Hydration effects on thermal transitions and molecular mobility in Xanthan gum polysaccharides
Sokratis N. Tegopoulos, Aristeidis Papagiannopoulos, Apostolos Kyritsis
Abstract
interconnected water clusters. As far as we are aware, this is the first time that XG is studied in terms of glass transition and molecular mobility over a wide range of hydration levels combining DSC and BDS techniques.
Topics & Concepts
Xanthan gumPolysaccharideChemistryThermalMolecular dynamicsChemical engineeringPolymer scienceChemical physicsMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsRheologyComputational chemistryComposite materialPhysicsEngineeringPolysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsProteins in Food Systems