Abstract
Polysaccharides have received a great deal of attention from, for example, the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Their conformations (flexibility/stiffness) span a wide range of conformational flexibilities with large hydrated volumes, these properties are important in relation to polysaccharide structure-function relationships. Perhaps the simplest parameter available to estimate the dilute solution conformation of polysaccharides is the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) where the stiffness of polyelectrolytes can be estimated by measuring the intrinsic viscosity at a number of different ionic strengths. In this paper we propose an alternative method for estimating the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) using the ionic strength dependency of zeta potential. For this purpose we have studied a number of different polysaccharides.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6-9 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Carbohydrate Polymers |
| Volume | 112 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2014 |
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A novel method to estimate the stiffness of carbohydrate polyelectrolyte polymers based on the ionic strength dependence of zeta potential. / Abodinar, Atiga; Smith, Alan M.; Morris, Gordon A.
In: Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 112, 04.11.2014, p. 6-9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel method to estimate the stiffness of carbohydrate polyelectrolyte polymers based on the ionic strength dependence of zeta potential
AU - Abodinar, Atiga
AU - Smith, Alan M.
AU - Morris, Gordon A.
PY - 2014/11/4
Y1 - 2014/11/4
N2 - Polysaccharides have received a great deal of attention from, for example, the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Their conformations (flexibility/stiffness) span a wide range of conformational flexibilities with large hydrated volumes, these properties are important in relation to polysaccharide structure-function relationships. Perhaps the simplest parameter available to estimate the dilute solution conformation of polysaccharides is the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) where the stiffness of polyelectrolytes can be estimated by measuring the intrinsic viscosity at a number of different ionic strengths. In this paper we propose an alternative method for estimating the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) using the ionic strength dependency of zeta potential. For this purpose we have studied a number of different polysaccharides.
AB - Polysaccharides have received a great deal of attention from, for example, the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Their conformations (flexibility/stiffness) span a wide range of conformational flexibilities with large hydrated volumes, these properties are important in relation to polysaccharide structure-function relationships. Perhaps the simplest parameter available to estimate the dilute solution conformation of polysaccharides is the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) where the stiffness of polyelectrolytes can be estimated by measuring the intrinsic viscosity at a number of different ionic strengths. In this paper we propose an alternative method for estimating the Smidsrød-Haug stiffness parameter (B) using the ionic strength dependency of zeta potential. For this purpose we have studied a number of different polysaccharides.
KW - Intrinsic viscosity
KW - Persistence length
KW - Polysaccharide conformation
KW - Zeta potential
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.05.063
DO - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.05.063
M3 - Article
VL - 112
SP - 6
EP - 9
JO - Carbohydrate Polymers
JF - Carbohydrate Polymers
SN - 0144-8617
ER -