Clean chemistry technology solves the mystery of "water and oil incompatibility"

According to research published in the journal Chemical Science, Flinders University in Australia has accomplished a major scientific challenge: they have created a vortex jet device (VFD) that uses this "clean chemistry" approach to unravel the The mystery of water and oil incompatibility" realizes the mixing of "immiscible things"
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In the future, the innovation will find applications in a range of industries, from food processing and nutraceuticals to cosmetics, to research and development such as capsule drug delivery
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Previously, researchers at Flinders University and the University of California, Irvine used VFD to turn hard-boiled eggs back into "raw eggs" in experiments
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They used a chemical to liquefy the whites of hard-boiled eggs, and then used a vortex jet device to sever the tightly tangled protein molecular chains so they could reconstitute properly
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This time, they still used this device to unveil the mystery of immiscible liquids
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This new advancement could improve many future products, industrial processes, and even the food we consume
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The paper's senior author, Professor Colin Ruston from Flinders University's Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, said they have now demonstrated the process by using "common solvents and water", while avoiding the use of other substances to modulate the disparity.
The reaction of the liquid solution makes the process more environmentally friendly and cleaner
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Combining thin-film microfluidics with "high shear flow chemistry and high heat and mass transfer," the researchers say, the rapidly evolving VFD technology is overcoming the mixing limitations of traditional processing
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It is understood that researchers have performed more than 100,000 experiments to determine how liquids mix and how they flow at the very tiny nanoscale
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What's more, Flinders University researchers have also scaled up the VFD machine to use it in experimental biodegradable polymers to start mass production of its organic matter and develop clean technologies in order to adapt Applications across a range of industries
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Essentially, VFD has been used in multiple experiments to manufacture high-quality pharmaceutical elements such as peptides, fish oils and foods, as well as many other green chemical processes
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