edited by Harry Levine
This reference volume brings together current leading experts to contribute to this unique cross-disciplinary account of the subject.
Coverage includes:
- Water-compatible amorphous solids (physical, chemical behaviour)
- Low water content systems (water as plasticizer)
- Applications in food and pharmaceutical sciences and industries (processing and stability)
- State-of-the-art technology in food and pharmaceutical systems
This timely publication will be welcomed by academic and industrial researchers and professionals in the pharmaceuticals, food, materials and polymer sciences.
Contents
- Structure and Significance in the Application Technology of Amorphous Materials
- Glassy State Dynamics and its Significance for Stabilization of Labile Bioproducts
- Theories of Unstable Aqueous Systems: How Can They Help the Technologist?
- Progress in Food Processing and Storage
- Rational Pharmaceutical Formulation of Amorphous Products
- Chemistry in Solid Amorphous Matrices
- Residual Water, Its Measurement, and its Effects on Product Stability
- Novel Experimental Approaches to Studies of Amorphous Aqueous Systems
Subject Index