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Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for elemental imaging of plant cell walls

Reference	D09694
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Michael Jarvis
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Ian Huxham, Dr Laurence Tetley
Institution	University of Glasgow
Department	School of Chemistry
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	153,477
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/12/1998
End date	01/12/2000
Duration	24 months

Abstract

We propose to develop the technique of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for imaging the ions associated with cross- linking of structural polysaccharides in cell walls from food plants, and for direct imaging of the polysaccharides themselves. Preliminary results show that EELS imaging of pectins through bound Ca can be achieved with nanometer resolution. As well as giving valuable information on the structure of the plant cell wall, EELS has great potential for high-resolution imaging of structural components of foods in general. (Joint with grant D09696).

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

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D09696 Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for elemental imaging of plant cell walls

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