Complex of raw chitin nanofibers and zein colloid particles as stabilizer for producing stable pickering emulsions

This paper produced stable Pickering emulsions by using fibrous chitin nanofibers (ChNFs) and spherical zein colloid particles (ZCPs) complex as stabilizer. Transmission electronic microscopy showed that some ZCPs linked onto ChNFs chains but no entanglement. The main driving force between ChNFs and ZCPs might be hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interaction. ChNFs-stabilized Pickering emulsions had smaller particle size and better distribution than...