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Helping ingredients punch above their weight fraction

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Todd Squires highlights the distinction between weight and volume fraction as a conceptual strategy to control the flow and feel of complex fluid products.

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Squires, T.M. Helping ingredients punch above their weight fraction. Nat Chem Eng 2, 663 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-025-00282-y

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