particles: A review of preparation, bioapplication, and perspective by Zhang, Tong, Liu, Fuguo, Wu, Jie, Ngai, To

“…[Display omitted] •Pickering emulsions based on biocompatible particles are summarized.•Important examples of biocompatible Pickering emulsions are…”
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A confocal microscopy study of micron-sized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles at the oil–water interface and anisotopic flattening of highly swollen microgel by Kwok, Man-hin, Ngai, To

“…Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) was applied to examine the structure of responsive soft PNIPAM microgel particles at decane/water interface in a…”
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