DLS-Derived Apparent Mobility as a Formulation-Relevant Descriptor of Thermoresponsive Methylcellulose Gelation and Hysteresis

Franz Miller Branco Ferraz, Christina Reichart, Laura Kainz, Christian Moitzi · 2026

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Franz Miller Branco Ferraz and three co-authors use light scattering to track how methylcellulose, a plant based gel former, sets and melts with heat. Its gelling depends on heat past, strength, and the salts around it. The study came out in twenty twenty-six.

The team paired the light method with cloud checks and flow tests on a weak solution. On heating, the mix turned from fluid to gel in a mid heat range, but did not fully melt back on cooling. Cloud levels and particle motion came back at distinct heat points, so each probe saw the change at a split stage. A two state model fit the motion loss and return, and mapped a wide gap loop.

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CREATORFranz Miller Branco Ferraz, Christina Reichart, Laura Kainz, Christian Moitzi
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE55 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13606277

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