Phase transitions in food production technologies

Immobilization Technologies in Probiotic Food Production

Various supports and immobilization/encapsulation techniques have been proposed and tested for application in functional food production. In the present review, the use of probiotic microorganisms for the production of novel foods is discussed, while the benefits and criteria of using probiotic cultures are analyzed. Subsequently, immobilization/encapsulation applications in the food industry a...

Evaluating New Food Technologies in Pork Production

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CLUSTERS

We have studied the phase transitions in atomic clusters by molecular dynamics simulation, assuming Lennard-Jones interatomic pair potential. Calculations are performed by DAP parallel computer. The results are analyzed by simulating their orientational distribution plots (dot-plot), and neutron diffraction patterns. It is shown that all the main features of the bulk phase transitions are e...

Defect production in slow first-order phase transitions.

We study the formation of vortices in a U(1) gauge theory following a firstorder transition proceeding by bubble nucleation, in particular the effect of a low velocity of expansion of the bubble walls. To do this, we use a twodimensional model in which bubbles are nucleated at random points in a plane and at random times and then expand at some velocity vb < c. Within each bubble, the phase ang...

Phase Transitions and Magnetic Monopole Production in the Very

In grand unified models, the abundance of superheavy magnetic monopoles in the universe can be suppressed if (1) the phase transition which creates the monopoles occurs after much supercooling; and (2) immediately after the phase transition, the effective monopole mass is large compared to the temperature. These requirements impose constraints on the history of the early universe. The Georgi-Gl...