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The “new dispersed systems formalism” (NDSF): a renovated description of the dispersed systems for ranking food systems by order of complexity

The "dispersed systems formalism", or DSF, was introduced for the description and study of dispersed systems, but the formulas in this system do not follow the logical order of decreasing orders of magnitude for the size of the constituent structures. This hinders the learning and use of the DSF. A renovation of the formalism, based on the top-down analysis of physicochemical systems, is proposed, with some other improvements, such as taking surface energy and entropy into account for ranking the various objects of the formalism. This renovation allows the introduction of a coherent classification of systems by order of increasing complexity. It helps deciding rationally an order for the study of the chemical and physical properties of systems.

The “new dispersed systems formalism” (NDSF): a renovated description of the dispersed systems for ranking food systems by order of complexity

Herve This vo Kientza1,2


1 Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SayFood 0782, 91120 Palaiseau, France
2 Group of Molecular Gastronomy, Inrae-AgroParisTech International Centre for Molecular and Physical Gastronomy, 22 place de l’agronomie, 91120, Palaiseau, France.

*Correspondence: herve.this@inrae.fr

 

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Keywords
complexity, CDS, DSF, food systems, formalism, formulation, phases, NDSF, operators


Edited by: 
Róisín Burke, Technological University Dublin, Ireland

Reviewers:
1. anonymous
2. anonymous

 

Received: 
20 May 2025

Accepted: 
12 June 2026

Published: 
24 June 2024.

 


Section:
This article was published in the “Proceedings” section of the International Journal of Molecular and Physical Gastronomy

 

Citation 

This vo Kientza H. 2026. The “new dispersed systems formalism” (NDSF): a renovated description of the dispersed systems for ranking food systems by order of complexity, International Journal of Molecular and Physical Gastronomy, 12(1), 4, 1-10. doi: 10.17180/ijmpg-2026-art04.

Date de création : 29 juin 2026 | Rédaction : Herve This vo Kientza