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Atomic force microscopy of polysaccharides

ReferenceBBS/E/F/02100734
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Victor Morris
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution Quadram Institute Bioscience
DepartmentQuadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 40,172
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/04/1997
End date 10/09/1998
Duration17 months

Abstract

The project will involve the use of atomic force microscopy to study polysaccharides and polysaccharide interactions with other biopolymers. These studies will be used to characterise the irregular (branched) structure of plant polysaccharides, to study the size and stiffness of polysaccharides responsible for their use as thickening and stabilising agents, to study mechanisms of gelation of polysaccharides and the organisation of polysaccharide architecture in food materials or natural network structures such as plant cell walls.

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Committee Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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