Properties of pullulan-based blend films as affected by alginate content and relative humidity

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Xiao, Qian ^a   Lim, Loong Tak ^b   Tong, Qunyi ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alginate; FTIR; Glass transition temperature; Pullulan; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BLEND FILMS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FTIR; PLASTICIZATION EFFECTS; PULLULANS; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS; WATER ACTIVITY;

ALGINATE; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; SODIUM; STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 80054768633     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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