Andrea Silva-Weiss

Dr. Andrea Silva-Weiss


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 May 2018 in Journal of Food Engineering
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ASAndrea Silva-Weiss
Andrea Silva-Weiss
MQMarcela Cristina Quilaqueo
Marcela Cristina Quilaqueo
OVO. Venegas
O. Venegas
MAManuel Ahumada
Manuel Ahumada
WSW. Silva
W. Silva
BGB. Giménez
B. Giménez

1 June 2019 in Food Research International
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PRPaz Robert
Paz Robert
MZMarcela Zamorano
Marcela Zamorano
EGEstefanía González
Estefanía González
ASAndrea Silva-Weiss
Andrea Silva-Weiss
SCSusana Cofrades
Susana Cofrades
BGBegoña Gimenez
Begoña Gimenez


1 April 2020 in Food Research International
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JPJohana Esther López Polo
Johana Esther López Polo
ASAndrea Silva-Weiss
Andrea Silva-Weiss
BGBegoña Gimenez
Begoña Gimenez
Plinio Cantero-LópezPlinio Cantero-López
Plinio Cantero-López
RVRicardo Vega
Ricardo Vega
FOFernando Osorio
Fernando Osorio

30 December 2017 in Coatings
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FOFernando Osorio
Fernando Osorio
GVGonzalo Valdes
Gonzalo Valdes
OSOlivier Skurtys
Olivier Skurtys
RARicardo Andrade
Ricardo Andrade
RVRicardo Villalobos-Carvajal
Ricardo Villalobos-Carvajal
JPJohana Esther López Polo
Johana Esther López Polo
Surface free energy is an essential physicochemical property of a solid and it greatly influences the interactions between vegetable epicarps and coating suspensions. Wettability is the property of a solid surface to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in contact with it such that it spreads over the surface and wets it, resulting from intermolecular interactions when the two are brought together. The degree of wetting (wettability) is determined by an energy balance between adhesive and cohesive work. The spreading coefficient (Scf/food) is the difference between the work of adhesion and the work of cohesion. Surface wettability is measured by the contact angle, which is formed when a droplet of a liquid is placed on a surface. The objective of this work was to determine the effect of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), κ-carrageenan, glycerol, and cellulose nanofiber (CNF) concentrations on the wettability of edible coatings on banana and eggplant epicarps. Coating suspension wettability on both epicarps were evaluated by contact angle measurements. For the (Scf/food) values obtained, it can be concluded that the surfaces were partially wet by the suspensions. Scf/food on banana surface was influenced mainly by κ-carrageenan concentration, HPMC-glycerol, κ-carrageenan-CNF, and glycerol-CNF interactions. Thus, increasing κ-carrageenan concentrations within the working range led to a 17.7% decrease in Scf/banana values. Furthermore, a HPMC concentration of 3 g/100 g produced a 10.4% increase of the Scf/banana values. Finally, Scf/fruit values for banana epicarps were higher (~10%) than those obtained for eggplant epicarp, indicating that suspensions wetted more the banana than the eggplant surface.