Stretching single polysaccharide molecules using AFM: A potential method for the investigation of the intermolecular uronate distribution of alginate?

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Williams, Martin A K ^a,b   Marshall, Aaron ^a   Haverkamp, Richard G ^a,b   Draget, Kurt I ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

AFM; Alginate; Force induced conformational transitions; Nano mechanics; Polysaccharides; Single molecule stretching

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULES;

AFM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; FORCE-EXTENSION; FORCE-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR FORCES; NANO-MECHANICS; POTENTIAL METHODS; PYRANOSE; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE STRETCHING;

ALGINATE;

EID: 34347225852     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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